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Re: XFCOnfiggin'



On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 03:02:01PM +0800, Andrew McRobert wrote:
> hi again
> 
> Can someone tell me why an XF86Config file from an identical laptop will not
> work on mine (ie. identical model, CPU, RAM, HDD, Video Card, Sound Card
> etc.) .... BUT ... mine's Debian as opposed to Red Hat ... ?

...because it doesn't want to? <g>

I'd look at paths, particularly things like font paths.  Anything under
/etc and /usr/X11R6.

Copying out an error log would help a bit for those of us with limited
telepathic ranges as well:

    $ startx -- 1>startx.log 2>&1 

...from a console.

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