Xfree86 on soloris

Hello Freind
Can you help me .!! I installed Xfree86 4.0 on my solaris Box after compleating all the steps in the installation instructions & configuring it i try to start it using "startx"command but it gives error "xinit error"
what should i do ??
thanks
Faisal

xf86config
You need to re-config your x server....
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Hi,
I installed XFree86...in my old laptop running Arch Linux...
I installed it as per the procedure given in XFree86 website....
Everything went fine...The screen flicked for a second or two...But finally I got this message...
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could not open default font 'fixed'
S0 I rebooted the system....& entered 'startx'...Again the same thing happened ( screen flickered for abt 2 secs )...
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(II)chips(0):Not using def mode"400*300"(bad mode clock/interlace/double scan)
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Then Finally,
'Fatal Server error:could not open default font fixed'
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So also plz tell me how to copy the log file into the floppy...( am somewat new to Linux.still learning... )
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Max Resolution: 800 x 600 ( SVGA )
Widescreen Display: No
Colour support: 24-bit (16.7 million colours)
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Graphics Processor / Vendor: C&T 65555 - PCI
Video Memory: EDO RAM - 2 MB
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coderonline wrote:
Hi,
I installed XFree86...in my old laptop running Arch Linux...
I installed it as per the procedure given in XFree86 website....
Everything went fine...The screen flicked for a second or two...But finally I got this message...
' Fatal Server error :
could not open default font 'fixed'
S0 I rebooted the system....& entered 'startx'...Again the same thing happened ( screen flickered for abt 2 secs )...
I checked the Logfile...Every thing was OK...But I found some lines that was not OK...
(II)chips(0):Built in Def monitor:using Drx-derived
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(II)chips(0):Built in Def monitor:hsync range of 60.0.0Hz
(II)chips(0):Built in Def monitor:clock range : 11.00 to 93.54 mhz
(II)chips(0):Not using def mode"640*350"(vrefresh out of range )
(II)chips(0):Not using def mode"640*350"(bad mode clock/interlace/double scan)
(II)chips(0):Not using def mode"640*400"(vrefresh out of range )
(II)chips(0):Not using def mode"640*200"(bad mode clock/interlace/double scan)
(II)chips(0):Not using def mode"800*600"(vrefresh out of range )
(II)chips(0):Not using def mode"400*300"(bad mode clock/interlace/double scan)
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but as pointed out in this thread
nvidia was NOT mentioned
it is not mentioned because nvidia cards are not universal to all systems.
and therefor
X gets removed but not reinstalled.
i don't get this when you pacman -R(d) something your are removing it it is not automatically replaced
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when you rely on x too much and fancy gui tools you quickly forget the beauty of *nix systems. that being they are very functional without a gui. the internet and world wide web were being browsed from the console long before fancy gui browsers came along. you can use links or lynx for example to browse the web and the forum. you can even login and post. it isn't pretty or necessarily quick browsing within pages but it is very very functional.
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