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by **Rich** » Mon, 14 Sep 1998 04:00:00

I've just installed Linux for the first time. I'm now trying to configure
X-Windows using the Graphical Interface that comes with YaST.

The problem is with the gfx card. If I select Mach64, I get the following
error message, "The Server required by your Card is not installed, Please
abort etc......"

I get a very similar error if I select SVGA (ie. not installed)

Problem is, I don't know how to install the appropriate server.

Help Appreciated

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Rich W

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by **Ian R. Ha** » Mon, 14 Sep 1998 04:00:00

> I've just installed Linux for the first time. I'm now trying to configure
> X-Windows using the Graphical Interface that comes with YaST.

> The problem is with the gfx card. If I select Mach64, I get the following
> error message, "The Server required by your Card is not installed, Please
> abort etc......"

> I get a very similar error if I select SVGA (ie. not installed)

> Problem is, I don't know how to install the appropriate server.

I have exactly the same card (ATI 3D xpression+), and can assure you
that under Xfree86, the Mach64 server is the correct one. Someone else
can instruct you on how to ensure that the appropriate servers are
installed (I use redhat, so the RPM routine is fairly easy).

Sorry I can't go much further than that.

I.
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by **G. Pollac** » Mon, 14 Sep 1998 04:00:00

> I've just installed Linux for the first time. I'm now trying to configure
> X-Windows using the Graphical Interface that comes with YaST.

> The problem is with the gfx card. If I select Mach64, I get the following
> error message, "The Server required by your Card is not installed, Please
> abort etc......"

> I get a very similar error if I select SVGA (ie. not installed)

> Problem is, I don't know how to install the appropriate server.

> Help Appreciated

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> If replying by email please remove the "*"'s from the reply address

> Rich W

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Installing the server is simply a matter of downloading the correct one
(you can get it at ftp.xfree86.org; you need the Mach64 server - make
sure you get the latest version, 3.3.2, I think) and putting it where
xwindows expects to find it. On my RedHat 5.0 system, xwindows looks for
a file called X in /usr/X11R6/bin. This file is a symbolic link to the
server, which can thus be anywhere so long as the link points to it. For
simplicity, I keep the server in /usr/X11R6/bin as well.
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Gerald Pollack
Dept. of Biology, McGill University

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