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   Bill Marcum to Timmy@nospam.net   
   Re: Could you guys help me with this?   
   19 Aug 03 16:09:43   
   
   From: bmarcum@iglou.com   
      
   On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 16:40:52 -0400, Timmy-14   
      wrote:   
   > I just got a brand new compurter. I formated the drive to get rid of windows   
   > so that I could install FreeBSD.   
   >   
   > I'm new to all this stuff, i've been using slack for about a month -read   
   > that BSD blows Linux off the water but I can't get BSD to start.   
   >   
   > I start up and BSD says CANOT CONNECT TO X SERVER. What does that mean? I   
   > try; startX and kstart......No Luck.   
   >   
   > Could someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?   
   >   
   > Thanks.......   
      
   The GUI hasn't been configured for your video card and monitor.  I   
   haven't installed BSD, maybe someone in a BSD newsgroup can help.   
      
      
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