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From: Taco Hoekwater <bittext@quicknet.nl>
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Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 13:46:07 +0200
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Hans Hagen wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I spoiled a couple of days installing linux [on this third laptop again my
> video chipset is not supported; in this respect linux is way behind
> windows]. I updated to Xfree 4 and now seem to have problems with starting
> the window manager. Does anyone know if window managers are supposed to run
> on newer drivers?

Yes, they should. Most likely cause: incorrect (read: partial) update to
Xfree4.

likely problems: 

- Suse is confused about what to run
- The server itself (the "X" executable) is still the old one
- The Config file is broken/missing (XF4 uses /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 )
- Dynamic library problems.

Do you get any kind of error when you start X?

Greetings, Taco