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[J Sloan <joe@xxxxxxxxxx>]

charles buchanan wrote:
> On Sunday 04 February 2007 15:15, Doug McGarrett wrote:
>
> I just ran the check.sh and this is what it said:
> 
> =====================================================================
>  ATI Technologies
> =====================================================================
> You are either not running this script from the console
> or simply do not have console ownership.  Requirement failed.
> Unable to determine XFree86 Version. Stopping now.
> 
> Now, is console and terminal two different things? 
> 
> I used the "bash check.sh" command. 

To set up X11 drivers, you typically need for X11 to be not running.

Console in this case means glass CRT. Normally a console and a terminal window
are functionally equivalent, but when it is required that X11 not be running,
there is a major difference.

Joe
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