Re: tlug: Help! X Problem

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Gavin Walker wrote:

> Hello group,
> 
> Having a few spare hours at the weekend, I finally got up courage to
> install Linux (Caldera Open Linux Lite) for the first time, and things
> *were* going pretty well. Partitions set up OK, installed everything,
> Linux starts up OK. I'm a complete beginner at Linux, and my last
> contact with Unix was at university, so I was pleased!
> 
> Unfortunately I can't get X to run properly. I read the HowTo document,
> but I'm none the wiser. It basically deals with problems that occur
> after the server has switched to graphics mode. My problem comes before
> that; I can't get the SVGA server to work at all. My hardware is
> supposed to be supported, and the XF86Setup program works fine. It lets
> me me set up all the various bits of my system, including the mouse and
> video card. When I click 'Done' I get a nice grey screen that says
> "Congratulations - you have a working X server" or something, but when
> I go back to the prompt and type startx, the server just spews error
> messages and drops me back at the prompt. 
> 
> After messing with XF86Setup I managed to get the VGA server to run
> (looks nasty). My machine is a Compaq Prolinea 5100 with built in
> Cirrus 5434 graphics (2Mb). I'd post the the X server output, but being
> an NT person I don't know how :o).

startx 2> /tmp/xserver.output

then take /tmp/xserver.output and post it here and we'll try to help :)

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com, sstone@example.com>
               <sstone@example.com>
Linux Developer/Systems Administrator for Pacific HiTech, Inc. 
http://www.pht.com		http://armadillo.pht.co.jp
http://www.pht.co.jp	        http://www.turbolinux.com


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