I'm having a fit with X. I'm a newbie. I'm trying to get X running. I've read VideoModes.Doc and did all the math; I've read "Linux Unleashed"; I've read "Running Linux". I've run XF86Config; I've run XF86Setup. I can't get a useable video display.
I've got fairly new equipment (Gateway P5-133, Vivitron 17", STB-5446 video card). XF86Setup lets me choose the card/video/mode, and then starts the server to test it and says "Congratulations, you have a working server", but then when I exit XF86Setup and try to run xstart I get the standard "no valid video modes - can't start" type of error message. XF86Config gets me a configuration that lets me start X, but only in low-res (640x480) and the images tend to be doubled (like the screen is split into a top half and a bottom half and both halfs are showing the same image, but imperfectly, and the images clobber one another and some of the images, like the File Cabinet shows up 6 times or so in a small group). I'm running fvwm95. I've tinkered around enough that I've finally gotten some higher-res images, but the images still tend to be doubled and messed up. I know you can't give me a solid answer, but I'm hoping someone has had similar problems and knows enough to give me some clues. I'd also like to be able to find some documentation that's written for 3rd graders (my brain is very sore from trying to work through VideoModes.doc). TIA Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
