It's known that RH70 has some buggy issues, some may be with X.
Download/Purchase and install RH71. It was faster than endlessly playing
with RH70's X implementation and other assorted bugs. I have had only 1
minor issue with RH71, which was a kernel requirement to "make mrproper"
before I could compile modules, but that has nothing to do with X. X would
not work with my system (GeForce2 MX & Acer 99sl monitor) with RH70, but
worked just fine with RH71.
Regards,
Jim Roland, RHCE
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 6:40 AM
Subject: Re: Can't Configure Display in RH7.0
> Thanks Ray,
>
> I have used RH5.1, 6.1 and I am using now RH 6.2 and never had a problem
> configuring X. I am also playing with Slackware 7.1 and had no problem
> either. (I fact I am now in Slackware since my ISP changed some systems
> beginning July 1st after which I could not log-on anymore in RH6.2.)
> With all these distros I never changed any hardware. It is only now with
> RH7.0 that I have the problem with X. I think the RH7.0 distro is at
> fault.
> I will give some details as you requested
>
>
> On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Ray Olszewski wrote:
>
> > Peter -- I'm replying only because this message is fairly old and I saw
no
> > other replies. Given the large number of choices available for an X
setup, I
> > very much doubt that you really tried "all possible configurations". If
you
> > really did try *everything* and found that "none will work", what
> > suggestions do you expect?
> >
> > Especially when you've told us NO details about what you are trying,
> > including such frills as
> >
> > what version of X11R6 you are using
>
> In RH6.2, version 3.3.2-11. There is no X11R6 rpm file in RH 7.0
>
> > what X servers you tried (especially, will VGA16 work?)
>
> I have installed SVGA16-3.3.6-20 in RH6.2 and in RH 7.0 version 3.3.6-33
>
> > what video card you are using (or what mobo, if it has
> > onboard video)
>
> Diamond Stealth Video 2500
>
> > what monitor you are using (or the vscan and hscan rates
> > it supports)
>
> Sampo AlphaScan 411, vscan 50-120, hscan 30-50
>
> > whether you can switch from the failed X console to a
> > regular vt with CTRL-ALT-F1 thru F6 (or however
> > many vts your system has)
>
> It will only work using XF86Setup-3.3.6-20 and not using Xconfigurator
>
> > whether shifting among allowable modes (CTRL-ALT-+, I think)
> > has any effect
>
> It has no effect using Xconfigurator
>
> > if the system is on a LAN, whether you can connect to it
> > via telnet or ssh (assuming you run either service)
> > after the problem starts. Or if you can access any
> > other TCP or UDP services that the system runs (even
> > if you can just ping it).
>
> I am not on LAN
>
> > if you can connect via ssh, telnet, or a vt, whether killing
> > the startx process gets rid of the problem.
>
> I have not tried those connections and can't kill startx since machine
> freezes including ctrl+alt+ del entering startx and i have to press
> reboot. When hang in Xconfigurator ctrl+alt+del works.
> After I copied the configuratios for the video of XF86config from RH6.2 to
> RH 7.0 I entered startx and got the total freeze.
>
> > It would also help you (and perhaps us) if you directed the stderr
output of
> > startx to a file, so you could see what if anything startx actually
reports.
>
> I will not startx anymore since it freezes the machine
>
> > Your message seems to imply that the same hardware worked fine under RH
6.2.
> > It would help if you confirmed that, as well as telling us what version
of
> > X11R6, and what X server, you were running with RH6.2.
>
> Confirmed above and the version is 3.3.2-11 and I am using Helix-Gnome in
> RH6.2. There is no X11R6 file in the RH7.0 CDrom
>
> > I'm not the best person here to help troubleshoot X, even with all this
> > information available. But no one will be able to offer much help
without it.
> >
> > At 06:04 PM 7/5/01 +0800, Peter wrote:
> > >Hi,
> > >I installed on my second hard drive RH7.0 and I am unable to configure
> > >the display to startx. Using Xconfigurator I tried all possible
configurations,
> > >none will work. The screen turns either black and everything hangs and
I have
> > >to go out via Ctrl-Alt Del or the screen shows a very washy flimmering
display
> > >and then hangs. Using XF86Setup installed from RH6.2 will not work
either
> > it starts
> > >up and then is showing only a large X as if one enters x only. I then
> > copied the
> > >settings of XF86config file of RH6.2, nothing doing. The same when I
copied the
> > >settings of XF86config file from Slackware7.1, nothing doing.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > ------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
> > Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
> > Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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