Mike, Thanks for the quick response. I did exactly as you said and it started drakxconf. The settings you gave me did not work. I have a flatscreen moniter. I didn't know what kind of video card I had, but I found out. It's an SiS. And the flatscreen is capable of doing 1024X768, so I chose those settings in drakxconf. It worked as soon as I typed startx.
Thanks alot. This list is awesome. I know it's basic stuff, but not if you don't know. Is drakxconf, just a Mandrake version of linuxconf? -Steve --- mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At the console log in as root and type "drakxconf" > without quotes. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# drakxconf > > A menu will pop up and choose Display and select ok. > > It will give you a menu of choices for > graphic,monitor,resolution, > and option. > select graphic and then do. It will display a list > of graghic cards > usually the correct one will be highlighted select > that one. > Then select your monitor and probably plug n play > will be > highlighted choose that or what ever the drakx has > highlighted. > then choose your resolution, if you have a 15 or 17 > monitor probably > 1024x768 16bpp would be safe. > Then you can test it by selecting test screen will > freak a little > then you should see a box saying is this ok if you > see the box your > probably ok so say yes. > > On another note under the option choice you can > choose x to start > automatically (run level 5). I like to say no, so I > log into console > (run level 3) and start the gui with "startx" or an > excellent little > script "Xtart" (it should be on your cd's if you > have mandrake) > > That would be the less painful way to get you going. > > Mike > > > Steven Ackerman wrote: > > Greetings yet again. I feel I'm making progress, > but I > > still need help in dealing with general linux > > troubleshooting. The error in the subject line is > the > > error I get when my system is booting. > > > > I then get a message about sending the full server > > out, not just the message and a log file. The file > is: > > /var/log/XFree86.0.log. I opened that file with > emacs. > > Lot's of stuff. > > > > The last line has my fatal server error, but I > noticed > > it has a line (I will quote it) above it which > > indicates it is trying to load an S3 Video driver. > I'm > > pretty sure my machine does not have an S3. > However, I > > was trying to adjust my resolution to fill my > screen > > with a gui based mandrake tool and had clicked on > an > > S3 video driver. That was not good, but I thought > I > > had changed it back to generic. Could that be my > > problem? > > > > I don't know how to change it. I can only log into > the > > command line. I can navigate somewhat, but don't > know > > how to troubleshoot this and/or make configuration > > changes. Please help. > > > > I have searched mandrakes websites, posted a > message > > to their support forum and googled like crazy and > > found no answers. I've worked on this all day, > hoping > > I could figure it out, now I just want to know how > to > > fix it. Thanks again. > > > > -Steve > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! > > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line > "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > More majordomo info at > http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > Please read the FAQ at > http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line > "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at > http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at > http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
