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> Greetings...I have, yet again, a most likely simple question... :-P
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> My friend has a Compaq Presario laptop which I partitioned so it has Linux
> on it. Red Hat 5.1 to be exact...
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> Anyhow, I tried configuring her display for X the only way I knew how:
> figuring it out as we go along... (What can I say, its my preferred
> method of working...) :-) So, I did most of the generic settings,
> ans generic laptop settings whenever possible... Eventually I felt like a
> moron when I realized that all I had to do was use Windows to look up the
> name of her video card stuff... So, I did, and I got the name of it.
> It's something like NeoMagic or something like that...I don't have it with
> me.
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> Regardless, any attempts that I make to change the settings result in the
> same error, over and over. It says something about not being able to find
> any displays and it has an "SVGA" in there somewhere. This still happens
> even if I set it to VGA...
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> So, X is not working, and I'd like to get it working!!! Any ideas on how
> to get this configured properly???
Check the symbolic link in /etc/X11 it needs to be pointed to the correct X
server.
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> Thanks!
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> -Evan "Just call me Mr. Newbie" Hansen-
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Regards Richard.
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