On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 21:20, Rob Wood wrote: > Chris, > I tried X -configure and x -configure but these would not run. That's strange, the link for X is in the Xtinybin.tar.gz archive. A stab in the dark guess suggests that you probably do not have your PATH environment set up correctly.
echo $PATH should include the directory: /usr/X11R6/bin > Got the > message "command not found" I get the feeling that some of these > executables are not working for some reason. > I can see the files startx* > and xf86config* but they won't do anything. The mass of stuff in the > xf86config file doesn't look anything like the screenshots in my manual, > which simply shows a tidy list of configuration options. > > I think I am getting close to success but there is some basic problem > somewhere. > > Ross, > I don't have a xf86config -4 file on the system yet. (I don't think I have > got that far yet) so I couldn't try your suggestion. > > Nick, > You suggested a while ago that when my laptop fails to boot Ubuntu, I post > the boot up screen messages. Dmesg worked Ok except that it seemed to miss > out the bits with the problem. I think that when it manages to boot, the > error messages are not present, then when it won't boot the errors are > displayed but I can't get them just because it won't boot. I'll try and > write down the relevant bits next time. The laptop is a Fujitsu-Siemens > Amilo Intel proc. 2.8GHz/256MB/20GB with XP as the supplied OS. Is there > some way to print the screen contents like the old shift/print screen thing > in DOS? > > I much appreciate all this help - Woodsey -- Sincerely etc., Christopher Sawtell
