Rick Commo wrote:
Tried XF86Setup a couple of times, always picking "ATI Xpert 98" for the
card and changing some of the monitor characteristics. Always failure -
both when XF86Setup starts up the xserver or when I would type "startx".
Occasionally a particular combo would get past the "Done
LILO.
As for "our little twisted corner of the computing world...!" If it's
really that twisted then it is a good match.
Cheers,
-rick
-Original Message-
From: will trillich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2001 5:01 PM
To: debian-user
Subject: Re: Getting
On Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 10:04:07AM -0800, Rick Commo wrote:
> So here I sit looking at potato running WindowMaker and scratching my head!
> But before I launch into the saga let me thank all who replied to my posts,
> especially Manuel Reiter and David Wright. Besides giving me some insights,
> th
So here I sit looking at potato running WindowMaker and scratching my head!
But before I launch into the saga let me thank all who replied to my posts,
especially Manuel Reiter and David Wright. Besides giving me some insights,
their input kept me from scrubbing everything Debian off the disk in
d
> A 2x4 refers to standard size of lumber used in housing construction
> here in the United States. It is 2 inches by 4 inches - at least it
> used to be.
> A 1 meter long 5x10 used off the side of someone's head is a good way
> to get their attention!!!
Ouch! Hope
--> Do I have any control over where startx looks?
--
--There *is* a command-line option to tell X where to look for it's
--configuration files (see 'man XFree86'), but IMO it is easier to just make
--sure that the file you want it to read is where it looks by default,
--i.e. in /etc/XF86Config. Or
Hi again,
> Do I have any control over where startx looks?
There *is* a command-line option to tell X where to look for it's
configuration files (see 'man XFree86'), but IMO it is easier to just make
sure that the file you want it to read is where it looks by default,
i.e. in /etc/XF86Config. O
>>The XF86Config file looks OK to me at first glance, but are you sure that
>>this is the one that actually gets read in?
I know that there is supposed to be a link to /etc/X11/XF86Config.
/usr/X11/R6/lib/X11/XF86Config points to it.
>>According to the Xlog.log you posted, the file that gets read
Quoting Rick Commo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Thanks for the offer of help, the request files follow. Xlog.log is the
> output of the startx command. Please note that I edited quite a bit of
> XF86Cconfig to compact it. I did this as part of trying different things so
> it would be easier to naviga
Manuel Reiter wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the offer of help, the request files follow. Xlog.log is
> > the output of the startx command. Please note that I edited quite a
> > bit of XF86Cconfig to compact it.
>
> The XF86Config file looks OK to me at first glance, but are you sure that
> this is th
Hi again,
> Thanks for the offer of help, the request files follow. Xlog.log is
> the output of the startx command. Please note that I edited quite a
> bit of XF86Cconfig to compact it.
The XF86Config file looks OK to me at first glance, but are you sure that
this is the one that actually gets
Manuel and David,
Thanks for the offer of help, the request files follow. Xlog.log is the
output of the startx command. Please note that I edited quite a bit of
XF86Cconfig to compact it. I did this as part of trying different things so
it would be easier to navigate. I manually delete all res
Quoting Rick Commo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> (3) In XF86Free I have tried each and every given monitor as well as
> entering in the hsync and vsync as 30-58 and 50-90 respectively.
It looks from the output as if you may have modelines that are far
too ambitious. I don't know XF86Free or where it get
Hi Rick,
> (1) My only config file is /etc/X11/XF86Config. And there is a link to it
> in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11
Could you post this file, please? Together with the ouput of X you
provided, it should enable us all to fix your problem.
Best regards,
Manuel
Many thanks to all who replied; both to the reflector and directly. I would
like to comment on all the replies in one message. To those of you who took
the time to answer, you will see my reply to your particular comments in one
of the points.
(1) My only config file is /etc/X11/XF86Config. And
On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 10:57:43PM -0800, Rick Commo wrote:
>
> It starts up XF86Setup and I configure what I think
> is the correct monitor choice - 8514 for starters.
Not a big deal here. It's your rates that are important.
> (6) Change /etc/inittab to level 5 and reboot.
> Th
Rick Commo wrote:
...
> When I hit [Done] the Xserver barfs - "no screens
> configured" so therefore get the infamous (by this time)
> "can't connect error 111" message.
the output of the X server and perhaps the XF86Config file (at least
relevant parts) would be helpful here. it lo
Quoting Rick Commo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Thanks for the info. I have done exactly what you said. When I peruse it I
> see the "(--)" line for each screen that has been described in my
> XF86Config.
That would indicate that your XF86Config is not being read. Anything
that is read should have (*
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Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 11:44 PM
To: Rick Commo
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Getting to the GUI...
> (4) When install finishes log into root and do
> apt-get install xserver-mach64
> and say yes to making it the default xserver.
>
>
> (4) When install finishes log into root and do
> apt-get install xserver-mach64
> and say yes to making it the default xserver.
>
> It starts up XF86Setup and I configure what I think
> is the correct monitor choice - 8514 for starters.
>
> When I hit [Done] the Xserver
Ok, one more try before I sell my Debian disks to the lowest bidder...
Spent the last two days trying to get potato installed and running X. Last
attempt was these steps.
(1) Do a clean install - "simple"
(2) Say no when it asks if it should probe for a video card
since I know that my ATI
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