I am trying to install RedHat 8 on a Dell Inspiron 2500 laptop. I can have it boot to
text mode and it works fine. When I launch startx it then hangs with the X mouse
icon. I have managed to trace it's way through the scripts to where it launched
gnome-session in the Xclient script. From
* Jon Morgan
I am trying to install RedHat 8 on a Dell Inspiron 2500 laptop. I
can have it boot to text mode and it works fine. When I launch
startx it then hangs with the X mouse icon. I have managed to trace
it's way through the scripts to where it launched gnome-session in
the Xclient
I am still a very much Linux newbie, so treat this info accordingly:
You can try to see whether your /etc/X11/XF86Config is configured
correctly. Also try using redhat-config-xfree86 to try to config your X
correctly.
I have Redhat 8.0 on a Inpiron as well with X working OK. If you want I
can
XFree86 Version 4.2.0 (Red Hat Linux release: 4.2.0-72) / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
Release Date: 23 January 2002
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
I tried to run the redhat-config-xfree86 utility and it gets as far as making the
mouse icon an arrow. Progress! :) As for the XF86Config, it is the default file
generated by Anaconda at install.
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I am still a very much Linux newbie, so treat this info
* Jon Morgan
XFree86 Version 4.2.0 (Red Hat Linux release: 4.2.0-72) / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
I'm no expert, but it looks ok. And I now realized that your X system
does not hang in any way, it may be up and running healthy. What you
might miss
I don't have an .xsession-errors file but I do have .gconf, .gnome etc. I installed
GNOME as my default Windows manager and it is what is indicated in the
/etc/sysconfig/desktop file.
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* Jon Morgan
XFree86 Version 4.2.0 (Red Hat Linux release: 4.2.0-72) / X
Eduardo, you the man! thanks for sending me your config file offline. I'm up and
running after modifying it to use my Intel 815 rather than the ATI Rage 128 Mobility
in yours. It's up and running. I'll have to dig a bit deaper to find the exact
error.
Thanks to you too Jon. I appreciate
