Getting X Windows to Run?

Getting X Windows to Run?

Post by Tod » Sat, 09 Aug 1997 04:00:00



Quote:>I have a new copy of RedHat 4.2 installed on a Gateway 2000 9100SE Laptop.
>Every time I go to run XWindows the screen blacks out.  What am I doing
>wrong?

how about telling us what you have tried doing so far? and what video
card? my suggestion is to get xfree 3.3 (www.xfree86.org) and run
xf86config
 
 
 

1. Help needing in getting X-Windows running

I'm getting the following error message when attempting a startx.  Can anyone
help me with this problem (please please please)?

Subject: Problems starting X-windows session
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.help

XFree86 Version 2.0 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000)
Operating System: Linux
Configured drivers:
  VGA256: server for 8-bit colour SVGA (Patchlevel 0):
      et4000, et3000, pvga1, wd90c00, wd90c10, wd90c30, wd90c31, gvga, ati,
      tvga8800cs, tvga8900b, tvga8900c, tvga8900cl, tvga9000, clgd5420,
      clgd5422, clgd5424, clgd5426, clgd5428, clgd6205, clgd6215, clgd6225,
      clgd6235, ncr77c22, ncr77c22e, cpq_avga, oti067, oti077
(using VT number 7)

Xconfig: /usr/X386/lib/X11/Xconfig
(**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
(**) Mouse: type: Logitech, device: /dev/ttyS1, baudrate: 1200,
       3 button emulation
(**) FontPath set to "/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"

 *** None of the configured devices was detected.***

Fatal server error:
no screens found
xinit:  No such file or directory (errno 2):  unexpected signal 13


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