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RH 7.0 - startx does not successfully start GNOME

RH 7.0 - startx does not successfully start GNOME

Post by John Oosthuize » Tue, 30 Apr 2002 05:04:08



Hi, I am a newbie at Linux, and I installed RH7.0 publishers edition.
startx does bring up the initial GNOME window with the little icons to show
progress, but then the initial window disappears and the blue Redhat
background remains - no Gnome desktop !  I ran Xconfigurator which correctly
autodetected my video card with the correct horizontal and vertical values.
I set the memory to 16MB.  My clock chip is an ICS 9248DF-39 which is not on
the list of support clock chips so I left the clockchip option at the
default "NONE (recommended)".  I also made sure that the XF86Config path is
in the PATH environment variable. (export
PATH=$PATH:/etc/X11:usr/X11R6/lib/X11).  But no success.  Cntrl-Alt-+ has no
effect.  I recently bought my PC which is a clone well respected in this
country, so I cannot believe the hardware is not supported, or is too old.

Please help with any ideas you may have.

Thanks, John Oosthuizen
Johannesburg, South Africa

 
 
 
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RH 7.0 - startx does not successfully start GNOME

Post by Michael Kell » Tue, 30 Apr 2002 06:46:48




Quote:>Please help with any ideas you may have.

I would check your hardware against the various
dist. and see which one supports what you are
using.  If you have a fast internet connection
or know someone who will download for you
then you can get newer versions of dist.
off the net.  Generally the newer the dist.
the more hardware is supported as people
come up with Linux drivers.

Maybe redhat 7.2 or Skipjack will work.

http://www.linuxiso.org/

Mike

--

"I don't want to belong to any club that would have me as a member."
    -- Groucho Marx

 
 
 
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RH 7.0 - startx does not successfully start GNOME

Post by nik » Wed, 01 May 2002 02:22:29



> Hi, I am a newbie at Linux, and I installed RH7.0 publishers edition.
> startx does bring up the initial GNOME window with the little icons to
> show progress, but then the initial window disappears and the blue
> Redhat background remains - no Gnome desktop !  I ran Xconfigurator
> which correctly autodetected my video card with the correct horizontal
> and vertical values. I set the memory to 16MB.  My clock chip is an ICS
> 9248DF-39 which is not on the list of support clock chips so I left the
> clockchip option at the default "NONE (recommended)".  I also made sure
> that the XF86Config path is in the PATH environment variable. (export
> PATH=$PATH:/etc/X11:usr/X11R6/lib/X11).  But no success.  Cntrl-Alt-+
> has no effect.  I recently bought my PC which is a clone well respected
> in this country, so I cannot believe the hardware is not supported, or
> is too old.

> Please help with any ideas you may have.

> Thanks, John Oosthuizen
> Johannesburg, South Africa

Not sure if this is a problem with x at all. Check your logfiles
(ctrl-alt-f1 should give you a vterm). Maybe some screwed up settings in
gnome? Try deleting all everything .gnome from your home directory, or
simply create a new user and to log in with. Can you try another window
manager maybe?
 
 
 
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