[aclug-L] Re: RH9 will install, but no X

["Michael Holmes" <aerospaced@xxxxxxx>]

Send a copy of /etc/X11/XF86Config.  Look this file over Try running
Xconfigurator from the text screen.  Also try rpm -qa |grep ^x and make sure
that the xwindows files were loaded in the install.  Also check and make
sure that you at least have the mono and the VGA and the svga servers loaded
to get you up and running,  you can later load the proper server, but the
basic servers are online to use to at least get xwindows up.

Mike


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Well, I have tried to install RH9.
First time, it tried to iniate the graphical install and the monitor
switched off and I think the system still worked, but I could go no further.

Second time, I tried the skipddc option, which suposedly skips monitor
probing, but when starting anaconda, it said probing for monitor:
unsupported, then it tried to start  the X server and failed and the
text install went great, and I could login to root after X failed with a
bluegreen box that says yes and no twice and then exit (?)

I have tried redhat-config-xfree86 to reconfigure X, but it fails.  I
couldn't find any text configurators in the install procedure, like the
older ones I used to deal with when I first started Linux.

I have also noticed that the recurring error after the X server fails
states that there is a screen found but it is not useable.

I am thinking monitor incompatibilities, or graphics card incompatabilities.

I have a Gateway Vivitron and an Asylum Geforce FX 5200 Ultra, running
on an MSI KT4V motherboard with an AMD Athlon 2000+ and a gig of ddr ram.

Might this be resolved with a text configurator that would allow poking
around with configs while not having to reinstall all the time?  If so,
is there any that I could possibly place on a floppy disk, as I really
have no experiance connecting to the internet in console under Linux to
download the RPM.

Thanks for any help

Ivan



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