problems after installing XFree86 4.0.2

[runelind]

after installing it via sh Xinstall.sh I run startx. It gives me three terminal screens, but no gnome. I am running RH7

[Ripley]

What you see if the "base" window manager for a new XFree86 4.0.2 install.

Go to your home directory and look for a file named .xinit (or is it .xinitrc)

Open it.

At the bottom you will see a small list of programs to load, which are the programs you are looking at when you currently startx.

Window manager, a console, two xterm windows and the clock, if I remember right (I'm in windows atm).

Comment them out and add in the path to your gnome executable.

There are other ways to do it, but thats the one I'm familiar with. You might also have a program somewhere that lets you select a window manager when x starts (gdm, kdm ?). You might point it at that instead.

Of course, I could be wrong...

[runelind]

I dont have an xinitrc file... http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/redface.gif(

It asked me if I wanted to move some files and create links during the installation process of XF86 and I answered no to those ones. Maybe that was a mistake?

[Ripley]

Using the Xinstall.sh file to install Xfree was nothing but trouble for me. I only used it to determine what binary set I needed to download.

Its just as easy to follow the manual install directions. My .xinitrc (Thats the corrct name) file was automatically created in my home directory afterwards.

Remember that the files is a hidden one...

You might try looking in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit or /etc/X11/xinit (can't remember which) for a file of that name and just copy it into your home directory.

Actually, do a file search.

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locate .xinitrc

I'll have a look later when I boot into Linux and try to repost with some more specific info.

[rellick]

In RH7, the file is

/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

Look at the bottom.

Hope this helps.

[runelind]

I'm getting the usual Radeon error message of "no screens found" I suppose I'll just wait until redhat 7.1 comes out or another distro with the 4.0.2 preinstalled.

[myname]

This is the oddest mystery since...since..."Who shot JR?", or "Who ran over Stone Cold Steve Austin?"

What could be causing some people to have no problems installing XFree 4.0.2 with a Radeon, and other to see the "No screens found" message?

What does the "No Screens Found" message mean?

--Kevin

[Ripley]

These are cut and pasted out of an example XFree86Config file.

// Start cut and paste.

Section "Screen"

Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "Voodoo3 3000"
Monitor "IBM 2124"
DefaultDepth 16

Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection

EndSection


Section "ServerLayout"

Identifier "Simple Layout"
Screen "Screen 1"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

EndSection

// End cut and paste.

Each section/sub-section has an identifier for reference by pointers in other sections.

"Voodoo3 3000" is the identifier for a section not shown.

"Screen 1" is another such identifier. Yours doesn't exist or is somehow incorrect for your setup.

Post your XFree86Config file up here. Someone might be able to help.