YES! Ok... Linux runs, no XWin

[bobtcowboy]

(Edit) DUH! My hardware stuffs:
Generico Monitor (Techmedia 17")
Number Nine AGP 8MB Revolution video card
Anything else....?
Like I said, I can run it at 640x480 @ 256 colors and even that doesn't work...

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YES! Sweetness! Linux runs! I have a net connection! (that last is a first time for me :) )

One small problem. I've got no x windows! :(
I'm running Mandrake 7.2 and during installation, I get to the point where it asks for my video settings, (monitor, card, res) and no matter what I tell it to use, it blinks to a screen that says some error messages (too quick for me to read), dies a horrible bloody death, and finally brings up a window that says "No Screens Found"

I can't bootup either (I have no idea why this is, maybe something with the graphical bootup Drake uses?) but I can boot to failsafe mode...
So in failsafe mode, I type startx &> error-msg and now I've got a text file with all the errors in it but its 65 lines so I don't wanna post it all... so what should I post that is pertinent?
I really, really, really, really, really wanna get X up and running.... this is a personal thing, now. I've gotta show my dad that its possible to run linux with all of windows' functionality!

Thanks,
Bill
PS: I'm posting from lynx, for the first time ever. By the Gods text never looked so sweet.

Edit: Added hardware info!

[ 09 February 2001: Message edited by: bobtcowboy ]

[scott_R]

A wild guess, and probably useless, but either your video card or your monitor is set wrong. (Not that you did anything wrong, but sometimes X is like that.) Anyways, try setting your video card and monitor to the lowest common denominator ((s)vga + generic monitor), and see if that helps. If it does, maybe you can slowly work your way up till you figure out what's wrong with it.

[pin]

If you are using XFree86 3.3.x it has an annoying tendency to mess up the XF86Config file in the section Screens. Open the file in a text editor and scroll down to Screens. In the color depth you want to use add resolutions in the format 'Modes "1024x768" "1280x1024"' without the '.

If you still need help I'll check back later.

[pin]

If you are using XFree86 3.3.x it has an annoying tendency to mess up the XF86Config file in the section Screens. Open the file in a text editor and scroll down to Screens. In the color depth you want to use add resolutions in the format 'Modes "1024x768" "1280x1024"' without the '.

If you still need help I'll check back later.

[bobtcowboy]

thanks, pin, I figured it out though. my video card needed a driver that didn't come with my distro :o) simply installing that and running Xconfigurator got that working... then DrakConf let me do the rest

Bill