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- From: cnas30@ccsun.strath.ac.uk ("St.John-Olcaytoe", Electrical Engineering)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: HELP!!! X-WINDOWS
- Keywords: X386 Xmono etc etc
- Message-ID: <C0DI7F.qx@ccsun.strath.ac.uk>
- Date: 5 Jan 93 08:57:15 GMT
- Sender: news@ccsun.strath.ac.uk (News account )
- Reply-To: cnas30@ccsun.strath.ac.uk
- Organization: Strathclyde University Computer Centre.
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- A Big Hi to the Linux Community,
-
- I am using Linux v0.98.p15-41 (SLS 0.98p5). I have been trying to get the
- X Windows stuff to work without success. Heres the hardware that I have
-
- 1) 486DX running at 33Mhz
- 2) Tseng ET4000 SVGA card with 1MB memory.
-
- When I start X, the systen just hangs completely. The keyboard is dead and
- I'm 100% certain that all processes are dead. The screen is a combination
- of black (bottom) and white (top) with some dots here and there.
-
- I have used X, X386 and Xmono all without joy.
-
-
- I've tried a selection of modes in the Xconfig file using both the standard settings
- found in the Xconfig given in the distribution but have played mostly with my own.
- Both give the same results. To calculate the settings for the modes, I've used
- modegen1.sc and modegen2.sc without success.
-
- X can't even return the clock speeds when a mode in the modes line in the Xconfig
- file is defined. To circumvent this problem, I put a single non existent mode on
- the modes line to force an error. This indeed gave me the clocks. I designed my
- modes using these clocks. I have included the clocks line in some attempts and omitted
- then in others, all failing.
-
- Is there anybody out there who could help ???
-
- Thanks.
-
- BTW Linux is a great OS !!!!!
-
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