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I cannot get startx or any GUI to work. When I type startx my monitor
shuts off and my computer freezes. I can't reboot it or anything -- the
only way to get out of it is to manually turn the computer off. I tried a
different monitor and that made no difference. I'm running Mandrake 9.1 on
a Celeron 500 with a Radeon 7000 32MB PCI card. For whatever reason, I
cannot get X server to work at all. If I type startkde I get the following
error message:
xmodmap: unable to open display "
xmodmap: unable to open display " xset: unable to open display "" startkde: starting up ksplash: cannot connect to X server kdeinit: Aborting. $DISPLAY is not set. Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory ksmserver: cannot connect to X server startkde: shutting down... Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory Error: Can't contact kdeinit! startkde: Running shutdown scripts... startkde: Done. If I try to start GNOME, I get the monitor shutdown thing, same as with
startx. I have a total of two days worth of Linux/Unix experience, so I am
baffled and I need someone to really hold my hand. I checked at ati.com
for Linux drivers, and supposedly Mandrake 9.1 has XFree86 4.3, which supposedly
already has a radeon driver. Any suggestions?
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