Dave,
Your config files are in /etc/X11, the main config file is /etc/X11/XF86Config.
Beware though, that some X distributions prior to 4.0.1 also puts config files in
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11. You may have a symlink from one XF86Config file to the other.
Check it out with ls -l, or ls -F. With -F symlinks will have a @ appended to the end
of the filename.
With Mandrake, you should have a program called Xconfigurator. Try typing X<tab><tab>
to see what programs are available. Be sure to use a capital X. You can also do a
lowercase x, but you'll get more programs. xf86config might be on your system as
well, but this program is a little more difficult to use.
Also look in /var/log/ Look for files such as XFree86.0.log, or xdm.log. These might
have some error messages that you aren't seeing.
If you still have trouble, try posting your log files and hardware specs, and
XF86Config.
One other thing, you say Mandrake 7. Which one. 7.1 and prior uses XFree86 3.3.6,
while 7.2 uses Xfree86 4.0.1. Big difference between the two.
Cory
On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 11:45:56AM -0800, Dave Wyatt wrote:
> Help! My Mandrake 7 system has suddenly decided to do the Windows
> thing and crash when going into graphical mode. I get a blank screen
> and no response to keyboard or mouse. Couldn't bring up a terminal.
> Not even ctrl>alt>del would help. I didn't wait too long before I hit
> the reset button so I do not know if it would have snapped out of it
> on its own. I figured a dead keyboard was not a good sign.
>
> I was able to start the system in single mode and I changed the boot
> default from graphical to text console and it boots fine and all seems
> well as long as I don't do startx. If I do, I get the same results as
> above.
>
> I have noticed during boot-up there is a 3 minute plus wait when
> "Starting system logger:" is displayed. This was almost instant
> before I started having trouble. I suspect this is a sign of trouble.
>
> The last time I accessed the functional system I changed the network
> config to set my firewall machine as the gateway. This seems to still
> be working as it should, as I can ping locally and on the internet
> from this machine. As I recall, the only other change I made was to
> the Netscape default font. Would changing the font in Netscape cause
> this problem?
>
> I will not be able to make it tonight so I can't let you experts look
> at it. Being the Novice I am, I do not know what to do from here. I
> can't seem to fine the console program to set up X, and I don't know
> where the config files are located.
>
> Any hints or help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Dave Wyatt
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