>   I managed to install gentoo on my acer travelmate 525te
> laptop with ATI
> rage mobility M1 AGP,but I am not able to get the X to run,
> when i run
> startx from command line i get a black-brown checked screen
> with mouse
> pointer(the normal linux cursor in the shape of "X"),i can
> move the mouse
> around but that all it does, no screen ,no icons nothing happens.

Did you install a window manager?  Do you have an .xinitrc in your
home directory that starts the window manager?

It looks like you are starting X-windows without anything else.

Gwendolyn.


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