Mark Knecht wrote: > Title sort of says it. I have an old machine that I'm setting up as a > Myth server. I didn't want X on the machine but I'm having trouble so > I emerged xdm and start it using /etc/init.d/xdm start. The drivers > get loaded but I get a black screen. No error message in the X log > file. > > I haven't messed with X at this level before. What's the minimum test > of X that would display a terminal or something very basic? > > Thanks, > Mark > > >
I don't know if this still applies or not but may be worth a try. I used to test X by doing startx. It's a ugly thing but it tells you if it works or not. No clue on if that would help Mythtv either. Dale :-) :-)
