I have installed Linux on some machines in my office. Now luckyly all my
hardware has always been detected by all Linux installations. I am using
RedHat 6.0.
Currently the problem I have is that 'X' (the GUI)does not start.
My machine is Celeron 333MHz.
HCL Busybee 2000. All the hardware is provided by HCL.
96 MB RAM(I got this specifically because I wanted to use VMware)
The Sound card is Yamaha OPL3 -SAx (got instantly detected)
CD ROM 48Xcreative,
1.2" and 1.44" FDD.
4.3 + 2 GB HDD(2 HDD's each having half the partitions for Win98)
My display card is S3Trio 64V2-DX/GX(775/785). 2MB VRAM.
Monitor LG Flatron795FT(17")(not the new USB port monitors ).
No Network card,
GVC 55.6KBps Modem.(External).
I guess that covers everything.
Now I started installing Linux RedHat 6.0on this machine. The installation
got along fine till I came to the part where the X installation starts, the
display card is detected properly, the monitor I selected 'Custom' option
now my monitor has a Horiz. input from 30-96Khz, & Vert.50-160Hz capable of
resolutions of upto 1600x1200. Here I tried selecting infact nearly all of
the options. For any of the option the monitor blinks for some time and
gives out a default option. After this when it is trying to start X nothing
happens. The screen goes blank and for a long time nothing happens. I have
tried Alt+F1/2/3/4/5/6/7, Cntrl+Alt+F12/3/4/5/6/7. many other things,
nothing happens. Only thing that works is Cntrl+Alt+Del.It reboots the
machine. I have tried installing RedHat 6.1 from th e PCQ CD but when it
comes to the GUI part, same thing the machine just hangs. Linux has been
installed. I can very well use the character interface. But no GUI.
I have even tried running 'setup', 'Xconfigurator --expert' same problem. I
have never encountered such a problem on any of my other 3 P200 PC's.
What could be the problem??
My video display card works on other linux machine. So does the same
monitor. So I guess there is no problem with both of those. My windows98
works very well(as well as windows can work that is!) on the same machine.
Please help me out here. Without Linux I fell incomplete.
Thanking you all there for reading so patiently.
Parth:
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