Peter -- I'm replying only because this message is fairly old and I saw no
other replies. Given the large number of choices available for an X setup, I
very much doubt that you really tried "all possible configurations". If you
really did try *everything* and found that "none will work", what
suggestions do you expect?
Especially when you've told us NO details about what you are trying,
including such frills as
what version of X11R6 you are using
what X servers you tried (especially, will VGA16 work?)
what video card you are using (or what mobo, if it has
onboard video)
what monitor you are using (or the vscan and hscan rates
it supports)
whether you can switch from the failed X console to a
regular vt with CTRL-ALT-F1 thru F6 (or however
many vts your system has)
whether shifting among allowable modes (CTRL-ALT-+, I think)
has any effect
if the system is on a LAN, whether you can connect to it
via telnet or ssh (assuming you run either service)
after the problem starts. Or if you can access any
other TCP or UDP services that the system runs (even
if you can just ping it).
if you can connect via ssh, telnet, or a vt, whether killing
the startx process gets rid of the problem.
It would also help you (and perhaps us) if you directed the stderr output of
startx to a file, so you could see what if anything startx actually reports.
Your message seems to imply that the same hardware worked fine under RH 6.2.
It would help if you confirmed that, as well as telling us what version of
X11R6, and what X server, you were running with RH6.2.
I'm not the best person here to help troubleshoot X, even with all this
information available. But no one will be able to offer much help without it.
At 06:04 PM 7/5/01 +0800, Peter wrote:
>Hi,
>I installed on my second hard drive RH7.0 and I am unable to configure
>the display to startx. Using Xconfigurator I tried all possible configurations,
>none will work. The screen turns either black and everything hangs and I have
>to go out via Ctrl-Alt Del or the screen shows a very washy flimmering display
>and then hangs. Using XF86Setup installed from RH6.2 will not work either
it starts
>up and then is showing only a large X as if one enters x only. I then
copied the
>settings of XF86config file of RH6.2, nothing doing. The same when I copied the
>settings of XF86config file from Slackware7.1, nothing doing.
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