>>To that end, a few clarifying questions:
>
>1. When you say "I have to reboot", how completely have you tried
>alternatives? Did you try (and fail) to switch to another vt?
Gerry:I have tried ctrl+Alt+ F1 to F6 also ctrl+Alt+ <- but I get NO
response from the system.I just have to press the RESET button.
To telnet in?
Gerry:I have a home system, so how do I use telnet "open..."
I have also tried telinit 5,I get to the login screen "K-Desktop" which is
black and only a few discoloured colours are noticable,I login I get to a
blue screen and then nothing happens,The cursor is an "x" and cannot be
moved,I try various function keys but to no avail.I have to 'reset'
However I type'X' I get a grey screen with the pointer as 'x' and when I
press ctrl+alt+ backspace I get back to the prompt or c+a+F6 I get to login.
>More generally, "hangs" is an interpretation, not an observation -- what
>behavior do you actually see after you run startx? How far does X get in
the loading process?
Gerry:I get to the first screen that says Gnome loading and get to 94% and
the system hangs without responding to anything but reset.With KDE I get to
a screen that is half blue half black with the cursor as 'x' and it does
not move,I have to use 'reset'.
2. What version of XFree86 are you using?
Gerry:The one that came with RH6?
>3. Running the SVGA server, do you encounter the same problem if you use a
less demanding wm, such as fvwm2?
Gerry:>fvwm2 I get an [error] Can't open display
>4. If you haven't done so, try (with the SVGA server chosen) running "X
>-probeonly" to see what problems it reports having.
Gerry:I have tried 'X -probeonly' and I get a screenfull of
information,what should I look for?.
I have also tried 'startx &>oops' I get to a grey screen"Enlightment Mesage
Dialog" with a blank grey screen.
>
>5. In my experience, 70-87 is an unusual vsync range for a monitor. You
>might double check it and see if it is the source of your problem.
Gerry:I have a Philips SVGA Colour monitor 7CM5289 with the following
resoloution:
Mode Resoloution HorizontalFreq. Vertical freq. Remark
VGA 640X350 31.5 70 NI
VGA 640X400 31.5 70 NI
VGA 640X480 31.5 60 NI
VESA/56 800X600 35.2 56 NI
XGA 1024X768 35.5 87
INTERLACED
>
>6. When you run with SVGA, which resolution are you setting as the default
>(it will be the first valid one on the list)? If it is 1024*768, try putting
>640*480 first and see if that helps.
Gerry:The default is 640x480 and I run it at that resolution.
>
>7. Might you be having a memory problem? How much video RAM do you have?
>(The cardlist at Xfree86.org says the Cirrus 5446 can vary in this.) How
>much system memory? (What does "free" report just before you run startx?
>After you start x with VGA16 running?)
Gerry:The box says 1Mb.
>
>8. Oh, and the basics ... what distribution & version of Linux, what kernel,
>and how did you get X and Gnome (did they come with the distro, did you
>download binaries, or did you compile them yourself)? What CPU and speed?
Gerry:I am using RH6 Kernel 2.2.5-15, X,Gnome and KDE came with the
dietro.I am using a PII 350 with 64MB SDRAM-100.
Before this I was using a P60 with 32MB DRAM and I had no problems using
X.I have recently switched the Motherboard(ZX),CPU PII 350 and 64MB SDRAM
while using the same Harddrive,FDD and CDRom drive and I am having all
these problems with X.Even the previous RH5.2+KDE 1.1pre... versions does
not work with my present configuration while it worked perfectly with my
previous system.
Thanks,
Gerry Mascarenhas
