I am in a similar boat. Macmillan Mandrake 6.0 installs fine, detects my
video card (CL GD-5465), gives me a list of monitors from which I can
select mine (MultiSync XV17+). However, when I either try a fresh install,
or an upgrade to Mandrake 7.02, when I get to the point of Configure X, I
get a different error message: "Could not access undefined array". The
only to get beyond this point was to use the boot disk and reload. Of
course, X would not work. I tried to use XF86Config to set things up but
even though I selected my chip from the list, and set the monitor
parameters in a way that I thought was correct, I could not start X. In
6.0, I had XF86Setup installed, and I selected it for installation with
7.02, but it was not there (people have told me that it is easier to use
than XF86Config). SO, if you find a solution, I would be interested in
hearing what it is.
Murray
-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Stacks [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, 2000, March, 26 11:40 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Configure X problems
I'm very new to the Linux world, and as such, I have decided to try
installing Mandrake Linux 7.0 on one of my machines.
The install runs fine up to the point of Configure X. At this point the
auto-setup of my video card/monitor fails with the following error:
"Could not open default font 'fixed'"
I'm running w/the following:
Optiquest V775 monitor
Matrox Mystique 2 Meg video card
64 Mb Ram (if that even matters)
PII 233 (again probably doesn't matter)
It asks me to 'change some parameters', which of course, I've tried
everything I could think of but to no evail. Anyway, I'm not sure if this
is a function of it failing to detect my hardware or the install not
correctly configuring/copying the 'fixed' font.
Thanks in advance.
Keith Stacks
