First go easy on the settings. Did you try running 640x480 and 256 colors first?
To see if the actual setup will run? If that works, you can work your way up in the
settings to where it will still work. Otherwise you should ask the others you mention,
to
show you how they did it.
Paul
> I cannot start x. I am using Mandrake
>
> 7.2, and I have XFree86 3.36 and 4.01
>
> both installed.
>
> The computer is an IBM ThinkPad 770z,
>
> and it has a Trident Cyber 9397/DVD
>
> graphics card. The monitor is 14.1
>
> inches, and it should support 1024x768
>
> resolution.
>
> Others using my model have reported
>
> success under XF86 3.36, and I have
>
> modified and tweaked my XFdrake file
>
> countless times. It still doesn`t work
>
> (the screen goes black when X tries to
>
> start), and I am getting desperate.
>
> I am a newbie and probably can`t use the
>
> computer for much else unless I
>
> have a desktop environment.
>
> I would greatly appreciate any help you
>
> can offer me.
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