Hey you know what the trick was. I found a couple of people on the Linux
on Laptops site that had said to add the line VideoRam 8192 into the Device
section of the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 directory. Well I fired up VI my
favorite text editor inserted the line and guess what ....... X started up
beautifully. I wish I had their email address cause I would thank them for
their ability to figure this out!
>From: "Jukigai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: [Newbie]Redhat 7.2 on a Compaq 1700t
>Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 19:36:42 -0500
>
>Actually, all I did was copy XF86Config.vga to XF86Config in /etc ...
>hope that helps..
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On
>Behalf Of christopher may
>Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 5:50 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: RE: [Newbie]Redhat 7.2 on a Compaq 1700t
>
>
>Could you be so kind as to explain what you mean in a little more
>detail.
>Thanks so much
>
> >From: "Jukigai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: RE: [Newbie]Redhat 7.2 on a Compaq 1700t
> >Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 23:06:41 -0500
> >
> >Did you try using the XF86Config.vga file... this sometimes works as is
> >did for me on one machine but does not seem to work on another. Anyway,
> >it's worth a try...
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On
> >Behalf Of christopher may
> >Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 5:54 PM
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: [Newbie]Redhat 7.2 on a Compaq 1700t
> >
> > I am having so many problems getting my Xserver to work. OK the
>latest
> >
> >error message I am getting is a PCIMemory error that says unable to
>mmap
> >PCI
> >memory. Does any one have afix or should I just give up? I have a non
> >probable monitor because it is a Liquid Display and does not use the
> >standard Horizontal and Vertical Sync rates that CRT Monitors use is
> >this my
> >problem?
> >
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