On Thu, Mar 12, 1998 at 07:34:59AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hmmm... I have only just recently added Linux to my system (RedHat 5.0).
> I have a Matrox Mystique 220 and I installed the MetroX server. So far I
> have had no luck at all running X. I have run configX and selected a
> generic 1024x768, 65k color monitor (I have a Slackard Hell 15" 1511SL
> monitor and it ain't listed) and the Matrox Mystique w/4 meg as my video
> card. I save and exit, run startx...and get a black, blank screen. I
> cannot get out of this black screen. Hitting CTRL-BKSP doesn't work,
> hitting CTRL-+ doesn't do anything. So far, the ONLY way I have found to
> get back to CLI is a hard push-button reboot (ouch!). I have also tried
> doing all the above configuring in configX, running shutdown, restarting
> and then trying startx...same blank screen.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a Mystique 220 w/4MB also and had the same problem with
MetroX (although I think Ctrl-Atl-Backspace killed it for me). Just
remove the MetroX package(s?) and install XFree86-SVGA and Xconfigurator.
Then run Xconfigurator and follow the prompts. I'm happily running at
32bpp color and 1024x768. For messages I've seen on the list, the
XFree server performs better than MetroX for these cards anyway. Good
luck.
Greg Whittier
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