Re: [gentoo-user] Is starting xdm enough to see something in X?

2009-05-23 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 22 May 2009 12:19:40 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > >> If there is absolutely no difference then I don't need to bother with >> this. If there is then I do. The real issue here is that Myth doesn't >> work. If I can be certain that displ

Re: [gentoo-user] Is starting xdm enough to see something in X?

2009-05-23 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 22 May 2009 12:19:40 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > If there is absolutely no difference then I don't need to bother with > this. If there is then I do. The real issue here is that Myth doesn't > work. If I can be certain that displaying Myth apps on a remote > screen, such as mythtv-setup or

Re: [gentoo-user] Is starting xdm enough to see something in X?

2009-05-22 Thread Daniel da Veiga
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 18:12, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Daniel da Veiga > wrote: > >> >> Or you're using an intel card. >> Set your VIDEO_CARDS variable in /etc/make.conf to "vesa" and >> recompile xorg-server, then try again. >> >> -- >> Daniel da Veiga >> >> > > Hi

Re: [gentoo-user] Is starting xdm enough to see something in X?

2009-05-22 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Daniel da Veiga wrote: > > Or you're using an intel card. > Set your VIDEO_CARDS variable in /etc/make.conf to "vesa" and > recompile xorg-server, then try again. > > -- > Daniel da Veiga > > Hi Daniel, I'm happy to try that, but for the record in case someone

Re: [gentoo-user] Is starting xdm enough to see something in X?

2009-05-22 Thread Daniel da Veiga
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 17:46, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Alan McKinnon > wrote: >> On Friday 22 May 2009 21:19:40 Mark Knecht wrote: >>> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Matt Harrison >>> >>> wrote: >>> > Mark Knecht wrote: >>> >> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:49 AM,

Re: [gentoo-user] Is starting xdm enough to see something in X?

2009-05-22 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Friday 22 May 2009 21:19:40 Mark Knecht wrote: >> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Matt Harrison >> >> wrote: >> > Mark Knecht wrote: >> >> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:49 AM, bn wrote: >> >>> Mark Knecht ha scritto: >> Title sort o

Re: [gentoo-user] Is starting xdm enough to see something in X?

2009-05-22 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 22 May 2009 21:19:40 Mark Knecht wrote: > On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Matt Harrison > > wrote: > > Mark Knecht wrote: > >> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:49 AM, bn wrote: > >>> Mark Knecht ha scritto: > Title sort of says it. I have an old machine that I'm setting up as a >

Re: [gentoo-user] Is starting xdm enough to see something in X?

2009-05-22 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Matt Harrison wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: >> >> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:49 AM, bn wrote: >>> >>> Mark Knecht ha scritto: Title sort of says it. I have an old machine that I'm setting up as a Myth server. I didn't want X on the machine but I'm ha

Re: [gentoo-user] Is starting xdm enough to see something in X?

2009-05-22 Thread Matt Harrison
Mark Knecht wrote: On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:49 AM, bn wrote: Mark Knecht ha scritto: Title sort of says it. I have an old machine that I'm setting up as a Myth server. I didn't want X on the machine but I'm having trouble so I emerged xdm and start it using /etc/init.d/xdm start. The driver

Re: [gentoo-user] Is starting xdm enough to see something in X?

2009-05-22 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:49 AM, bn wrote: > Mark Knecht ha scritto: >> Title sort of says it. I have an old machine that I'm setting up as a >> Myth server. I didn't want X on the machine but I'm having trouble so >> I emerged xdm and start it using /etc/init.d/xdm start. The  drivers >> get loa

Re: [gentoo-user] Is starting xdm enough to see something in X?

2009-05-22 Thread Dale
Mark Knecht wrote: > Title sort of says it. I have an old machine that I'm setting up as a > Myth server. I didn't want X on the machine but I'm having trouble so > I emerged xdm and start it using /etc/init.d/xdm start. The drivers > get loaded but I get a black screen. No error message in the X

Re: [gentoo-user] Is starting xdm enough to see something in X?

2009-05-22 Thread bn
Mark Knecht ha scritto: > Title sort of says it. I have an old machine that I'm setting up as a > Myth server. I didn't want X on the machine but I'm having trouble so > I emerged xdm and start it using /etc/init.d/xdm start. The drivers > get loaded but I get a black screen. No error message in t

[gentoo-user] Is starting xdm enough to see something in X?

2009-05-22 Thread Mark Knecht
Title sort of says it. I have an old machine that I'm setting up as a Myth server. I didn't want X on the machine but I'm having trouble so I emerged xdm and start it using /etc/init.d/xdm start. The drivers get loaded but I get a black screen. No error message in the X log file. I haven't messed