We need to see the /var/log/XFree86.0.log

                        Mark.

On Tue, 25 Mar 2003, Tom McCullough wrote:

> I have a problem with what was a working system.  here is the cronology:
> 
> originally working system: VIA mobo/Athlon 1600+ t'bird 512M SDRAM with 
> chaintech geforce4 ti 4200 8x 128M DDR AGP card running RH 8.0 with 
> nvidia drivers and a Dell P-990 monitor.
> 
> 1st change: got new ASUS a7n8x mobo with 1800+ 512M DDR and same video 
> card. video continued to work, but couldn't get either of the embedded 
> NICs or the sound to work.  tried compiling new modules for both, but 
> had no luck.
> 
> 2nd change: installed 8.0.94 'phoebe' beta as upgrade.  now all hardware 
> is recognized including geforce4 (generic).  When it is time for X to 
> start, the screen blanks and gives two very short flashes, and the usual 
> drive activity continues.  I can blindly type in tty1 and log on to the 
> computer and it will reboot with the reboot command, so system is not 
> hung.  I tried typing my username and password after <alt>+f7 and I got 
> a beep when I hit the enter key after my username. I don't know what was 
> happening there.  I did a <ctrl>+<alt>+f1 and was able to reboot.
> 
> I'm not a guru yet, so I am a little unsure as to how to procede from 
> here.  I checked bugzilla.redhat and only found one similar bug.  it was 
> closed and the reporter was told to contact you.
> 
> Please let me know if there is any more info needed.  I would like to 
> use my desktop instead of the 266 P-II laptop with debian I am using 
> right now.
> Thanks in advance for your help.
> Tom
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