Re: X starts, but it displays strange things

[Michel Dänzer <daenzer@relog.ch>]

Charles Brunet wrote:

> I was finally able to install XFree-4.0.2 on my indigo iBook. X starts, but
> I'm not able to see anything, except the mouse cursor and a gray screen with
> horizontals lines, slightly diagonals, as if the pixels sent to the screen
> weren't the same depth as the screen itself. When I push the mouse button, I
> see turquoise lines on the screen.
> 
> I use the XF86Config file I found on hadess.net (merci Bastien). The r128
> driver is loaded. Resolution is 800x600. Everything in the log file seems ok
> to me. I tried different screen depths without success.

This is perfectly normal behaviour for an X server without any clients. How do
you start it? What window manager or desktop environment would you like to
use? Have you installed it?


Michel


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