Re: XFree86 setup!!!
On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Shaul Peleg wrote:
> I have tried numerous installations of X and I can't get the monitor to
> display anything when I 'xinit'. I have a Jaton Video-67P card (don't
> ask!) based on the Trident Providia 9685 chipset. I used the SVGA
> base... and I tried using both of the Jaton drivers (neither for the
> 67P) and Trident 96xx drivers. My monitor settings were for regular
> 640x400 VGA (I tried 800x600 too). I have tried numerous combinations. I
> have looked at the XFConfig file ... BTW I installed afterstep. I am new
> at this... please help. It took me hours to figure out how to get the
> pointer moving!!! Thanks all. -sp
Hmm, you should be using "startx", not "xinit" --- although startx is
essentially a wrapper which calls xinit with the proper arguments. Try
"startx" and let us know what happens.
Will
harpo@udel.edu
lowe@cis.udel.edu
http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/
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