Re: XFree86 setup!!!
Ok... I ran 'startx' and this time the bottom (lets say) 1/4 of the screen
flashed white for a second... and that was it. I mean, the HD gets accessed here
and there, but obviously the display is no good. Even if the driver is not the
*exact* one, shouldn't something come up, even garbled? The setup program works
fine... hmmm... also - is it true that the monitor can get screwed up if I let it
stay like that for too long? Thanks for your help!
Will Lowe wrote:
> 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
>
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