Re: XF86Setup

[kmself@ix.netcom.com]

On Wed, Apr 05, 2000 at 11:45:15PM -0400, Steve White wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I have an ATI Rage 128 XPERT 2000 video card and the XF86Setup program
> does not seem to be able to start x after I finish the configuration. It
> says it is attempting to, then the screen goes dark and stays that way
> until reboot. Any suggestions?

Try running X with the -probeonly option:

    startx -- -probeonly 

...this may keep your system from locking up.

Try logging your session to a file 

    startx -- 1>X.log 2>&1 

...or mix and match.  


Do you get a completely blank screen, or do you get something with
a checkerboard pattern on it (actually herringbone).

How did you configure your X session?  Overly high color depths or
resolution can overtax your card.  Best to start of with a reasonably
low-grade configuration, say 8 bpp color depth and 640x480 resolution,
then increase these to your preference.  Some cards work better at lower
resolutions.

It would also be helpful to know which X server you are using.  This
should be indicated in the logging messages (see above), or as the link
indicated by:

    ls -l /usr/X11R6/bin/X

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