Paragraphs are good, Rubbish. On Sun, Sep 03, 2000 at 08:45:51PM -0400, Rubbish5@aol.com wrote: > So my setup: I'm using Debian 2.2. I just did a full upgrade of > whatever Debian's newest of everything is, so I'm not quite sure what > version of X I've got, but I'm pretty much positive it's 3.6 or > greater. Run "X --probeonly", or "X --version", which will give the version of X on stdout. > My computer is a Compaq Presario 1800XL 190 Laptop. My video card is > an ATI Rage Mobility AGP, although when you really get into the > diagnostics it's listed as "ATI Rage Mobility p", which is one of the > cards I can choose when using xf86config. xf86config is a PITA IMO. Use XF86Setup instead. It's a GUI tool, uses the VGA X server, so you'll need that installed. Rather more intuitive than xf86config. > I've been told what refresh rates to use by several people, and I > haven't fried my monitor, so I'm set there. AFAIK, most laptops are hard-set to 60 Hz. This causes far fewer problems with an LCD display than it does with a CRT, in terms of flicker, etc. > As far as RAMDAC, I'm a little stuck there, the closest I found was a > diagnostic that read "DAC: Internal" but I just type 'q' for that one > since it says it can generally auto-detect. Clockchip I do without, > and I use the Mach-64 server, which is what my card is meant to be > used with. No specific data, but I'd suggest auto-detect first. > So the problem is really simple to describe :-) I type 'startx' and I > get a nice little flicker of what's probably X for aprox .5 seconds, > and then the screen goes blank. I can't power off my computer, so I > have to yank the powercord and the battery out. Ctrl + Alt + > Backspace also does not work. Any help is much appreciated! It's possible that your colordepth and/or resolution aren't supported. Sounds like a pretty fried X setup. Have you looked online for configs for similar hardware? -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks! http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0
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