Re: (X 4.0 problem )Re: pls help or i will switch to other distro

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

John Joe wrote:

> Thanks for your reply!
>
> i have Trident 9680 and Woody and upgrade kernel to
> 2.4 but still can't use X 4.0 
>
> when i enter xinit, the X background seems OK, but the
> xterm is divided, irregularly. i use no window
> manager. below is XF86Config-4 and output of xinit:
>
> (please reply to softguy@citiz.net because i will
> leave the list soon.)
>  

Let me encourage you to use "startx" rather than "xinit".

The divided xterm indicates a problem with your card/resolution 
settings. I'm not familiar with the Trident 9680, but a quick google 
indicates it's a PCI card with 2MB max RAM, which means yours probably 
only has 1MB. I've had problems with lower-RAM cards getting X working; 
sometimes ya just gotta hold your mouth just right . . . .

Once in X, you might try pressing Ctrl-Alt-PlusOnTheKeypad or 
Ctrtl-Alt-MinusOnTheKeypad to cycle through the defined resolutions. 
But, if you only have a 1MB card, I'd recommend you scrounge up a 4MB 
card or so (Ebay, local computer store's dumpster, etc).

Kent