Re: startx causes system crash
the answer, in case anyone has the same problem, was to add the following
Option to XFree86-4 in the screen section:
Option "XaaNoMono8x8PatternFillRect"
in the "Screen" section of XF86Config-4
which I found at
www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlie Taylor" <dark_is@hotmail.com>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 8:40 PM
Subject: help: startx causes system crash
> I can't start a GUI and am lost so any help would be appreciated.
>
> The problem:
> Installed fine, then came to the command line and typed startx - a few
lines
> of information was printed to the screen before the screen went blank. I
> couldn't reboot by ctrl-alt-del/bkspace, I couldn't do anything but switch
> the computer off and on again. If I try to reboot into GUI mode the same
> happens.
>
> Further information:
> using "xinit >& xinit.log" I get:
> X: X: cannot execute binary file
> giving up
>
> ./xinit: Connection refused
> ./xinit: No such process
>
> I can't understand the first part of this problem, "X: cannot execute
binary
> file".
>
> Do I need to specify a different driver for my video card? I have a s3
> prosavage PM133 (ID 8A25), and the driver currently specified in the
> XFree86Config-4 file is simply "savage".
>
> I read on one website (www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html) about problems
with
> savage chipsets using less up-to-date versions of XFree86. I don't know
how
> to update XFree86...any pointers?
>
> Thanks in advance, please ask for any further required information.
>
> charlie
>
>
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