X server problems with mandrake 9.1

darin3200 · 04-18-2003, 07:39 PM

I have just installed Mandrake 9.1 and the install went fine. When I type startx or xinit my sceen goes blank and then comes back with an error saying that there were no screens. I logged in as root and ran xf86conifg. I have found my monitor refresh rates for veritcal and horizontal and have found my video card. I set the color to 256 and resolution to 640x480 so I know my monitor can handle it. I have noticed though when asked if I want to save I say yes and the next time I configure none of the order of the resolutions I have set are the same. Should this happened. What should I do next to try to get my X server up and running.

Thanks

iceman47 · 04-18-2003, 08:00 PM

xf86config ask if it can write to XF86Config, but xfree86 uses XF86Config-4 by default. Check /etc/X11 if XF86Config-4 exist.
If so, try renaming your XF86Config file configured by xf86config to XF86Config-4 or simply delete XF86Config-4 if you don't need it anymore. Then X will user XF86Config as the default

darin3200 · 04-18-2003, 08:27 PM

Thanks for the quick reply, I did that and now I've got it working

iceman47 · 04-18-2003, 08:35 PM

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Originally posted by darin3200
Thanks for the quick reply, I did that and now I've got it working

great

bentbike1 · 04-18-2003, 08:47 PM

i had a simular problem today with x i could probe my video chip but i could not get it to run even after running rescue mode this seems to be a running thread in mandrake 9.0

darin3200 · 04-18-2003, 08:52 PM

Could you give some more details bentbike1?

Instead of starting an entirely new thread I was wondering if anyone here could help me with this. I have a cd burner and I am trying to burn in K3B. I have so far went through the setup and setup found my cd burner. I click burner cd and there is no drive to select. I go to K3B configure and it doesn't have anything listed under devices. Also I try to make a like to the cd-rom on the desktop. I go into the Mandrake control center and find that it say my burner is /dev/scd0 so I add new drive and I double click and it says that it can not find the drive.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

bentbike1 · 04-18-2003, 08:59 PM

what more can i give i could not configure x it did probe the video chip but something about xserver fonts not being there i do not know whether this was due to me installing a new desk top xpde all i know is that rescue mode did not work and there seems to be no x86 this seems to be a common issue from the few threads i have read

Aussie · 04-18-2003, 09:18 PM

bentbike1, can you try using some punctuation in your posts, the all one sentence format is as confusing as l33t, especially for people to whom english is a second language...like americans

darin3200 · 04-18-2003, 10:49 PM

Never mind