problem with Xwindows

xmaspie · 02-22-2003, 09:56 AM

i intalled RH 8.0 on my machine. after installation. i can`t load xwindows from text mode. what i typed is : startx. but it said it can`t find the srceen. something like this. so... how can i run Xwindows then?

ps: i got run RH7.2 before 1yr. it works properly on the same machine. thus, it seems that `s not a hardware problem.

thanks in advance.

Mara · 02-22-2003, 10:59 AM

Run 'XConfigurator' as root and use it to configure XFree. It looks it's not configured.

xmaspie · 02-24-2003, 07:28 AM

thank you for replying. i got run "XConfigurator". it said: no such command. any ideas?

crashmeister · 02-24-2003, 07:47 AM

Try xf86config or XF86Config-4 - one of those should let you configure xfree interactively.You better got the specs for your monitor and graphics card.

Mara · 02-24-2003, 02:23 PM

Or Xconfigurator, all commands as root.

trn · 02-24-2003, 09:10 PM

try xf86cfg or xf86config or xfree86 -configure

xmaspie · 03-12-2003, 07:57 AM

thanks for you guys kindly helping.
but... my problem still exist.. after i try xconfigurator and set all the settings, it said fail to write the config files. then nothing happened. thanks for helping me!

Mara · 03-13-2003, 12:37 PM

Have you tried it as root?

xmaspie · 03-13-2003, 01:09 PM

hi mara. i did it in root account.

arnold · 03-13-2003, 01:14 PM

what does /var/log/XFree86.0.log say?

Mara · 03-13-2003, 01:31 PM

and: do you remember the error message? or can you reproduce it?