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toxiburn77 02-28-2004 03:18 PM

i need serious help!!!
 
ok im a newbie and i just ran the setup of redhat 9 on my pc, in using the swap option to switch between win 98 and redhat linux... neways... i choose redhat and it starts to boot up,

LoungeLizard 02-28-2004 03:22 PM

I dont understand the problem does the boot fail?

toxiburn77 02-28-2004 03:25 PM

no... it lets me log in but then when i type in startx it gives me fatal error 104

Mara 02-28-2004 03:30 PM

Please look in your /etc/X11/XF86Confi(-4) and post 'Section "Monitor"' and 'Section "Device"'.

acid_kewpie 02-28-2004 03:30 PM

you might want to learn how to ask suitable questions... please provide real error messages and enough detail so we can guess what yuo actually need help with, we'er not psychic.

toxiburn77 02-28-2004 03:33 PM

this is what comes up..XIO:fatal erre 104 (connection reset by peer) on x server ":0,0" after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining
[root@localhost root]#

toxiburn77 02-28-2004 03:45 PM

i suck at linux its like my first time and i got no idea wut 2 type in the promt..

Mara 02-28-2004 03:54 PM

cat /etc/X11/XF86Config|less
you can scroll the file with PageUp, PageDown, up and down arrows, and you can quit by pressing 'q' key

toxiburn77 02-28-2004 03:57 PM

k... where do i go 4rm there?

Mara 02-28-2004 04:02 PM

Log in as root , type the command.

Then find 'Section "Monitor"' and 'Section "Device"'. Compare the values in "Monitor" section (lines with 'HorizSync' and 'VertRefresh') with your monitor's tech specification (in the manual). If they're different, quit this mode (press 'q') and open the file in any editor (example: joe /etc/X11/XF86Config) and change them to the correct values for your monitor.
Save the file and try to 'startx' again.
If it fail, edit the file once again and look into "Device". What do you have in the "Driver" line?

Note: Lines beginning with # are comments.

toxiburn77 02-28-2004 04:25 PM

it doesnt do nething... the same line comes up everytime

SciYro 02-28-2004 05:32 PM

are you sure thats the only error?, usualy the conection reset eror will only happen after another error first ocurs

toxiburn77 03-01-2004 10:12 AM

..k i did the same thing on my other pc and it just skipped to a blue screen with a login window... is there any way i can skip the black DOS prompt thing and go to the graphic desktop???

Mara 03-05-2004 04:04 PM

If you have X configured correctly, 'startx' command should bring you GUI. If not, there must be still something wong in /etc/X11/XF86Config. If you still have the problem, post the file.


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