xfree86
I just downloaded and installed Xfree86. After installing it i went back into X and all the text were just boxes. Can someone help me?
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Have you tried reconfiguring it? What distro are you using?
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I'm using Red Hat Linux 7.1.
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Quit X, and at the command line type:
Code:
startx &>/tmp/Xerrors <--this syntax assumes you're using bash. For csh, transpose the & and > Code:
less /tmp/Xerrors Happy Hunting... |
There were no errors and I didn't see anything about fonts..
Anyway I am thinking of uninstalling Red Hat Linux and getting a new distro. Which one do you recommend for a newbie? Also, how do I uninstall Linux? |
Unfortunately, Redhat and Mandrake (which is very Redhat-like) are the distros that seem to be most newbie-friendly. Also, I think many people who are just starting out take the "install another distro" approach too quickly. Any distro has a learning curve and it's own quirks, and while another might set X up for you flawlessly, it might never recognize your modem. No distro is perfect and commpatible with all hardware. Sometimes you can lose more time switching/configuring distros than you would just working through the problem at hand. You may bleed a little, but you'll definitely know more when you're done.
Of course, this is just my $0.02 of rambling ;) |
what version of xf86 did you download?
i sounds like you didn't get any fonts along with it. can you give a listing of all the files you downloaded for X? (just the .tar.gz's :)) |
I downloaded xfree86 version 4.1.0
I downloaded the 12 files it asked me to... I remember downloading a 15MB file of fonts. Also earlier today I booted up linux and there was a clock in the corner and 2 terminal windows. I couldnt close any of them. |
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