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Old 08-12-2002, 09:14 PM   #1
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startx crashes


when i run startx i get the following message

no mode definition 1024*7xx

i guess this is s a display/ screen config prob.
any ideas ???????
 
Old 08-12-2002, 09:18 PM   #2
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Look for the file XF86Config or XF86Config-4 under the directory /etc/X11/ and post the contents of it here.
 
Old 08-13-2002, 02:06 AM   #3
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wont fit on page ?? mail me ??
or what sections do you want
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Old 08-13-2002, 02:23 AM   #4
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Post the relevant sections, the sections pertaining to Screen would come to mind, and maybe graphics card.

Or, you can upload the file to my ftp and post a link here

ftp://masterc.no-ip.org and here is a username and pass:

USER: CCSpoon
PASS: s2000

It's not always up, but I will leave it up for a couple days so people can see your file.

The link should look something like:
ftp://CCSpoon:s2000@masterc.no-ip.org/XF86Config-4 (If you click this, and there is no file XF86Config-4 (which currently there isn't), then it will return an error, so edit that portion)

Last edited by MasterC; 08-13-2002 at 02:26 AM.
 
Old 08-13-2002, 02:39 AM   #5
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alas no ftp
heres some sections

# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************

Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic VGA Card"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
Chipset "generic"
EndSection


Section "Device"
Identifier "S3 ViRGE (generic)"
VendorName "S3 Incorporated. 86C325"
#Option "xaa_benchmark"
#Option "fifo_moderate"
#Option "pci_burst_on"
#Option "pci_retry"
VideoRam 2048
EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Screen section
# **********************************************************************

# The kernel framebuffer server
Section "Screen"
Driver "fbdev"
Device "Generic VGA Card"
Monitor "Generic Standard VGA, 640x480 @ 60 Hz"
Subsection "Display"
# Depth 16
Depth 16
Modes "default"
EndSubsection
EndSection

# The 16-color VGA server
Section "Screen"
Driver "vga16"
Device "Generic VGA Card"
Monitor "Generic Standard VGA, 640x480 @ 60 Hz"
Subsection "Display"
Modes "640x480" "800x600"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection

# The Mono server
Section "Screen"
Driver "vga2"
Device "Generic VGA Card"
Monitor "Generic Standard VGA, 640x480 @ 60 Hz"
Subsection "Display"
Modes "640x480" "800x600"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection


# The svga server
Section "Screen"
Driver "svga"
Device "S3 ViRGE (generic)"
Monitor "Generic Standard VGA, 640x480 @ 60 Hz"
DefaultColorDepth 16

Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection

# The accel server
Section "Screen"
Driver "accel"
Device "S3 ViRGE (generic)"
Monitor "Generic Standard VGA, 640x480 @ 60 Hz"
DefaultColorDepth 16

Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
 
Old 08-13-2002, 02:49 AM   #6
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Have you tried running XF86Config as root? And gone through the setup completely and accurately that way?

No ftp? Is it down?
 
Old 08-13-2002, 03:06 AM   #7
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how do i run a text file ?????
 
Old 08-13-2002, 03:07 AM   #8
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he he he, sorry, it's lower case I think

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