Xfree86-4.0.2 problems!

anoop_chandran · 11-17-2001, 05:25 AM

hi
i've been trying to install the xfree86 on redhat 7.0 without any success.

during the installation no errors where reported ,and as a the "Install document " said i ran the script
XFee86 -configure
at the prompt.
the a message came that a file XF86Config.new file has been created in the /root/ directory and to test the config i should run

XFee86 -xf86config /root/XF86config.new

let me tell u something when i went thru this .new file i found that my display card had been identified.which is S3 prosavage PM133,and this was not identified with xFree86-4.0.1.

so ,when i ran the above command,the screen showed up B&W spots and then nothing came up,no messages,nothing.
after waiting for sometime i had to press ctrl+alt+backspace to kill it..

i had copied my old /usr/X11R6 and /etc/X11 diretories.can i use that to restore my display..........otherwise how can i fall back to Xfree864.0.1 now?

pls help!

webtoe · 11-18-2001, 01:17 PM

from the sounds of it you had it working. XFree doesn't look pretty when there is no window manager running (such as KDE,Gnome or window maker). the balck and whit spots are the default background before your window manager has started.

what you need is an .xinitrc file. this starts your window manager when XFree is all ready.

open a text editor and put into a file named .xinitrc the following:

for kde do this

Code:

exec kde

if you want gnome then do this

Code:

exec gnome-session

and for window maker

Code:

exec wmaker

you could also set up kdm to give you a graphical login but im afraid i don;t know much about that.

Alex

anoop_chandran · 11-18-2001, 11:28 PM

okay i did that

i have
exec startkde
in .xinitrc

but now, the desktop can be seen only on the lower half of the monitor the upper half remains black .why is that.how will i change that? the resolution seems to be 320x200 . how can i change that? preesing ctrl+alt+[+] doesn't help!

why is my monitor screen half blank?My monitor has been identfied bu still........

btb which file should i edit inordr to change my resolution!

pls .........

webtoe · 11-19-2001, 08:50 AM

see this post that i wrote a few days ago (i seem to be telling a lot of people the same things over and over).

try searching the forum if it isn't detailed enough, i have seen more answers to this i think

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...4918#post34918

Alex

anoop_chandran · 11-23-2001, 01:38 AM

hi,
it seems to work.......thanx

when i execute the command xinit ,i saw from the command prompt something like this

#using file /root/XF86Config

infact i have a copy of /etc/X11/XF86Config as /root/XF86Config...

BTW while in X ,i have my mose pointer in a yellow sort of color ..the rest seems to be ok...

is it some sort of new scheme or is something wrong!...
anyway...can some one tell me howto change it ?