On Sun, 7 Dec 2003, Eric Scott wrote: >Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 14:06:53 -0600 >From: Eric Scott <scottishbug@xxxxxxxxxxx> >To: xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx >Reply-To: xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Subject: Xfree being bad w/ 8.0 > >I have a copy of RH 8.0 that I've been trying to figure out. The problems >started in installation... monitor probing hanged, and I got past it with >skipddc in text mode. When it got to setting up XFree, I hit the test >button.... A black screen and nothing... at all. I waited for a minute or >two, and guessed it had frozen. Reinstalled, skiped XFree. Now what? I >can get in with the boot floppy for Console (Haven't figured out the >Mandrake boot loader with it yet), but I'm new to linux and have no clue how >to set up XFree from the terminal. My extent of XFree knowledge is >"startx," nothing more. :-P Any help? I'm just using RedHat to learn about >Linux with, so it's no extreme deal, but I'd like to have it work. YellowDog >and Mandrake have me hooked. :-P You haven't told us what video hardware you have, or what type of display you're using. Is it a CRT, DFP, or LCD? ATI/Nvidia/Matrox/Intel? Please give details... -- Mike A. Harris _______________________________________________ xfree86-list mailing list xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/xfree86-list IRC: #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com
