Oops, it was something really stupid. Apparently X came up with a big virtual desktop, and it placed the windows in the upper left corner while the mouse was somewhere at the bottom. Everything works fine now. <blush> Sorry --MAX Maximilian Riesenhuber wrote: > > Hi, > I'm running (or trying to get to run...) RH7.2 on a ThinkPad A31p. Since > the ATI Mobility 7800 is not supported, I installed the framebuffer > driver, which comes up fine (running in vesa mode 884, 16x1200, 16 bpp). > When I do startx the screen first goes gray, then light blue, then some > icons come up on the left, along with a window. Everything looks fine. > However, when I move the mouse, the windows & icons disappear. I still > see the mouse cursor, and clicking the various buttons also produces the > appropriate menus, but no windows ever appear. > > This is probably something really stupid, but I just don't know what. > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks! > > --MAX > > ********************************************************************** > Maximilian Riesenhuber e-mail: max@ai.mit.edu > Center for Biological & Computational Learning phone: (617) 258-0725 > Massachusetts Institute of Technology, E25-213a fax: (617) 253-2964 > 45 Carleton St. > Cambridge, MA 02142 http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/max > ********************************************************************** > _______________________________________________ > > Newbie@XFree86.Org > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie -- ********************************************************************** Maximilian Riesenhuber e-mail: max@ai.mit.edu Center for Biological & Computational Learning phone: (617) 258-0725 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, E25-213a fax: (617) 253-2964 45 Carleton St. Cambridge, MA 02142 http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/max **********************************************************************
