My hardware is as follows: AMD Athlon 800 Mhz on a VIA chipset motherboard. 256 MB of SDRAM nVidia Geforce 256 And my configuration file is this: Here is the Configuration File: # File generated by anaconda. Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Anaconda Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Mouse1" "SendCoreEvents" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "Files" # The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the # file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally # no need to change the default. RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. FontPath "unix/:7100" EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" Load "extmod" Load "fbdevhw" Load "dri" Load "glx" Load "record" Load "freetype" Load "type1" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "keyboard" # Option "AutoRepeat" "500 5" # when using XQUEUE, comment out the above line, and uncomment the # following line # Option "Protocol" "Xqueue" # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1)) # Option "Xleds" "1 2 3" # To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable. # Option "XkbDisable" # To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the # lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S. # keyboard, you will probably want to use: # Option "XkbModel" "pc102" # If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use: # Option "XkbModel" "microsoft" # # Then to change the language, change the Layout setting. # For example, a german layout can be obtained with: # Option "XkbLayout" "de" # or: # Option "XkbLayout" "de" # Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" # # If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and # control keys, use: # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps" Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "us" #Option "XkbVariant" "" #Option "XkbOptions" "" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "PS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName "Monitor Model" HorizSync 31.5-48.5 VertRefresh 50-70 Option "dpms" EndSection Section "Device" # no known options Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce 256 (generic)" Driver "nv" VendorName "NVIDIA GeForce 256 (generic)" BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 256 (generic)" #BusID EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "NVIDIA GeForce 256 (generic)" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubsection EndSection Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection -----Original Message----- From: Andreas Pakulat [mailto:ap125@stud.uni-rostock.de] Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 8:27 AM To: newbie@xfree86.org Subject: Re: X hangs on start On 21.Okt 2002 - 18:09:21, Smith, David M (DMSMITH) wrote: > Hi all, > I am having a problem with X Windows on my RedHat Linux 8.0 > installation. I have installed the OS twice already trying to figure out > what was going on. When I try to start X Windows, whether booting to a > graphical login or using startx, I get to the part where it shows the splash > screen (after login) and it freezes. It has never recovered from this, and > I can't alt-ctrl-backspace out of it. Can anyone help me? To help you, you'll have to post more Information: What does your XF86Config look like, what hardware are you using... -- Wie fängt man einen Löwen in der Wüste? Die dialektische Methode Man zäunt die Wüste ein, bewässert sie, sät Gras und setzt Kaninchen aus. Die Kaninchen vermehren sich schnell. Nach Hegel kommt daher bald der Zeitpunkt, bei dem Quantität in Qualität umschlägt, und dann hat man einen Löwen. _______________________________________________ Newbie@XFree86.Org *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie