Hi Kenny, I do not think that I can help you, but important information for all is what XFree86 version you have. It might also help to know which Slakware distribution you have installed. Also I think it might be important to really verify which video card you have. I guess it sits on the PCI-bus, so you should be able to run "lspci" to detect the card. Hans. ___________________________________________________________ At 14:43 2002-11-24 +0000, you wrote: >Hello and thank you for taking the time to read this and help out! > The situation as it stands so far is that: >I have installed Slackware Linux on a 1995 Micron Millennia Box, i586 with a >Diamond Stealth (64?)2001 >video card in it. I believe the chipset is an S3 Trio 3D... For whatever >reason the Super Probe program doesn't exist on my Slackware system, so I >havent been able to probe the card and find out the exact chipset, but I'm >fairly sure its the S3 Trio 3D... > Okay, so now that we're at the heart of this thing... startx wont open up >the Xwindow system... I ran the XF86Config program SEVERAL :) times, and >went through EVERY Diamond Stealth card option that was in there and none of >them worked for me. As it stands right now, I know that I'm definately >doing something the wrong way, but its not necessarily in the picking of the >video card itsself... I think its got something to do with my not having the >proper Xwindow server built into my system. > So I did the logical thing to do and referenced the Slackware Book and got >an interesting answer... According to Slackware, they by default install 3 >or 4 Xservers that work with MOST (the majority) of the VGA/SVGA video cards >out there when you do a build... Okay... things are starting to clear up... >I dont think I have the proper Xserver built in there for XF86Config to work >with the chipset on my video card... (I would like to apologize if I >misunderstand how this whole thing works, if I'm getting this wrong, I DO >tend to make LOTS of mistakes :) I have no idea how to find, build and >install a new Xserver, or even which one I need to work with my card, or >even if I'm thinking about this the right way you know... So if you could >help me in any way at all I would GREATLY appreciate it. Thank you again for >your time! >_Kenny > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online >http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > >_______________________________________________ > >Newbie@XFree86.Org >*** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: >http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > E-mail: Hans.Borg@irf.se _______________________________________________ Newbie@XFree86.Org *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
