Well, after all that, it still doesn't work. But the good news is that the new code gives me a decent diagnostic when "startx" fails. It tells me the BIOS only supports 640x480 mode. I had encountered another site that told me to change the BIOS parameter to allocate 8MB for video, but the BIOS doesn't have that function at all. Since a new video card is likely to be cheaper than a new BIOS, it looks like that's the only reasonable direction left to go. Thanks for the try. On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 08:00:07PM -0500, Jeffrey Ross wrote: > this is good the blind leading the blind.... I just installed RH version > then just installed the version I built. it appeared as if all the > important directories were overwritten with the new version and everything > worked. > > > > > (There's a reason I joined the "newbie" list. :) ) > > > > Although I have no fear of building from a CVS checkout, I have had enough > > experience doing that that I do have a couple of questions. Since this is > > a Redhat new install, all the X stuff exists as RPM-installed stuff. I > > just did "rpm -qa | grep XFree86" and got a long list of packages. In a > > simple case, I would delete the existing package so there wouldn't be any > > collisions caused by the new one. This seems like a pretty complex issue > > in XFree86's case. Do you have any suggestions for me? > > > > On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 06:52:54PM -0500, Jeffrey Ross wrote: > > > the answer is upgrade the X software. Pull the X software that is available via > > > the CVS tree. If you have all the required libraries loaded you should be able > > > to just do a "make World" > > > > > > Jeff > > > > > > > > I have a brand-new Dell Dimension 2300 with a brand-new install of RedHat > > > > 8.0, and I cannot get X running. The video is an Intel 845 with 32MB of > > > > RAM, and the monitor is a KDS VS-70. I have tried every combination of > > > > video driver and monitor selection that remotely makes sense. > > > > > > > > The xf86config selector gives the 845 as an option, then tells me it's > > > > using an i810 driver. I notice that the resulting XF86Config file has the > > > > VideoRam entry commented out. I holds the value I entered, but since it's > > > > commented out, it's kind of pointless. > > > > > > > > Intel's support site recommends using the vesa driver, and I've tried that. > > > > > > > > When I run redhat-config-xfree86, it fails, with a report from ddcprobe > > > > that invalid data is returned, but when I run ddcprobe manually, it reports > > > > everything correctly, except that it thinks I have 0 bytes of video ram. > > > > > > > > Any help will be appreciated, even if only that my next step is popping $40 > > > > for a video card. > > > > -- > > > > Daryl Lee > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > Newbie@XFree86.Org > > > > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > > > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Newbie@XFree86.Org > > > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > > > > > > > -- > > Daryl Lee > > Marietta, GA > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Newbie@XFree86.Org > > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Newbie@XFree86.Org > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > -- Daryl Lee Marietta, GA _______________________________________________ Newbie@XFree86.Org *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
