On Sat, 2004-03-06 at 18:42, Edwin Lee wrote: > Dear Support: > > Thank you for your time and effort in technical contribution for this > product. > > I successfully install Linux Redhat 9.0 into a P4 desktop with the hardware > including the following: > 1. Monitor: Compaq FP768A > 2. Display Card: ATI 9600 SE > > I have come across a problem of repeating login prompt when the system try > to login into X for me. System automatically choose Generic VESA display > driver with unknown probe monitor during installation. > > After further investigation, I follow the instruction from ATI with their > support rpm package installed into Redhat in the following procedures. > > 1. Boot the system in Single User Mode. > 2. Install the package by "rpm -i --force <ati_package_name>.rpm" > 3. Successful installation has been shown. > 4. Continue to run into login screen and a window prompt of X cannot be > loaded occurs. > 5. Choose "yes" to run the configuration with lots of Monitor and Display > type that I can select. > > I try many different combination; however, problem remains!!! > > Result: Same for another login name besides "root" & System in "black" > background keep asking me username and password. If I purposely type in > incorrect password, it will prompt password incorrect. If I type it right, > the system again ask me the login name and password as a repeat cycle! > > Would you please suggest any alternative solutions? What if you kill and disable gdm, so that you log into the console. Then start X by running the command "startx". It may show you an error message, and will also let you look at the log file /var/log/XFree86.0.log. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. ron.l.johnson@xxxxxxx Jefferson, LA USA All of the "reporting" about Laci Peterson & Michael Jackson reminds me of the Don Henley song "Dirty Laundry": "Can we do the operation? Is the head dead yet? You know, the boys in the newsroom got a running bet. Get the widow on the set, we need dirty laundry." _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
