WHAT'S UP WITH LINUX AND ALL THESE COMPLICATIONS (part II)
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Name: opid
Date: January 19, 2001 at 07:18:31 Pacific
Subject: WHAT'S UP WITH LINUX AND ALL THESE COMPLICATIONS (part II)
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Comment: Thanks to y'all for all your helps so far. But the problem still persists. I still can't get my x-windows to work. I've tried several x-servers and several resolution modes but the darn thing won't work.
After taking a closer look at the error message, I basically could memorise it. I goes like this: "Screen (or screens) not found"
"can't connect to port 0:0"
"try changing some parameters"
The big question is this? Is this a video card problem or a monitor problem. And how could it be solved. I've tried going to /etc/X11/XF86Config to make some specific changes, but it still didn't make a difference. I have an ATI all in wonder card, and I've tried using both the Mach64 server and the SVGA server but not of them seem to work. I would appreciate any help of any form from anyone. Thanks a lot.
opid
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Response Number 1
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Name: BCGUY
Date: January 20, 2001 at 11:57:32 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)I am a newbie big time and had the same problem with mandrake7.2. It all came down to my S3 Virge DX card. So for the hell of it i went to stormLinux2000 and downloaded it from their site..On install i was thinking i was going to get the same thing. But StormLinux took all my setting and even my $hitty S3 card and 200 year old monitor with no problem. From a newbies point of view this is great, I have a few small issuse that i have to work out, but alot has to do with old hardware.
So if you just want to get Linux up and working till you can find/fix the vid thing try StormLinux2000 Good Luck
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Response Number 2
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Name: Ryan Cooley
Date: January 21, 2001 at 03:13:55 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)The Distribution of choice is RedHat 7.0 it
will support just about any videocards out
there because it includes XFree86 4.0.1 and
it has some very easy-to-use programs that
will autodetect your videocard such as
Xconfigurator which you will type at
the command prompt after install. Otherwise,
download and install the latest XF86 from
Xfree86.org [difficult for newbie].
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Response Number 4
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Name: lionel azikiwe
Date: January 31, 2001 at 12:48:34 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)i think you problem stems from selecting the wrong x86 server and possibbly the more color than you card can support. if you are runing Red hat try running /usr/bin/Xconfigurator and try reconfiguring you card but this time around try using 8bit colours(800 x 600,1024 x 768 mode) and then move up .
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