Re: Xfree being bad w/ 8.0

On Sun, 7 Dec 2003, Eric Scott wrote:

>Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 14:06:53 -0600
>From: Eric Scott <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Reply-To: [email protected]
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>Subject: Xfree being bad w/ 8.0
>
>I have a copy of RH 8.0 that I've been trying to figure out.  The problems
>started in installation... monitor probing hanged, and I got past it with
>skipddc in text mode.  When it got to setting up XFree, I hit the test
>button.... A black screen and nothing... at all. I waited for a minute or
>two, and guessed it had frozen.  Reinstalled, skiped XFree.  Now what?  I
>can get in with the boot floppy for Console (Haven't figured out the
>Mandrake boot loader with it yet), but I'm new to linux and have no clue how
>to set up XFree from the terminal.  My extent of XFree knowledge is
>"startx," nothing more. :-P  Any help?  I'm just using RedHat to learn about
>Linux with, so it's no extreme deal, but I'd like to have it work. YellowDog
>and Mandrake have me hooked. :-P

You haven't told us what video hardware you have, or what type 
of display you're using.  Is it a CRT, DFP, or LCD?  
ATI/Nvidia/Matrox/Intel?  Please give details...


-- 
Mike A. Harris


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