Re: FreeSBIE 2.0 bug report

On Sat, Jan 20, 2007 at 11:18:46PM +0100, Jerome Warnier wrote:
> Le mercredi 17 janvier 2007 à 22:37 +0100, Jerome Warnier a écrit :
> > Le mercredi 17 janvier 2007 à 21:29 +0100, Jerome Warnier a écrit :
> With a plain CD (not RW), it boot, but X does not start automatically.

This is correct. X is not supposed to start automatically at boot. If
you want it to, use the freesbie.wm cheatcode, as described in the
release notes.


> When I start it using "startx", the resolution and color depth is
> 640x480x8 (it does not recognize my screen, the graphics card is fine)
> and so tells /var/log/Xorg.0.log.

Try tuning /etc/X11/xorg.conf . Read FreeSBIE 2.0 Release Notes,
there's a section about what to do when your monitor doesn't get
recognized correctly.
> 
> > > There was also and IBM Thinkpad T43. It boots, but gets to a
> > > command-line interface, and if I try to execute "startx", the screen
> > > gets black and nothing moves.
> > This machine has 1GB RAM.
> Even with the new CD (not RW), I get exactly the same.

Can you check whether /etc/X11/xorg.conf has the correct driver for
your card in the Device section, please?
Thanks.
Best Regards
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Matteo Riondato
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