Ok... I ran 'startx' and this time the bottom (lets say) 1/4 of the screen flashed white for a second... and that was it. I mean, the HD gets accessed here and there, but obviously the display is no good. Even if the driver is not the *exact* one, shouldn't something come up, even garbled? The setup program works fine... hmmm... also - is it true that the monitor can get screwed up if I let it stay like that for too long? Thanks for your help!
Will Lowe wrote: > On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Shaul Peleg wrote: > > > I have tried numerous installations of X and I can't get the monitor to > > display anything when I 'xinit'. I have a Jaton Video-67P card (don't > > ask!) based on the Trident Providia 9685 chipset. I used the SVGA > > base... and I tried using both of the Jaton drivers (neither for the > > 67P) and Trident 96xx drivers. My monitor settings were for regular > > 640x400 VGA (I tried 800x600 too). I have tried numerous combinations. I > > have looked at the XFConfig file ... BTW I installed afterstep. I am new > > at this... please help. It took me hours to figure out how to get the > > pointer moving!!! Thanks all. -sp > > Hmm, you should be using "startx", not "xinit" --- although startx is > essentially a wrapper which calls xinit with the proper arguments. Try > "startx" and let us know what happens. > Will > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/ > ***************************************************************************** > Good Idea: Feeding Stray Cats in the Park. > Bad Idea: Feeding Stray Cats in the park ... to a bear. > ***************************************************************************** > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
