false alarm yet again, apologies for wasting the bandwidth. the reason for X dying was that while upgrading i removed the old window manager and forgot to install the new version. btw, it said so right there in .Xsession.errors. thanks for all responses.
yet, not all is well - X occasionally blanks out, as if going into the popwer safe mode, evan as i type or move the cursor. does it happen to anyone else? any suggestions? tia, -a "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote: > try including the output of the X server in any email when you have X > issues. > > start X via: > > startx >&X.log > > X.log will contain all output from the server. > > ive run many g400s and havent had a problem. > > nate > > On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, Aaron Stromas wrote: > > aaron. >hi, > aaron. > > aaron. >i'm having very little success configuring X (v 3.3.6-10) on this > compaq > aaron. >machine. it has matrox millenium g400 agp video card which calls for > aaron. >XF86_SVGA server. i got the the hsync and vsync values from the > monitor > aaron. >spec, 32-60 and 57-85, respectively but X dies without giving any > hints > aaron. >that i can understand. > aaron. > > aaron. >could someone who has this system and got x running send me their > aaron. >XF86Config? please cc me in your reply as i'm currently off the list. > aaron. >tia, > aaron. > > aaron. >-- > aaron. >Aaron Stromas | "Tick-tick-tick!!!... ja, Pantani is weg..." > aaron. >Oracle Corp | BRTN commentator > aaron. >+1 703.708.68.21 | L'Alpe d'Huez > aaron. > 1995 Tour de France > aaron. > > aaron. > > aaron. > > aaron. >-- > aaron. >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > aaron. > > > ::: > http://www.aphroland.org/ > http://www.linuxpowered.net/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 5:27pm up 11 days, 54 min, 1 user, load average: 0.07, 0.17, 0.08 -- Aaron Stromas | "Tick-tick-tick!!!... ja, Pantani is weg..." Oracle Corp | BRTN commentator +1 703.708.68.21 | L'Alpe d'Huez 1995 Tour de France
