Ismael wrote: > >> after i tried to recompile a custom kernel i soon ran into compile >> problems with some sig11 errors and i soon gave up. > > /*/* okay. I think that's NOT the problem.the problem is : you ran xf86config or >not ? Have you CHOOSE your card in the fscking > database? > TWO THOUSAND times I repeat it on this mailing list ! ;-) > When you install X , you choose the SERVER at the install and no more. The sig 11 is >in fact a signal that Linux sends to the process > when he can't manage hardware (in our case, not found) and just stops for not >damaging something. While running xf86 config, you > should set your monitor frequences again, for > being SURE of what you're doing. It can hardly DAMAGE your monitor. */*/ hmm. thanks for the response. ( its the only one so far ...! ) i havnt run xf86config as yet. however during the install, i set using (Xconfigurator) my exact hardware (matrox millenium 4 meg card) and monitor specs - ie. 1600x1200@75hzin 16 bit colour. after reading some of the entries to the red-hat list regarding mouse problems i decided to do: #gpm -k #startx to which X started perfactly - straight after boot up and login. (i guess it has something to do with the mouse settings... perhaps ?) anyway i shall get rid of my mouse in favour of a three button one. can anyone recommend a decent one ? or should i just go for the cheapest one available ? as to the cd problem - i *still* havent got a clue ... apart from thinking that burning a cd using an irix system is a slightly non-standard (as far as linux is concerned) issue perhaps ? can anyone else perhaps shed some light on the matter ? thanks in advance. ttfn. matt. apart from possibly thinking that the -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
