On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Greg Julius wrote: > (This is a re-send of a previous post).
Ok, now I recognize it. Aren't you being just a little bit impatient? ;) Remember that you are not a customer (of us) nor are the others on this list your help desk. We are just people who either use or develop XFree86, many as unpaid volunteers. > I have put in the 4.2.20 kernel - just fine now. I installed the XFree86 No, not kernel. X server. Right? > 4.2.99.3 binaries and things stopped. > > I just did a XFree86 -configure and put the resulting configuration file in > /etc/X11/XF86Config. I restarted the system. I did a startx. Nothing but > blank screen. Edited the config file and replaced the i810 driver with > vesa. restarted the system again. I did a startx. This time I got ok, so the driver didn't actually work :( I don't know anything about that -- I think others know more. > something. I'm not sure what it was, but it wasn't my pretty interface > before the binary install. It a "desktop" for lack of a better term. It > had a clock (hard to read, but analog format). It had two terminal windows > with dark backgrounds and one terminal window with a light > background. exiting the light one exits everything. That, I know something about. > 1) How do I get my pretty interface back (GNOME)? I tried switchdesk > GNOME, but I got the same stuff. what is the contents of your .xinitrc file? Mine just says: exec gnome-session > 2) Must I always reboot after I stop a startx? If I don't I just get a > blank screen. No, you shouldn't need to. You don't describe above that you need to. Can you say more about this? -Peter _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
