Subject: Re: newbie - startx hangs
From: Avinash Gupta (agupta@mediaone.net)
Date: Fri Jan 11 2002 - 19:05:43 MST
Try running Xautoconfig-4 as root before trying 'startx'
-- Avinash Gupta (agupta@mediaone.net)
On Friday 11 January 2002 08:11, you wrote:
> Purchased YDL at Macworld expo, brought home, installed on
> 7600 w/Sonnet G3 card (128MB RAM, apple 1705 monitor).
>
> Installation appeared to go correctly, but I made two (in retrospect)
> questionable choices:
>
> -- opted for text startup instead of graphical. Not a big deal as
> I know basic *nix commands, but would just as lief go directly
> into the GUI environment -- can this choice be changed w/o reinstalling?
>
> -- configured X for 24-bit color not 16-bit as recommended. The system
> has enough VRAM for this, at least the Mac Monitors control panel has
> no problem setting "millions" at the chosen 1024x768 resolution. But...
>
> Linux boots up; I log in as a user & do a few ls & man commands to
> prove I remember how, then invoke startx and...
> ...the screen blanks
> ...some disk activity ensues
>
> >>the monitor status light changes from green to amber,
>
> indicating loss of sync <<
> ...more disk activity gradually fades out to silence
>
> and that's it until ctl-alt-del is hit. (1) what's going on, and
> (2) is there a way to break back to the command line without c-a-d
> which entails a lengthy fsck?
>
> Thanks for the enlightenment,
> Dave Cortesi
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