Subject: Re: startx on mac powerbook pismo
From: Tom Arnold (tarnold@smpllc.com)
Date: Thu Sep 14 2000 - 16:59:53 MDT
Kevin,
Try running /usr/X11R6/bin/Xconfigurator from the Linux command line.
That will step you through a bunch of options to set up your monitor
(assuming you installed all the necessary X stuff).
If your monitor is one of the ones listed, you're in luck I guess. If, like
me, your monitor is *not* one that's listed, you're in for some fun. I
called the tech support line for my monitor and told the guy I needed to
configure for Linux and he actually knew something about it, even though it
was a $100 el cheapo.
Good luck! There's a lot of us in the same boat, I think. I've been
struggling to get Linux working the way I want for the last week. And I've
had some Unix experience, though that was 11 yrs ago... I've been using Macs
exclusively since then.
--- Tom Arnold Managing Partner Summit Media Partners, LLC Visit our web site at: http://www.summitmediapartners.com> From: "Kevin J. Holland" <hollandk@ULV.EDU> > Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com > Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 15:47:41 -0500 > To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com > Subject: startx on mac powerbook pismo > > I'm at the point where I can log in under root with my password, > everything loads fine, but when I type startx to run x windows I get > an error or it just doesn't work. I get a return that says config > file not found. I don't know what to do from here. System says I'm > using Xfree86 v3.3.6, do I update this? I don't even know how to > install a config file. Maybe that version is incompatible with my > hardware, but I don't know how to check this out. Thanks.
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