Andrew Diller (dillera@gse.upenn.edu)
Tue, 29 Jun 1999 11:19:06 -0400
try this link:
I used this to configure X on my beige G3.
I start up in mode 3- that this multiuser text mode.
To start X i log in and run:
) startx --- starts GNOME
OR
) xinit - starts X with a rootless Xterm
(inside xterm)
) startkde
and that will run KDE if you have it installed.
-andy
"Velasquez, Carlos" wrote:
>
> Y'all,
>
> Aha! That is what I wanted to hear. I have spent hours looking for the
> xautoconfig file but it was to no avail. So i guess it didn't install. I did
> find a file called Xcongfigurator but that didn't work (not to mention that
> it found my 8 meg ixMicro but only as a 1meg card--any ideas on that??)
>
> So what files do I need to get (either from ftp or my install disk) to get
> xautoconfig? I do have XFree86 directories all over the place so I assume
> that installed okay.
>
> Just looking to get graphical...
>
> Carlos
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
> C.F. Velasquez
> Asst. Vice President
> Global Database and Technology Division
> Salomon Smith Barney, Inc.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Neil Jolly [SMTP:jollyn@cadvision.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 1999 12:30 AM
> > To: Andrew B. Arthur
> > Cc: Velasquez, Carlos; Yellow Dog Linux Listserver (E-mail)
> > Subject: Re: Newbie question...
> >
> > "Andrew B. Arthur" wrote:
> >
> > > >From: "Velasquez, Carlos" <carlos.velasquez@ssmb.com>
> > >
> > > > Finally got YDL running and after trying out some stuff I in text mode
> > I am
> > > > ready to move up into the world of X windows. How exactly do I get
> > started??
> > >
> > > Assuming you installed the X Windows packages by using the X Windows
> > option,
> > > you should get a graphical gnome log in screen.
> > >
> > > However if you didn't install them, you can install them by hand, they
> > start
> > > with XFree86 something.
> > >
> > > If you did install them, try running Xautoconfig, a program that seems
> > to
> > > fix common problems with XFree86 on Yellow Dog Linux (you probably need
> > to
> > > download this from the updates directory on
> > ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com).
> > >
> > >
> >
> > I had some problems with the installer on my beige G3 as well. Only parts
> > of X
> > got installed and the installer never did boot into X. I tried several
> > different
> > methods of installation, but X didn't install, whether I selected the
> > individual
> > packages or everything, or both. I ended up having to manually install the
> > remaining packages, and configured X with xautoconfig, which I also had to
> > install by hand. Weird, some people had it work well, and others have had
> > the
> > exact same problem.
> >
> > Neil
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