Velasquez, Carlos (carlos.velasquez@ssmb.com)
Tue, 29 Jun 1999 12:03:20 -0400
Okay, I rpm'ed -Uvh the Xconfigurator and I still can't find the xautoconfig
file. Is it in this RPM? in any case, I tried startx and it came back with
an error... something about not connecting to a server.
Any ideas people? I will check for the actual error from startx if it will
help.
Carlos
______________________________________________________________________
C.F. Velasquez
Asst. Vice President
Global Database and Technology Division
Salomon Smith Barney, Inc.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Diller [SMTP:dillera@gse.upenn.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 1999 11:19 AM
> To: Velasquez, Carlos
> Cc: 'Neil Jolly'; Andrew B. Arthur; Yellow Dog Linux Listserver (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: Newbie question on X...
>
> try this link:
>
> ftp://yellowmirror.scl.cwru.edu/pub/yellowdog/updates/champion-1.0/RPMS/Xc
> onfigurator-4.1.3-1a.ppc.rpm
>
>
> 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
>
> --
> ------------------
> Andrew Diller
> ISC - SOS
> Graduate School of Education
> University of Pennsylvania
> 3-5423
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