From: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu (Charles Hedrick) Subject: Re: problems getting X running Date: 20 Aug 1992 02:38:34 GMT
rgb@esleng.ocunix.on.ca (Richard Briggs) writes:
>Hi Linux'ers:
>Any time I try to initialize, the screen goes dead and a terminal on a serial
>port is the only feedback I've been able to get aside from capture files.
When I've seen this happen, it's been because Xconfig did not define
a valid configuration. There must be at least one line in the Modedb
section where
- the mode at the beginning of the line, e.g. "1024x768",
matches the mode listed in the Modes line.
- the dot clock (the number immediately following the mode)
matches one of the clocks in the Clocks line. Or
if there is no Clocks line, one of the clocks that X386
figures out for itself.
If more than one mode is listed in the Modes line, there must be
a matching line for each one.
I believe your problem is that you do not have a Modes line.