X Windows Config

[Eric R.]

Here's a couple of other things to try.

Login at the command line as root and type setup.  Try your X 
configuration from there.

_And/Or_

cd to /etc/X11 and copy XF86Config-4 to XF86Config-4.bck then delete
XF86Config-4.  I believe XF86Config is a template and XF86Config-4 is 
the config file.  If memory serves me, this may force a reconfig of X.

Sounds like your install of X might have abbended.  You might just try a 
re-install of Linux, reinstall X, and do not choose to boot to graphical 
mode (imho).

Is this an old video card or a reasonably new one?  You might try 
skipping the auto-probe if you have an older graphics card.

Also, if you decide to re-install and get the little mini-screen when 
you switch back out of video setup, you might try ctrl + alt + + or - to 
see if you have any other available video modes to select from.

E

pthurmond at kc.rr.com wrote:
> So far none of these have allowed me to bring up the GUI, or resolve my
> problem. I appreciate your help though. The x86config brought me to a
> text base config tool, but it didn't fix my problem. The problem is
> when I was setting up the video during the install of RH8 when it
> switched back from the video test the setup screen was way down in the
> right hand corner and very unreadable. So I had to for a reboot and now
> it just throws up errors when I run startx.
> 
> The error is as follows(Both errors contained in [ ]  brackets):
> [
>    Fatal server error:
>    no screens found
> ]
> 
> [
>    X10: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server
> ":0.0" after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
> ]
> 
> Hope this is helpful info.
> 
> -Patrick
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 01-31-2003 12:57 pm, Duane Attaway <dattaway at dattaway.org> wrote:
> 
> 
>>On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 pthurmond at kc.rr.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>>He guys, I had a problem with loading RH8 and need to configure
>>
> some
> 
>>>video settings so that I can load X Windows. But I don't remember
>>
> the
> 
>>>command that brings up the GUI config utility that I would get
>>
> towards
> 
>>>the end of the install of RH8. I have tried a few variations of
>>
> configx,
> 
>>>xconfigure, etc. Any ideas???
>>
>>Xconfigurator if I remember correctly...
>>
>>--
>>Why drive a car when you can ride a bike?
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