X Windows Config

[Brian Densmore]

sorry my bad, you're right.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric R. [mailto:rossiter at discoverynet.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 1:57 PM
> To: Brian Densmore
> Cc: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: Re: X Windows Config
> 
> 
> Brian Densmore wrote:
> > X looks first in your home directory for XF86Config, then
> > /etc/X11/XF86Config then ... eventually it will look for 
> XF86Config-4,
> > but that is not the first one.
> 
> 
> hmmmmm... I don't think that's how I learned it on RH...
> 
> I have a .Xclients, a .Xclients-default and a .Xauthority (which I 
> believe deals with ssh?) in my /home directory.... no 
> XF86Config of any 
> type.
> 
> A search of the entire system reveals XF86Config in the 
> following locations:
> 
> 
> /etc/X11/XF86Config
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
> 
> A search of the entire system for XF86Config-4 returns:
> 
> /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
> 
> This is RH 7.0.  I'll look on RH 8.0 when I get home.
> 
> and I just found this....
> 
> http://www.fifi.org/cgi-bin/man2html/usr/X11R6/man/man5/XF86Co
> nfig-4.5x.gz
> 
> NAME
> XF86Config-4 - Configuration File for XFree86 4.x server
> DESCRIPTION
> XFree86 uses a configuration file called XF86Config for its initial 
> setup. This configuration file is searched for in the 
> following places 
> when the server is started as a normal user:
> 
> 
> For the exact order of startup for X11 see the above link.
> 
> 
> 
> E
> 
> 
> > 
> > 
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Eric R. [mailto:rossiter at discoverynet.com]
> >>Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 1:27 PM
> >>To: pthurmond at kc.rr.com
> >>Cc: kclug at kclug.org
> >>Subject: Re: X Windows Config
> >>
> >>
> >>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...
> >>>>
> >>>>--
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