StartX not running

Martin Stone martin.stone at db.com
Tue Apr 27 18:32:23 UTC 2004


The first thing I spot is that there's no attachment ;-)  How about pasting in 
the body of the message?

Keita Rose wrote:
> I have searched the file the only Bus ID entry is PCI:1:0:0.  I have taken the liberty of attaching my XF86Config-4 file could you guys have a look and see if you spot anything unusual.
> 
> 
> Keita
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Ben Brown
> Sent: 26 April 2004 18:06
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> Subject: RE: StartX not running
> 
> 
> I had this problem when I attempted to use ATi's drivers with my Radeon
> 9000. I'm not all that impressed with their drivers, but that's another
> story.
> 
> I had to edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, search for the line
> 
> BusID PCI:1:0:1
> 
> and change it to
> 
> BusID PCI:1:0:0
> 
> and then restart X.
> 
> Hopefully the same will work for you.
> 
> On Mon, 2004-04-26 at 10:07, Keita Rose wrote:
> 
>>Please see the attached file.
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
>>[mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Martin Stone
>>Sent: 26 April 2004 16:36
>>To: For users of Fedora Core releases
>>Subject: Re: StartX not running
>>
>>
>>Keita,
>>
>>Could you run:
>>
>>startx > ~/startx.out 2>&1
>>
>>and post the output (after you reboot of course)?  That'd help us to tell where 
>>the problem lies.
>>
>>Keita Rose wrote:
>>
>>>I have made exhausted efforts to get startx to work but I have fail in 
>>>all my attempts.  My PC has a Gigabyte GV-R92-128 graphics adapter, 
>>>which is suppose to be the same as the Radeon 9200LE.  I have tried 
>>>various  fixes for the last 4 weeks the most recent was using the ATI 
>>>properitary drivers.  After runing the rpm and setting the 
>>>configuration, I tried to load startx and my screen just blanked out.  
>>>My keyboard became non responsive and I had to rely on my power button 
>>>to restart the system.  Any assistane would be appreciated.
>>> 
>>>Keita
>>>






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