[K12OSN] xserver error
Huck
dhuckaby at paasda.org
Mon Dec 6 21:52:29 UTC 2004
'vesa' lowercase yes...I forgot about the case sensativity part =)
--Huck
Jim McQuillan wrote:
>Norbert,
>
>First off, 'VESA' would be wrong. You'd need 'vesa' (LOWERCASE).
>
>If that doesn't work, you could try the older XFree86 3.3.6 drivers.
>To do that, you'd preface the name of the driver with 'XF86_'.
>
>Probably a good choice would be:
>
> XSERVER = "XF86_SVGA"
>
>
>If you continue getting the 'Parse error', it would be interesting to
>see what is at line 60 of the XF86Config.1 file. To do that,
>try setting:
>
> SCREEN_01 = shell
>
>THen, reboot the terminal. You should get a bash prompt. At that
>point, type 'startx', and it should attempt to launch the Xserver.
>It will likely fail and return you to the shell.
>
>Then, you can go look at the file in /tmp.
>
>
>Jim McQuillan
>jam at Ltsp.org
>
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