Can't get X to start after installing new Video Card

Jeff jeff at virgin.net
Tue Mar 9 15:26:29 UTC 2004


On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 15:17:44 -0500 (EST), James Marcinek 
<jmarc1 at jemconsult.biz> wrote:

> What version of Red Hat are you using? If you're using RH8 or above, you
> can try the redhat-config-xfree86 utility... This might help.
>
> James
>
>> I installed a new Video Card (ASUS V9520 DVI) in my RHEL WS 3.0 machine
>> (Dell)
>> and X won't start. It tried to autoconfigure the card right
>> after I installed it but I get this error
>>
>> * ddcprobe returned bogus values:
>> ID:   None
>> Name: None
>> HorizSync: None
>> VertSync:  None
>>
>> Is  there a way to configrue this card manually? At this point
>> I have to log in remotely because I don't get any login prompt
>> at the console.
>>
>> I thought there was something called Xconfigurator but I did a find
>> and it's not on my system.
>>
>> Thank You
>> David Martini
>> LLNL
>>
>>
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>

Try, as root...

/sbin/setup

or

X -configure

Thats all I've ever used.

Jeff





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