Re: RH 7.3 Trident TGUI 9680 and X screen lockup

[ABrady <xunil kc rr com>]

On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 14:02:30 -0500
Kenn Goodson <kgoods prodigy net> wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> I searched the archives for an answer to this one, but no luck.  I did
> see where someone else has had a similar problem but I didn't find a
> solution.
> 
> I'm running a Pentium 100 with a generic TGUI 9680 video card.  X
> works great during install, and at the end of the install where you
> can test the new settings.  After logging in, in a text mode shell,
> and running startx, the screen goes black.  The machine is still
> alive, but no video.  Ctrl-Alt-Bkspace has no effect, and you can't go
> to virtual terminals either.  Your only choice is to reboot.
> 
> I was running FreeBSD 4.5 with XFree4 on this machine just before I
> started the install, so it is a Linux specific issue.
> 
> XConfigurator and xf86config both create similar setup files.  I've
> looked at the XFree log in /var/log but nothing seems particularly
> amiss. I've tried different monitor configurations.  I have tried
> different card configurations. This is baffling me, and I've been a
> linux user since 0.99pl4.
> 
> So my question is this, is there a difference between the X server on
> the install disk and the one that is installed from the RPM?
> 
> Has anyone that has observed this problem fixed it?  I had similar
> problems with RH 7.2 and a AT24 chipset.  I thought it was just a bad
> card.  Maybe its just cr*ppy support.  Don't know.  I do know I'm not
> buying a supported copy if I can't even get X fired up.

I use to use the same board and Xconfigurator _ALWAYS_ misconfigured it.
I always had to fix it manually by using 'Xconfigurator --expert' or
running xf86config (my personal preference) and entering the values I
knew it could handle.

The problem it always gave me was that it would configure it as
TGUI9660, even when it said something different and even tested OK. That
gave me the exact same symptoms you describe.

Should work. It always did for me at least, and YMMV.

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