"x" won't start after red hat linux 9 installation

Ajai Khattri ajai at bway.net
Fri Mar 5 18:30:20 UTC 2004


On Fri, 5 Mar 2004, Jay D wrote:

> goes blank after "loading x" flashes on the screen.  I've tried installing
> in text mode, and booting into graphical mode.  Again, the screen goes blank
> at boot, when x starts.  I tried installing in text mode and booting into
> text mode.  That works fine.  I login as root fine (because I don't think
> the installation gave me a chance to create other users).  Then starting x
> via the "startx" command kills the system; the screen goes blank and I need
> to turn the computer off.

You can usually do something like CTRL ALT BACKSPACE to kill the X
server - no need to unplug.

> Although this probably isn't related, annaconda was originally giving the
> following warning after detecting my video card, monitor, and mouse.

Sounds like you need to configure the video modes and display properly.

Try running xf86config

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Aj.
Sys. Admin / Developer





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