"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.
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