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Re: Metro X and X problems

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sheldon E. Newhouse)
Sun Nov 24 20:41:32 1996

Date: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 20:39:57 -0500 (EST)
From: "Sheldon E. Newhouse" <sen1@math.msu.edu>
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On Sun, 24 Nov 1996, Zero ToL wrote:
> I just installed RH linux 4.0 and Metro X. I setup metro X with configX 
> and then I ran X. The screen blanks out and then stalls. I waited 7 hours 
> for it to run and nothing happened. After I reebooted I check the Xerrors 
> file but it said nothing about the crash.  Any help is thanked.
Sounds as if you are setting it up for the wrong monitor.  Try other
ones. What is your monitor?  Also, hitting Ctrl-Alt-Bksp will put you
back at the console so you can try again.

-sen

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