[6301] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Metro X and X problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Skull)
Tue Nov 26 16:50:08 1996
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 16:40:29 -0500
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From: Skull <skull@yakko.cs.wmich.edu>
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>>> 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.
>>
>I have the same probelm except more sporadicly. One out of every four times
>when I run Metro X the screen just goes blank. It usually works again when I
>reboot. Maybe it's a bug?
Sounds to me like a buggy video driver for either your monitor or video card.
Darron
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