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  From: Phil Pittard <vk5ham@seol.net.au>
  To  : linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au
  Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 23:37:28 +0930

Bizarre X Problem

Hi all - I have a really wierd prob that I cant get my head around..

I built a new kernel - nothing major just thought I would downsize the
distro version cos I never got around to it! Booted fine - everything as
per normal til I tried to get into X ...I startx & thats it - screen
goes black & I never see X -- its there, I can alt+ctrl+backspace ... I
can alt+ctrl F1 etc to consoles BUT I CANNOT SEE THE BLOODY THING. I can
even click on icons & boot applications (bit hit & miss given its all
black!) I have now recompiled the kernel 12 times (good things its on an
mmx-166 with 128Mb ram or I'd have aged a lot) to no avail... I have
changed every parameter in kernel configs I can see that could possibly
cause this...but it still happens... when I bootup with the original
kernel & I can see X again. Have done xf86config XF86Setup.. you name
it... nothing changes it.I have checked all logs etc but as far as the
PC is concerned X works fine - PC is mmx-166 128Mb RAM .. S3Trio3D Video
Card(4Mb mem)
Any hints would be really good at this point in time!!

TIA, Phil
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Phil Pittard
IT Consultant
South East Network Solutions
Mobile: 0409 314493
http://vk5ham.au.com
Email: vk5ham@vk5ham.au.com
       vk5ham@seol.net.au

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