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  From: Richard Russell <richardrussell@mail.com>
  To  : Phil Pittard" <vk5ham@seol.net.au>, <vk5ham@seol.net.au>
  Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 01:21:44 +0930

Re: Bizarre X Problem

is your monitor plugged in and switched on?

:)

rr
----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Pittard <vk5ham@seol.net.au>
To: <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2000 11:37 PM
Subject: 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
> --
> 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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