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On Sun, 19 Mar 2000 01:43:06 +0800, Albert Ling <bertlha@tm.net.my> wrote:
>I have try to install two version of linux and both of it cannot start x
>windows...
>One of it is Redhat 6.0   ( after i have done the XF86Setup  it try to start
>the X windows but it say cannot connect to server or server not found... )
>what should i do to fix it.. have try out so many time and i can;t get it
>running..
>
>as well as Cardela Open Linux I have try and the same thing happen..
>
>I am using celeron 300
>64 Mb ram
>and i have two hard disk... the boot partition for Linux is on the second
>hardisk
>50X CD-ROM
>
>and the display card is 2-the-Max S3 AGP card.
>
>all the setting is detected..using probe....
>hope to find solution soon...
>i have tried for 2 weeks already,., buy book and read and it is no help..
>really hope some one would really help me in my first setup of Linux..
>
>Helpless
>
>Albert Ling
>bertlha@tm.net.my
>MCSE
>Malaysia.
>
>
>
First lets see if there is a link to your server.  This card is supposed
to use the S3 server.  RH6.0 using version 3.3.3.1 of XFree is supposed to
support it according to the redhat site.  So maybe the link did not get
made and that is why it cannot be found.

Do this:

ls -l /etc/X11/X

you should get something like this:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Mar 2 21:55 /etc/X11/X -> /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_S3

This means the link is there.  If it does not have this arrow and this
server, do this:

ls /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86*

You should have XF86_S3 in there.  If not then you will have to install it
with rpm.  If you do have it and do not have the link then do this:

cd /etc/X11
rm X (just in case it is there at all)
ln -s /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_S3 X

Then check by doing ls -l X and see if you now have the link as shown
above.

You need to do all of this as root.

If you already have the link and the server installed, then try startx &>
startxlog and let us see that.

Anita