Black screen on Gnome

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2 total messages Started by origami_grid Sun, 08 Aug 1999 00:00

#160

Author: origami_grid
Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 00:00

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When I run Xconfig it gives me an error after it tries to start my X
windows
saying that X won't run right.  When I try to run X windows (Gnome) I
can't
see any words because all text and window backgrounds are black.  Gnome
does
start up and run, I just can't see any wording but all windows seem to
work
properly.

My guess is that this may be a hardware problem since it is discovered
when
I try to config my hardware for X windows.  Could someone please help me
fix
the problem.

System information:
Diamond A50 Video Card
Sony 100-ES monitor
Redhat Linux
2.2.5-15 Kernel
AMD 450-2 processor on an ASUS motherboard
Gnome X windows system

Please send replies to my email address
origami_grid@hotmail.com

Thanks in Advance,

Eric Larson

Re: Black screen on Gnome

#161

Author: Jim Ross
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 00:00

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<origami_grid@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:37AE56A5.F2C009C9@hotmail.com...
> When I run Xconfig it gives me an error after it tries to start my X
> windows
> saying that X won't run right.  When I try to run X windows (Gnome) I
> can't
> see any words because all text and window backgrounds are black.  Gnome
> does
> start up and run, I just can't see any wording but all windows seem to
> work
> properly.
>
> My guess is that this may be a hardware problem since it is discovered
> when
> I try to config my hardware for X windows.  Could someone please help me
> fix
> the problem.
>
> System information:
> Diamond A50 Video Card
> Sony 100-ES monitor
> Redhat Linux
> 2.2.5-15 Kernel
> AMD 450-2 processor on an ASUS motherboard
> Gnome X windows system
>
> Please send replies to my email address
> origami_grid@hotmail.com
>
> Thanks in Advance,
>
> Eric Larson


You could try starting X at a lower color depth like
startx -bpp 8

Jim

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