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Article #12Re: X wont start - newbie
From: ytyg ray
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 00:12
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 00:12
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On 20 Apr 2003 17:12:40 GMT, "Cameron L. Spitzer" <spambait@merde.greens.org> wrote: >In article <db92av4mqbu9tc5boonv8siog9eplioptv@4ax.com>, Bob Bain wrote: >> >> I'm not suggesting you install Red Hat to obtain a "good" >> configuration file but it appears that Red Hat does a far better job >> at setting up X than Debian 3 (Woody). > >Boot Knoppix. (http://www.knoppix.org) Insert a floppy. >Get a shell. Go > > cd /etc/X11 > sudo tar cvf /dev/fd0 XF86Config-4 > >Boot your Debian system. Insert the floppy. Get a shell. Go > > cd /etc/X11 > mv XF86Config-4 XF86Config-crud > tar xvf /dev/fd0 > >Restart X. Feel better. Some other time, try to figure >out what was wrong with XF86Config-crud. > > > >Cameron >(to reply, scrape off the merde.) thanks cameron and others for your patience.....i will try the above if i find it impossible to do the job any other way..... i would really prefer to fix it myself..... i tried changing the colour depth to 16 bit but this generated even more EE's so i changed it back... i dont really undestand what camerons commands above mean but it looks like the xfree86-4 config file is being replaced by a new one generated by knoppix...... the error output from the current xfree86config-4 file can be seen here http://www.raycarlton.com.au/postings/xfree86-4.html i would appreciate any further comments or advice Ray <|:-)>
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