Another newbie trying to get to the GUI logon!!

[imported_dangreen]

Hi i have just started "playing" with linux and i am having trouble getting to the GUI logon. I run "redhat-config-xfree86" after loggin on in txt mode and recieved the following.

* ddcprobe returned bogus values:

ID: NONE
NAME: NONE
HorizSync:NONE
VertSync:NONE

i8253 count too high resetting ..
xconf.py: Fatal IO error 2 (connection reset by peer) on X server:17.0.

If any one has any idea what that little lot means (cause i don't) could you please translate it for me and give me a few pointers?

Thanks in advanced

Dan

[Dolda2000]

It seems that your monitor wouldn't be DDC compatible. Can you post what monitor you have and also what video card you have?

Also, what happens if you run the following command?

XFree86 -configure

[imported_dangreen]

Hi thanks for replying. First things first the monitor is and old one its make is ADC which i have never heard of but i have also tried the machine on a brand new dell monitor and that made no difference. As for the graphics card again thats old too lol its a S3 trio64V2/DX.

Right now when i run that code you sent me it came up and said that it found my mouse on /dev/mouse and then had another line of code that it told me to run to test my server. When i run this i got a black screen with the mouse cursorand nothing else.

Hope this makes sense

Thanks

Dan

[imported_dangreen]

another thing as well is that the machine has worked with that graphics card and that monitor and it seems to have just stopped for no good reason but obviously something has changed lol

[yowwww]

run xf86config. or edit /etc/X11/XF86Config by hand (you will probably go with the first one) this can be done in the terminal, must be done in text, there is no gui for it.

in order to do this, you will need to know:

* exact monitor rates
* video card model and make and ram amount
* resolution you want to use on the monitor (800x600 for all three modes and lower would be recommended)
* your keyboard type (easy)
* your mouse type and what device it is

get all of this info first, then run xf86config and enter the values and see how it turns out.

[imported_dangreen]

Hi,

I tried running xf86config and i got the error message
bash : xf86config command not found

then i tried the manual one and i got told access denied although i am logged on as root.

cheers

Dan

[yowwww]

try running xf86config from within the /etc/X11/ directory.

[Dolda2000]

Or xf86cfg.

[drspin]

try typing su from a terminal

enter your password then run XF86config

cheers