Problem Starting X

[millwalll]

Hi all ,

I have installed linux on my machine with dual boot with windows it seem to be fine however when I run the Linux version and try to startx for a GUI I get this happen




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any help would be amazing thanks in advance

[dijetlo]

What kind of video adapter do you have? It looks like a bad driver...Tell us what linux version your running as well, I imagine the distros handle video driver replacements differently.

[jayd512]

Could you post the output of

lspci | grep video

[millwalll]

Hi guys I manage to fix this problem from the xorg files modes was missing, so i added this with 1024x768 and now this works on standard monitor.

However I want to connect this to my 32 inch tv how can I do this? is it case of chaning the size from 1024x768 to whatever the size I want ??

Thanks

[jayd512]

Never done it, but I would assume that it would be very similar to setting up your xorg settings for a monitor. Just check the TV's manual for proper resolutions and refresh rates. If it's a fairly new TV then there may be some How-To steps in there as well.

Glad you got the first issue fixed. Good luck on the next part!

[millwalll]

Thanks I will do