startx giving fatal error

[vickey_20]

Hi
I installed RHEL 4 today with the last window asking for x configuration disabled. Now when i try to run startx i get a fatal error. I also tried init 5 but some how i dont know how to get into GUI as i wana surf the net. How can i access GUI????

[devils casper]

Execute startx and post exact error message here.
Post output of this too :

su -
lspci | grep -i vga
grep -i driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf

[vickey_20]

fatal error
No screen found


XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" after 0 requests (0 unknown processed) with 0 events remaining.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

lspci|grep -i vga
o/p
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
grep -i driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf
o/p
No such file or directory

I have not installed the GUI version I think. At the time of installation i disable the X window option. How can I get it back now.

[Rubberman]

fatal error
No screen found


XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" after 0 requests (0 unknown processed) with 0 events remaining.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

lspci|grep -i vga
o/p
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
grep -i driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf
o/p
No such file or directory

I have not installed the GUI version I think. At the time of installation i disable the X window option. How can I get it back now.

You can install the X-Windows components separately, or you can re-install the system without changing/reformatting your hard drives. Use RPM or YUM to install xorg and desktop manager components (KDE, Gnome, xfce, et al).

BTW, why are you installing RHEL 4 and not 5.3 (the current distribution)? RHEL 4 is quite dated at this point (5 is out over a year now).

[devils casper]

Try to create xorg.conf file manually.

su -
nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Add this :

Section "Device"
             Identifier   "Configured Video Card"
             Driver        "vesa"
EndSection

Press Ctrl+X, Y and hit Enter key to save file. Reboot machine.