slack 10.1 on Compaq Presario 1800 - X Windows not working.
I just installed slackware linux 10.1 on my Compaq Presario 1800..and when I run startx, all I get is a black screen, and I cant shut the thing off without hitting the power button.
also, when using a command like "cat foo | less", I cannot scroll up within 'less', I cna only scroll down. I used to be able to scroll up, and now it just displays some crap at the top of the screen, but still keeps its place in the document when I scroll back down again, so it never actually scrolls up.
I've also had some display issues within 'links', the ddisplay was slightly corrupted, letters and window edges (all text display) didnt show quite right, and this was in a weird boot where everything was in CAPS....all the shell stuff, and I couldnt turn caps off... it was all like:
LAPTOP@ZEROTH# BAH CAPS WONT TURN OFF
anyhoo, here is xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log:
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
Code:
Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc101"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "My Monitor"
HorizSync 31.5 - 48.5
VertRefresh 50-100
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Standard VGA"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
Driver "vga"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "** ATI (generic) [ati]"
Driver "ati"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "** ATI (generic) [ati]"
Monitor "My Monitor"
DefaultDepth 16
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Simple Layout"
Screen "Screen 1"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection