[ltp] problems getting X running on a i1200

[Tino Keitel]

On Thursday, 12. April 2001 17:08, Frank Winter wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am going to despair with my the X Server and with a girl too but
> ok thats off topic here. This X thing does not want to run.
>
> I am using a i1200 with RH7.0 as the base system. I installed
> kernel 2.4.3 and XFree86 4.0.2 and the update to 4.0.3.
>
> After running #startx I always get a line in /var/log/XFree.log
> "no screens found".

You should look at this:

> (WW) Silicon Motion(0): Mode pool is empty
> (EE) Silicon Motion(0): No valid modes found
> (II) UnloadModule: "siliconmotion"

The server can't find a valid mode line. You can try to put these lines into 
the Monitor Section of your /etc/X11/XF86Config :

HorizSync 30-64
VertRefresh 50-70
Modeline  "1024x768"   65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync

Tino

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