[xubuntu-users] Cannot get X to run in Xubuntu 6.10

[michael at michaelshiloh.com]

Please also post your Xorg errors, probably in something like
/var/log/Xorg.log. If unsure, see what shows up from:

    ls -lt /var/log | head

I would guess that the configuration is choosing a resolution that is too high
for your monitor. Find the specs for your LCD panel and check that against the
specs the the graphics chip to see the maximum resolution that the
combination will support. Then go into your xorg.conf file and remove (or
comment out) all resolutions that are higher than this.

For testing you may want to start with something very simple, like 640*480
only, get that working, then slowly increase until you get to the maximum you
figured above. That's usually how I do it, and often I find that the higher
resolution had some error that I didn't spot. At the lower resolutions it's
harder to run into errors because there is a much greater safety margin before
you run into the limits.

Michael



On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Daniel Bodanske wrote:

> First, check the MD5SUM of your disk to make sure that there are no
> errors.Then, take a look at /etc/X11/xorg.conf under the video settings and
> see what driver is being used.
>
> Posting the syslogs and xorg.conf should get someone who can help.
>
> Dan
>
> On 2/6/07, Herold Treibs <treibs at srv.net> wrote:
>>
>>  I am trying to make use of several ten year old Digital Venturis FX-2
>>  computers, and it seemed like a good idea to install Xubuntu.  These
>>  have 128 mb of RAM, and a 2 gb hard drive, and a Pentium cpu running at
>>  166 MHz.  I installed Xubuntu 6.10 alternate i386.iso that I downloaded
>>  from the Xubuntu website.  The installation did not seem to have any
>>  problems.  However, when I try to run Xubuntu in graphical mode, after
>>  an initial black and white graphics screen with the xfce xubuntu rodent,
>>  the picture blanked out, a blinking cursor hung in the upper left side
>>  of the monitor for a few seconds, and then the monitor went off.
>>
>>  I tried running Xubuntu several times, with the same results as above.
>>  When I start it by selecting the "recovery" mode in GRUB, it runs in
>>  command mode, evidently as bash in root.  But if I type startx, the
>>  screen goes blank except for the blinking cursor for a few seconds in
>>  the upper left corner, and then the monitor turns off, with the pilot
>>  light going from green to alternating green and yellow, the same as what
>>  happens if I just try to start in regular graphics mode..
>>
>>  After restarting Xubuntu in recovery mode, I looked at the syslog file
>>  written in previous attempts.  I got about four instances of ":gdm[3375]
>>  gdm_slave-xioerror_handler: Fatal x error - Restarting :0"  (The numbers
>>  in the brackets varied.)
>>  Then  I got "gdm[3368]: Failed to start x server several times in a
>>  short time period; disabling display:0" and
>>  "exiting on signal 15"
>>
>>  I see in the archives that someone had similar problems a few weeks ago,
>>  but they had nvidia graphics.  These computers have S3 Trio64V2/GX
>>  graphics chips on the motherboard.  At least formerly these chips were
>>  supported by a number of Linux distributions, but I am wondering whether
>>  they are supported by Xubuntu.  I tried running Damn Small Linux 3.2 as
>>  a live CD, and that seems to work, so I think the hardware is ok.  Also,
>>  I tried another one of the identical computers I have on hand, and it
>>  behaved the same.
>>
>>  Does anyone have any idea on what I need to do to get xubuntu to run on
>>  these computers?
>>
>>  Herold
>> 
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