[Herefordshire] - Reclaiming Partition Space

[Julian Robbins]

On Monday 27 Sep 2004 12:41, Dr Chris Owens wrote:
> Mark
>
>     I guess the installation is otherwise complete since I have been able
> to get and use Root and User Command lines but no GUI. Is a clue the fact
> that startx  from the Root or User command line returns an error message as
> follows:
>
> Cmd Line:                [root @ localhost root]#
> Enter:                        startx
> System response:   1. Uses and writes authority files
>                                   2. execve failed for /etc/X11/x (errno 2)
>                                   pause
>                                   3. giving up
>                                   4. xinit: No such file or directory
> (errno 2): unable to connect to X Server
>                                   5. xinit: No such process (errno 3):
> Series error
>
> or does this arise simply because the graphics interface has not been
> properly configured.

Yes this is almost certainly because X is correctly configured....

Julian

>
> Sorry to be such a pest but any other suggestions welcome

Thats, o, its only two minutes of time, but save you a an afternoon ;-) We 
were all at taht point at sometime. Gary Watts actually had a similar problem 
in Linux today needing to know what the sam ecmd line command line was for 
Fedora to cahnge the graphics card setting ie redhat-config-X (or something 
like that )

Julian
>
> Chris
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Broadbent" <markb at wetlettuce.com>
> To: <herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 11:03 AM
> Subject: Re: [Herefordshire] - Reclaiming Partition Space
>
> > Dr Chris Owens said:
> > >    Many thanks for your continuing interest. In response
> > >
> > > Make: Hi-Grade Computers
> > > Model:     Badge:- Ultinote AS8400,     Label:- L8400 Series Notebook
> > > No 17NG018024
> > > Processor Spec:        Intel x86, Family 6, Model 8, Stepping 10, 320
> > > MB RAM Monitor:    Plug-nPlay Monitor on S3 Inc Savage/MX w/MV 1024x768
> > > 16 bit High Colour
> >
> > Hi Chris,
> >
> > The graphics card you have is supported by the savage driver which the
> > Mandrake installer selected for you.  What I can see is that your display
> > resolution and colour depth imply a 4MiB video memory not 8MiB (1024x768
> > at 2 bytes per pixel with double buffering is a shade over 3MiB used).
> > In Windows can you check that in the device properties of the video card.
> > Alternatively, you can try to up the colour depth to 24 (or 32) bit
> > (using the same resolution) to test that theory?
> > Thanks
> > Mark
> >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Mark Broadbent" <markb at wetlettuce.com>
> > > To: "County of Herefordshire Linux Users Group."
> > > <herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> > > Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 9:13 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [Herefordshire] - Reclaiming Partition Space
> > >
> > >> Hi Chris,
> > >>
> > >> >     Am still a bit stuck in getting the display right. The best I
> > >> >     have
> > >> > managed is to get a few scattered icons, some on top of each other,
> > >> > some that are draggable leaving a trail of ghost images, others
> > >> > inactive, lots of grey blue mish/mash which we saw last night but
> > >> > now with a readable message "KDE is up and running"in amongst it - a
> > >> > small advance but LINUX is still not usable from a graphic
> > >> > interface.
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >     I think I need a path from the grub prompt to the root command
> > >> > line and then a way to get into changing the resolution and monitor
> > >> > settings in Drakx rather as Mark was doing at the end of the
> > >> > evening. This would save having to re-install Mandrake 10.0 from
> > >> > scratch in order to get to the post install 'Configuration Screen'
> > >> > where I have to date been trying to get the right settings. Would I
> > >> > be right and does anyone have any ideas.   In summary it looks as
> > >> > though everything has installed OK but I can't get access to a
> > >> > usable interface to change the display settings so that the whole
> > >> > becomes viewable.
> > >>
> > >> Could you find out what the make and model of the laptop is please.
> > >>
> > >> >From that we should be able to find the correct settings without
> > >> >going
> > >>
> > >> through to much trial and error.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks
> > >> Mark
> > >>
> > >>
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