I suspect you told xf86config to Probe. Do not probe. And do not use the fancy setup program.
And then make sure you see a stable grey screen before venturing further. You may also have to use the following command line. startx -- -bpp 16 Chuma Shaul Peleg wrote: > I have tried numerous installations of X and I can't get the monitor to > display anything when I 'xinit'. I have a Jaton Video-67P card (don't > ask!) based on the Trident Providia 9685 chipset. I used the SVGA > base... and I tried using both of the Jaton drivers (neither for the > 67P) and Trident 96xx drivers. My monitor settings were for regular > 640x400 VGA (I tried 800x600 too). I have tried numerous combinations. I > have looked at the XFConfig file ... BTW I installed afterstep. I am new > at this... please help. It took me hours to figure out how to get the > pointer moving!!! Thanks all. -sp > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
