Re: X install under 1.2

1997-06-18 Thread Jim Michael
On Sun, 15 Jun 1997, Bob Clark wrote: > > 'cldg5429' is an invalid chipset." > > This should be clgd not cldg! If this was just a typo in your post, you Typo. I tried many chipsets. SuperProbe says its a 5429. Cheers, Jim -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word

Re: X install under 1.2

1997-06-16 Thread Jim Michael
On Mon, 16 Jun 1997, Joost Kooij wrote: > There has been some useful info for you on this list, however that was > months ago. Let me guess, you have a Infomagic Linux Developers Resource > 6 cd set? It contains debian 1.2 aka rex, while debian 1.3 has just been Correct, dated April '97. > Uhmm,

Re: X install under 1.2

1997-06-16 Thread Bob Clark
--[snip] > Quite logical. It occured during configuration of SVGA for Cirrus 542x > chipset. > > Looking at the error log from the last attempt is another clue - "SVGA: > 'cldg5429' is an invalid chipset." This should be clgd not cldg! If this was just a typo in yo

Re: X install under 1.2

1997-06-16 Thread Joost Kooij
On Sun, 15 Jun 1997, Jim Michael wrote: > This is my first post to this list. I have looked through some of the > archives and ran a search against the archives but have not found > anything to help me with this problem. I have installed 1.2 on a 486-66 > with a Diamond Speedstar Pro. There

Re: X install under 1.2

1997-06-15 Thread Jim Michael
On Sun, 15 Jun 1997, Benjamin T. White wrote: > Did I read your post right? Did you rm XF86Config!!! Yep, it was the only thing I could think of (rebooting did not work). I then purged everything and re-dpkg'd in the order suggested. I could only type 2 characters at a time between flashes :-(

Re: X install under 1.2

1997-06-15 Thread Benjamin T. White
Jim, Did I read your post right? Did you rm XF86Config!!! XF86Config is the configuration file for the X system. It contains all the information about your graphics card, screen, mouse, and other important information that your X client needs to run. The flashing screen problem is most like

X install under 1.2

1997-06-15 Thread Jim Michael
Greetings, This is my first post to this list. I have looked through some of the archives and ran a search against the archives but have not found anything to help me with this problem. I have installed 1.2 on a 486-66 with a Diamond Speedstar Pro. I followed the recent recommendations and in