RH 8.0 X server reconfig problem...

[tom]

Greets List, Andrew,

Andrew Mathews <andrew_mathews at linux-works.org> wrote:
>tom wrote:
>> Well, this just sucks.  I guess this computer I'm working
>> on has a either as you mentioned, a bad bios, a hardware conflict,
>> or a piece of hardware that does not play nice.
>
>RH 8.0 is built using gcc 3.2, which may, or may not be an issue. But 
>you're a lot further in the diagnosis now. I'd start looking at swapping 
>some pieces such as the network card, modem, and especially the video 
>card.

I read that, hoping it would not be a problem.

Won't a kernel recompile better for me?  I got the thing 
running now on Command line.  Turning a few things
off from the REDHAT version should be the way to go, and
I'll make conservative choices.

> There's some issues with DRI causing lockups in certain cards, so 
>if you have one you can switch with to test, that would be where I would 
>start.

Hmmm...I using an ATI RAGE 128.  Seems to work fine, but then again,
anything could be happening.

I'll have re-read the docs to find another card 
supported by XF 4.2.  I'm going to take a break, and
take some time tommorrow to attack this again.

> Older versions of X may be using SVGA or common denominator 
>settings (Caldera) whereas RH may be using a more recent version that 
>has some more work to be done.

>  Anyway, start by removing everything possible hardware wise, then 
>adding back one at a time until it repeats. If you really want to use 
>8.0 that is. Have you tried 7.3 on this machine?

RH 7.3 and RH 8.0 act basically the same on the machine.

I d/l, burned, installed now.  
The GUI fails to start.  

I did everything else as before.

Seems me and Red Hat don't get along :)

I'll go back to RH 8.0, and strip the Board's video
card first.  See what happens.  I'll try the kernel
recompile first though.


>kernels, and 7.3 on XFS is what we're using on production servers now. 
>If you have the bandwidth to grab the iso's, get them at:

>Isn't this fun? <g>

Oodles...

Thanks very much. I really do appreciate this, and the
links.


---tm---

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