Re: [SLUG] XF86Config issues

From: Mario Lombardo (mario@alienscience.com)
Date: Mon Dec 02 2002 - 09:32:59 EST


Yes, my X is the only thing that's broken, and I was never married.

I was merely mentioning the distribution in detail. I guess I should
have been more descriptive in my short version. It's that sometimes,
I find myself getting too wordy for the briefs.

/mario

>On Sunday 01 December 2002 16:24, you wrote:
>> I think you meant to reply to another post?
>
>No, you stated that you upgraded to the latest stable kernel. Then you state
>that " it doesn't work at all." You mean the system or X? I assumed the
>system because you mentioned the kernel upgrade. If the system works, then
>your mentioning he kernel upgrade is irrelevant.
>Smitty
>>
>> /mario
>>
>> >If you use lilo as a bootloader, you need to run /sbin/lilo -v and then
>> >mk_initrd. If you use grub then just mk_initrd. Both as root of course.
>> >Smitty
>> >
>> >On Saturday 30 November 2002 20:47, you wrote:
>> >> SHORT:
>> >> RH7.1 with the latest stable kernel from up2date. I used xf86config
>> >> to update my X configuration. Now, it doesn't work at all.
>> >>
>> >> LONG:
>> >> I upgraded my video card. I saved /etc/X11/XF86Config to
>> >> XF86Config.s630. I ran xf86config and selected my new ATI Rage 128
>> >> card (type 67). I properly selected my horizontal and vertical
>> >> refresh rates for my monitor. I let it save the file to
>> >> /etc/X11/XF86Config.
>> >>
>> >> I fired-up startx at the prompt. It bombs at:
>> >> SubSection "extmod"
>> >>
>> >> Module section keyword expected
>> >>
>> >> I read the manual on XF86Config. The syntax is fine as it should be,
>> >> considering it was created from the xf86config program.
>> >>
>> >> Why did this happen? What can I do to fix it. Even now, that I
>> >> replaced the new file with the old XF86Config.s630 (renamed, of
>> >> course), it doesn't work.
>> >>
>> >> This will drive a man crazy! Please help.
>> >>
>> >> /mario



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