[ILUG] XFree86 4.1.0 and kernel 2.4.9 probs

[Dave Airlie]

Just run X from a tty and see what it does ... look in the output or maybe
X >& x.log

what type of Graphics card?

Dave.


On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, John Madden wrote:

> Hey,
>
> I'm having a couple of problems since compiling both kernel 2.4.9
> and XFree86 4.1.0 last night.
>
> First, the XFree86 compile isn't loading X properly at all. All I
> get is a screen full of graphical jumble and it stops loading there.
> I've tried recompiling a couple of times and also compiled all the
> new gnome and sawfish packages but to no avail. I run the compile and
> set everything up properly but I still get the screen of garble.
>
> Also, since compiling 2.4.9 last night I can't access my cdrom. It
> gives me an error message something like ide_proc_dma fault (I can't
> check now because it hangs the machine).
>
> Anyone have any ideas on how to solve these problems.
>
> Cheers.
>
> John.
>
>
>

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