From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bill Pleasants Subject: starts error Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 14:33:19 -0700 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3D82599F.6F753060@aaahawk.com> References: <7C078C66B7752B438B88E11E5E20E72E0EF512@GENERAL.farsite.co.uk> <5.1.0.14.1.20020913084016.02317ec0@celine> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Thanks for your kind welcome, Ray. As for my specific question, I have not used Linux before. I erased Windows and did an automatic installation of Mandrake 7.2 on a Packard Bell A950-TWR with a P.B. monitor 1512SL . The X part failed and the computer boots to the command prompt. I tried the kde, gnome and startx commands without success. I followed the steps in mandrakeuser.org/docs/xwin/xtroub.html through running xf86config and manually adding two suggested options. After entering "startx" I get "execve failed for /etc/X11/X (error 2) giving up xinit: Connection refused (error 111) unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (error 3): Server error." Processor type: Intel pentium Processor speed: 129.6 RAM: 16 HD type: ide HD capacity: 1.22 CD-ROM type: ide (judging by cable) Graphic processor: Cirrus CL-GD5430/40 Video RAM: 1.024 Sound card: (with modem) Additional info that may be redundant: The video processor is on the main board. There is a chip labeled CIRRUS LOGIC CL-GD5430-QC-D. This is connected to a chip labeled VLSI 9531 D43851. The lspcidrake command gave: VLSI: 82C594-AFC2 (unknown ignore) VLSI 82C59617 [WILDCAT] (unknown ignore) CIRRUS LOGIC | GD 5430/40 [ALPINE] (DISPLAY_VGA CARD | CIRRUS LOGIC GD543X) CMD TECHNOLOGY INC. | PCI0640 (STORAGE_IDE unknown) SuperProbe gave: SUPER-VGA CHIPS: CIRRUS CL-GD5430/40 (PCI PROBED) 1,024 KB RAMDAC: CIRRUS LOGIC BUILT IN 15/16/24-BIT DAC 6 BIT LOOKUP TABLES I have spent at least 30 hours searching for interpretations of the error messages. If this is available, I would appreciate knowing where. I have seen other errors in various logs. Also if there is a list of utilities on the machine and what they do like "help" on MS DOS, I would appreciate learning about it. Yours truly, Bill - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs