On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 13:28 +0100, Duncan Lithgow wrote: > > > > > > Swap file ".X.err.swp" already exists! > > > > This is a leftover file from a previously-crashed editing session. You > > can just remove the file .X.err.swp > > Love to but have never been avle to find the delete command in bash. Could you > tell me what it is? > "rm" or a common alias for that is "del" > > > setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, > > > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. > > > (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Feb 3 11:22:14 2005 > > > (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" > > > > > > That's all there is in that file - two default settings. Now lets try > > > X.out: Totally empty file! > > > > That X.err is suspiciously sort; it would normally have much more > > information after that point. > > in vi i just press the down button and it doesn't go down beyond that - am I > doing it right? > > > What video card do you have in this PC and what's in the "Device" > > section of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf? > > There are several 'device' sections. I'm guessing you want this one: > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Videocard" > Driver "trident" > VendorName "Videocard vendor" > BoardName "Trident CyberBlade (generic)" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identify "Monitor0" > VendorName "Monitor Vendor" > ModelName "Unknown" > HorizSync 31.5-37.9 > VertRefresh 50.0 - 70.0 > Option "dpms" > EndSection > > I haven't checked if these are rigth, but I can't see why they'd be wrong, I > had fc2 running fine (remember that the whole point of this is to get fc3 > running with minimal graphics) > > > Can you run system-config-display? Does it appear to work? > > Nope that killed it. > > > Paul. > > btw, when I log in it says "You have mail" wtf? I certainly don't - not from > any network at least. > > Duncan >
