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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.uoknor.edu!news.nodak.edu!netnews1.nwnet.net!news.u.washington.edu!news.alt.net!nntp1.jpl.nasa.gov!netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov!usenet From: Jeff Dickson <jdickson@vtol.jpl.nasa.gov> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: X windows trouble Date: 9 Feb 1996 17:05:27 GMT Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4ffusn$dsv@netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov> References: <4f30vt$l4j@over.mhv.net> <31177C54.2E@ordab.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: vtol.jpl.nasa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.2 sun4c) X-URL: news:31177C54.2E@ordab.com I am having trouble getting X going. I rebuilt the kernel to include PS/2 mouse support. I set up the XF86Config file in /etc using all generic vga. Some information like horizontal and vertical frequencies were listed in the mon- itor guide. I even put an .xinitrc file in my home directory. I used the sample in the xinit library directory. However, no matter what I do or redo when I start X with startx, xinit, or run the server by hand (X &) - the screen looks typical of X starting (polka-dot), the mouse pointer is there (and I can move it around), and for an instance a comb looking pattern (blue) flashes on the top of the screen and then...nothing. Any ideas? Thanks, Jeff S. Dickson jdickson@vtol.jpl.nasa.gov