Re: new user question

[Damon Brinkley <dbrinkley1 carolina rr com>]

This seems to be an X problem and not a GNOME problem.  

The first thing you should do is run Xconfigurator and be sure you
select the correct monitor and video cards.

Damon


On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 09:26, Heinz Windzio wrote:
> Hi Gnomers,
>   I just installed RedHat 7.1 on my Compaq. I believe that the partition
> was set up correctly, and that LINUX was installed correctly on half of
> my computer. However, when I boot up (using LILO) I only get the prompt-
> no GUI. If I type 'startx', I get the following message:
> 
> execve failed for /etc/x11/x (errno 2)
> -x11 TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno =111
> giving up.
> xinit: Connection refused (errno 111):unable to connect to xserver
> xinit: No such process (errno 3): server error.
> 
> I thought that I needed to reinstall my xserver, but after going to the
> disk and reinstalling it I still have the problem. One other note:
> During the installation LINUX appeared to recognize my monitor but did
> not pick up my video card.
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions? Help is appreciated. -Heinz.
> 
> --
> Heinz Windzio
> Support Engineer
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