install on 9600

Norberto Quintanar nquintanar at yahoo.com
Fri Oct 8 08:32:04 MDT 2004


<http://www.sharplabs.com:8668/space/Configuration+of+XF86Config>
Try the above link.
HTH
NQ

--- Terrence Bradshaw <> wrote:

> 
> Try pluging a monitor into the onboard video (this a "just to see",
> X 
> shouldn't come up on that video unless there is a monitor attached,
> but 
> who knows)  Also, do you have a DB15 mac video to HD15 VGA adapter
> hanging 
> in the onboard video? That could be causing problems.
> 
> Finnally, try Xautoconfig --safe then startx.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 7 Oct 2004, Bob Schmidt wrote:
> 
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > Brand new to the list, I have several macs both are 9600's one
> with a 
> > G4700 and the other a stock 9600/300. Anyway, I am trying to
> install 
> > YDL 3.0 on my stock 9600. This computer is a 9600/300 with 160mb
> of ram 
> > (I know it's pretty low) an ATI Radeon 7000 with 64mb of ram, and
> the 
> > stock hard drive (4gb). The linux is installed on a 3.1gb
> partition. 
> > The installation process goes fine, with no problems. I choose
> the text 
> > boot so I could see what's happening. The machine goes fine into
> linux, 
> > I get to the prompt, log in no problems. I type startx, screen
> goes 
> > blank, nothing. I restart computer look at the instructions, it
> tells 
> > me to type xautoconfig. Then it mentions that I should be at a 
> > graphical screen. No such luck, it simply says wrote file and
> goes back 
> > to a prompt. I tried startx again, goes blank nothing. I let it
> sit for 
> > 15 minutes, nothing.
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> > 
> > thanks in advance,
> > Bob
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