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Hi everyone.

Instead of reflex posting, I spent 2 days surfing around to see if the
question has been answered, BUT I have to post now cuz it ain't working.

Installed RH 9 (shrike) onto my Dell Inspiron (256 MB, ATI Rage Mobility
128, 32 MB VRAM).

Two issues:

1) X Window can't startx

2) PCMCIA driver not loaded before it tries eth1 (my second NIC -- for NAT).


On X Window issue, it could not dccprobe the settings and won't startx.

The stupid thing is, redhat-config-xfree86 requires X Window to config.
Duh!!!! Since it won't startx, it won't config.

Stuck with editing the XF86Config manually, I did gruesome rebooting
into windoze and back to linux, numerous times, to read the Web and edit
the file.

I am running NTFS on the Win partition so did not /mnt the drive. I am
using floppy to transfer the text files (mtools).

Tried using VIM to edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config file to redo the sync
rates but no jive.

Below I will post the config file. From what I read, I need to change
the monitor to some default config. The OS tells me it either can't find
any screens, or the one it found is unusable (0 horizontal, 0 vertical).

2) Someone posted that he renamed his symlink from S24pcmcia to
S07pcmcia and I did that but the eth1 NIC still doesn't load.


OK, here is the config file, pls see if you can help me. Thanks!!!
(The OS keeps saying my monitor is a Sharp somethingorother, but I can't
find where that value is to change it. I did a "locate" and have looked
at all the XF86Configs on my system but they all just look like this one
below).


# XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name
of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
Load "dri"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
# Option "XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
#
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
# this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
# also use USB mice at the same time.
Identifier "DevInputMice"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "CustomConfiguration"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 31.5 - 82.0
VertRefresh 50 - 70
Modeline "1400x1050" 116.22 1400 1416 1704 1816 1050 1050 1060 1097
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "r128"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "ATI Rage 128 Mobility"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "CustomConfiguration"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1400x1050"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection