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Topic: X don't start, X don't start in a old computer

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Posted: Oct. 07 2005,18:52

Hello!
I have an old computer. That's it: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf....ble=no&
. I can acces to the command line with the command "dsl 2", but when I try to start the X server, the computer stops and don't go forward. I tried to change the video driver, to disable the apm, but i had no succes.
Is there anybody who can help me?
Thank you
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Alex

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Posted: Oct. 07 2005,22:29

Hi Alex,

could you - in console mode directly after boot - type in:
dmesg | less
this should list the kernel messages during boot. Look for messages on video cards or video modes. Maybe this gives us a hint about the driver used or missing and what's going wrong with your video card. And hopefully someone in this forum will know the right answer.

Jo

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Posted: Oct. 10 2005,15:58

Hello!
Thank you so much to have replied. I tried these command, and below there are the results:

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* lspci | grep VGA:
VGA compatible controller: silicon integrated systems [sys] 5597/5598/6326 vga (rev 68)

* dmsesg |grep vga:
kernel command line: ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off vga=791 initdrd=minirt24.gz nomge noapic quiet BOOT_image knoppix BOOT_image=liux24 2

* dmesg |grep VGA:
fb0:VESA VGA frame buffer device

dmesg |grep fb0:
fb0:VESA VGA frame buffer device

* dmesg |grep VESA:
fb0:VESA VGA frame buffer device

* dmesg |grep vesa:
vesafb: frame buffer at0x8000000, mapped to 0xc480d000, size 3072k
vesafb: mode is 1024x768x16, line length=2048, pages=1
vesafb: protected mode interface info at c83c: 000c
vesafb: scrolling: redraw
vesafb: directcolor: size=0:5:6:5, shift=0:11:5:0

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Thank you so much for the support

cbagger01

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Posted: Oct. 11 2005,17:50

Does

dsl vga=normal xsetup

work?

Try some various XVesa display resolutions and see if one will work for you.

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