X Window problem

[Gary and El Byrnes]

Thanks. Here it is:

vi /etc/ttys

ttyv8 "/usr/XIIR6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: CARTER Anthony 
  To: Gary and El Byrnes ; CARTER Anthony ; Matthew Seaman 
  Cc: Eduardo Viruena Silva ; freebsd-questions at freebsd.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 10:46 PM
  Subject: Re: X Window problem


  Ah, I've had that before....the getty stuff...

  ok, post your entry from /etc/ttys for /dev/ttyv8

  should be something like:


  ttyv8   "/usr/local/bin/kdm -nodaemon"  xterm   on  secure

  verify that you don't have 2 entries...Now, while you do that I'll rack my 
  brain to remember what I did to stop that...

  Anthony


  On Tuesday 06 May 2003 14:38, Gary and El Byrnes wrote:
  > I actually don't know. I tried searching www.fcc.gov
  > <http://www.fcc.gov>  for it but no data. I tried reducing to what you
  > suggested. The screen rapidly flashes from the command prompt to black.
  > When I hit ctrl+alt+del I can see a message "getty repeating too quickly
  > on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 secs". ?
  >
  > ----- Original Message -----
  > From: CARTER  <mailto:a.carter at cordis.lu> Anthony
  > To: Gary and El Byrnes <mailto:elgaz at iprimus.com.au>  ; Matthew Seaman
  > <mailto:m.seaman at infracaninophile.co.uk>  ; CARTER Anthony
  > <mailto:a.carter at cordis.lu>
  > Cc: Eduardo Viruena Silva <mailto:mrspock at esfm.ipn.mx>  ;
  > freebsd-questions at freebsd.org <mailto:freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
  > Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 10:02 PM
  > Subject: Re: X Window problem
  >
  > How much RAM is on your S3 Trio64? Are you sure you are not trying to
  > get a
  > resolution that your card has not enough RAM for?
  >
  > Try reducing colours to 16-bit and screen resolution to 800x600 and test
  >
  > that...
  >
  > Anthony
  >
  > On Tuesday 06 May 2003 13:41, Gary and El Byrnes wrote:
  > > Hi
  > >
  > > I am so glad I learnt so much already. I rebooted several times and
  >
  > ran
  >
  > > mount -a and it didn't give me any error messages.
  > >
  > > I tried playing around with my system and I can't get X to work. Could
  > > somebody please help me. I am wondering what would be the closest
  >
  > ranges
  >
  > > I should pick to get this to work. I tried a few and they didn't work.
  > >
  > > Thank you in advance.
  > >
  > > Elvira
  > >
  > > Video card: S3 Trio64
  > > Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 171s -
  > > Horizontal Rate
  > > Vertical Rate
  > > Maximum Pixel Rate 30 ~ 81 KHz
  > > 56 ~ 76 Hz
  > > 135MHz
  > > 1280 x 1024
  > > VGA 640 x 480 @ 85Hz
  > > SVGA 800 x 600 @ 85 Hz
  > > XGA 1024 x 768 @ 85 Hz
  > > SXGA 1284 x 1024 @ 76Hz
  > >
  > > ----- Original Message -----
  > > From: Matthew Seaman < mailto:m.seaman at infracaninophile.co.uk
  >
  > <mailto:m.seaman at infracaninophile.co.uk> >
  >
  > > To: CARTER Anthony < mailto:a.carter at cordis.lu
  >
  > <mailto:a.carter at cordis.lu> >
  >
  > > Cc: Eduardo Viruena Silva < mailto:mrspock at esfm.ipn.mx
  >
  > <mailto:mrspock at esfm.ipn.mx> >  ; Gary and El
  >
  > > < mailto:elgaz at iprimus.com.au <mailto:elgaz at iprimus.com.au> > Byrnes ;
  >
  > freebsd-questions at freebsd.org <mailto:freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
  >
  > > < mailto:freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
  >
  > <mailto:freebsd-questions at freebsd.org> >
  >
  > > Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 9:19 PM
  > > Subject: Re: X Window problem