[Plug] Re: running X on a laptop

[Wayne Eisenberg <EISENBERGW@sintaks.com>]

Title: Re: running X on a laptop

I thought I had installed gnome, but how does one check such things?

Also, I'll download and try the XFCom-Neomagic X server and see what happens.

  ----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Krell" <tkrell@ranchan.com>
To: <plug@lists.nothinbut.net>
Subject: Re: [Plug] running X on a laptop
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 20:56:08 -0500

running X on a laptopDid you specify a window manager to use?  If you =
got to the tiny dot screen with the X cursor, that means everything is =
alright, you just don't have a windowmanager.  (or does it?  correct me =
if i'm wrong)

tim
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Wayne Eisenberg
  To: 'plug@lists.nothinbut.net'
  Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 6:59 PM
  Subject: [Plug] running X on a laptop

  <newbie alert on>
  OK, I'm trying to run RH6 on my HP Omnibook 4100 laptop, and the
initial install went ok, as far as I can tell. I think the X system
installed ok. However, I can't seem to get to a desktop. I get to the
tiny black & white boxes screen with the 'X' cursor, and that's where it
stops. I can Ctrl-Alt-Bkspc and get back to a prompt. Xconfigurator
found the NeoMagic128 video chip that this notebook uses, and I told it
to use the LCD 1024x768 monitor (this is a 14" TFT screen that is
normally used 1024x768). I have no earthly idea what any of the other
monitor parameters should be, and the probe didn't seem to work at all.

  How do I troubleshoot this? What have I done wrong (or forgotten to
do)? Everything runs just peachy on my desktop at home, but not on the
laptop.

Thanks,

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