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by kello

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Please help.
I recently upgraded my Red Hat Linux 7.2 to 7.3 on an IBM Netfinity 5000 server and since then I can't get X Windows again.

The VGA card is an S3 86c775/86c785 Trio 64V2/DX
X Server :XF86_S3

Monitor Probing Found;
Visual Sensa Monitor With Hor. Sync Range 30-70 KHz and Vert. Sync Range 50-160 Hz.

Do You Think I Should Upgrade again to 8?

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by gbjoe

Hi,
Can you give us some error messages ? More details ?
Do you get to runlevel 3 but it won't work when you type "startx" ?

thanks

by deji

Upgrading to RH 8 wont solve the problem, I have similar issue with recent install of RH8 on a Netfinity 5k5 (see "Graphics Installer Fails - X server error" under Linux Support QA).

I have also discovered through the RH Bugzilla site that similar issue exist with some RH9 (Fedora) installs - which leads me to believe that this is solely some kinda Xconfig bug.
Hence the auto default to Init 3 after the Xserver failure and kb/mouse works fine ... still puzzled.

by jcmcintyre

Try running xconfigurator as root. It may help you find a server compatible with your video card

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