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by hoayfern

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Hi

I have question regarding starting the GNOME X environment in RedHat to administrate the LINUX.

I use the command startx to starting the GNOME X environment but the error said that: cannot open display.

it ask me a lots of questions likemy monitor type and brand, the video card brand and type .......lots of things.

It ask me about the
mouse protocol type, answer: PS/3 mouse
keyboard type: Standard 101-Key keyboard
monitor type with characteritics modes: my one is DELL E 550 but I can't find from the list and i am not understand what is characteristics modes.
Video card: I am not so sure what video card am I use because when I open the Compaq Prosiginia 500 i found that all is integrated.
Type of server: In the list sthere are some server such as XF86_Mono Server,XF86_VGA16 server ...................
Do you want me to set the symbolic link. I am not sure what is this means.
How much video memory do you have on your video card. This one i also not so sure.
Clockchip Line: i am not so sure what is this?
After that it asked me to reboot and when i reboot and use the commmand startx, i still can't get into the GNOME X environment.

Please help me in order to get access to the GNOME X environment because Iam new user to LINUX and lots of commands i am not so familiar .

Please assists ASAP

thanks

Hoay Fern

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by cyrounc

It might be easier to try a reinstall to gain the Gnome X-window System. First, try the root command init 5. I am using RedHat 6.0. During a reinstall, choose the "Custom" selection and choose the "Disk Druid". After you make the partitions, choose "Generic" for the video cardthen choose the type of monitor. If this isn't successful I suggest buying a book "Linux For Dummies" 2nd or 3rd edition that has easy to follow instructions. Another choice is to install Windows, go to Start|Accessories|System Tools|System Information. Here you can find most of the info you'll need for Linux install. Most important, keep a logbook and document everything you do. Regards, cyrounc@ij.net

by astute

Instead of reinstalling just use generic display type, u can stat to configure display type using command Xconfigurator.
But check compaq's website to know the excat video memory , other wise default parameters should work ....

Good luck

by webmaster

Hi, I am having this problem with red hat linux 6.1 with Intel P3, at Red Hats Web Site I found the information below:

8.7 Incompatible video adapters

Integrated Video Adapters on motherboards with a combined host bus interface, DRAM controller, IDE controller, PCI
interface, and 2D/3D Graphics accelerator. While most functions of these integrated chipsets will function correctly, high
end video (such as what is needed by XFree86) is not supported.

I am going to try to plug in a video card to see if it detects it.

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