RE: [OFFTOPIC][LINUX] Install Problem
hi travis
the error message means nothing to me, but 90% of the time if the
install leaves you at the command prompt and you can't get into
X-windows, it means the video card has not installed properly.
my (previous) version of mandrake had both Xconfigurator and XF86Setup
as command-line video configuration utilities. (i think i've correctly
written the commands). try typing one of those commands and they should
take you to a utility that allows you to manually configure video for X.
they should be safe, because they don't affect the settings for the
non-X interface, but make sure you've got a bootdisk in case.
they run in vga mode so if you can't get them to work, or give you a
reasonable video configuration, your card may not be compatible. you can
check the compatibility lists at the mandrake site, but that doesn't
always answer the question. many of the cards not supported by X will
nevertheless work tolerably in some generic vga or occasionally svga
configuration.
best of luck
tacitus
Travis Beaty wrote:
> Hello All!
>
> Yes, this is offtopic. But I've tried everything else.
>
> I've just managed to succesfully repartition my hard drive and install
> Linux-Mandrake 7.2 (after chewing my fingernails off). When trying to
> start X-Windows, I get an error that it was "unable to allocate 4096
> pages." It then leaves me in Linux's version of the command-line, where
> I get hopelessly stuck. If anyone's got any idea what in the heck
> *might possibly* be going on, please let me know privately.
>
> Thank you and sorry for the blantantly off-topic post. 
>
>
>
> Happy Hunting,
>
> Travis Beaty
> Claude, Texas.
>
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