Getting X to work after installation [solved]

ryan83vt · Last edited by ryan83vt on Tue Oct 29, 2002 10:37 pm; edited 1 time in total

I just did emerge emacs and it installed xfree86, but startx still didnt work and there was no /etc/X11/XF86Config file. So I typed emerge xfree and installed 4.2.1 i believe. Then i did emerge gnome. Still no startx, and now there is no X11 file in /etc.
Any ideas? Thanks... cause lynx is cool but getting annoying

jondkent · Apprentice Joined: 26 Jul 2002 Posts: 289 Location: London

You have to configure X11 yourself to get the XF86Config file using either:

startx should be located in /usr/X11R6/bin/startx.

Jon

ryan83vt · Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2002 4:24 pm Post subject:

I got XF86Config configured, but my mouse jumps all over the screen when I try to startx, and the screen is 4 times bigger than the monitor. I set the resolutions right. Also, when I try to make install the nvidia drivers, I get an error. I never have had a problem installing nvidia drivers with any other distro.
Thanks

ryan83vt · Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2002 5:01 pm Post subject:

works fine now, but gnome only works under failsafe - not under regular gnome. nvidia drivers still wont make.

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It works find -- i finally found another post that has this problem - its in environments