[oclug]Configuring X

[Tom Lauzon]

On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Brian Barber wrote:

> Symptoms:
> For some reason, X starts automatically.  /etc/inittab shows that the 
> default runlevel is 2; I know that in RedHat the default runlevel for X 
> is 5.  Is this different in Debian?  I suppose that xdm could be 
> launching it.  When X starts, my machine locks up (i.e. no keyboard or 
> mouse) and I get a dark blue screen that flickers constantly.
> 
I had the same problem with my setup I had to disable hardware 
acceleration by adding the following line to my XF86conf file.

<SNIP>

> 
> Section "Device"
> 	Identifier	"ATI Mach64 VLB"
> 	Driver		"ati"
> 	VideoRam	2048

# disable acceleration
        Option "NoAccel"


> EndSection
> 

I hope that helps

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Tom Lauzon
vp1956 at shaw.ca