xorg freezes or something

G3n2 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 09 Aug 2004 Posts: 127

hello,

i've just emerged xorg-x11 and fvwm after a fresh install of gentoo , did xorgconfig , typed startx , and now i get a black screen and nothing happens, it just crashes , i have to reboot my computer again.i've tried different resolutions but that didnt help either , im just using VESA atm cuz im inside vmware :$ , can anyone help me on this ?

any effort is greatly appreciated.

-g3n2

donjuan · l33t Joined: 11 May 2004 Posts: 760 Location: At Uni

Please post /var/log/Xorg.0.log
You might want to go through it a bit and pick out the error spots so you don't have to post the whole thing since it will be huge.

Also post your xorg.conf.
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G3n2 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 09 Aug 2004 Posts: 127

well i have no errors , but im using this xorg config now and it works.

http://bog.webhop.net/vmware/xorg.conf.txt

thanks to the guy who made it :p

donjuan · l33t Joined: 11 May 2004 Posts: 760 Location: At Uni

Well, guess that's one way around it. Saves a lot of troubleshooting.
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Command-line ACCEPT_KEYWORDS is considered harmful, use the package.* files.

The Stage 1 on 3 Install