Re: EMC - now getting desperate!

WAnliker@... wrote:

>
> << The three pages of stuff
> > includes the video
> > resolutions and sync speeds that are either within the capabilities of your
> > video card/monitor combination, and can be tried, or beyond them, and
> > will not be tried. >>
>
> How do I make this thing stop, instead of scrolling out of sight, it is
> impossible to read, the way it is.
> I think I saw it saw "no config file found."
> FX86setup did not work with any form of caps and non caps when typed in.

There is a somewhat hidden feature in the default terminal emulation for the
console, that allows you to scroll back a bit and see what has scrolled
off the screen. I think it is the page up key. But, I had trouble getting
it to work when I needed it.

There is another way, which is to type a command like
xyz >& file.txt
which causes all console (stdout) and error output to be sent to a file.
You can do the command like :
startx >& startx.log
and then when it ends or you shut down X, there will be a file that
you can examine with all the console and error messages in it.
You could use the command :
more startx.log
to read the file, hitting the spacebar will scroll forward the next
page of info, hitting q will quit out of more.

This should allow you to read the error messages, and maybe see
what is wrong.

The console setup program is XF86Setup, I think, for X Free 86.
If you don't have a manual, you will drive yourself crazy with all
these nitpicking details on the names of programs, etc. But, you
will have to run it to configure X windows.

Jon