[ale] RH5.1 and X

[vaidhy at wwdg.com (vaidhy at wwdg.com)]

I think I have pretty much seen the same problem. It means that there is no desktop installed. Try installing fvwm2 or fvwm95 .. That will set up the desktop.

Do let us know if it works...:)

Regards,
Vaidhy


> Hi,
>         We just loaded RedHat 5.1 on a Dell m/c at work.  After starting the
>         X server the monitor displays a blue screen and a cross-haired mouse
>         pointer in the center.  The mouse doesn't move, nor do any keys work.
>         It almost seems as though X starts ok but it has some mouse problems.
>         We have to reboot (use the 'reset' on the m/c) since everything seems 
>         to be frozen.
> 
>         The installation auto-probes all the hardware and detects the video
>         card which is a S3 Virge, however the Superprobe shows 1M of VRAM 
>         when the card has 8M.  At least that's what the manual and Window's NT
>         Diagnostics say.  The monitor is a Dell 17ES monitor.  We installed 
>         RedHat 5.0 and played around with the different options offered by 
>         the MetroX server with no success.  The mouse is a PS/2 one.
>         Can anyone suggest any solutions to this problem?