Subject: Re: X11
To: John Price <pricej@CEBAF.GOV>
From: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 08/11/1997 11:02:30
John Price wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to get X up and running, now that I have everything else up. 
> So far, no luck.  I have installed the 1.2 version of the X software
> (xbase, xcomp, xserver), and I have also tried some other X servers
> (xserver.961105 and Xmacbsd.960127 specifically).  I have also tried the
> old setup (X.11Mar95.tgz).  When I type startx, it thinks for a bit, and
> then my screen turns all white, and the computer apparently hangs.  This
> is a IIsi with 17Mb RAM.  The FAQ lists I've been able to find don't
> seem to address this problem.  What have I done wrong?

Do you have an FPU?  If not, sit back and wait, a while, like 10 to 15
minutes.  If it doesn't come up in 20 minutes, then you know it's hung ;-)

I hope this helps.

Later.

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Colin Wood                                 cwood@ichips.intel.com
Component Design Engineer - MD6                 Intel Corporation
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