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On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Matt Harrison |
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<iwasinnamuknow@×××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Mark Knecht wrote: |
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>> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:49 AM, bn <brullonulla@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> Mark Knecht ha scritto: |
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>>>> Title sort of says it. I have an old machine that I'm setting up as a |
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>>>> Myth server. I didn't want X on the machine but I'm having trouble so |
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>>>> I emerged xdm and start it using /etc/init.d/xdm start. The drivers |
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>>>> get loaded but I get a black screen. No error message in the X log |
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>>>> file. |
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>>>> I haven't messed with X at this level before. What's the minimum test |
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>>>> of X that would display a terminal or something very basic? |
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>>> Have you tried |
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>>> startx /usr/bin/xterm |
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>> Yes. Same black screen. Nothing else going on. The processes show up |
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>> in ps aux, X as root, xterm as me. |
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> I've found before that if everything seems to be running (can list X |
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> processes and logs look fine) but you still don't see anything, it's |
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> possible it is your monitor. I used to use a really old 15" CRT for a server |
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> but it just wouldn't run X at anything over 640x480. Modern monitors will at |
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> least tell you if the resolution/refresh is out of limits, but older ones |
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> don't often. Try with a different monitor if that one is old or suspect. |
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> ~Matt |
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Good point. I'll hook the machine up to a very good monitor later today. Thanks. |
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One question about this X stuff. Is there any difference at all at the |
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application level if I run an app displaying on the monitor of that |
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machine, or use ssh -X -Y -C and run the app displaying on a remote |
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machine? |
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If there is absolutely no difference then I don't need to bother with |
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this. If there is then I do. The real issue here is that Myth doesn't |
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work. If I can be certain that displaying Myth apps on a remote |
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screen, such as mythtv-setup or mythfrontend, is really the same then |
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I'll just do that. However those apps are currently failing so I'm |
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trying to eliminate issues, and possibly creating one I don't care |
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about in doing that! |
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Thanks, |
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Mark |
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