Re: [gentoo-user] Is starting xdm enough to see something in X?

[Dale]

Mark Knecht wrote:
> Title sort of says it. I have an old machine that I'm setting up as a
> Myth server. I didn't want X on the machine but I'm having trouble so
> I emerged xdm and start it using /etc/init.d/xdm start. The  drivers
> get loaded but I get a black screen. No error message in the X log
> file.
>
> I haven't messed with X at this level before. What's the minimum test
> of X that would display a terminal or something very basic?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
>
>

I don't know if this still applies or not but may be worth a try.  I
used to test X by doing startx.  It's a ugly thing but it tells you if
it works or not.  No clue on if that would help Mythtv either.

Dale

:-)  :-)