Guest bugV Posted May 31, 2004 Report Share Posted May 31, 2004 Hi, I've just installed Mandrake 9.2. When I try to start GUI by typing "startx" at the prompt it says: execve failed for /etc/X11/X (errno 13) WHy does this happen? How do I get the GUI going? Before giving the error above, it reports: Using authority file /root/.Xauthority Writing authority file /root/.Xauthority Using authority file /root/.Xauthority Writing authority file /root/.Xauthority Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glennzo Posted May 31, 2004 Report Share Posted May 31, 2004 Probably because your monitor's horizontal and vertical refresh rates are incorrect. You may want to try using xf86config to set up the refresh rates and screen resolution. Find out what you monitor's maximum hsync and vsync are and use that info as a guide. You will also need to choose a video card from the list, so it will help if you know what card you have. Take your time. After you use xf86config and save the configuration, type startx and see if it works. If not, try xf86config again. Don't give up. Sometimes you need to play with the settings to get x to work. xf86config is located in /usr/X11R6/bin Glennzo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted May 31, 2004 Report Share Posted May 31, 2004 what video card? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted May 31, 2004 Report Share Posted May 31, 2004 ATI video card? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bugV Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 Thanks friends! I've got the GUI going. I went to control panel in windows and found out my: graphics card model VRAM chipset. When i went into linux, it said there was an error starting Xserver, do you want to fix it ...... I pursued it and entered the info above and its working fine now. Many thanks. I'll be getting more ambitious now so watch out ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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