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newlinuxguy
02-15-2003, 05:57 PM
I have so far attempted to install Peanut Linux, Vector Linux and Arklinux. After I have installed Ark Linux and it boots up, I get this:

localhost login:

Then it flashes for about five minutes. Afterwards I get this message:

Init: ID "x" respawning too fast: Disabled for Five Minutes

After five minutes it repeats the above. I once let it go all night doing this just to see if it would ever stop. It didn't. I later (by guessing) was able to hit enter and then login as "arklinux" without a password. After I logged in I attempted to run the "startx" command to get into the GUI and then I get an error something like this:

XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" after 0 (zero) requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining

I also received a similar startx error while attempting to use Peanut Linux and Vector Linux, though I did not have the respawning issues.

I am presently using an HP Pavilion XT936

I am using NVIDIA drivers and an S3 Graphics for the monitor which is an HP Pavilion MX70.

mdwatts
02-15-2003, 07:01 PM
Originally posted by newlinuxguy
I am using NVIDIA drivers and an S3 Graphics for the monitor which is an HP Pavilion MX70.

You are using the NVIDIA drivers for a S3 based video card? :confused:

What driver do you have in the Device section of your /etc/X11/XF86Config (or -4)?


Section "Device"
BoardName "GeForce3 Ti 200"
BusID "1:5:0"
Driver "nvidia"
Identifier "Device[0]"
Option "NvAGP" "2"
VendorName "NVidia"
EndSection


Mine is "nvidia", but I believe S3 video cards use "s3".