Bug 24071 - Unable to run 'startx' on alpha
Summary: Unable to run 'startx' on alpha
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
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Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: XFree86 (Show other bugs)
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Version: 7.0
Hardware: alpha Linux
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Assignee: Mike A. Harris
QA Contact: David Lawrence
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Reported: 2001-01-15 21:39 UTC by Bruce Z. Lysik
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:30 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2001-02-06 19:38:59 UTC
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Description Bruce Z. Lysik 2001-01-15 21:39:54 UTC 
When attempting to run startx under alpha, I get the error: no screens 
found

Poking more I see that the XFree86_TGA package appears to still be the old 
3.3 version, and is probably not compatible for X 4.0.

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Bruce Lysik  eldrik@logrus.com
Comment 1 Mike A. Harris 2001-02-06 19:38:52 UTC 
I do not have an Alpha, nor that video hardware, can someone at meridian
please look into this problem?  Most likely it is a problem that won't be
fixed in the latest 3.3.x tree.  I recommend trying XFree 4.0.2 from rawhide
and seeing if the card works with it.  If it does, you'll enjoy 4.0.2
much more than 3.3.6.
Comment 2 Mike A. Harris 2001-04-02 14:07:01 UTC 
You need to upgrade your X server to the XFree86-4.x package, or
the XFree86-TGA package that comes with RHL 7.0.  If that doesn't work,
the latest rawhide packages should.
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