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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Fri, 13 May 2005, David Moberg wrote:

> > > I found a suggestion online to touch the file:
> > >
> > > mkdir -p /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
> > > touch /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
>
> Bad typo here. This should work:
>
> rm -rf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
> mkdir -p /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/
> touch /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy

I did that and got the same result - X flashed on and then went away.

> > Mode "640x480":  mode clock = 28.320, clock used = 28.320
> > Virtual resolution set to 640x480
> >         (I had removed the 320 modelines which is why that did not work)
> > SpeedUp code selection modified because virtualX != 1024
> > PVGA1:  SpeedUps selected (Flags=0xf)
>
> Virtual resolution set to 640x480? Haven't you deleted the XF86Config
> lines for this? (The ones which say how big the whole screen should be,
> not just what you see at any one moment)

I remarked out Virtual 320 200.
I filled in Virtual 1024 768 and this time when the X screen flashed on 
the X was in the lower left instead of the center.

I will post my config file some time.  We are leaving for a real analog 
piano concert now.

> You should try the first fix, and see if X works. If it doesn't, try
> changing the virtual desktop size to 1024x768.
>
> VideoRam setting looks OK.
>
> Good luck.
I need lots of it.

> David