Need help with Interactive's Xwindows

Keith Cantrell kcantrel at digi.lonestar.org
Tue Nov 27 17:48:22 AEST 1990


Vital information:
  Operating System: Interactive's System 5.3 release 2.2
  Make: Gateway 2000
  Processor: Intel 80386 with 64k cache. NO floating point co-processor.
  Mother board: Micronics 386 ASIC cache
  Processor speed: 25Mhz
  Monitor: 1024x780 VGA Tatung model CM-1498X
  Video controller: OEM-VGA-300190  (says VGA-WONDER on the card) 
  Video BIOS: ATI wonder  date: 2/20/90 version: 1.16e
  Serial controller: DIO-500 Multi-I/O card
  Main Memory: 4 Meg.
  Disk: 110Meg ESDI
  Disk controller: Ultrastor ultra 12(F)


I just installed Interactive release 2.2 and tried to bring up Xwindows and
it just blanked my screen and locked up my keyboard.  The really bad thing
is that I could not even swap back to the console to kill any processes, it
was the big bad RED button time.  I tried various Xvga drivers include the
generic VGA one (which incidentally, work with Interactive 2.0.2 with
Xwindows 1.0, so I know it can work with my hardware).  The main reason I
wanted the new Xwindows was to get a driver that would support a higher
resolution than 640x480.  So, does any kind sole have any idea what I could
be doing wrong?  The Xwindows is pretty much just straight out of the box
(ie. I didn't change and configuration parameters except what it prompted
me to do through the installation).

Thanks,

Keith Cantrell

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