Re: Configure X without redhat-config-xfree86?

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Date: 09/16/03

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Date: 16 Sep 2003 17:48:55 -0400

    Assuming you haven't had any luck with the other suggestions regarding
    redhat-config-xfree86, some things to look at (in no specific order)

    1) Does your monitor def have freq ranges that would allow higher res?
    Look in /usr/share/hwdata/MonitorsDB to see if you can find the info for
    your monitor.

    2) Is your card def complete. (Check /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Cards for your
    card.) Does it reflect the full amount of video RAM? i.e. is there a
    "VideoRAM" line in the def. If so is it accurate ? Considering running
    at a lower color depth until you get the resolution worked out.

    3) In your Screen/Display subsection, list the modes from lowest to
    highest.
    e.g. Modes "640x480" "800x600" ...

    X will start with the low res which you know works. You can then step
    your way up to the higher resolutions using "Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Plus".
    This may save some debugging time. (See the man page for XFree86 for
    other useful key claws"

    4) "Ctrl+Alt+Backspace" kills the current X server. If you're at run
    level 5, you can quickly try different config scenarios by modifying the
    config file then using the claw to restart the server.

    5) Check out http://www.xfree86.org/

      - Paul

    On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 16:27, nick@style***.org wrote:
    > * and then Lists declared....
    > > If that isn't available, have you tried to manually edit
    > > /etc/X11/XF86Config ? Try some basic values for your display, i.e.
    > > configure for a generic VGA monitor with low resolution. Once X is up,
    > > you can run the GUI tool.
    >
    > Right! - I got X up by swapping modes to to "640 480" instead of "800
    > 600" but I can't for the life of me get it to run in any higher
    > resolution.
    >
    > Any suggestions? --- I had it running on the last gfx card in 800 and
    > 1024 with only some minor adjustment with xvidtune but this is killing
    > me...
    >
    > --
    > Nick W
    > 

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