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Re: X-Windows and my monitor and video card.



> I have a CL-GD5430 and a monitor... Well, let's just say it's crap. 
> Anyway, I've tried installing X under a normal resolution, and it keeps 
> giving a quite annoying 640x480 with a 1024x768 virtual screen. I didn't 
> quite understand that fraggin' configure script and never quite 
> understood where the hell I set my resolution anyway. Anyone have any 
> idea what I should do - how I should act - and where I should bury myself?

Before burying yourself (which is something you'll have to do sooner
or later, of course), look at a few options.

First, run xf86config. Follow what it says CAREFULLY, especially in the
part about choosing your graphics card and the resolutions. xf86config
will generate a base /etc/XF86Config file. If, when trying to make
X go, it still does 640x480, first look at the output
(startx >& /tmp/error). If it killed the other modes, enter XF86Config
and modify the modes or the dot clocks.

Shay

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Shay Rojansky, roji@cs.huji.ac.il                 Finger for PGP public key



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