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



On Thu, 4 Jul 1996, Shay Rojansky wrote:

> > 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
That's why I noted my video card - I don't know what to change it TO. If 
anyone has the same configuration as I do and the same setup, would he 
be willing to share his /etc/XF86Config?
Thanks,
Nir.
-- 
Nir Soffer AKA ScorpioS. scorpios@cs.huji.ac.il 
'Cry : Havoc! And let slip, the dogs of war.'
So I don't know the direct quote, so kill me. :).


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