maybe somebody already suggested this, but, you can make xdm write a default config file if you feed it the right option - "xdm --help" will list the options, I think (and it may not be in the docs...)
I had to do that to get the display to work at all; the default config file that the Debian install generated had display modes that caused my monitor to go berserk. I then compared the config file written by xdm with the one that the install generated and did a manual sort/merge to get things working... I had to do all that from a command prompt login since I didn't have KDE up. On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 10:07:11 -0700, "Paul Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > <#secure method=pgp mode=sign> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > "Paul Akkermans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I have just a simple question (I hope). I am trying to configure my Xfree86 > > (version 4.1.0.1) but I don't know how to do this. Can anybody help me? > > The easiest, fastest way to do this right now... > > 1. Go get yourself a Knoppix CD. > 2. Boot to Knoppix. Go to /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and copy it to your > hard drive's /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 > 3. Shut down Knoppix, eject the CD, reboot. > 4. Start X. It should work. > > There's an established Debian way, but it's considerably more > involved. If you use an nVidia card, it's far more involved (thanks > to nVidia's assenine licensing policies for it's barely-workable > drivers...they should either free the drivers and keep their customers > or eliminate them entirely and lose the customer base instead of this > bullshit license limbo self-installer crap). > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFBOKS/UzgNqloQMwcRAmKGAJ0VlJJM9gjOhpsK8E6AQS3OYDDFgQCeKbxS > J8XPSKK2tbI6Qm+5AO3F3A0= > =klFN > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
