I suggest that you use xf86config. I find that this sets up the /etc/X11/XF86Config file quite well. (I haven't used XF85Setup.) You'll need to know your monitors scan rates and stuff, though. You may have to fiddle with the /etc/X11/XF86Config after though to tweek it optimally.
Marshal On Sun, 01 Aug 1999 23:06:25 virtanen wrote: > > 1) > Managed to get debian slink running in a pention II box. Managed to get > even x running in a way. But. > > 2) > The screen is impossible to use, because only the panel buttons of fvwm > become so big that there is no room for anything else and almost the all > of the information is 'outside' of the screen. > > 3) > During XF86Setup (I used that to configure X) I have tried various > possible configurations for the monitor. They make no effect at all. The > card is Matrox Millenium Mga G100 (AGP) Powerdesk and I selected SVGA > Server as was suggested by a kind person on this list. > The monitor is HL 7870S Hyundai 17". > > 4) > Must I change something in the BIOS to make it possible to configure the > screen somehow? M$os says simply: 'Plug and Play monitor' > Or must I use xf86config instead of XF86Setup? > > 5) > Or what to do? > > > -hv > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
