Re: Configuring XFree86 version 4

2002-12-19 Thread Deryk Barker
Thus spake Deryk Barker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > One further piece of info: I tested the new system out by booting > Knoppix, which ran just fine. > > So I thought I could snag the XF86Config-4 from that - put it onto > floppy (!) etc. > > Did all that and it still didn't work - but the Knoppix-de

Re: Configuring XFree86 version 4

2002-12-19 Thread Donald R. Spoon
Deryk Barker wrote: One further piece of info: I tested the new system out by booting Knoppix, which ran just fine. So I thought I could snag the XF86Config-4 from that - put it onto floppy (!) etc. Did all that and it still didn't work - but the Knoppix-derived config used the nv driver and Kno

Re: Configuring XFree86 version 4

2002-12-19 Thread Deryk Barker
One further piece of info: I tested the new system out by booting Knoppix, which ran just fine. So I thought I could snag the XF86Config-4 from that - put it onto floppy (!) etc. Did all that and it still didn't work - but the Knoppix-derived config used the nv driver and Knoppix is based on unst

Re: Configuring XFree86 version 4

2002-12-19 Thread Deryk Barker
Thus spake Bob Proulx ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Deryk Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-19 14:27:15 -0800]: > > Has anyone persuaded the confiuration of xserver-xfree86 version 4 to > > produce a usable XF86Config-4? > > Yes. Many times. > > > I've tried saying both yes and no to the framebuffer

Re: Configuring XFree86 version 4

2002-12-19 Thread Bob Proulx
Deryk Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-19 14:27:15 -0800]: > Has anyone persuaded the confiuration of xserver-xfree86 version 4 to > produce a usable XF86Config-4? Yes. Many times. > I've tried saying both yes and no to the framebuffer questin, which > was fingered in an earlier discussion of

Re: configuring XFree86

1998-07-14 Thread Nikolai Andreyevich Luzan
On Mon, 13 Jul 1998, Avalon Rusk wrote: > After typing:sudo /usr/sbin/xbase-configure > > I get the following response: > Leaving existing /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers :0 entry alone. > > What does this mean and how do I reconfigure xbase? It usually means that there is no /etc/X11/XF86config file.

Re: Configuring Xfree86 for X display

1997-04-07 Thread Paul McDermott
I would try one of two things. First run SuperProbe and see what linux sees your card as. Edit your XF86Config file to reflect what you have learned from the SuperProbe. Second run the XF86Setup program check the video card data base to see if the card is in their. If it is it will tell you

Re: Configuring Xfree86 for X display

1997-04-06 Thread Carey Evans
THEMBA MFANA WASE ROOIPORT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have 200Mhz Gateway pc with an STB Virge/VX 4MB 3D PCI video > card. The Xfree86 display conf. file has a lot of STB chipset listing and I > have no idea which one matches my card (no one specifies Virge/VX). S3 ViRGE and ViRGE/VX chips a