Lionel,
Thanks. The 'vesa' tip got it going sufficiently well to get
'redhat-config-xfree86' to work. From there I selected the Trident
TGUI9660 card, and Gateway monitor. Selecting the Trident card also
selected the 'trident' driver, which resulted in things going back to the
original zoomed screen, however setting the driver to 'vesa' made it work.
It still was a bit oversize, however setting the highest resolution took
care of that. At least it is now workable.
Generic VESA was one selection I had not tried before. The generic VGA did
not help.
Thanks again, and also to John. Without the help of these lists, getting
started with Linux would be a rough "go" (the books help, but even the most
recent are out-of-date by the time they hit the store).
Don
At 02:09 PM 1/30/03 -0800, you wrote:
>a possible hint: in the old days this type of problem used to occur when
the graphic card was not
>recognised. The current solution was to use one of the "universal" server
(3.3.6) or driver(4.x.x)
>in your case that would be vesa (regretably not accelerated...)
>Lionel
>--- Donald E Haselwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> John,
>>
>> > Okay, do:
>> >
>> > mv /etc/X11/XF86Config{,.backup-30012003}
>> > redhat-config-xfree86
>> >
>> > (without the -4 this time)
>>
>> Same result.
>>
>> Just after typing 'redhat-config-xfree86', and before it gets into
>> graphical mode, the following lines prints--
>>
>> "ddcprobe returned bogus values"
>>
>> I wonder if the monitor is causing the config program to come up with some
>> off-the-wall settings.
>>
>> Don
>>
>> At 09:12 PM 1/30/03 +0000, you wrote:
>> >Sir,
>> > You wouldn't be able to move around because the virtual size is the same
>> as
>> >the view size (i.e. 320x200).
>> >
>> > Okay, do:
>> >
>> > mv /etc/X11/XF86Config{,.backup-30012003}
>> > redhat-config-xfree86
>> >
>> > (without the -4 this time)
>> >
>> >JohnFlux
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >On Thursday 30 January 2003 9:03 pm, Donald E Haselwood wrote:
>> >> John,
>> >>
>> >> >redhat-config-xfree86
>> >>
>> >> Did that. I get the zoomed in display. I can't move around in it
and do
>> >> anything. By blindly pressing tab and enter I had a screen come up
with a
>> >> selection that had two tabs at the top. I selected the Advanced and
it had
>> >> to boxes for entry having to do with screen size, horizontal and
vertical.
>> >> I tried entering a number into one, but I couldn't get beyond that.
>> >>
>> >> Don
>> >>
>> >> >JohnFlux
>> >> >
>> >> >> Don
>> >> >>
>> >> >> At 05:13 PM 1/30/03 +0000, you wrote:
>> >> >> >Hi,
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >Well your config file says:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >(==) VGA(0): Virtual size is 320x200 (pitch 320)
>> >> >> >(**) VGA(0): Built-in mode "Generic 320x200 default mode": 12.6 MHz
>> >> >> >(scaled from 25.2 MHz), 31.5 kHz, 70.2 Hz (VScan)
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >No wonder it all looks big :)
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >Btw to convert from linux format to windows you can open the file in
>> >> >> > MSDOS Edit. (file->run-> "edit") Then save it, or copy and
paste it.
>> >> >> > Also MS Word will convert iirc. :)
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >Anyway, on with the story.. You need to setup some resolutions.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >Quickest way to do this is probably just to start from scratch.
>> >> >> >Do:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >mv /etc/X11/XF86Config-4{,.backup-30012003}
>> >> >> >redhat-config-xfree86
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >Let me know how this works out.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >JohnFlux
>> >> >>
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