[2608] in RedHat Linux List
4.0 & MetroX on new (re)install
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rick Forrester)
Mon Nov 4 14:24:41 1996
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Date: Mon, 04 Nov 1996 11:19:48 -0800
From: Rick Forrester <rickf@glacier.jpl.nasa.gov>
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Shifting partitions around this weekend, decided to reinstall Red Hat
4.0. One of the reasons for shifting around was purchase of new MGA
Matrox Millenium 4Mb video card.
On my previous install I had problems with MetroX; I finally gave up &
just loaded XFree86 v3.1.2G, which suited my ATI Graphics Xpression
CT264 card just fine. With the Matrox card I don't have that option.
Two points came up right away:
1. Can someone point me to where the documentation on what driver the
X link is supposed to point to? As it was installed (twice), it seems
to point to never-never land, and I don't seem to have much luck
locating documentation. And, yes, I have the official version, with
manual.
2. When trying to configure the card in the first place, the best
options MetroX seems to give is for 1024X768 resolution @ 70Hz. Did I
miss something? My other installation, with AcceleratedX installed,
supports up to 1600x1200 at a faster refresh rate. Should be able to
do better than 1024X768 with a 4Mb Matrox Millenium card and a
Viewsonic PT770 17" monitor.
3. No, I'd prefer not, for now, to install AcceleratedX with RH 4.0.
I'm stubborn, I'd like to get what I paid for working as well as
possible. 8^)
TIA
Rick F.
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