[95764] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Xconfigurator help--everything's gigantic
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Frank N. Stein)
Wed Oct 21 05:35:36 1998
From: "Frank N. Stein" <kcsmart@microlink.net>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 04:28:31 -0500
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On Tue, 20 Oct 1998, Leston Buell sniveled:
>Okay, this is the third time i've installed Red Hat on a computer, but
>i'm still a newbie in this area. I've resurrected this old Pentium 133
>and have successfully installed Red Hat, but i'm having trouble with X.
>
>During the initial installation, my Trident TG9660 was detected.
>(Actually i think its a 9680, but what's "detected" is a 9660.) The
>installer had trouble probing the video memory (i think that this was
>its excuse) and skipped the installation of XF86. So, when the
>installation was over i found that X wasn't installed, so i installed it
>myself. When i start X-Windows everything's HUGE. I think the start
>button's about one by two inches. I've tried several different screen
>resolution settings in the Xconfigurator, but nothing changes. X-Windows
>is thus useless for the moment, as nothing fits on the screen.
You can _try_ running 'Xconfigurator --expert' and change your card type
by hand. But, I haven't had much luck doing it this way. Rest assured
TGUI9660 settings won't work.
RH falls all over itself, then loses it's mind on this card. I have the
same one. Using 9660 (which it says it is) makes my monitor go into
smoke-mode.
Get the SuSE drivers, quick! They work like a charm. The RH server gave
me nothing but headaches with this card.
>I'm using the "generic monitor" setting, although i've tried several
>other monitor settings. I've tried 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit at various
>resolutions. I have 4 megs of video RAM, i think. Since Xconfigurator
>seems to know what kind of card i have, i'm confused as to why i can't
>get the resolution correct. Any hints?
You'll need to do better on the monitor or the best you'll get with
even SuSE is 640x480. So plan to spend a little effort if you want
better resolution.
You'll need to get the SuSE xf86config, a console-based setup program.
Replace the RH version of it as well as the X-server. The version on
the SuSE site is setup to work with their X-server and gives a better
config file.
Using the above I could get everything going right after a couple of
tries (had to play with the monitor settings a bit). With RH all I ever
got was a nearly smoked monitor and a lot of wasted time.
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Egads! Someone's been drinking my lunch!
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