[24200] in Athena Bugs
Re: Linux Athena 9.2.16 and colormaps
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Cavin)
Fri Sep 19 11:11:02 2003
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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 11:10:41 -0400
From: Tom Cavin <cavin@MIT.EDU>
To: Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Tom Cavin <cavin@MIT.EDU>, Athena Bugs list <bugs@MIT.EDU>,
SIPB Linux Help <linux-help@MIT.EDU>
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Hi Greg,
I think I have things working now, but I also had a bit of a problem with
the redhat-config-xfree86 program.
The first thing that went wrong was that when I started
redhat-config-xfree86, it didn't see my mouse, making it difficult to
select anything.
The fix for that turned out to be fairly ease: run redhat-config-mouse.
The next thing that happened is that I couldn't get anything other than an
800x640 screen resolution, which meant that when I tried to login using a
local account while off-line (laptop at home), I couldn't get to the
continue button on the "you have no authorization, click to continue"
message. (It was off-screen.)
I finally got this working by hand-editing the generate XF86config file.
I also had to tweak the /etc/inittab file because the system was defaulting
to runlevel 3 instead of runlevel 5.
I'm mostly concerned about the fact that the redhat-config-xfree86 program
would not do what I told it to regarding screen resolutions, but the issue
is no longer critical for me. I just thought I'd mention it in case
someone else runs into a similar problem.
Best Wishes,
--Tom
Greg Hudson writes:
> If your X server is properly configured, you should not have a limited
> color map.
>
> Try running (as root, from a console login):
>
> mv /etc/X11/XF86Config /etc/X11/XF86Config.aside
> redhat-config-xfree86
>
> Then select 1280x1024 (or something else, if you really want) and
> "millions of colors", and click ok.
>
