In linux.debian.user, you wrote: > under potato i had X (and kde2 thanks to some unofficial > sources.list items) up and running like a champ. occasionally > konqueror would die colorfully (hit alt-left to go back a few > pages and boom, only one desktop, no window borders...) > > and X windows worked fine under potato. > > now i've "dist-upgrade"d to woody and there are a plethora of > technical questions i'm supposed to know the answers to, in > order to get X going. such as-- > > select the desired X server driver > please enter the video card's bus identifier > enter the amount of memory used by your video card > use kernel framebuffer interface? > select the XKB rule set to use > choose your mouse port > choose the entry that best describes your mouse > write default dri section to config file? > > ...to name a few... > > SO: how do i find out what those answers should be? > > e.g. what makes a mouse a ps/2 mouse and not ImPS/2? what the > heck is a DRI device? how can you tell, by looking at the case, > whether the mouse port would be called mouse or ttyS0 or psaux? > > (i finally figured out how to get to the questions again: it's > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 > that does the asking. and i have no clue for the answers... :( ) > >===
Try 'XFree86 -configure' If it detects your hardware, it will produce the proper XF86Config or XF86Config-4 file. Mine gave me such high resolution that I had to include some Mode lines in the Screen section for lower resolution. If it is less than perfect, at least you might be able to modify it. -- Anita GnuPG key: 1024D/9EDAC910 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
