On Mon, 09 Mar 1998 19:29:44 EST, Taylen wrote: > Hey...I've been trying for a few days now to get x windows to work, I tried > using XF86Setup to make my configuration file, but the graphics for it were > screwed up and unreadable...I then tried to use just XF86Config and created > an X configuration file....however, when I tried to start x, the screen was > still messed up as it had been when I had run XF86Setup....I haven't been > able to figure out what the problem might be, does anyone know what might > be causing this problem?
Is this a new install? What video card are you running? If you're running a Matrox Millenium II, you're gonna have to wait for the .deb, because the latest XFree86 version with support just released a few days ago, or so it was reported here last night, I believe. Of course you can compile it yourself. I had to do this when my Matrox Millenium was unsupported, and it was pretty painless for me, even though I was totally new to Linux. (tar -xvzf, read README, edit Makefile, make, make install) You also might try the excellent XFree86 FAQ at: http://x.physics.usyd.e du.au/FAQ/index.html The XFree86 Matrox FAQ is at: http://matrox.alloy.net/eng/faq.html If you've got a laptop, there are special resources for you too, but right now the matrox seems to be the most FAQ. I hope you're also reading the man pages, and /usr/doc/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/README* . -- David Stern ------------------------------------------------------------------ http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
