Patrick, You can find documentation at http://www.cc.gatech.edu/linux/LDP/. Check out the Installation and Getting Started Guide, and the X HOW-TOs.
Ernest Johanson Web Systems Administrator Fuller Theological Seminary On Sat, 14 Aug 1999, Patrick Olson wrote: > Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 23:34:51 -0700 (PDT) > From: Patrick Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: confusing X problem > > I have been trying all day to get XFree86 3.3.2.3 running, but have simply > had no luck getting any resolution other than 320x200. I would like it to > do 800x600 with 256 (or more) colors. The video card does that just fine > under Windows95, so I know the hardware is capable, although maybe not > very compatible. > > I wasn't sure about using a lot of bandwidth on this list since the config > file is about 20K, so I have put it on my ISP's server along with the > output. They are at these two addresses: > > http://home.internetcds.com/~compman/XF86Config > http://home.internetcds.com/~compman/logfile.txt > > I would really appreciate any help, or pointers to documentation that > would help. If anyone would like me to e-mail them the config file or the > output, I will be happy to. > > XF86Setup could not successfully switch into graphics mode with the VGA16 > server; it just put a grey background on the screen and nothing else. The > configuration file was originally made using xf86config, and I have made > some changes to try and get 800x600 (without any success). > > The video card is a 2MB Diamond Viper Pro Video, and is a PCI card. I > have been trying to use the SVGA X server. > > Please help me figure this out so I don't have to run Win95 on this > computer :-) > > Patrick >
