Suggest you try Deja or look at the XFree86 docs. EGA appears to be supported:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO-6.html What configuration program are you using? There are several: xconfigurator, XF86Setup (my preferred tool), etc. There are also a number of modelines calculators on the web, you might try searching for one. You should probably assume you can get 600x480 at 60Hz, 8 bpp, but not much better than that. Which pretty much sucks. You're better off in console mode using screen and/or emacs. If you've got a second machine, and a network, another option would be to use an X emulator or PVN to access the Linux box -- no need to run an X server on it at all (note that you will still need some X packages for client support). This would cover you whether your second machine was Windows, Linux, or whatever. On Tue, Feb 22, 2000 at 09:58:13AM -0800, Eric Hagglund wrote: > Can anyone help with this or at least tell me if it's > not feasible? > > --- Eric Hagglund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 07:40:20 -0800 (PST) > > From: Eric Hagglund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Configuring x-windows for EGA > > To: Debian User Lists User Lists > > <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > > > > I'm trying to get a 486dx set up with X-windows. The > > monitor I'm using is a NEC Multisynch JC1401-P3A EGA > > that was manufactured when Ronald Reagan was peaking > > in popularity (in the U.S. at least, before Oliver > > North eclipsed him; no I'm not kidding :). I have > > installed Debian 1.3.1 onto a 500 meg hard drive and > > am now trying to get X Windows configured using the > > text based install utility, because the graphical > > setup uses VGA by default and that is (apparently) > > too > > much for this dinosaur to handle. > > > > Anyway, I am now at the menu where you choose the > > horizontal synch range for the monitor. All the > > choices available to me, save one are for VGA > > monitors. The last choice allows me to put in a > > range > > of my own. What should I put in? > > > > Then, when it asks me about the vertical range, what > > should I put in for that? > > > > BTW the back of the monitor says it's rated for 120 > > volts at 60hz, and it appears to have jumpers for > > color settings. If any other details would be > > helpful, > > please let me know. > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > > http://im.yahoo.com > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com) What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? SAS for Linux: http://www.netcom.com/~kmself/SAS/SAS4Linux.html Mailing list: "subscribe sas-linux" to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
