On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 04:46:45PM -0800, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: > > Just about every setting under XF86Setup.. It has been a real pain > before and I finally gave up and perchased an ATI RAGE, now I own the > voodoo300 (killer card!) but this box is a starter box for a friend > who will love linux since it is a command line OS and stable. Yes, I really > would personally like to read and understand why x is what it is and how > to manually mangle it until it gives me what I need. What I am shooting for > is simple 800/600 res and either 8 or 16bpp.. The card is older isa, like > the 8900. the redhat installer gui is able to work on it out of the box etc. > So I know if I can get the correct XF86Config file working, it will work well > until he buys a new card/monitor of his own (it's my bench card/monitor). > I know it works well under windoz, but it's hell under x... > > So, if you can point me to the doc that will give me a real understanding > of how x works and how to manipulate it to suit my needs, I would really > appreciate it. >
When I have installed X on older machines before I first ran "SuperProbe" to find the chipset. Then ran xf86config or XF86Setup. Here are a couple links. Don't know if you have looked at them or not but should give you a good starting spot. http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/XFree86-HOWTO/index.html The XFree86-HOWTO contains a trouble shooting section. http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/XWindow-User-HOWTO.html Maybe not quite what your looking for at the moment but might be valuable later. kent -- I'd really love ta wana help ya Flanders but... Homer Simpson
