I have had the same problems with X-windows, both Xfree and Metro-X. I
have experimented with several high end video boards on two different
monitors that have very high scan rates. I simply believe both servers are
poorly developed. I have ran Solaris X-86 and the display is immaculate at
any setting I throw at it. I know someone who is also dissatisfied with the
x-servers (he has even bought 2 commercial packages for Linux, which
were a far cry from 'commercial quality') so he and another grad student
are writing their own servers that will be tailored for Matrox cards and
Diamond cards. (2 diff servers). I think he will make a name for himslef
with
these servers but I do not know his current progress. I look forward to his
server myself and when I know more I will post the info here.
I have managed to get mediocre performance with the metro-X server at
1024x768 resolution with a Mill-II video board, except I get screen
corruption
when the workstation sits idle for a few minutes.
Just curious, what video board and server combo's work well for people out
there? My biggest pet peeve is my display (I hate sinking $1100 into a
monitor
and getting shatty performance, and I wouldn't dare scale back my systems
potential and install a MS product), I would definetely be willing to swap
out a video board for crisper display and refresh. I love Solaris but Linux
is it right now, you can get almost every
possible util you would ever need for free. Just look at how much Sun wants
for it's
C compiler alone. *cringe*
my 2 bits
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Neff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Redhat-List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Saturday, May 02, 1998 7:23 AM
Subject: matrox
>I am having a hell of a time getting full use of my 17" monitor. When I
>install everything is fine than with metroX I lose about an inch on either
>side of the screen and no configuration seems to help. I wrote to redhat
and
>they said to go back to Xwindows but the files are now deleted since I
>installed metro X , it is in the command line they give you to delete
>several files. So when I run Xconfigurator I get an error message that I am
>missing a file. Do you think I should reinstall?
>
>Gary
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>No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
>
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