Re: Installing xserver

2003-05-30 Thread Tim Emerick
Redhat uses a package called Kudzu. It keeps a database of installed hardware and scans on boot for hardware changes. I find it quite helpful when I forget what type of card is installed. --- Joris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Joris, > > > > Thanks for the lead. It's always nice to have some

Re: Installing xserver

2003-05-30 Thread Joris
> Joris, > > Thanks for the lead. It's always nice to have some hardware > detection. Does it build a database so that when new hardware is > installed, it opens a dialog for you to configure it during the boot > process? I don't think so, I've never used it myself. As a student, I rarely buy new

Re: Installing xserver

2003-05-30 Thread Haines Brown
Joris, Thanks for the lead. It's always nice to have some hardware detection. Does it build a database so that when new hardware is installed, it opens a dialog for you to configure it during the boot process? The discover is a frontend for hardware detection tools, and you mentioned one for the

Re: Installing xserver

2003-05-29 Thread Joris
>> Once you get done with that, try using the utility called >> 'dexconf'. In my brief experience with it, what it does is use the >> vesa driver and somehow manages to get a basic X display up (no >> acceleration and that stuff). Then you can try experimenting and >> making new configurations with

Re: Installing xserver

2003-05-29 Thread Haines Brown
> > My current configuration has a vertRefresh of 48-120 Hz, but the > > debian file ends up with 50-85Hz. > > Just fix it in the file. Thanks. Good to know that the information in XF86Config reflects actual monitor capability rather than impose a restriction on it. > > Should I expect the debia

Re: Installing xserver

2003-05-29 Thread Haines Brown
> Follow the instructions in the NVIDIA readmes EXACTLY. (When they > refer to a "fully configured kernel source tree", they mean one in > which you've done "make ?config" and "make dep".) While I was planning to recompile the kernel first and then install the driver as you suggest, is that order

Re: Installing xserver

2003-05-29 Thread Haines Brown
> Haines Brown wrote: > > I installed a woody base system and then install the xserver-svga > > required by my nVidia GeForce3 card and a window manager. Then > > from a root command line I ran startx. However, all I got as a > > result was a black screen with speckles (not x's grey screen), > > wi

Re: Installing xserver

2003-05-29 Thread David Z Maze
Haines Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I installed a woody base system and then install the xserver-svga > required by my nVidia GeForce3 card and a window manager. That's from XFree86 3.3.6, which is still needed for some cards that aren't supported in 4.x. You almost certainly want xserver

Re: Installing xserver

2003-05-29 Thread Kevin McKinley
On Wed, 28 May 2003 21:33:41 GMT Haines Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I installed a woody base system and then install the xserver-svga > required by my nVidia GeForce3 card and a window manager. Then from a > root command line I ran startx. However, all I got as a result was a > black screen

Re: Installing xserver

2003-05-29 Thread Harshwardhan Nagaonkar
Haines Brown wrote: I installed a woody base system and then install the xserver-svga required by my nVidia GeForce3 card and a window manager. Then from a root command line I ran startx. However, all I got as a result was a black screen with speckles (not x's grey screen), with a set of blinking u