Re^4: configuring xserver [Solved]

2009-09-28 Thread peasthope
Paul, Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:19:04 -0600 > Many people reading this know a lot more about > X11 than I do, and some will jump on what I say ... At present, your tutorial appears to be the best information available. > But here's an attempt ... Thanks!... Peter E. -- Google "patho

Re: configuring xserver

2009-09-27 Thread Chris Bannister
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 10:50:58AM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > Somewhere in /etc I suppose, but there is a lot of stuff in /etc that > is automatically overwritten. I'd like to put my mode line in a place Nothing in /etc should be automatically overwritten, unless explicitly requested. -- Chri

Re: Re (2): configuring xserver [Solved]

2009-09-27 Thread thveillon.debian
Paul E Condon wrote: > On 2009-09-25_10:07:22, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: >> Paul, >> >>> Thanks. gtf gave me a plausible modeline. I editted it into xorg.conf >>> as suggested and it worked. >> If you can spare a few minutes, please post a detail or two. >> It might solve a remotely similar probl

Re: Re (2): configuring xserver [Solved]

2009-09-26 Thread Paul E Condon
On 2009-09-25_10:07:22, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > Paul, > > > Thanks. gtf gave me a plausible modeline. I editted it into xorg.conf > > as suggested and it worked. > > If you can spare a few minutes, please post a detail or two. > It might solve a remotely similar problem here. > > [In-reply

Re: configuring xserver [Solved]

2009-09-25 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 10:09, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > Paul E Condon wrote: >> Prior to that all the lines in xorg.conf were basically just place >> holders that contained no information about the real world outside the >> confines of X11. I thought surely all that information that used to b

Re: configuring xserver [Solved]

2009-09-25 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
Paul E Condon wrote: > Prior to that all the lines in xorg.conf were basically just place > holders that contained no information about the real world outside the > confines of X11. I thought surely all that information that used to be > in xorg.conf has been moved somewhere else, like has been don

Re (2): configuring xserver [Solved]

2009-09-25 Thread peasthope
Paul, > Thanks. gtf gave me a plausible modeline. I editted it into xorg.conf > as suggested and it worked. If you can spare a few minutes, please post a detail or two. It might solve a remotely similar problem here. [In-reply-to: might work with the Message-id: enclosed in < >. We'll see.]

Re: configuring xserver [Solved]

2009-09-25 Thread Paul E Condon
On 2009-09-24_19:09:15, thveillon.debian wrote: > Paul E Condon wrote: > > On 2009-09-24_22:49:04, Adrian Levi wrote: > >> 2009/9/24 Paul E Condon : > >>> I just purchased a small LCD monitor. It is 16:9 format and 1366x768. > >>> I ran dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg > >>> and that program set up th

Re: configuring xserver

2009-09-24 Thread thveillon.debian
Paul E Condon wrote: > On 2009-09-24_22:49:04, Adrian Levi wrote: >> 2009/9/24 Paul E Condon : >>> I just purchased a small LCD monitor. It is 16:9 format and 1366x768. >>> I ran dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg >>> and that program set up the driver for 1024x768, so naturely the letters >>> and graph

Re: configuring xserver

2009-09-24 Thread Paul E Condon
On 2009-09-24_22:49:04, Adrian Levi wrote: > 2009/9/24 Paul E Condon : > > I just purchased a small LCD monitor. It is 16:9 format and 1366x768. > > I ran dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg > > and that program set up the driver for 1024x768, so naturely the letters > > and graphics were stretched out h

Re: configuring xserver

2009-09-24 Thread Adrian Levi
2009/9/24 Paul E Condon : > I just purchased a small LCD monitor. It is 16:9 format and 1366x768. > I ran dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg > and that program set up the driver for 1024x768, so naturely the letters > and graphics were stretched out horizontally. 1366x768 is not an option > offered by G

configuring xserver

2009-09-23 Thread Paul E Condon
I just purchased a small LCD monitor. It is 16:9 format and 1366x768. I ran dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and that program set up the driver for 1024x768, so naturely the letters and graphics were stretched out horizontally. 1366x768 is not an option offered by Gnome preferences screen-resolution.

Problems configuring xserver-tga on alphastation 200 4/166

2001-02-28 Thread Trevor Callow
Hi, Can anybody point me in the right direction to obtain the install doc for the tga xserver Debian Potato port "Alpha" or hints on how to get it installed. Have tried what I think is everywhere! Have also tried the vga16-xserver with various s3 cards and no luck. Curiously when I loaded nt4 t