On Fri, 20 Aug 2004, Veli-Pekka Tatila wrote: > What's the equivalent for getting Gnome 2.4 or later up and running like > that if any? I'd like to try out Gnopernicus at some point, too. probably apt-get install gnome will do the trick. However, AFAIK gnome 2.4 is probably only part of either testing certainly unstable.
> You might have noticed a change in my attitude. I was thinking not to > install X at all and keep some kind of a minimalist system but it turned out > I have a lot more disk space than I thought, as i wiped out my Win 9X before > the installation. welcome to the world of free-software and stability :) > If it is lowRes enough, it will scroll the screen and track the mouse as not > everything fits on the screen. This is exactly what I'm aiming at, being > able to use KDE magnified like this, and later on also Gnome with > Gnopernicus. yes it will. However, you might be interested in xzoom too. > Now, I've been trying to hack the lowRes stuff by modifying the screen > section in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 > My default color depth is 16 bit and i've appended some lower resolutions > here: mindyou, debconf will overwrite your modified config with the enxt upgrade. > SubSection "Display" > Depth 16 > Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "320x200" > EndSubSection look correct. > When trying to switch resolutions in X with ctrl+alt numpad plus or minus it > does switch between a few but it seems the lowest it takes is something like > 640x480. It scrolls slightly in the lowest resolution but not much really. did you restart you X-server after modifying the config? > There's also a passage liek this near the end: > > Section "DRI" > Mode 0666 > EndSection > > Does the DRI section specify some kind of a default resolution I should be > changing? Actually, I would not mind if the only resolution in X was 320x200 > as not many sighted people will be using that LInux machine anyway. you could reconfigure X with only the low resolution. > Also, what does it mean when it says in the beginning comments that I should > not modify the lines in the DEBCONF section? Do I have to specify that I'll > manage this config file myself, or what might be the reason why it's not > taking into account my lower resolutions? no, that it will overwrite by update/upgrade of the package. > Another unlikely explanation that came to mind is that the Rage driver > somehow limits the possible resolutions you can have. I suppose vesa would > be a safe bet. > > Any help greatly appreciated. > > -- Andor Demarteau E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] student computer science www: http://www.students.cs.uu.nl/~ademarte/ UU based & VU guest-student jabber,icq,msn: do ask ;) ----------- chairman Stichting Studiereizen STORM www: http://www.stistusto.nl vice-chairman USF Studentenbelangen executive committee 2002-2003
