On Sun, 25 Dec 2011 08:51:14 +0000 john lewis <johnle...@hantslug.org.uk> wrote:
> After the festivities are out of the way will have to look at getting > better graphics working by setting up an /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. > Have almost forgotten how to do that ;-) seems that dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg no longer sets it up but that running X -configure as root in single user mode does resulting in /root/xorg.conf.new and this uses the savage driver for the video card. I'd used xrandr and cvt to establish what settings the monitor needs rather than just copying them from the monitor manual, edited /root/xorg.conf.new to use them, copied the modified file to /etc/X11/xorg.conf and rebooted. The new xorg.conf uses the 'savage' server. It is listed as savagefb.ko in /lib/modules/kernel---/drivers/video/savage and X boots OK but only Gnome Classic is usable I found a suggestion to use the option "UseBios" "off" but it makes no difference that I can see. Mint LMDE also boots only into classic mode (but with a prettier? menu) on this box so it looks like the graphics isn't good enough for the full works. -- John Lewis using Debian sid -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
