This works! I played with the xconf utility (text-based one) and it
makes the
user go thru the process of choosing mice, keyboards, monitors (or
defining one)
video cards (or again defining one, and software probing), and finally
display
parameters...
Oh, this is not the same machine as my laptop...its an HP vectra with an
MGA
Matrox G200 8MB chipset in it. Please don't be confused that I changed
the thread
(sorry in advance).
Well, I blew up X on my first try and had to telnet into the box from
another
workstation (good thing I loaded network utilities!) and renamed the
XF86Config
file to .old so I could get back into the now panicking machine, and
thru telnet
reonfigured the X window system again (this time correctly, more or
less).
Virtual desktop, additional screen sizes, etc...COOOL!! I can do this
stuff!
One remaining puzzle, and this is the money question. I can't get HP
OpenView to
display totally correctly locally (which is the reason I have the Linux
installed
in the first place). All that is wrong is that the color to some of the
objects
flashes correct colors initially, but falls through to the default
colors (grey)
and this identifies the status of the underlying object. Is this a
color depth
issue, or something else? I have set the depth to 16 bits to avoid
overdriving
things too much (per the reccomendations of the linux-newbie.org website
XF86
configs page... ), running max monitor resolution of 1280x1024 @ 76hz.
I haven't
tried upping the depth, because I ran out of time last time, but I will
try it and
report back...
Thanks again Matt and group!
Steve Weltman wrote:
> Thank you Matt! I appreciate your rapid response. I will attempt this in the
> next day or so and let you know what I found about my machine.
>
> Again, thanks for the rapid response.
>
> Steve Weltman
>
> "Brash, Matthew" wrote:
>
> > Steve, I'm on my windows machine at work, so I don't know the exact details
> > of the config file, but in your /etc/X11 directory there is a file called
> > XF86Config or XF86Config.4 or -4 for X version 4.0
> > Inside this file (use a text editor) there is a section for the colour depth
> > and screen modes, etc... I believe it's in a section called "Screen"...
> > anyway, there's a couple subsections called "Display".
> > In this you can change the "Viewport" if there is one. If there isn't,
> > adding "Viewport" (without the quotes) and then the ration you want like 1 0
> > or 2 0, then you should get a virtual sized desktop the next time you
> > restart X. As for the colour depth, before those "Display" subsections, add
> > the line DefaultColorDepth 24 or 32 or whatever depth you want as default.
> > I'm sorry that this is very wordy and very confusing. I should look up a
> > config file for you...
> > #---------------
> > Section "Screen"
> > Identifier "Screen0"
> > Device "3Dfx Interactive Voodoo3"
> > Monitor "Monitor0"
> > DefaultColorDepth 24
> > SubSection "Display"
> > Depth 1
> > EndSubSection
> > SubSection "Display"
> > Depth 4
> > EndSubSection
> > SubSection "Display"
> > Depth 8
> > EndSubSection
> > SubSection "Display"
> > Depth 15
> > EndSubSection
> > SubSection "Display"
> > Depth 16
> > EndSubSection
> > SubSection "Display"
> > Depth 24
> > Modes "1152x864" "800x600" "640x480"
> > ViewPort 0 0
> > EndSubSection
> > EndSection
> > #--------------------
> > This is just an example... see above where it says "ViewPort 0 0"... that's
> > the virtual desktop of NONE, so there is no virtual desktop. If you already
> > have that line - experiment with it... even try commenting it out.
> >
> > Good Luck.
> >
> > Matt
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Steve Weltman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 7:33 PM
> > To: Newbie List
> > Subject: [newbie] X-Window display settings
> >
> > Hi...I have a IBM TP600 running Mandrake 7.02, 96MB RAM, 6GB HD, 2M
> > video ram, 1024X764X16million colors (24 bit) without difficulties,
> > unsure of other details...but I can check if asked specifically...
> >
> > I am looking to see if there's a way to increase the number of colors
> > (color depth?) so that I can display HP OpenView correctly. Some of the
> > icons appear black as opposed to colored. Also, I can't find any
> > settings to allow a "virtual" desktop type of sizing arrangement. I
> > need a larger display area, because the NMS display wants to use
> > something like 1152X860 or close to that. I know that this sounds too
> > "windoz-ish", but I am new at Linux, but starting to really enjoy what
> > it can do (and fixing whatever I can, that it cannot currently).
> >
> > Thanks for your time!!
> >
> > Steve Weltman
