Yeah, I think they said something about disabling from inside the machine
instead of in windows and bios. Ill try that thanks.
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From: "s" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 3:24 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] How do i configure my xfree86
> That's probably it. What did you do to disable it? Bios? Does your mobo
> have jumpers or dip switches you could disable it with there? I have the
> i815, but I can't remember if it has them or not. (I just put it in back
in
> July, bad memory). I remember distinctly my 440BX needing the jumpers
moved
> to disable onboard video. But if it does, that would be a good idea to
try.
> Also there is a setting in the bios that says something like, first
display
> unit or init or such. make sure it says pci (even if it's agp).
> Well not much help I know. I know how frustrating it can be.
>
> If you know all your system specs like the horizonal and vertical sync
rates
> of your monitor and the exact ram on the video card, you can configure x
from
> the command line by typing xfconfig.
> -s
>
> On Monday 29 January 2001 12:46 pm, you wrote:
> > I was wondering how i could configure my xfree86. If you have the
knowledge
> > please tell me the whole command for doing this (i am a newbie:one day).
i
> > want to do this because i get this error when i type startx:
> > (EE) No devices detected
> > datal server error
> > no screens found
> > X connection to :0.0 broken
> > (explicit kill or server shutdown)
> >
> > i was wondering could this be that its not detecting my voodoo card and
is
> > trying to use my disable i810 c
>
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