Miguel Gomes Domingos wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Stefaans Mostert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 5:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] I can't enter X
>
> > Miguel Gomes Domingos wrote:
> > >
> > > I use mandrake 7.2 and I can't enter "graphic mode" because the monitor
> > > strats the suspend mode when I try to do it. I tried XFree86 but it only
> > > appears the mouse pointer with a background colour, and XF86Config is
> not
> > > installed.
> > > I have a file called "XF86Config" where i can configure my monitor but I
> > > don't know what to change on that file to put the monitor working on. So
> i'm
> > > sending the file in an atachement to this letter, so someone can read it
> and
> > > tell me what to change in the file. I also tried testing several monitor
> > > types with several resolutions using Xconfigurator and none of them
> worked.
> > >
> > > Note: my monitor works perfectly in windows in a resolution of
> 800x600@75 HZ
> > > with an H-Freq of 46.8 KHz and at high colour (16 bits), or in a
> resolution
> > > of 1024X768@60 Hz with an H-Freq of 48.4 KHz and at high colour (16
> bits).
> > >
> >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Name: XF86Config
> > > XF86Config Type: unspecified type (application/octet-stream)
> > > Encoding: quoted-printable
> >
> >
> > Before you go mad and edit your files try running the following command
> > as root
> > #Xconfigurator
> >
> > You will know what to do after that,a grade 1 could use it,and it works
> > like a charm.
> > if not let me know and I will take you through the steps of installing
> > it in commandline.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Stefaans
> >
> >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ---
>
> Hello Stefaans
>
> I tried Xconfigurator and I choosed many types of monitors that tested
> well, in many resolutions and so I could enter X in failsafe mode, but I
> still can't enter X in normal mode (linux) because the monitor enters
> automatically in "suspend mode".
> Can you help me editing the file XF86Config, or maybe this is another
> kind of problem?
Send me your Xf86 file and I will see what I can do
But before you do that run #Xconfigurator again and choose your monitor
as "non-interlaced svga" and your resolution as 800x600 16 bit
also let me know what type of video card you have
Stefaans
