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Thanx mark.. i tried it on my fathers machine and
it worked.. i have him up and going now.. except the whole winmodem thing in his
machine too.. i'm still working on that.. i crashed my machine a few mins ago..
and posted my problem if you could help.. thanks..
roy
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001
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Subject: Re: [newbie] x
On Thu, 13 Dec 2001 08:35:40 -0600
"Roy Barton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
spewed frantically in their message:
> Hey any one here can tell me
how to reconfigure X if it did not properly install on the initial
install. My friend has a computer with a Savage4 video card, and the
Xconfiguration installer automatically installs the card and it does not
work. The book that come with is kit says to install the Generic SVGA
drivers, but the install does not allow it to work. Any ideas?
>
>
> PLEASE HELP I've reinstalled 8.1 6 times trying to get it to
work.
>
> Thanks Roy
>
Roy,
since X isn't
working you can do this from the command line by typing as root "setuptool".
From the menu list that comes up you then choose "display configuration." If
that doesn't work then you may want to rerun the install process but this time
instead of formatting and installing all the packages again just choose to
"not" format any partitions and select "no" packages to install. this will
take you to the installation and setup of the display.
instead of
choosing to directly support the monitor by brand and model try choosing
something like "Generic Multi-sync refresh rate 74hz that can do 1024 x 768".
Use the XFree86-4.1.0 3D Accelerator package when it asks you which version of
X you want to install.
that should get you running. Frankly, if you're
having as much trouble as you're describing the last method i've outlined here
is probably your best bet.
good luck,
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Mark
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