[newbie] A simple, perhaps silly question

[Carlos Rubinstein]

Is running any of the config programs without X loaded 
different from running them from an Xterm window?

If there are differences in some (I would suspect 
Xconfigurator, etc.), can someone list them?

If the answer is RTFM, that's fine, but please point me 
to the appropriate HOWTO, etc.

Thanks,

Carlos

FW: [newbie] Off-Brand 15 1024x768 Monitor

[Carlos Rubinstein]

Brett,

Thanks for your reply - is lite-on a brand name? I don't remember
seeing it in the xconfigurator.

Also, I screwed up my install, made my old, small HD the
master rather than the newer, fasterm, larger HD. I don't mind
reinstalling everything, but I think I'll tell hinm not to start
KDE automatically. I can always modify that later, right?

Also, should Linux be THAT slow on a P-60? I know it's old-tech, but
really - it's not like I'm using 386sx or something...

Carlos

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Subject: Re: [newbie] Off-Brand 15" 1024x768 Monitor


I've had the best luck using the lite-on monitor when setting up a linux box
with an unknown monitor. That and a supported 4 meg vid card has always
given
me 800x600 at 16bit color. At that point I had a workable X to research/test
the monitor for higher res.

Good luck.

By the  way I used Xconfigurator from the CLI to set up X.

On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, you wrote:
 Hi,

 I installed M-RH6.0 last night, and even though I have the
 monitor above, and an ATI 4MB card, the only display settings
 that seemed to work are 640x480, in 8-bit.

 Anyone have similar experiances, or recommendations to fix?

 Thanks,

 Carlos
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Brett Jones
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RE: FW: [newbie] Off-Brand 15 1024x768 Monitor

[Carlos Rubinstein]

 On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, you wrote:
  Also, should Linux be THAT slow on a P-60? I know it's old-tech, but
  really - it's not like I'm using 386sx or something...
  
 Well, how much RAM and drive space do you have? How much
 SWAP do you have? If you're starting KDE and you have less
 than 32 megs of RAM, you're going to be hitting that SWAP
 drive HARD, no matter WHAT processor you have!
   John
 

Good point - 56MB RAM (I don't remember how I got that :-) ), 
and 64MB Swap space - Since I'm reinstalling, I could make it 
128MB swap--is it worth it?

Carlos

[newbie] Off-Brand 15 1024x768 Monitor

[Carlos Rubinstein]

Hi,

I installed M-RH6.0 last night, and even though I have the
monitor above, and an ATI 4MB card, the only display settings 
that seemed to work are 640x480, in 8-bit.

Anyone have similar experiances, or recommendations to fix?

Thanks,

Carlos