Re: Bootable CD with X-Window

2007-01-23 Thread Alexander E. Patrakov
Dan Nicholson wrote: > VESA is pretty solid for getting X to "just work" with minimal > configuration and some additional power over VGA. The only real draw > back is no acceleration of any kind and no DRI. No. Please find someone with a NEC 20WGX2 monitor connected via DVI, and try VESA on it.

Re: Bootable CD with X-Window

2007-01-23 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 1/15/07, Kevin Annies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the advice. > > I have not yet had time to implement this but will definatly try it. Kevin, please don't top-post and trim down the replies. It makes reading email a lot friendlier. Thanks. > On Sat, 2007-01-13 at 23:28 +, Kevin

RE: Bootable CD with X-Window

2007-01-15 Thread Kevin Annies
m the CCNA curriculum course. I will proceed later this week and post the results. Thanks From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Simon Geard Sent: Sun 14/01/2007 02:18 To: BLFS Support List Subject: RE: Bootable CD with X-Window On Sat, 2007-01-13 at 23:28 +0

RE: Bootable CD with X-Window

2007-01-13 Thread Simon Geard
On Sat, 2007-01-13 at 23:28 +, Kevin Annies wrote: > May I ask what the limitations would be if I followed this method? > > Reffering to the VGA method The biggest problem with the VGA driver is just that - it's VGA-standard graphics, meaning very limited resolution and colour depth. It will

Re: Bootable CD with X-Window

2007-01-13 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sat, Jan 13, 2007 at 11:25:02PM -, Kevin Annies wrote: > May I ask what the limitations would be if I followed this method? > First, please don't top-post (I'll throw that in before one of the BLFS editors gets *really* annoyed, but I see so much of it that I often no longer care - unlike

RE: Bootable CD with X-Window

2007-01-13 Thread Kevin Annies
limitations would be if I followed this method? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Simon Geard Sent: Wed 10/01/2007 09:25 To: BLFS Support List Subject: Re: Bootable CD with X-Window On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 17:53 -0500, john q public wrote: > not that this he

RE: Bootable CD with X-Window

2007-01-13 Thread Kevin Annies
May I ask what the limitations would be if I followed this method? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Simon Geard Sent: Wed 10/01/2007 09:25 To: BLFS Support List Subject: Re: Bootable CD with X-Window On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 17:53 -0500, john q public

Re: Bootable CD with X-Window

2007-01-10 Thread Simon Geard
On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 17:53 -0500, john q public wrote: > not that this helps but I think a "generic" X setup will restrict you to > "vga" type graphics. That said there is a generic "vga" > X server and tho I saw nothing in the kernel configuration menu about > generic vga support I suspect that

Re: Bootable CD with X-Window

2007-01-09 Thread john q public
Kevin Annies wrote: > Dear sir/madam, > > I have created a bootable cd using an initrd and have installed X > Window and Xfce. I want to acheieve a stage where the GUI settings > will be generic and work with most graphics cards and output devices. > > I have configured the /etc/X11/xorg.conf fi

Bootable CD with X-Window

2007-01-06 Thread Kevin Annies
Dear sir/madam, I have created a bootable cd using an initrd and have installed X Window and Xfce. I want to acheieve a stage where the GUI settings will be generic and work with most graphics cards and output devices. I have configured the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and given most if not all the