Re: Q: Potato install tool to config X is?

2000-05-14 Thread Brad
On Fri, May 12, 2000 at 03:11:56AM -0700, Ed Slocomb wrote: If I run out of ways to kill time at work, I'll do what other debian users do when they want a thorough X config-- I'll go out on the net and beg users of other distros and similar hardware for relevant snippets of their XF86Config

Q: Potato install tool to config X is?

2000-05-12 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, Does the install procedure on Potato require you dig up the monitor's frequency rate, etc, or can you just select the resolution an bitmap mode as in 1152x864 and 24 bit? Thanks; Jonathan

Re: Q: Potato install tool to config X is?

2000-05-12 Thread Ed Slocomb
On Fri, May 12, 2000 at 10:00:47AM +0200, Jonathan Gift wrote: Hi, Does the install procedure on Potato require you dig up the monitor's frequency rate, etc, or can you just select the resolution an bitmap mode as in 1152x864 and 24 bit? I just installed the frozen potato, and the cold

Re: Q: Potato install tool to config X is?

2000-05-12 Thread Mental
On Fri, May 12, 2000 at 03:11:56AM -0700, Ed Slocomb wrote: I just installed the frozen potato, and the cold spud tried to make me use xf86config to generate my XF86Config file. I outsmarted the icy tuber by hitting ctl-C and then saying no every time it asked me again, and then I used the

Re: Q: Potato install tool to config X is?

2000-05-12 Thread Daniel Reuter
Hello Jonathan, On Fri, 12 May 2000, Jonathan Gift wrote: Does the install procedure on Potato require you dig up the monitor's frequency rate, etc, Yes it does. You can of course always choose one of the least demanding modes for the hardware (640x480, 16 colours (in fact this is what

Re: Q: Potato install tool to config X is?

2000-05-12 Thread Mike Werner
On Fri, May 12, 2000 at 10:23:07AM -0400, Mental wrote: On Fri, May 12, 2000 at 03:11:56AM -0700, Ed Slocomb wrote: I just installed the frozen potato, and the cold spud tried to make me use xf86config to generate my XF86Config file. I outsmarted the icy tuber by hitting ctl-C and then

Re: Q: Potato install tool to config X is?

2000-05-12 Thread Oswald Buddenhagen
Hint: use /dev/gpmdata as your Pointer for X. Why? I've got gpm running to use the mouse on the console, and in my XF86Config the pointer section uses /dev/mouse, which is linked to /dev/psaux. And everything works just fine. Worked just fine when I was running slink, worked just fine

Re: Q: Potato install tool to config X is?

2000-05-12 Thread Mental
On Fri, May 12, 2000 at 08:09:41PM +0200, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: Hint: use /dev/gpmdata as your Pointer for X. Why? I've got gpm running to use the mouse on the console, and in my XF86Config the pointer section uses /dev/mouse, which is linked to /dev/psaux. And everything works