Re: X Configuration in Woody

2002-01-13 Thread Mark Wagnon
On 01/13/02 14:28:21 -0600, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > No, they couldn't have! ...RTFM'ing... They didn't. > Modelines are optional in X v.4 because it can automagically configure > itself on modern hardware. But you can still have them. > Man XF86Config-4 is your friend. ;-) Yeah, I had to tweak m

Re: X Configuration in Woody

2002-01-13 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* Mark Wagnon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: ... > I've used xvidtune to fine tune my modelines in the past. There > doesn't seem to be the traditional modeline in the XF86Config-4 file. No, they couldn't have! ...RTFM'ing... They didn't. Modelines are optional in X v.4 because it can automagic

Re: X Configuration in Woody

2002-01-13 Thread Mark Wagnon
On 01/13/02 02:18:58 -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 10:03:57PM -0800, Mark Wagnon wrote: > > On 01/12/02 10:03:03 +0100, Joachim Fahnenmueller wrote: > > > Edit your XF86config-4 file, look for lines like these (see below). > > > Insert the correct frequency settings for yo

Re: X Configuration in Woody

2002-01-13 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 10:03:57PM -0800, Mark Wagnon wrote: > On 01/12/02 10:03:03 +0100, Joachim Fahnenmueller wrote: > > Edit your XF86config-4 file, look for lines like these (see below). > > Insert the correct frequency settings for your monitor, and the > > resolutions you want. BTW, if you

Re: X Configuration in Woody

2002-01-13 Thread Mark Wagnon
On 01/12/02 10:03:03 +0100, Joachim Fahnenmueller wrote: > Edit your XF86config-4 file, look for lines like these (see below). > Insert the correct frequency settings for your monitor, and the > resolutions you want. BTW, if you specify more than one resolution, > you can switch them on-the-run by

Re: X Configuration in Woody

2002-01-13 Thread Mark Wagnon
On 01/12/02 14:51:51 -0600, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > * Mark Wagnon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > ...The problem is that it's > > driving my monitor at a resolution that 1) renders everything too > > small to read, and 2) that AFAIK, is outstide my monitor's > > capabilities. > > If it's a

Re: X Configuration in Woody

2002-01-12 Thread Mark Wagnon
On 01/12/02 09:47:56 -0600, Donald R. Spoon wrote: > I have been on the same "learning curve" as you jsut a short while ago. > I recall somewhere that the "preferred" method of creating the > /etc/Xll/XF86Config-4 file IN DEBIAN is to use one of the Debian config > tools. The only one I have b

Re: X Configuration in Woody

2002-01-12 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* Mark Wagnon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: ...The problem is that it's > driving my monitor at a resolution that 1) renders everything too > small to read, and 2) that AFAIK, is outstide my monitor's > capabilities. If it's a CRT monitor, max resolution depends on refresh rate. Your manual

Re: X Configuration in Woody

2002-01-12 Thread Donald R. Spoon
Mark Wagnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, Thanks for the response! I am able to create an XF86Config-4 file using debconf. It's tailored to my system's specs, and X is functional. The problem is that it's driving my monitor at a resolution that 1) renders everything too small to read, and 2)

Re: X Configuration in Woody

2002-01-12 Thread Joachim Fahnenmueller
Edit your XF86config-4 file, look for lines like these (see below). Insert the correct frequency settings for your monitor, and the resolutions you want. BTW, if you specify more than one resolution, you can switch them on-the-run by pressing Ctrl+Alt+'+' or Ctrl+Alt+'-'. See also man XF86Config(

Re: X Configuration in Woody

2002-01-11 Thread Mark Wagnon
On 01/10/02 20:36:22 -0900, Greg C. Madden wrote: > If you don't have a XF86config-4 file you don't have a complete Xfree > 4.x install. It seems to me when I did this I had a mix of Xfree ver 3 & > 4, no XF86config-4 just an XF86cconfig file. I can't remember exactly > how I fixed this but maybe u

Re: X Configuration in Woody

2002-01-11 Thread Jim Gettys
XFree86 4 will use XF86Config if no XF86Config-4 file exists. -4 is needed only if you want both XFree86 3.x and 4.x installed simultaneously (so sayeth David Dawes to me in mail within the last week). I'm not convinced that sane things happen with various X configuration tools, but I'm still puz

Re: X Configuration in Woody

2002-01-10 Thread Greg C. Madden
On Thu, 2002-01-10 at 19:45, Mark Wagnon wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to get a dist-upgraded woody system to run X correctly. > I've read through a previous thread about running dpkg-reconfigure > xserver-xfree86, but I still seem to be having a few problems. First, > my monitor is being driven

X Configuration in Woody

2002-01-10 Thread Mark Wagnon
Hi all, I'm trying to get a dist-upgraded woody system to run X correctly. I've read through a previous thread about running dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86, but I still seem to be having a few problems. First, my monitor is being driven at resolutions I know will burn it up, but when configuring