Re: graphic system setup

2004-01-26 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Marius Amado Alves (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > [...] > I cannot get X to work properly. > > "startx" runs but shows in a 320x200 mode > even though I select a higher mode in the configuration. > > Also, it shows only in the bottom half of the screen. > > The input devices seem to work

graphic system setup

2004-01-26 Thread Marius Amado Alves
Hi. (Sorry if you get this more than once. I'm also struggling with email configuration.) I've installed Debian over the network from the default server (Woody I think). It's my first time. I cannot get X to work properly. "startx" runs but shows in a 320x200 mode even though I select a higher

Re: graphic system setup

2004-01-26 Thread David Clymer
On Mon, 2004-01-26 at 14:35, Marius Amado Alves wrote: > > > My card is a S3 TrioV64+, but I don't know the memory size. I've tried > from 256k to 2M. > > I've tried S3 TrioV64+ as well as "generic" entries in sf86config. > That chipset is generally un/under supported by xfree86. I've tried an

Re: graphic system setup

2004-01-26 Thread Day Brown
Marius Amado Alves wrote: > My card is a S3 TrioV64+, but I don't know the memory size. I've tried > from 256k to 2M. You mite try 4096 and 8192k as well. I have one of these cards. I have also read other problem posts about it. It is commonly buggy. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: graphic system setup

2004-01-26 Thread James Tappin
On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 15:52:14 -0500 David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My card is a S3 TrioV64+, but I don't know the memory size. I've tried > >>From 256k to 2M. > > I think S3 cards in general lost support between XFree86 3.3 and 4.0; > you might try using the older X servers in woody,

Re: graphic system setup

2004-01-26 Thread David Z Maze
Marius Amado Alves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I cannot get X to work properly. > > "startx" runs but shows in a 320x200 mode > even though I select a higher mode in the configuration. > > Also, it shows only in the bottom half of the screen. > > The input devices seem to work. The problem is ju

Re: graphic system setup

2004-01-26 Thread Marius Amado Alves
"Try dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86." Tried. startx crashes with fatal errors - AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver - no screens found for drivers - vga - s3virge (the only S3 item on the list) respectively. This is kinda what I had just after installation and that made me start usin

Re: graphic system setup

2004-01-26 Thread Leandro Guimarães Faria Corcete Dutra
Em Seg, 2004-01-26 Ãs 17:35, Marius Amado Alves escreveu: > I've been configuring with xf86config and also hand editing. > Is there another way? Try dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86. > I don't know my monitor frequencies exactly. This shouldn't be so relevant to your problem.

graphic system setup

2004-01-26 Thread Marius Amado Alves
Hi. /* Sorry if you get this more than once. I was also struggling with email configuration, and list subscription requests and confirmation seem to have gotten a bit out of sync. */ I've installed Debian over the network from the default server (Woody I think). It's my first time. I cannot get