Re: [expert] XFree 4.2.0 (repost)

2002-03-25 Thread Luke Vandervort
I had that problem starting with 8.0. I could'nt resolve it either. I would manually edit both files and the op system would ignore my entries... go figure, I finaly gave up and got a video card mandrake could work with ... Ezra On Sunday 24 March 2002 07:45 pm, you wrote: This brings up a

Re: [expert] XFree 4.2.0 (repost), OT vid drivers

2002-03-24 Thread FemmeFatale
care to give me a stepbystep? :) I've never done this. Femme Darren King wrote: it's not hardtypical configure, make, make install sequencethe only tricky thing is modifying the X startup files. Darren On Sun, 2002-03-24 at 10:51, FemmeFatale wrote: K thx Darren. Going to

Re: [expert] XFree 4.2.0 (repost), OT vid drivers

2002-03-24 Thread Darren King
I gonna do it tomorrow ...Ill post my findings and a step by step.. On Sun, 2002-03-24 at 21:18, FemmeFatale wrote: care to give me a stepbystep? :) I've never done this. Femme Darren King wrote: it's not hardtypical configure, make, make install sequencethe only tricky

Re: [expert] XFree 4.2.0 (repost), OT vid drivers

2002-03-24 Thread FemmeFatale
Ty Darren. You're a doll ;) Femme Darren King wrote: I gonna do it tomorrow ...Ill post my findings and a step by step.. On Sun, 2002-03-24 at 21:18, FemmeFatale wrote: care to give me a stepbystep? :) I've never done this. Femme Darren King wrote: it's not

Re: [expert] XFree 4.2.0 (repost)

2002-03-24 Thread Oscar
El sáb, 23-03-2002 a las 18:19, civileme escribió: Oscar wrote: Hi all, Mandrake 8.2 is a excelent distro, but I still have one problem. With Mandrake 8.1 I could have the XFree 4.x, but with 8.2 I am forced to use 3.3.6. When I select 4.2.0, I obtain a screen that blinks, that seems

Re: [expert] XFree 4.2.0 (repost)

2002-03-24 Thread Praedor Tempus
This brings up a question that has bothered me, though I have never run into the problems Oscar is seeing. I have always selected the XFree86 4.x version during install - which Xfconfig file is THE file? It seems that some things I add to Xfconfig-4 don't take or to be safe, I usually add the

Re: [expert] XFree 4.2.0 (repost)

2002-03-24 Thread Larry Sword
Praedor Tempus wrote: This brings up a question that has bothered me, though I have never run into the problems Oscar is seeing. I have always selected the XFree86 4.x version during install - which Xfconfig file is THE file? It seems that some things I add to Xfconfig-4 don't take or

Re: [expert] XFree 4.2.0 (repost)

2002-03-23 Thread civileme
Oscar wrote: Hi all, Mandrake 8.2 is a excelent distro, but I still have one problem. With Mandrake 8.1 I could have the XFree 4.x, but with 8.2 I am forced to use 3.3.6. When I select 4.2.0, I obtain a screen that blinks, that seems to be unstable and with that it is not possible to to work.

[expert] XFree 4.2.0 (repost)

2002-03-23 Thread Oscar
Hi all, Mandrake 8.2 is a excelent distro, but I still have one problem. With Mandrake 8.1 I could have the XFree 4.x, but with 8.2 I am forced to use 3.3.6. When I select 4.2.0, I obtain a screen that blinks, that seems to be unstable and with that it is not possible to to work. With my

Re: [expert] XFree 4.2.0 (repost), OT vid drivers

2002-03-23 Thread FemmeFatale
Where do I find 8.2 nvidia drivers? the rpm's on nvidias site don't work. I don't think anyway, cause I tried them. Femme civileme wrote: OK, try to tweak some things run XFdrake and configure _down_ your colors to 24 bits and see what happens... Try Option nobitblt Option

Re: [expert] XFree 4.2.0 (repost), OT vid drivers

2002-03-23 Thread Darren King
I've never got the rpms to work. Download the source and build. I have had good luck doing that. Dazz On Sun, 2002-03-24 at 09:23, FemmeFatale wrote: Where do I find 8.2 nvidia drivers? the rpm's on nvidias site don't work. I don't think anyway, cause I tried them. Femme civileme

Re: [expert] XFree 4.2.0 (repost), OT vid drivers

2002-03-23 Thread FemmeFatale
K thx Darren. Going to have to figure out to do that now ;p Merci Femme Darren King wrote: I've never got the rpms to work. Download the source and build. I have had good luck doing that. Dazz On Sun, 2002-03-24 at 09:23, FemmeFatale wrote: Where do I find 8.2 nvidia drivers? the

Re: [expert] XFree 4.2.0 (repost), OT vid drivers

2002-03-23 Thread Darren King
it's not hardtypical configure, make, make install sequencethe only tricky thing is modifying the X startup files. Darren On Sun, 2002-03-24 at 10:51, FemmeFatale wrote: K thx Darren. Going to have to figure out to do that now ;p Merci Femme Darren King wrote: I've never