[SLE] Xfree86 4.0.1 and SuSE 6.4
Hi, Can anyone help with a problem I'm having with X? I installed X4.0.1 on my SuSE 6.4 installation (i.e. over the top of X 3.3.6), it appears to have worked fine, i.e. I ran 'XFree86 -configure' and it generated a basic XF86Config. I typed startx and this started the X server in VGA mode - so far, so good. The problem is that I didn't (and still don't) know how to change the screen resolution and colour depth. I tried to use SuSE's X configurator ("SAX"), which of course didn't know anything about the new X server installed by X4.0.1, however, it let me configure the screen, bit depth etc. and wrote out a XF86Config file. My idea was that I could then change the relevant sections in the original XF86Config file for screen depth etc. However, SAX seems to have made some other changes which now means that startx no longer starts X at all! The error message complains about the contents of the XF86config file being incorrect. So my question is what other changes might SAX have made? Also, what tool should I use for configuring X? I tried sax2, but it gives some weird error message, waits for a while, then starts up only to exit 10 seconds later. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. Jon. _____________________________________________________ Jonathan Brooks Ph.D. (Research Fellow) Magnetic Resonance and Image Analysis Research Centre University of Liverpool, Pembroke Place, L69 3BX, UK tel: +44 151 794 5629 fax: +44 151 794 5635 -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq
Jon Brooks wrote:
Hi,
Also, what tool should I use for configuring X?
I tried sax2, but it gives some weird error message, waits for a while, then starts up only to exit 10 seconds later.
Jon.
You could run (as root) XF86Setup.(sort of graphical)
Or, if you are a real hairy-chested Unix-type dude, XF86Config.(Not
graphical. Have a list of appropriate numbers and settings for video
card & monitor handy)
Sax is great, but this is how we did it back in the dark days, when the
bears were bad! :-)
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Don Hansford wrote:
Jon Brooks wrote:
Hi,
Also, what tool should I use for configuring X?
I tried sax2, but it gives some weird error message, waits for a while, then starts up only to exit 10 seconds later.
Jon.
You could run (as root) XF86Setup.(sort of graphical) Or, if you are a real hairy-chested Unix-type dude, XF86Config.(Not graphical. Have a list of appropriate numbers and settings for video card & monitor handy) Sax is great, but this is how we did it back in the dark days, when the bears were bad! :-) --
Donnie, Donnie, Real men read the man pages and write their own XF86Config! Least that's how I did it the first time. Well... sort of... ;-) It may take some time, and it's not the easiest stuff to understand, but when I first started with Linux I had to tweak my video to get a decent refresh. I don't remember the exact name, but there is a howto on setting up XF86Config which I found useful. On strategy is to find someone who has similar hardware and has already worked it out. Have that person shoot you their XF86Config. I just upgraded to XF86 4.0, and I didn't have to touch a thing on the video config. I was looking for 4.0.1 for SuSE in RPM 'cause I didn't feel like going through the hustle of figuring out the SuSE specific idiosyncrasies in configuration. Perhaps I will wait till 7.0 hits the distribution channels. Sep 21st???? Steve -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq
Hi, Just spent the whole day getting Xfree 4.0.1 working, there's a really useful howto on Tom's hardware, take a look at: http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/00q3/000811/index.html It basically boils all the instructions on installing X and Nvidia's own drivers into some fairly easy to follow steps. And hey it worked.....sort of. One thing to be careful with is when compiling the kernel driver under SuSE to issue the following command: make SYSINCLUDE=/usr/src/linux-2.2.14.SuSE/include Since the default path assumes /src rather than /usr/src And pay attention to all the symbollic links.... Jb. _____________________________________________________ Jonathan Brooks Ph.D. (Research Fellow) Magnetic Resonance and Image Analysis Research Centre University of Liverpool, Pembroke Place, L69 3BX, UK tel: +44 151 794 5629 fax: +44 151 794 5635 On Fri, 18 Aug 2000, Steven T. Hatton wrote:
Don Hansford wrote:
Jon Brooks wrote:
Hi,
Also, what tool should I use for configuring X?
I tried sax2, but it gives some weird error message, waits for a while, then starts up only to exit 10 seconds later.
Jon.
You could run (as root) XF86Setup.(sort of graphical) Or, if you are a real hairy-chested Unix-type dude, XF86Config.(Not graphical. Have a list of appropriate numbers and settings for video card & monitor handy) Sax is great, but this is how we did it back in the dark days, when the bears were bad! :-) --
Donnie, Donnie,
Real men read the man pages and write their own XF86Config! Least that's how I did it the first time. Well... sort of... ;-) It may take some time, and it's not the easiest stuff to understand, but when I first started with Linux I had to tweak my video to get a decent refresh. I don't remember the exact name, but there is a howto on setting up XF86Config which I found useful.
On strategy is to find someone who has similar hardware and has already worked it out. Have that person shoot you their XF86Config. I just upgraded to XF86 4.0, and I didn't have to touch a thing on the video config. I was looking for 4.0.1 for SuSE in RPM 'cause I didn't feel like going through the hustle of figuring out the SuSE specific idiosyncrasies in configuration. Perhaps I will wait till 7.0 hits the distribution channels. Sep 21st????
Steve
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