From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ichi@ihug.co.nz Subject: Re: more X problems Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 16:49:28 +0000 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3DD3D418.139760AD@ihug.co.nz> References: <3DD3CE1D.3CC4333A@ihug.co.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org In an earlier message I wrote: > > However, I also found (elsewhere) that the framebuffer (fb) > requires VESA 2.0. It does not work with VESA 1.2 (which > is what the Trio V64+ is). What effect (if any) this has > on XFree 4.2.0, I do not know. The follow passage from the HOWTO in Slackware 8.1: -------------------------------------------------------------- Configuring X can be a complex task. The reason for this is the vast numbers of video cards available for the PC architecture, most of which use different programming interfaces. Luckily, most cards today support basic video standards known as VESA, and if your card is among them you'll be able to start X using the "startx" command right out of the box. -------------------------------------------------------------- I deduce from this that it comes pre-configured for the framebuffer. So, if you have a VESA (2.0) video card, you simply type 'startx' without the need to configure. The HOWTO continues: -------------------------------------------------------- If this doesn't work with your card, then you'll need to reconfigure X. To configure X, you'll need to make an /etc/XF86Config file. It's a very complex configuration file, but fortunately there are several programs to help create one for you. We'll mention a few of them here: ------------ xfree86setup ------------ This is a simple menu driven frontend that's similar in feel to the Slackware installer. It simply tells the X server to take a look at the card, and then set up the best initial configuration file it can make based on the information it gathers. The generated /etc/X11/XF86Config file should be a good starting point for most systems (and should work without modification). ---------------------------------------------------------- Questions to James: Have you tried xfree86setup? If so, what happened? Cheers, Steven - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs