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[David Moberg <davidjohnmoberg AT yahoo.com>]

How do I get better graphics with X11? On the BL
website, it says "To get better resolution, you will
need to replace the generic xvg16 with the specific
Xserver for your video card (this may require complex
configuration)." I'm afraid that's not enough to get
it working.

I'm trying to get 1024x768x65536 at an 85Hz vertical
refresh rate. The graphics card I'm using is an ATI 3D
Rage Pro, with 8MB of video RAM. Can someone please
explain which packages I need to download and install,
and how to set up the resolution, color modes and
refresh rate?

Thanks,
David Moberg

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Steven Darnold wrote:
>
> Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
> >
> > That worked as advertised until I tried the bash file out
> > on an already mounted cdrom ;-).
> > What would be the error catch inorder to avoid the looped
> > message that the drive is already mounted?
>
> Both the drive-not-ready and the already-mounted give error
> code 32, so you can't distinguish between them that way.
> I suggest you put the following as the first line (before
> the 'until' line):
> -----------
> umount /mnt
> -----------
>
> Cheers,
> Steven
>

Hi Folks....

An entry is created in /etc/mtab for any mounted device so you could use
that to determin whether the cdrom drive is mounted or not.

   while ! grep -e 'cdrom' /etc/mtab; do
      echo "attempting to mount cdrom"
      mount /mnt/cdrom
      sleep 2
   done

This script will continue to try to mount the cdrom until it is
successful. If the cdrom is already mounted then this script will simply
exit. As a nice indicator, when the drive mounts, the mtab line will be
displayed something like:

   /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev,user=jimv 0 0

NOTE: the above example assumes that the word "cdrom" is used in the mount
command if not (ie mount point = /mnt/cd or the device is /dev/scd0) then
the grep test should be changed to "grep -e 'cd' /etc/mtab".

NOTE: To be safe comment out the "mount /mnt/cdrom" (or your equivelent)
command and run it. If the device is not mounted you should see the
"attempting to mount cdrom" message repeatedly. Then manually mount the
cdrom and run the script again (with the mount command still commented
out). This should display the /etc/mtab line and exit.

If all looks good try it for real.

Better to be safe than sorry.

Hope this helps.

Jim V