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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Wed, 2 Jun 2004, Andrey wrote:

> Please help me to config my GeForce 2 MX400 64mb and monitor ViewSonic
> G655 (1024x768) in XF86Config under X. What packages I should to install
> for 1024x768 32bit ? (BasicLinux 2)
> _______________________________________________

Your computer clock appears to be losing time (June 2).

Steven has a list at the BL2 website of packages to be installed for 
setting up X.  Install BL2-X last so that icewm will work.  His setup 
provides plain VGA and is nearly foolproof.

Then if you want more than 16 color VGA, install the X server that matches 
your card, probably in this case XSVGA.  These are all Slackware 7.1 
packages. Run xf86config (Xf86config?) and choose the lowest values for 
horizontal and vertical refresh that match your monitor's highest 
resolution, unless you know the correct ones for your monitor.

Another option is to install all of the above packages but instead of SVGA 
use the delilinux xvesa.tgz package, which does not require configuration.
Then type
startx -- /usr/X11R6/bin/Xvesa -screen 1024x768x32

You need the full path to Xvesa when using startx or xinit.

(It might be possible to make a symlink from X to Xvesa instead of 
specifying the full path - I have not tried this - and then use startx 
without specifying Xvesa's path.  You can experiment.  cd /usr/X11R6/bin 
ln -s Xvesa X).

Xvesa is an alternative X server that is much easier to set up, and is 
used in BL3.  But it causes various problems (for instance if you are 
using some font in console mode it may unload it) and if it does not work, 
you will need to boot linux after rebooting DOS without any autoexec.bat 
or config.sys.  Usually Win9x DOS or DR-DOS (I think) are okay but MS-DOS 
6.22 himem.sys interferes with Xvesa.  Sometimes Win9x DOS also 
interferes.  Hit F5 while booting into DOS to 'bypass system files'.  Or 
boot from a floppy boot disk without autoexec.bat or config.sys on it.

Steven's bl2-x.tgz package almost always works, but for more resolution 
you will need to use the other X server (SVGA or Xvesa).

Good luck if you use SVGA - you need to answer a lot of questions 
correctly about graphics cards, monitors, etc.  Make sure to choose 1024 
as the FIRST resolution listed in the XF86Config file.

You can find delilinux via a websearch or via James' add-on site, which is 
linked to Steven's BL2 site (or maybe to Steven's add-on page).

keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org
SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org