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

On Sun, 15 May 2005, David Moberg wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "sindi keesan" <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>
>
> My Internet connection was down Saturday and most of today. I
> just now found a different phone number which works.
>
> In the interim, 20 messages have been posted to the list, so
> I will try my best to respond to the relevant ones.
>
> > Okay.
> > startx consists of the lines
> > xinit
> > touch /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
> >
> > .xinitrc:
> > export DISPLY=localhost:0.0   (this came from Steven)
> > rxvt &
> > exec icewm &
> > rxvt &
> >
> > (I added the last so as to start with an rxvt)
>
> Can you try starting X directly? I think that your startx
> and xinitrc combination might be suspect.

I had tried xinit with the same results as startx.

/usr/X11R6/bin/X - gives me the X screen (no icewm).  The mouse works.
On exit I get the same SpeedUps selected stuff.

/usr/X11R6/bin/X &rxvt gives me an rxvt into which to type icewm
and that gives X with icewm.

It also works if I change .xinitrc to leave only the line about
exec icewm  (no &)  and type either startx or xinit.

I don't need the part about touch in startx.  Or the export DISPLAY 
in .xinitrc.  Or the SecurityPolicy file (I renamed it).   Or the Clocks 
line.

The only required changes seem to have been to horizsyn, vertrefresh, and 
modeline.

> > # File generated by xf86config.
> >
> > Section "Files"
> >
> >
> >      RgbPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
> >
> >
> >      FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
> >      FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
> >      FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
> >      FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"

> This is not a problem. X will still run as long as it can
> find the "fixed" and "cursor" fonts, which are usually in
> misc.

> > EndSection
> >
> >
> > Section "Keyboard"
> >
> >      Protocol   "Standard"
> >
> >      AutoRepeat 500 5
> >
> >      LeftAlt     Meta
> >      RightAlt    ModeShift
> >
> >      XkbDisable
> >
> >      XkbKeymap   "xfree86(us)"
> >
> >
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Pointer"
> >      Protocol    "PS/2"
> >      Device      "/dev/mouse"
> >
> >      Emulate3Buttons
> >      Emulate3Timeout    50
> >
> > EndSection
> >
> >
> > Section "Monitor"
> >
> >      Identifier  "compaq"
> >      VendorName  "compaq"
> >      ModelName   "compaq"
> >
> >
> > HorizSync 30-40
> > VertRefresh 60-70
> >
> > Modeline "640x480" 28.32 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525
>
> No EndSection?
>
> >   Standard VGA Device:

This part is needed for some reason.

> > Section "Device"
> >      Identifier "Generic VGA"
> >      VendorName "Unknown"
> >      BoardName  "Unknown"
> >      Chipset    "generic"
> >
> > #    VideoRam   256
> >
> > #    Clocks     25.2 28.3
> >
> > EndSection
> >
> >
> > # Device configured by xf86config:
> >
> > Section "Device"
> >      Identifier  "wd"
> >      VendorName  "wd"
> >      BoardName   "wd"
> >      VideoRam    1024
> >      # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate

(Clocks line was not needed but it worked with or without it).

> > EndSection

> > # The Colour SVGA server
> >
> > Section "Screen"
> >      Driver      "svga"
> >      Device      "Generic VGA"
> >      Device      "wd"
> >      Monitor     "compaq"
> >      Subsection "Display"
> >          Depth       8
> >          Modes       "640x480"
> >          ViewPort    0 0
> >          #Virtual     320 200
> >          #Virtual     1152 900


> I assume that you tried "Virtual 1024 768"?

It works but that puts me into the upper left quadrant.  Is there a way to 
switch between the 640 and the virtual 1024 if I only have a modeline for 
the 640?  I can now run four full-screen programs in X if I scroll between 
them with the mouse but it is not very convenient to keep switching 
between lower left quadrant to access the menu, and upper left to see the 
rxvt.

> >      EndSubsection
> > EndSection

> > ------------------
>
> Try starting X directly, without startx or xinit.

It worked, and so did xinit with only

exec icewm

and nothing about export DISPLAY or rxvt in it.


How exciting to actually have X working on a laptop computer in more than 
4 colors!

Someone (me?) has added to this menu a 'links2' and 'pcmciadial' menu item 
that don't work.  Time to add those now that X works.  'pcmciadial' would 
be a script to invoke /etc/pcmcia/start and then 'eznet up 0'.  Another 
script 'CF' could invoke start and then also mount the pcmcia CF adaptor 
(I still need to check if it is hdb or hdc), and 'zip' could insmod 
parport, parport_pc, scsi_mod, sd_mod, and imm and mount sda4 (parport zip 
drive).  My partner will love being able to download photos and copy them 
to zip disk or email them without thinking too hard about it.

Thanks for dragging me through this and I hope this config also works on 
James' Compaq laptop.  Should I post the actual file?

Sindi

> David