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  • From: Pierre Abbat <phma AT webjockey.net>
  • To: SM-Discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] How to configure X?
  • Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 17:24:38 -0500

On Friday 13 December 2002 19:41, Casey Harkins wrote:
> casey@zorak:~$ gaze install xfree86 | grep XF86Config
>
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config.98
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config.eg
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/html/XF86Config.5.html
> /usr/X11R6/man/man5/XF86Config.5x
>
> Grab /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config.eg and copy it to /etc/X11/XF86Config,
> then modify to fit your needs. See 'man XF86Config' or the .html file
> listed above for specifics.
>
> X does a pretty good job of auto configuring the monitor nowadays, but if
> you have problems (probably due to the framebuffer), use 'fbset -x' to get
> some sane mode lines to add to your "Monitor" section in the XF86Config
> file.

Thanks. I put the fbset lines in the XF86Config and X came up fine. It
doesn't even blink when I exit!

Now how can I get those spells with missing tarballs to cast so that I can
run KDE and other fun things in X?

phma




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