Re: Why is setting up X so arcane?
If you have Windows, use it to get the information
needed. once installed, go to the properties option of
the desktop menu under Settings Tab, go to the Display
type to get the video card.
Check the monitor make/model, you should be able to
find documentation online esp. if it's a Dell monitor.
That's where I found my documentation.
Hope this helps!
Scott
--- Nikki Locke <nikki@trumphurst.com> wrote:
> I have a machine here I would like to run X on. I am
> not sure of the
> specs of the VGA card, and have no manuals for it. I
> think I have a
> manual for the monitor (it has no manufacturer
> marked on it, but I have
> found a single sheet of paper which has a picture on
> it that looks
> vaguely like the front on my monitor).
>
> How on earth am I supposed to set up X?
>
> Why is it so difficult? I can install Microsoft
> Windows (spit), and it
> will find out for itself what card and monitor I
> have, and set itself
> up accordingly. Why isn't there a program to do the
> same thing with X?
>
> I have experimented as best I can, and I have got an
> X display. It is a
> 640 x 480 window on a larger desktop, and is really
> difficult to use.
> If I reboot into Windows NT, the thing displays 1024
> x 768 quite
> happily.
>
> I have studied the stderr output of xinit, and it
> says
> (--) VGA16: clocks: 25.17 28.32 28.32 28.32
> (--) VGA16: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 90.000 MHz
> (**) VGA16: Mode "640x480": mode clock = 25.175,
> clock used = 25.170
> (--) VGA16: There is no defined dot-clock matching
> mode "800x600"
> (--) VGA16: Removing mode "800x600" from list of
> valid modes.
> (--) VGA16: There is no defined dot-clock matching
> mode "1024x768"
> (--) VGA16: Removing mode "1024x768" from list of
> valid modes.
> (**) VGA16: Virtual resolution set to 800x600
>
> Where do I go from here?
> --
> Nikki Locke, Trumphurst Ltd. PC & Unix
> consultancy & programming
> nikki@trumphurst.com
> http://www.trumphurst.com/
>
>
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