Re: Configuring X
maybe somebody already suggested this, but, you can make xdm write
a default config file if you feed it the right option - "xdm --help"
will list the options, I think (and it may not be in the docs...)
I had to do that to get the display to work at all; the default config
file that the Debian install generated had display modes that caused
my monitor to go berserk. I then compared the config file written by
xdm with the one that the install generated and did a manual sort/merge
to get things working... I had to do all that from a command prompt
login since I didn't have KDE up.
On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 10:07:11 -0700, "Paul Johnson"
<baloo@ursine.dyndns.org> said:
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> "Paul Akkermans" <paulakkermans@wanadoo.nl> writes:
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> > I have just a simple question (I hope). I am trying to configure my Xfree86
> > (version 4.1.0.1) but I don't know how to do this. Can anybody help me?
>
> The easiest, fastest way to do this right now...
>
> 1. Go get yourself a Knoppix CD.
> 2. Boot to Knoppix. Go to /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and copy it to your
> hard drive's /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
> 3. Shut down Knoppix, eject the CD, reboot.
> 4. Start X. It should work.
>
> There's an established Debian way, but it's considerably more
> involved. If you use an nVidia card, it's far more involved (thanks
> to nVidia's assenine licensing policies for it's barely-workable
> drivers...they should either free the drivers and keep their customers
> or eliminate them entirely and lose the customer base instead of this
> bullshit license limbo self-installer crap).
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