Re: XF86Config

["Christian T. Steigies" <cts@debian.org>]

On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Nick Cook wrote:

> On Tue, 05 Oct 1999 12:53:05 +1000, "Don Smith" 
> 
> > I've installed Debian 2.1 on an SE/30 and it seems to be going OK. However,
> > when installing stuff for X, I do not seem to have installed XF86Config. I
> > have a link in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config to /etc/X11/XF86Config, which
> > does not exist.
> 
> Check for the XF86Config example file (I think the suffix is .ex). It
> should be in either /etc/X11/ or /etc/X11/lib. Try copying it over to
> /etc/X11 with the name XF86Config.
Wrong.
And please keep your line length below 80 characters, I can not afford so
large monitors.

Read the FAQ and look for XF86Config. Guess what you´ll find then?

When I run X, it complains about invalid modes

   The easiest way to fix this is to change an uncommented `Modes'' line
   in your /etc/XF86Config to read:
   
Modes "default"

   Later on, you can get Geert Uytterhoeven's fbset program (from
   [306]ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/Linux/680x0/bin/system/ or the
   Debian distribution) and customize your video modes.
   
   If you have an old XF86Config laying around, you may want to copy the
   example provided at /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config.eg (in Debian 2.1,
                                                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   /usr/doc/xserver-common/examples/XF86Config.eg) into /etc/XF86Config
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   and then edit the new configuration file.
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Ciao,
Christian.
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