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Re: X configuration on Potato/Sparc



On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 09:51:41AM -0400, Ben Collins wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 05:01:40PM +0200, Ottavio Campana wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 11:45:06AM -0700, Giovanni dos Reis Nunes wrote:
> > > 
> > >   Hi,
> > > 
> > > >>I've a SparcClassic w/ a CG6 frame buffer accelerator (if it can help).
> > > > I  made  it work  just  installing  xserver-xsun  and removing  gpm  and
> > > > /dev/gpmdata . I've got a ss10 with cg6.
> > > 
> > >   GPM was automatically removed from apt-get. But the problem is with
> > >   XF86Config generation, because anXious is generating a wrong file. Can
> > >   you send your /etc/X11/XF86Config?
> > 
> > I didn't generated  it. I just had  to remove /dev/gpmdata and  I ran. I
> > don't have got any /etc/X11/XF86Config.
> 
> the xserver-xsun* packages do not use XF86Config. You'll need to set
> command line params for it in the startx wrapper (or the xdm/gdm config,
> if you use that).

Also, I think that whatever mode is set for the framebuffer at console is
also used for X. So setting that affectively sets your X mode too.

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