RE: ack! x has been hosed

[David Puryear <dayear@codenet.net>]

Hi Rick,

On 17-Jun-97 You wrote:
  
  I got X going by using XF86Setup.  Initially, when done, it ran
  xvidtune.  Now, no such luck.  I ultimately ended up removing all of the
  xpackages and reinstalling, but still no.  It seems to be unhappy about
  a missing default font.

Did you save the XF86Config in XF86Setup? If not rerun XF86Setup and don't use 
the old XF86Config as the default. Once XF86Setup is done, save the XF86Config 
before doing anything else. You can run xvidtune after you start the X, so don't
try to run it in the XF86Setup.
  
  (**) S3: Ramdac type: normal
  (--) S3: Ramdac speed: 110

Make sure you picked right xserver and that you have installed it using dselect 
or with dpkg -i. 
  
  ??? should i have defined a different ramdac?  what is one, anyway?

You shouldn't have to define ramdac. The XF86Setup will probe it if left blank, 
and this goes for any setting in video card section. Just make sure you pick the
right xserver.
  
  (--) S3: clocks:  25.98  28.32  28.32   0.00  25.17  28.32  28.32  28.32
  (--) S3: clocks:  25.17  28.32  28.32  28.32  25.17  28.32  28.32  28.32

I don't think these clocks are right. So let the XF86Setup generate new 
XF86Config, which, hopefully, have new clocks setting. 

Once you have new XF86Config file, then see how many errors you still get.

        Cheers,
        David


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