Re: XF86Setup

[kotsya@u.washington.edu (David Stern)]

On Mon, 09 Mar 1998 19:29:44 EST, Taylen wrote:
> Hey...I've been trying for a few days now to get x windows to work, I tried
> using XF86Setup to make my configuration file, but the graphics for it were
> screwed up and unreadable...I then tried to use just XF86Config and created
> an X configuration file....however, when I tried to start x, the screen was
> still messed up as it had been when I had run XF86Setup....I haven't been
> able to figure out what the problem might be, does anyone know what might
> be causing this problem?

Is this a new install?  What video card are you running?

If you're running a Matrox Millenium II, you're gonna have to wait for 
the .deb, because the latest XFree86 version with support just released 
a few days ago, or so it was reported here last night, I believe.

Of course you can compile it yourself.  I had to do this when my Matrox 
Millenium was unsupported, and it was pretty painless for me, even 
though I was totally new to Linux.  (tar -xvzf, read README, edit 
Makefile, make, make install)

You also might try the excellent XFree86 FAQ at: http://x.physics.usyd.e
du.au/FAQ/index.html

The XFree86 Matrox FAQ is at: http://matrox.alloy.net/eng/faq.html

If you've got a laptop, there are special resources for you too, but 
right now the matrox seems to be the most FAQ.  I hope you're also 
reading the man pages, and /usr/doc/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/README* .
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