Re: Configuring a monitor?
On Mon, 2 Aug 1999, Andrei Ivanov wrote:
> What resolution are you getting? I think the default would be 320x200,
in case a server fails to start in the mode specified.
Yes it was that.
> Check that you are using the right server. Try SVGA first, then use more
> video-card specific servers.
> Andrew
It should have been the right one. That Mattrox Millenium seems to be
using SVGA.
Someone suggested using ctl-alt-+(num) to switch between resolutions.
That method never worked. There was only that one resolution available.
There might be support for that card available in later xfree-debs, I'll
see...? Someone suggested that.
But yesterday night the whole system crashed again. There has been a
strange problem with the machine. Sometimes while booting the power goes
off suddently and then the whole system is unusable, because the whole
file-system is broken then. It made it again...
I'll try to install debian there once again later, I think (done 6 times
already...).
The machine is at my working place and there is a partition
of 2 Gb available for debian installation. But I never found it out in the
BIOS what to do for that sudden power-off. It is probably the case that
from win it loads automaticly some setting for BIOS. I think that I forgot
yesterday to shut off the machine completely before booting debian...
Might have used from win 'reboot-computer'... and then loadlin after
booting to dos-only.
Debian is on the same hd as win and I'm using loadlin (couldn't get lilo
working at all.)
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hv
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