Re: STILL Configuring x-windows for EGA- can anyone help with this?
This isn't for me, it's for some children who don't
have a computer and I, like much of the world don't
have the luxury of 300 Mhz processors and have to get
by as best I can. I don't have the equipment and the
worstations are going to have to be standalone.
I don't agree with your pronouncement on the
feasibility of X other than the fact that it runs
slower on slower machines. I've seen it run on 486s
plenty of times before. It sounds like you are
possibly new to Linux and accustomed to using higher
end machines, not having thoroughly explored the
capabilities of the operating system.
--- aphro <nate@firetrail.com> wrote:
> even if he could get XF86 setup for EGA(maybe he
> can...) i dont think it
> would run worth a shit, its better to leave a
> machine like that in console
> mode. if you want X, install vncserver and run X
> apps from remote. i
> would avoid X on anything less then 200Mhz 48MB (any
> system i install now
> is 350MHz 64MB+)
>
> nate
>
> On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Eric Hagglund wrote:
>
> eahagg >Can anyone help with this or at least tell
> me if it's
> eahagg >not feasible?
> eahagg >
> eahagg >--- Eric Hagglund <eahagglun@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> eahagg >> Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 07:40:20 -0800
> (PST)
> eahagg >> From: Eric Hagglund <eahagglun@yahoo.com>
> eahagg >> Subject: Configuring x-windows for EGA
> eahagg >> To: Debian User Lists User Lists
> eahagg >> <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> eahagg >>
> eahagg >> I'm trying to get a 486dx set up with
> X-windows. The
> eahagg >> monitor I'm using is a NEC Multisynch
> JC1401-P3A EGA
> eahagg >> that was manufactured when Ronald Reagan
> was peaking
> eahagg >> in popularity (in the U.S. at least,
> before Oliver
> eahagg >> North eclipsed him; no I'm not kidding :).
> I have
> eahagg >> installed Debian 1.3.1 onto a 500 meg hard
> drive and
> eahagg >> am now trying to get X Windows configured
> using the
> eahagg >> text based install utility, because the
> graphical
> eahagg >> setup uses VGA by default and that is
> (apparently)
> eahagg >> too
> eahagg >> much for this dinosaur to handle.
> eahagg >>
> eahagg >> Anyway, I am now at the menu where you
> choose the
> eahagg >> horizontal synch range for the monitor.
> All the
> eahagg >> choices available to me, save one are for
> VGA
> eahagg >> monitors. The last choice allows me to put
> in a
> eahagg >> range
> eahagg >> of my own. What should I put in?
> eahagg >>
> eahagg >> Then, when it asks me about the vertical
> range, what
> eahagg >> should I put in for that?
> eahagg >>
> eahagg >> BTW the back of the monitor says it's
> rated for 120
> eahagg >> volts at 60hz, and it appears to have
> jumpers for
> eahagg >> color settings. If any other details would
> be
> eahagg >> helpful,
> eahagg >> please let me know.
> eahagg >>
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