Re: STILL Configuring x-windows for EGA- can anyone help with this?
if it were my machine and it needed a GUI i would prob use win 3.1,
anyhthing more would be too much.
nate
On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Eric Hagglund wrote:
eahagg >This isn't for me, it's for some children who don't
eahagg >have a computer and I, like much of the world don't
eahagg >have the luxury of 300 Mhz processors and have to get
eahagg >by as best I can. I don't have the equipment and the
eahagg >worstations are going to have to be standalone.
eahagg >
eahagg >I don't agree with your pronouncement on the
eahagg >feasibility of X other than the fact that it runs
eahagg >slower on slower machines. I've seen it run on 486s
eahagg >plenty of times before. It sounds like you are
eahagg >possibly new to Linux and accustomed to using higher
eahagg >end machines, not having thoroughly explored the
eahagg >capabilities of the operating system.
eahagg >
eahagg >--- aphro <nate@firetrail.com> wrote:
eahagg >> even if he could get XF86 setup for EGA(maybe he
eahagg >> can...) i dont think it
eahagg >> would run worth a shit, its better to leave a
eahagg >> machine like that in console
eahagg >> mode. if you want X, install vncserver and run X
eahagg >> apps from remote. i
eahagg >> would avoid X on anything less then 200Mhz 48MB (any
eahagg >> system i install now
eahagg >> is 350MHz 64MB+)
eahagg >>
eahagg >> nate
eahagg >>
eahagg >> On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Eric Hagglund wrote:
eahagg >>
eahagg >> eahagg >Can anyone help with this or at least tell
eahagg >> me if it's
eahagg >> eahagg >not feasible?
eahagg >> eahagg >
eahagg >> eahagg >--- Eric Hagglund <eahagglun@yahoo.com>
eahagg >> wrote:
eahagg >> eahagg >> Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 07:40:20 -0800
eahagg >> (PST)
eahagg >> eahagg >> From: Eric Hagglund <eahagglun@yahoo.com>
eahagg >> eahagg >> Subject: Configuring x-windows for EGA
eahagg >> eahagg >> To: Debian User Lists User Lists
eahagg >> eahagg >> <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
eahagg >> eahagg >>
eahagg >> eahagg >> I'm trying to get a 486dx set up with
eahagg >> X-windows. The
eahagg >> eahagg >> monitor I'm using is a NEC Multisynch
eahagg >> JC1401-P3A EGA
eahagg >> eahagg >> that was manufactured when Ronald Reagan
eahagg >> was peaking
eahagg >> eahagg >> in popularity (in the U.S. at least,
eahagg >> before Oliver
eahagg >> eahagg >> North eclipsed him; no I'm not kidding :).
eahagg >> I have
eahagg >> eahagg >> installed Debian 1.3.1 onto a 500 meg hard
eahagg >> drive and
eahagg >> eahagg >> am now trying to get X Windows configured
eahagg >> using the
eahagg >> eahagg >> text based install utility, because the
eahagg >> graphical
eahagg >> eahagg >> setup uses VGA by default and that is
eahagg >> (apparently)
eahagg >> eahagg >> too
eahagg >> eahagg >> much for this dinosaur to handle.
eahagg >> eahagg >>
eahagg >> eahagg >> Anyway, I am now at the menu where you
eahagg >> choose the
eahagg >> eahagg >> horizontal synch range for the monitor.
eahagg >> All the
eahagg >> eahagg >> choices available to me, save one are for
eahagg >> VGA
eahagg >> eahagg >> monitors. The last choice allows me to put
eahagg >> in a
eahagg >> eahagg >> range
eahagg >> eahagg >> of my own. What should I put in?
eahagg >> eahagg >>
eahagg >> eahagg >> Then, when it asks me about the vertical
eahagg >> range, what
eahagg >> eahagg >> should I put in for that?
eahagg >> eahagg >>
eahagg >> eahagg >> BTW the back of the monitor says it's
eahagg >> rated for 120
eahagg >> eahagg >> volts at 60hz, and it appears to have
eahagg >> jumpers for
eahagg >> eahagg >> color settings. If any other details would
eahagg >> be
eahagg >> eahagg >> helpful,
eahagg >> eahagg >> please let me know.
eahagg >> eahagg >>
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