RE: STILL Configuring x-windows for EGA- can anyone help with thi s?
I run X on a 486/66 (40meg mem) all the time. It isn't as snappy
as on a fast machine but it works just fine, thank you. Of course,
you can't expect to run gnome or kde but fvwm does a very nice job.
I have also run X on a 486/33 with 16 meg memory. It is slower
but it also runs ok. Takes a few seconds for emacs to come
up but it works. I wouldn't use win3.1 unless I was threatened
with death or worse... of course, the likelyhood of no job and
an existing mortgage can be a strong motivating factor ;)
jim
> 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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