Re: Dumb X Windows Question
On Mon, 22 May 2000, Ray Olszewski wrote:
> At 08:57 PM 5/22/00 -0700, Jay Kelly wrote:
> >Ok I have another dumb question.
>
[snip]
> XF86Config isn't a command; it's a data file. The command is "xf86config". I
> imagine it is in xserver-common.
>
> XF86Setup is a command, but it's from a supplemental package ... xf86setup,
> I believe ... and it requires that you have the VGA16 X server installed
> (package xf86-vga16).
This is sound advice IF your video card will run with
xf86-vga16. That was my problem with my SiS 6386. Read the
documentation, please. It indicates what cards are supported,
and in what modes. Better than when I was installing mine.
--David
David Teague, dbt@cs.wcu.edu
Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely,
useful, technically accurate, and friendly.
(I hope this is all of the above.)
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