On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 08:40:17AM +1000, John Griffiths wrote:
> a) change the colour depth. do i need to re-run XF86Setup? or is there a
> better way?
$ startx -- -bpp <colordepth>
...where color depth is 1, 8, 16, 24 (generally deprecated), 32.
Or in /etc/X11/XF86Config, change the value of "Depth" under 'SubSection "Display"'.
> b) fix helix-gnome. I downloaded helix-gnome... on reboot i get the
> gnome login manager but an attempt to login to gnome makes the monitor
> go "clunk" and then returnms to the login manager... it will let me log
> into WMaker so its not the end of the world.
Launch X from the command prompt (startx) and look at your error output.
> c) sound.... i scavenged the sound card so make and model is a
> mystery... the Rhat sndconfig always used to sort it out for me... will
> alsaconf do the same?
What were your RedHat configurations for this card?
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