Re: Why is setting up X so arcane?
On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Nikki Locke wrote:
> I have a machine here I would like to run X on. I am not sure of the
> specs of the VGA card, and have no manuals for it. I think I have a
> manual for the monitor (it has no manufacturer marked on it, but I have
> found a single sheet of paper which has a picture on it that looks
> vaguely like the front on my monitor).
>
> How on earth am I supposed to set up X?
>
> Why is it so difficult? I can install Microsoft Windows (spit), and it
> will find out for itself what card and monitor I have, and set itself
> up accordingly. Why isn't there a program to do the same thing with X?
>
> I have experimented as best I can, and I have got an X display. It is a
> 640 x 480 window on a larger desktop, and is really difficult to use.
> If I reboot into Windows NT, the thing displays 1024 x 768 quite
> happily.
>
> I have studied the stderr output of xinit, and it says
> (--) VGA16: clocks: 25.17 28.32 28.32 28.32
> (--) VGA16: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 90.000 MHz
> (**) VGA16: Mode "640x480": mode clock = 25.175, clock used = 25.170
> (--) VGA16: There is no defined dot-clock matching mode "800x600"
> (--) VGA16: Removing mode "800x600" from list of valid modes.
> (--) VGA16: There is no defined dot-clock matching mode "1024x768"
> (--) VGA16: Removing mode "1024x768" from list of valid modes.
> (**) VGA16: Virtual resolution set to 800x600
>
> Where do I go from here?
part of the reason you aren't getting good performace is that the above
log suggests you are running the vga16 driver (ie 640x480x16 - if you
use this under windows you'll have the same problems)
Try using the super vga driver instead
cheers
dc
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