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Re: Why is setting up X so arcane?



In article <[🔎] 87sngkvd95.fsf@wesley.springies.com>, Alan Shutko wrote:
> Nikki Locke <nikki@trumphurst.com> writes:
> 
> > As far as I know, the card is Plug and Play. Why can't X probe the 
card and 
> > find out for me?
> 
> Often, it can.  You don't say whether you are using XF86 4 or 3.3.6.
> The newer version of X is much better as scanning for devices and
> autoconfiguring them.  But that version isn't in stable (although 
some
> people have packaged it).  The old version doesn't scan at all, and
> while the various setup tools try to, they don't do it as well.

Where should I look for a package, please?

-- 
Nikki Locke, Trumphurst Ltd.      PC & Unix consultancy & programming
nikki@trumphurst.com            http://www.trumphurst.com/




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