Re: X too big; login double; fetchmail kaputt
On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 10:56:50PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote:
> on Tue, 08 Jan 2002 08:29:02PM -0500, dman insinuated:
> > This is caused by having a small real resolution and a large virtual
> > resolution. It is nice if you want to have a 1024x768 display on a
> > small monitor that can only handle 640x480. One thing I've noticed is
> > that you want to put the high resolutions first in the Modeline part
> > of the Screen section. It goes in order trying them till one works.
>
> this isn't working, but poking around in that file, i noticed that i
> set my driver to "svga" and i'm not at all sure if this is right -- in
> fact, i'm kind of sure it's wrong -- but i *do* remember choosing it
> in the dselect menu somewhere along the way. now i'm not sure how to
> change it, since running dselect config generates the same errors as
Can you run dpkg-reconfigure -plow xserver-xfree86? That
will guide you through reconfiguring your X server (ie
rewriting your XF86Config file) (this was Martin's
suggestion a few emails back).
Also before trying this, look for your old config files in
case dpkg copied them to a safe place .dpkg-old before
writing the new config files. You may find useful info in
them (such as modelines, etc). Look in /etc/X11, /etcX11R6
for files that end in "onfig". (Sorry I can't be more
helpful, I don't run an Intel machine so I don't run XF86,
and my files are all different. Well some are different.)
(This was also Martin's suggestion... don't worry about me
repeating stuff you've seen already, you have a lot of
problems you're trying to solve at once and I _know_ how
frustrating that can be.)
As for the X windows, press ctl-alt-f1 (or the f-key for the
console you started X from), and look at the messages
printed on the screen by the X server. The lines starting
with ++ (if there are any) are lines from your X config file
that worked. The lines starting with -- are lines from your
X config file that failed and were discarded.
When I was trying to get X working, I noticed that the X
server failed to recognise _any_ of the modelines I had set
and was using 320x200 resolution (!) as a fallback. (This
was on my friend's intel machine that did use XF86.) The
same might be happening to you. You should be able to fix
this with a corrected X config file (because it was working
before). This is where your old one will come in handy (for
the info in it - it will probably be the wrong syntax to use
directly - IIRC you are having these problems because you
upgraded your X server (indrectly)?).
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