Re: Need help setting up Xserver
On Tuesday 12 February 2002 05:55 pm, Günter Knab wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 06:06:39PM -0500, Rich Johnson wrote:
> > I need some help setting up an Xserver on an older Mac.
>
> *snipped**
>
> > Does anyone have an XFree86Config for this such a machine?
> > There's likely to be other stuff which needs tweaking as well.
>
> ... you can't just run XF86Setup from the commandline because for that
> machine a XF86_VGA16 Server isn't available? That sounds common to me (on
> potato/alpha:)
>
> Hopefully someone sends you an /etc/X11/XF86Config similar to your monitor
> and grafic card. Then edit this file. If some autodetection tolds you to
> use XF86_S3V then use XF86_SVGA instead! But you may have other hardware.
>
> May be 'xf86config' works for you if your hardware is in the database.
i'm just guessing, since i don't run linux on a mac, but you should get some
info on what's up from /var/log/XFree86.0.log.
ben
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