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Re: Xfree86 problems



This one time, at band camp, Price, Erik said:
> Under the advice of a fellow subscriber, I realized that I hadn't
> renamed the file "XF86Config" (generated by the xf86config utility) to
> the more-appropriate "XF86Config-4".  I did this, and this time X11
> did attempt to start up (the monitor flickered a bit), but failed.  I
> read the error messages and decided to apply some educated guesswork.
> 
> Finally I think that I am able to do it, almost.  I'm pretty sure that
> I have the Horizontal Sync and Vertical Sync rates correct, because I
> found this information on two separate web sites for my monitor
> (Horizontal is 30-82, Vertical is 50-120).  But I may have made an
> incorrect choice in the installation as to the kind of monitor.  I
> picked "unsupported VGA" or something like that, because I didn't see
> my monitor in the list.  Should I have chosen something else?  And if
> so, how do I bring up the configuration (or which file do I modify and
> where) to do this?  "xf86config" doesn't prompt me as to the type of
> monitor, but I know that I answered this question (perhaps wrongly)
> during the install.  I can't seem to invoke "debconf" either, if that
> matters.

You're looking for `dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86`

Make sure you know your video card name and model as well as the sync
ranges for your monitor.

Good luck,
Steve

-- 
When there is an old maid in the house, a watch dog is unnecessary.
		-- Balzac

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