Re: How can Iset an odd X resolutin?
On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 11:42:41PM -0500, David Z Maze wrote:
> stan <stanb@awod.com> writes:
>
> > I've got a freshly installed Debian machien that I want to make function
> > basicly as an X terminal for a Solaris box. The Solaris X resolutin is
> > 1152x900 abt 8 bit color depth.
> >
> > How can I configure the Debian box to use this X setup?
>
> Well, for the most part, X is X; any X setup should work fine. (I do
> remote connections between different sorts of machines all the time
> and it works fine, even if one is an x86 machine runnign Debian and
> another is a Sun running Solaris.) You can set up XFree86 to use an
> 8bpp display by putting "DefaultDepth 8" into the Screen section in
> /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, but you'll tend to be less happy here than if
> you could get a higher bit depth at the same resolution. You can also
> specify display modes here (1152x900 is semi-standard); the minimal
> section that accomplished this would look like
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "Card0"
> Monitor "Monitor0"
> DefaultDepth 8
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 8
> Modes "1152x900"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
But, won't I need a modeline for 1152x900? I geuss my question was not
clear. Let me rephrase it.
How do I derive this modeline?
>
> > And a 2nd question, is there an easy way to determint the fontpath being
> > used on the Solaris machine?
>
> 'xset q' will tell you this (among other things). You'd need to be
> logged in locally there, though. Most of the X stuff on Solaris lives
> in /usr/openwin and /usr/dt, you might try looking there (particularly
> /usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts).
>
Thanks, that's a big help, on thta part of it.
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