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Re: 'manual' x configuration - where's xf86config?



Martin Waller <martinej.waller@ntlworld.com>:
> 
>  xf86config to reconfigure it. What happened to that utlity?  I cannot 
>  work out what package it's in.

(0) heretic /home/keeling_ apt-file search xf86config
doc-linux-html: usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-html/Xinerama-HOWTO/editxf86config.html
doc-linux-html: usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-html/Xinerama-HOWTO/xf86config.html
xmanpages-ja: usr/share/man/ja/man1/xf86config.1x.gz

>  Also, in the debian reference manual, at 
>  http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-tune.en.html#s-xsrvr, it 
>  refers to xserver-common-v3 (I think I need this as I have an old matrox 
>  card)- I can find no such package in etch - is the ref manual out of 

(0) heretic /home/keeling_ lspci | grep -i vga
01:08.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA 2164W [Millennium II]

That's a 4 Mb PCI card.  Works fine with Version: 1:7.1.0-19 (Etch).
For some Matrox cards, you may be better off trying the generic vesa
svga server.


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