Re: Trying to correctly configure X
"Bryan K. Walton" <walton@berbee.com> writes:
> Hi everybody,
> I just found out about this list and hope that somebody can help
> me. (I have been asking questions on the debian-user list, and have
> received much help, but still am having difficultly.)
> I have an IBM Thinkpad 390E in which I have installed Debian
> 2.1. I am struggling to configure X Windows. This weekend I managed to
> get a screen and a GUI interface, but I can't get my resolution any better
> than (what appears to be something like) 320 X 240!!! I have a 14.1 inch
> TFT screen capable of 1024 X 768 (XGA) at something like 60 Hz (at
> least when I am in Windows). I have a NeoMagic 256AV video card in the
> machine that I believe has about 2.5 meg of memory.
> Can anyone give me some advice regarding how to configure X? What
> resolution should I be setting, what X server should I be picking, and
> how many colors? I have tried configuring X about 20 times now
> and either get a poor image, or don't get a screen at all. I hope someone
> out there (maybe with the same type of computer as mine) can lead me out
> of the darkness.
>
> Much Thanks!
> Bryan Walton
Use potato, that works. The neomagic isn´t supported by slinks X.
What you should also do (and might need to get X working) is to
compile a 2.2.x kernel with vesa framebuffer support. When you
compiled that add one of the following lines to your /etc/lilo.conf
vga=773 # 0x305 1024x768 8-Bit
vga=791 # 0x317 1024x768 16-Bit
vga=792 # 0x318 1024x768 24-Bit
If it works you will have a penguin in the top corner and a fullscreen
console. Also if X doesn´t want to work, the XF86_FBDev will allways
work on the framebuffer, but without hardware accelleration.
May the Source be with you.
Goswin
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