Configure X from the console.
As root XFdrake
Does it asks for a refresh? I don't remember so, in fact having the proper
refresh rate has always been a difficult task for me (I always had to
manually edit the X config file).
Olaf
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Anne Wilson wrote:
I want to put a lcd monitor onto my old box. The refresh rate, as it
was on the ancient monitor is too high for this, so it won't let me
boot into x. I tried failsafe + text mode, and tried to run XFdrake
from the command line, but only got a blank screen.
There must be
On Thursday 26 Jun 2003 12:08 am, Larry Sword wrote:
Anne Wilson wrote:
I want to put a lcd monitor onto my old box. The refresh rate, as
it was on the ancient monitor is too high for this, so it won't
let me boot into x. I tried failsafe + text mode, and tried to
run XFdrake from the
Hi Anne,
first thing to do - is to not boot into X...
So - The Failsafe Option is a first part.
Just - at the Lilo prompt - give: init 3
in - it should start the system without X.
The Problem - is that you most probably need to start with an empty
XF86Config-4 file - as the XFDrake programm
On Thursday 26 Jun 2003 12:15 am, Joerg Mertin wrote:
Hi Anne,
first thing to do - is to not boot into X...
So - The Failsafe Option is a first part.
Just - at the Lilo prompt - give: init 3
in - it should start the system without X.
The Problem - is that you most probably need to start
I want to put a lcd monitor onto my old box. The refresh rate, as it
was on the ancient monitor is too high for this, so it won't let me
boot into x. I tried failsafe + text mode, and tried to run XFdrake
from the command line, but only got a blank screen.
There must be some way to get to
On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Steve wrote:
Can someone please help me with setting up my monitor refresh rates? My
monitor( CTX PR710) is capable of 1152x864 with a vertical refresh rate
of either 85Hz or 100Hz, but X keeps on wanting to set my monitor at a
refresh rate of 75Hz. How in the heck can
I was surprised to see that my Viewsonic A110 monitor wasn't listed in the
common settings. I thought it was a very common monitor. ?? Even Redmon linux
has it. ??
I had this same problem You had a couple of years ago. It was pretty common to
have a monitor that didn't have preset info in it.
That's the beauty of Linux. People who make distributions are free to
target specific audiences. Mandrake started out targeting 586+
processors, and the peripherals one would reasonably expect for that
class of machine.
Red Hat typically targets cutting-edge folks who want the latest and
I remember now. CHEEK! Joseph Cheek. He made a pretty tasty distribution.
Mike
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Subject: Re: [expert] monitor refresh rates
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 22:18:38 -0500
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Can someone please help me with setting up my monitor refresh rates? My
monitor( CTX PR710) is capable of 1152x864 with a vertical refresh rate
of either 85Hz or 100Hz, but X keeps on wanting to set my monitor at a
refresh rate of 75Hz. How in the heck can I setup X to use the right
refresh
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