Under Debian there is a program for configuring XF86Config-4 called
dpkg-reconfigure. It can be used to configure lots of Debian packages.
Just type dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 and you should have not
problem getting a working xserver up.
On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear
I sent that message. If I remember correctly, 1280x960 and 1600x1200
worked for me with the standard Debian drivers from unstable. I was
thinking that it might have something to do with the pixel ratio. The
ones that work are all in the 4/3 ratio, but 1280x1024 is something else.
Actually, I
The install and setup program uses a framebuffer device for the GUI, and
it looks like that is what your XF86Config file is set up for. I would
check to make sure you have an appropriate vga=xxx entry in your
/etc/lilo.conf file, and consult
http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/Framebuffer-HOWTO.html#toc5
This sounds similar to the problem I had when I started using Matrox's
drivers for XFree86 (big, square inch pointer), and it was solved by
specifying in the video card device section:
Option hw cursor off
I'm not sure if that's what's going on here, though, because I don't
understand
I don't use 4.2.99 yet, but I believe if you export XCURSOR_THEME=default,
that should do the trick. There have been a lot of questions about this
one, lately. If you want to know more, search the archives for a message
by a Mr. Kurt Wall with the subject line as how do I set that red cursor
by
legacy driver
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David
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Here is my keyboard and mouse sections of my SF86Config-4. It's a
pretty
generic configuration, so may help you a little:
Section InputDevice
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Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 1:11 PM
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Subject: RE: [XFree86] XFConfig requirements for kbd and mouse
Is your mouse a usb device? If not, perhaps try /dev/psaux instead of
/dev/input/mice
that from an x environment?
Thanks again, guys!
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David
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Subject: RE: [XFree86] XFConfig requirements for kbd and mouse
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pointer section:
Section InputDevice
Identifier Configured Mouse
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Check out this howto:
http://hints.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/usbmouse.txt
Have you tried the XFree86-Video-Timings-HOWTO?
Jesse
On Sat, 8 Feb 2003, Eric Mangold wrote:
I still havn't found any way to set my fresh rate to 100hz. I've been
searching for documentation on the subject for a while now, and thus far
nothing has helped.
The only configuration document
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Subject: RE: [XFree86] XFConfig requirements for kbd and mouse
Try 'modprobe devmouse', and then restart X with the configuration from
the howto. Hopefully that module
Well, perhaps there are some things that 40 billion dollars can buy...
There is also the fact that every PC hardware maker builds stuff
specifically to work with Microsoft software (such that it is probably no
work at all for Microsoft to add support for a new graphics card to
Windows--the card
It would most likely be /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (or just XF86Config).
On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, sean fatourchi wrote:
Doctor,
Thank you very much for the reply. Would you mind giving me the path to that
configuration file.
Sean
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL
I bought a G550 because it has great 2D, moderate 3D (nothing that would
please a serious gamer, however), and great performance under Linux. In
fact, they used to be know as the best graphics solutions available for
Linux, but support for brands has since come along, as well.
I would also
You're going to have to clarify your request a little bit. It looks like
you just want information on XFree86. Perhaps start at
www.xfree86.org/support.html?
Jesse
On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Giraldo Alonso Suarez wrote:
Hello
I need to make a investigation about grafics servers of Linux. I need
Hi,
I've been doing some research and experimenting a little bit with
different configurations lately in an effort to try to get these fonts in
X under control. In the process I've made a relatively surprising
discovery, namely that fonts look better if they are served up in xfree86
than if I
I don't make the Speedo fonts available to X and I have no problems.
It sounds like you're having trouble loading the Speedo module for some
reason (I have no idea why a hardware upgrade would cause that, except
for the fact that you may be using a new driver), which is used for
serving up Speedo
What video card are you using? What driver are you trying to install?
If your using a stock kernel, you probably have an NTFS module available,
and if 'mount -t ntfs /dev/whatever /mount point' doesn't load
it automatically, you can try loading it with modprobe.
Jesse
On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, kobe
Some distros make it so that the super user cannot access the Xserver.
In such a case, trying to start up any application in X as root will give
you this error:
Xlib: connection to localhost:0.0 refused by server
Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
There are a number of ways to
I was using a similar card, and was also unhappy with the 2D graphics. I
don't quite know what to tell you. I've since bought a Matrox G550, which
has vastly improved the situation for me. I've heard that NVIDIA's linux
drivers are improving, however, so I'd suggest you give that a try since
Matt,
This was copied from Branden Robinson's xfree86 FAQ (slightly edited to
make it less confusing for a non debian user) found here (I noticed that
the one on xfree86.org has been taken down, unfortunately, because this
question is asked all the time):
It's usually configurable in the application, I believe.
Jesse
On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Housebee wrote:
Hi!
Does someone know how to set the speed of the scrollingwheel. So in
other words, the amount of lines it scrolls should be increased.
I can't find an option for that for XFree86 version
Melissa,
Try setting by hand the Horizontal Scan to 30-96 and Vert Refresh to
48-160. I got those values from a pdf that is retrievable here:
http://www.datordesign.se/servsupo/sony/moni/mod/GDM-20SE2T5.html
Jesse
On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Melissa Golter wrote:
I am having a terrible time
You need to make sure that XFS the font server is running (usually started
by init scripts), or that you have at least the first of these three
lines (preferably all three if your font server isn't working) in your
XF86Config in the Files Section:
FontPath
I can't answer why it's happening, but I've thought that it would be a
good idea to establish some kind of semi-comprehensive FAQ on basic
problems such as this one, and then to point users to this faq (presumably
on xfree86.org) as a preliminary measure in their crash messages. The
crash message
Try just setting the lowerbound Vert Refresh value to the rate that you
want. With the default mode lines, you may not be able to go very high
at 1600x1200. For example, my Xserver crashes if I set the refresh above
85Hz (albiet at a lower resolution than your running). If you don't get
google.com
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Rooke, David Willaim (David) wrote:
Hi,
Can anyone tell me where I can go to check out the technical specification of my
Monitor? It's Dell badged but XFree86 doesn't recognize it. I have the model number
and thought I might be able to go to Dell's site and
you need to start your font server (xfs) or put (at least the first
of) these lines in your XF86Config-4 in the Files section:
FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/:unscaled
FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled
FontPath
Does anyone know of a good modeline generator? I have a Viewsonic P95f
monitor (video bandwidth of 285Mhz), and I would like to see how it looks
with a refresh rate of about 100 (and my video card is a Matrox G550) at
1280x960 resolution.
I've tried numerous calculators on the web, and none of
You should really upgrade. Not only will you be happier with a newer
version of XF86, you'll get a whole bunch of other new an improved
software items if you download a new distro (like Mozilla 1.3, gnome2.2,
KDE3.1, etc).
Jesse
On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I have an
On 28 May 2003, Anders Joergensen wrote:
Hi,
I have some problems getting my X to show 1920x1200, which is the
primary display mode for my 24 LCD display.
I'm running
XFree86 Version 4.3.0 on a Redhat 9
According to XFree86.0.log my video hardware is Radeon 7500, which is
correct, but
Good idea, Emanuel. I've never installed X this way, but I'd be
interested to read how.
Jesse
On Thu, 29 May 2003, Emmanuel wrote:
Hi all,
to enable people to become testers/janitors for XFree I want to put a
small howto online describing the easiest way to install XFree (compil
CVS
Hello,
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Stephan Kulka wrote:
Hi
device should probably be /dev/mouse. But as to the 800x600
problem:
(II) TRIDENT(0): Clock range: 12.00 to 45.00 MHz
(II) TRIDENT(0): Not using default mode 800x600 (bad mode
clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) TRIDENT(0): Not
I believe you need XFree86 3.0 for that card, ie. Redhat 9.
Jesse
On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, apvindia wrote:
Hi
I've installed Red Hat Linux 8.0 on a P4 with 512 MB RAM with Intel 845
on-borad graphics. Now i am unable to start X windows. I tried to configure
it with command XFree86 - configure
Yes, send us your /var/log/XFree86.0.log file and perhaps
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4 as well.
Jesse
On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, [iso-8859-1] fedesciro wrote:
Good morning i have a problem with xfree86 grafical interface. i have red hat linux
8.0
the problem is that only the text mode start with the
Follow the link at the bottom of this message.
Jesse
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003, Mandeep Singh wrote:
Hi Group,
How to unsubscribe from the mailing list.
thanks,
Mandeep.
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I believe X creates a virtual screen when you don't list your highest
resolutions first. Just make sure your resolutions are going from highest
to lowest, and delete all those up until your preferred one is first in
the list.
Jesse
On Sun, 13 Jul 2003, Jurgens du Toit wrote:
Hi...
I figured
I don't suppose that the Matrox mga drivers run on those boxes,
because they just release new ones for version 4.3...There has also been
some work done on the Matrox framebuffer in the 2.5 series. If that's
not a production box, you might give that a try (I'm running 2.6.0-test1
on my desktop
Hi,
Try using Driver s3virge in the Device section for your video card.
Then remove Device Accel from the screen section.
Jesse
On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Joel wrote:
I'm trying to set up a clean version of Debian, and for the life of me I
can't figure out why X won't work.
Attached it the
Try sending your log file of a crash and your config file (and perhaps the
output of lspci) so someone can help you out (plain text format, please).
Jesse
On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, jayjwa wrote:
[snip]
This seems to be about par for the course with XFree86does anyone
know of an alternative?
Hi,
Add these lines to the Section Files part of your /etc/X11/XF86Config
file (the listing for unix/:7100):
FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc
FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi
FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi
(you may want these also)
Just out of curiosity, what kernel, distro, and version of XFree86 are
you using? Have you tried Ati's binary driver to see if that works (if
they provide one)?
Jesse
On 22 Jul 2003, Francisco J. Reyna [ISO-8859-1] Sepúlveda wrote:
Hi,
I cant make my Radeon Mobility work with 3d
Try inserting this line in your Module section of the config file:
Load ddc
(mine is listed right below the dbe module)
Jesse
On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, Michael Godbout wrote:
Hi,
Everytime I first boot my PC into linux (from cold start), Xfree is
incapable of starting. When I soft reboot,
I believe you need to add this line to the ServerFlags section of the
config file:
Option RandR 0
Jesse
On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, Claudio Bozzo (E-mail 3) wrote:
Y have a Rage 128 Fury Pro 32M
I can`t setup XFree for tjis card.
Please help urgent, because I need for work in the next Saturday.
Hi,
From your log:
(II) LoadModule: glx
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor=NVIDIA Corporation
... [snip] ...
(EE) [GLX]: Failed to add GLX extension (NVIDIA XFree86 driver not found)
libglx.so is being loaded, but it is a lib from the NVIDIA
It's possible that you don't have the right version of binutils for gcc3.3
and need to upgrade, but that's just a guess.
Jesse
On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, Wahib Nackad wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to compile XFree86 version 4.3.0 on Linux with GCC 3.3 and get
the following error:
lost now.
W
From: Jesse Hutton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [XFree86] Undefined reference to .L91
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 20:43:15 -0400 (EDT)
It's possible that you don't have the right version of binutils for gcc3.3
and need
Could this be an issue with the OOM killer in the kernel and memory usage
problems in X?
Jesse
On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Miles Roper wrote:
Hi,
Still having a problem with this, is anyone able to help?
I'm having a really weird XFree86 problem. I'm using XFree 4.3 and running
on it Citrix ICA
Try xvidtune, and don't forget to put the new modeline into your config
file if your adjustments do the trick.
Jesse
On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, [iso-8859-1] conde vitoria wrote:
No matter the window manager that I use that always
the right side part of the screen is not visible when
I maximize
What file system are you using? Have you run fsck on all your partitions?
Jesse
On Sun, 3 Aug 2003, jmw34 wrote:
I was shutting down the comp because a thunder storm was a'coming.(Redhat 9.0
with newest version of XFree86, I think. Up until 6 weeks ago I performed all
updates per RHN.)
You'll need to send your /var/log/XFree86.0.log file so that we can try to
figure out what's wrong.
Jesse
On Sun, 3 Aug 2003, Kevin wrote:
I'm new here too. I believe (according to old docs) I'm running the
exact same vid card attached to my old HP Pavillion (trying to test linux).
Running
Some drivers have a problem with detecting a LCD monitor, which looks to
be the case from the log. You might try adding this line in the Device
section for your video card config of /etc/X11/XFree86-4:
Option FlatPanel 1
It's supposed to word for NVIDIA chips, anyway...
Jesse
On Wed, 6 Aug
What does 'lspci' say? The xserver can't tell what your video chipset is,
so it might not be supported. Check www.xfree86.org to see if your card is
supported.
Jesse
On Sat, 27 Sep 2003, Victor wrote:
Hi, I have a problem with X, the log are: (thanks)
XFree86 Version 4.3.0
Release Date:
Hi,
I think that there should be a way for you to configure all of the fonts
to your desired size in KDE if you have xft support for mozilla and the
other apps (I don't know about xine, but that shouldn't be a bid deal).
I use gnome, and it's very easy to configure all the application fonts to
An easy way to fix this is probably to upgrade to Xfree86 v4.3.
I don't know if v4.2 supports the 9000 Pro (the driver support page for
ATI on xfree86.org is a bit cryptic), but I've heard that on 4.3 it works
well.
Jesse
On Sat, 27 Sep 2003, Pat Jung wrote:
Hello, xfree86.
My video card
Put this line
could not open default font 'fixed'
into google, and you will surely find a solution to your problem.
Jesse
On Sun, 28 Sep 2003, jigar_shah2011 wrote:
Hii all,
i am facing a problem with my linux system. it does not start the X server and
reports an error log file which
Hi,
You probably just need to make sure you have Unix domain sockets support
in the kernel. It's in the Networking section. Specificially, the .config
file in your /kernel/source_dir/ should have this line:
CONFIG_UNIX=y
Jesse
On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, alex wrote:
Good day!
I have a problem.
You need to configure the X server. The easiest way may be to use a
distribution specific configuration utility, if one is available for your
distro. If not, try 'xf86config'.
Jesse
On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, Abeysekera, Varuni S wrote:
I upgraded to XFree86 4.3.0 following instructions from your
On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Raymond Jennings wrote:
Do you speak english? I can't speak french!
Parlez vous engles? Je ne parlez pas francais!
(Somebody translate this message)
quick translation:
[ I tried to start gnome using the command startx but my xserver crashed
and there is an error in
On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
Nevertheless, does it matter?
Only if you want your monitor to be put on standby when you aren't using
your computer.
Jesse
Can XFree86 be configured or built without that /dev/apm_bios need?
(As far as I can tell, my X works fine without the
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