On Sat, 25 Aug 2001 23:58:29 -0400 (EDT), Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It appears that Xconfigurator is using ncurses,
> so shouldn't require any X server at all to run.
No, I'm the one using the cursing. <G>
> XF86Setup (available usually with Caldera, among
> others) is the one that requires XF86_VGA16 to
> run.
I realized belatedly that the graphic configurator isn't using any
graphic mode - just text with reversed color and some simple button
constructs from the ASCII graphic set.
> One of the last steps of the configuration process
> is to ask you if you want a symlink created. You
> can either answer yes, or you can do it manually,
> but /usr/X11R6/bin/X must be a symlink for the actual
> driver you're using. (except in RH 6.x, where it
> became a symlink to Xwrapper for better security)
I said yes to that question, and assumed it would know what
it was doing. I'm now having second thoughts on that also.
When I searched for XF86_SVGA I also searched for XF86*
and found only two things that looked like the drivers Xconfig
says I should have: XF86_MACH and XF86_ACCEL.
There was no sign of VGA16, VGA8, VGA2 or SVGA.
My original install was purely default. I didn't copy or install
the MACH and ACCEL drivers because I wouldn't have known enough
to do that. So it still boils down to what do you trust ?
Should I trust the original default install to provide the
drivers I might need ? This is a 600Mb CD - surely they were included ?
Should I trust either of the configurators to do the right
thing and select drivers that exist instead of bombing ?
Should I trust Redhat to NOT delete stuff it doesn't like
when it finds I have changed the video card ?
There WERE a bunch of onscreen messages re: deletions the first
time I tried to startX with the new card. Maybe I'll try to see
if they were logged.:(
>> My hunches now run like this:
>> It worked the first time because I had an ATI MACH64 card installed
>> and XF86_MACH existed. Maybe XF86_SVGA _NEVER_ existed.
> Could be. During your initial install, you might
> have just put in the appropriate driver.
Not likely. I know more about the required procedure now than I did
then. I guess this is the only way I learn. Reading the man is out.
Too big. <G>
>> I was surprised to find the Matrox card on the long list, but I was
>> still presented with the suggestion that I use the SVGA server.
>> I tried it. Wishful thinking - my manual search had already indicated
>> it didn't exist - but for all I know it might get created. :((
> No, for that you'll need to install the rpm which
> contains it. That'll be
> <cdrom>/RedHat/RPMS/XFree86-SVGA-3.3.x-x.i386.rpm
Thanks for that one also. I tried browsing the CD earlier this evening
and ran into the usual problem. Nothing like XF86_SVGA was there in
plain sight so I assumed it was in one of the images. I didn't even
look in RPMs. Should I be going for 45s or 78s ?
Thanks again, and I'll try some more next week. That office is about
40 Mi away right now.
- Clarence Verge
- Back to using Arachne V1.62 ....
