Kevin Annies wrote: > Dear sir/madam, > > I have created a bootable cd using an initrd and have installed X > Window and Xfce. I want to acheieve a stage where the GUI settings > will be generic and work with most graphics cards and output devices. > > I have configured the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and given most if not > all the variables a generic value. I made a comparism with the Live CD > 6.2 file and they are virtually identical. I found however, that the > Live cd 6.2 works with systems which my cd does not regarding the > startx command. What else do I need to look for? > > I suspect that the Kernel will need recompiling. What values should I > alter in the Kernel configuration which will make the graphics > settings truly generic on multiple x86 platforms with differing > graphics cards. >From my investigation, Raidion and ati crads work but > Geforce does not. > > Thanks in advance > > Kevin > not that this helps but I think a "generic" X setup will restrict you to "vga" type graphics. That said there is a generic "vga" X server and tho I saw nothing in the kernel configuration menu about generic vga support I suspect that is a "given"
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