I agree, I have been using Mnadrake for the last year and every install I do
the same thing modify my XF86Config. Being a newbee to Cooker, I have not
been able to find out here this info is being called from, No XF86 file that
I could find. But I could blame this on inexperience, any clues would be
great.
Thanks
-----Original Message-----
From: Quel Qun [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, August 29, 1999 2:33 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Cooker] Neomagic Video Issues?
I have a XPi laptop and I have to modify manually the XF86Config at each
install. I gave up hoping that it could be one day automatically detected
and I don't let Xconfigurator probing anything.
Also, I use an external monitor to get a better definition, because linux
cannot (apparently) use a 1024x768 extended definition with a 800x600 LCD
screen like windows.
So, there are four things I have to find out or modify:
1. The monitor frequencies. You can set standard ones and tune it later with
xvidtune.
2. The video ram: 1 meg (which allows 8bpp at 1024x768)
3. The definition: I set to 8bpp with 1024x768
4. The "extern_disp" option has to be validated or else X dies.
Took me a while to figure that out, but it works.
One last thing. X (or I :) screws up something when it initializes, and
makes my screen totally red or green depending on the monitor. The colors
only come back when I start gnome-terminal (nearly only this program). Don't
ask me why I have no clue, surely a palette problem. The workaround is to
always let a gnome-terminal open when I leave X, even with KDE.
Hope it'll help,
