> On Tuesday 21 Oct 2003 7:42 pm, Buchan Milne wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > A long time ago, X used to fall back to running a configuration tool. > > This may have been long ago, when XFdrake wstill had a link for > > XF86configure (or whatever Redhat used to call their tool). > > I think the best option here would be to do something similar with the > display > drivers as is done with the resoultions - ie. specify 3 or 4 in > XF86Config-4, > and get X to try them in order. So for an nvidia card you could have... > > Driver "nvidia" "nv" "vesa" > > It would try the non-free driver first, then the 2D one, and fall back to > vesa > if neither are available. > > Obviously this would require a patch to X...
IMO this doesn't look sane, doable, aceptable, .... but it shouldn't be that hard to define additional layout using vesa driver and lower resolution, and if X fails , try starting it with ..-layout safemode svetljo -- NEU F�R ALLE - GMX MediaCenter - f�r Fotos, Musik, Dateien... Fotoalbum, File Sharing, MMS, Multimedia-Gru�, GMX FotoService Jetzt kostenlos anmelden unter http://www.gmx.net +++ GMX - die erste Adresse f�r Mail, Message, More! +++
