if it were my machine and it needed a GUI i would prob use win 3.1, anyhthing more would be too much.
nate On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Eric Hagglund wrote: eahagg >This isn't for me, it's for some children who don't eahagg >have a computer and I, like much of the world don't eahagg >have the luxury of 300 Mhz processors and have to get eahagg >by as best I can. I don't have the equipment and the eahagg >worstations are going to have to be standalone. eahagg > eahagg >I don't agree with your pronouncement on the eahagg >feasibility of X other than the fact that it runs eahagg >slower on slower machines. I've seen it run on 486s eahagg >plenty of times before. It sounds like you are eahagg >possibly new to Linux and accustomed to using higher eahagg >end machines, not having thoroughly explored the eahagg >capabilities of the operating system. eahagg > eahagg >--- aphro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: eahagg >> even if he could get XF86 setup for EGA(maybe he eahagg >> can...) i dont think it eahagg >> would run worth a shit, its better to leave a eahagg >> machine like that in console eahagg >> mode. if you want X, install vncserver and run X eahagg >> apps from remote. i eahagg >> would avoid X on anything less then 200Mhz 48MB (any eahagg >> system i install now eahagg >> is 350MHz 64MB+) eahagg >> eahagg >> nate eahagg >> eahagg >> On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Eric Hagglund wrote: eahagg >> eahagg >> eahagg >Can anyone help with this or at least tell eahagg >> me if it's eahagg >> eahagg >not feasible? eahagg >> eahagg > eahagg >> eahagg >--- Eric Hagglund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> eahagg >> wrote: eahagg >> eahagg >> Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 07:40:20 -0800 eahagg >> (PST) eahagg >> eahagg >> From: Eric Hagglund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> eahagg >> eahagg >> Subject: Configuring x-windows for EGA eahagg >> eahagg >> To: Debian User Lists User Lists eahagg >> eahagg >> <[email protected]> eahagg >> eahagg >> eahagg >> eahagg >> I'm trying to get a 486dx set up with eahagg >> X-windows. The eahagg >> eahagg >> monitor I'm using is a NEC Multisynch eahagg >> JC1401-P3A EGA eahagg >> eahagg >> that was manufactured when Ronald Reagan eahagg >> was peaking eahagg >> eahagg >> in popularity (in the U.S. at least, eahagg >> before Oliver eahagg >> eahagg >> North eclipsed him; no I'm not kidding :). eahagg >> I have eahagg >> eahagg >> installed Debian 1.3.1 onto a 500 meg hard eahagg >> drive and eahagg >> eahagg >> am now trying to get X Windows configured eahagg >> using the eahagg >> eahagg >> text based install utility, because the eahagg >> graphical eahagg >> eahagg >> setup uses VGA by default and that is eahagg >> (apparently) eahagg >> eahagg >> too eahagg >> eahagg >> much for this dinosaur to handle. eahagg >> eahagg >> eahagg >> eahagg >> Anyway, I am now at the menu where you eahagg >> choose the eahagg >> eahagg >> horizontal synch range for the monitor. eahagg >> All the eahagg >> eahagg >> choices available to me, save one are for eahagg >> VGA eahagg >> eahagg >> monitors. The last choice allows me to put eahagg >> in a eahagg >> eahagg >> range eahagg >> eahagg >> of my own. What should I put in? eahagg >> eahagg >> eahagg >> eahagg >> Then, when it asks me about the vertical eahagg >> range, what eahagg >> eahagg >> should I put in for that? eahagg >> eahagg >> eahagg >> eahagg >> BTW the back of the monitor says it's eahagg >> rated for 120 eahagg >> eahagg >> volts at 60hz, and it appears to have eahagg >> jumpers for eahagg >> eahagg >> color settings. 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