Sorry for bombarding the list with messages this morning. However I have some solutions to the problems I previously posted on this list as well as new questions.
A few days ago I was having trouble getting my video card and monitor setup for X. As you know there are a couple of different options for setting up X in Linux, namely, xf86cfg, xf86config, and xf86setup. Well, I decided to try xf86setup. It was short and sweet but allowed X to start up with 24 bit depth. But the downside was that the resolution was still in 640*480. I remembered seeing a message at the end of one of the configuration utilities that said the configuration info was stored in /etc/X11/XF86Config, so I decided to take a look...then modify as per the instructions given in the man pages. That is, I added a HorizSync line set to 48kHz, and a another to adjust the screen size to 1024*768. This worked perfectly and the result was that I now have X running at 1024*768 with 24 bit depth. My new questions: Do I need a VertRefresh line as well? Is this beneficial, dangerous or otherwise? Is it dangerous to set the HorizSync line to a specific rate rather than a range? For example, should I have set the range to 30-50kHz rather than just 48? What is the up side and down side to this? I do not want to burn up my hardware. As a note, the reason I set the HorizSync to 48 is because in the manual for my monitor there is a chart that shows the present modes of the monitor. Mode 6)Vesa is 1024*768, HorizFreq 18kHz, VertFreq 60Hz. Do I need to do something with the VertFreq setting for X? Thanks again, Matthew Stapleton ============================ http://webpages.marshall.edu/~staple12 Go there now! You know you want to. ============================ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
