Linux-Setup Digest #116, Volume #19 Sun, 9 Jul 00 00:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Redhat 6.0 / Xfree86_4.0 setup?? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: named no starting on boot? (Jim McIntyre)
Re: Stupid question?? VFAT partitions ("Andrew E. Schulman")
Re: The Big Dogs and the Tech Shitzus. ("Brian")
Re: kudzu,pcmcia and sound (Prasanth A. Kumar)
Re: Linux Newbie: How to boot with Windows 98? (Andrew Gambier)
Re: Changing The Window Manager (Alain)
recompiling kernal ("Richard Dunigan")
dma_intr error 0x51 & 0x84 (Thomas Okken)
3 primary partitions, 1 ext w/ swap and ext2 with linux, system commander, how to
lilo? ("mnip")
Alsa sound drive for E-machine (Wei Yang)
NIC Blowout???NEWBIE ("Trent Cook")
Posting moderated news... (Jimmy Lio)
Re: Mounting VFAT unpossible (newbie) ("Don Grafton")
Re: Thinkpad 380XD video frequencies (Valentin Guillen)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Redhat 6.0 / Xfree86_4.0 setup??
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 00:49:55 GMT
Help Please.
I have redhat 6.0. The Xfree86_4.0 *.tgz's from xfree86.org. The Nvidia
drivers for a Riva TNT2 AGP (Gigabyte GA-660) video card. I have been
searching and looking and trying to get this all installed and working
with no luck so far. Here are some of the problems that I am
encountering:
1) While running the install.sh; when it comes time to make the font
directory, I get the following errors.
usr/X11R6/bin/mkfontdir: unable to process font
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/(multiple file names).pcf.gz skipping.
2) During the following reboot, I see a failure of the Xfont server.
3) When I try to install the NVIDIA drivers, the kernel goes in ok but
the OpenGL returns an error message that Xfree86_4.0 is required.
I read another message that Redhat6.0 is using a different RPM utility
than Xfree86_4.0 is using. So I tried to get rpm-3.0.5 i386, when I
tried to install this it came back with "popt is needed",
"bzip2>=0.9.0c-2 is needeed" and "libbz2.so.0 is needed"
If someone could share a short summary of how they got Xfree_4.0 in
Redhat 6.0, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Ken Huckins
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Jim McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: named no starting on boot?
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 01:08:24 GMT
Devon Harding wrote:
> How can I get named to start on boot up on RHL62?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Devon
For named, or any other daemon you want to run when your system boots,
follow this procedure:
1.su to root
2. from the command line, run control panel
3. When the control-panel runs click on the run-level editor icon. It's
the second icon in the row. It looks like two sets of traffic lights.
4. Select the daemon you want to run.
5. Click on the add button below the list of daemons.
6. Another small window will appear. Select the run levels you want
named to run in. You probably want named to start in run levels 3 & 5,
and stop in run-level 1.
7. Click on done
8. Go back to the previous window, and click on execute if you want the
daemon to run now.
9. Click on file --> rescan rc.d
10. Click on file--> quit
That's it.
I hope this helps
Jim McIntyre
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From: "Andrew E. Schulman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Stupid question?? VFAT partitions
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 21:11:34 -0400
> This is probably a stupid question.
No.
> I boot multiple OS'es on my computer, and I want all of them to be able
> to see the same mail directory.
>
> In other words, I want Netscape Mail under Linux to be able to store my
> mail files on a VFAT partition on C: (ie the same directory where all my
> other Netscapes store my mail when I am running W95, OS/2 v 3, OS/2 v 4,
> etc. All installations of Netscape on my other partitions point to my
> C: drive, so that I can keep all my mail in one place, regardless of
> what partition/OS I am booting.
>
> Under any of my Linux distros, I can't write to my C: file unless I have
> root privileges. But since VFAT drives don't understand such things as
> file permissions, CHMOD, etc on the directory doesn't seem to have any
> effect.
Others have given you advice about how to mount VFAT partitions so that
everyone can write to them. Now my question is, will it work for, say,
Windows and Linux versions of Netscape to write to the same mail files.
I can't think of an example now, but I seem to remember that the two
versions don't write all of their files in exactly the same way. So
back up your files, and then please let us know how your experiment
works out.
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From: "Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: The Big Dogs and the Tech Shitzus.
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 01:26:07 GMT
Hey C.J.
C.J. wrote in message <39677af7$0$8302$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>In article <ePd95.85661$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Brian"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Doesn't Dialpad.com run on the browser in a java virtual machine?
>>Will it not run on Netscape?
>>At any rate, I always have a couple nodes that dual-boot into W98
>>for just such occasions.
>According to thier help section, though it is a java applet, it
>takes advantage of some Windows-specific features/device-drivers
>and will not work on anything other than Windows. They say they
>have a Mac version under developement, but NONE of the PC-to-phone
>sites I have found have Linux support and if they mention it at
>all it's about how to configure IPMASQ, or to say that they have
>no plans to support Linux.
Ah, oh course. I must not have been thinking - there would be quite a bit of
configuration of the soundcard/modem to enable that kind of service.
Watch freshmeat.net for some brilliant Linux advocate to decipher the Java
configuration applet and convert it to a Linux compatible configuration
script.
>I wish dial-pad.com would work with the Linux community to get
>some kind of support, even if it were something that had to be
>installed. Lets face it, a great many of us are either cheap,
>or are working-stiff types that will take advantage of a chance
>to save money if we can.
Do what I do, go and buy a copy of Windows from your local friendly pirate,
I paid about $20 for W98.
Best regards,
Brian
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: kudzu,pcmcia and sound
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Prasanth A. Kumar)
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 01:28:12 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Edward A. Falk) writes:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> David Efflandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Darren Christie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >What kind of hardware are you adding inside of a laptop? Kudzu is not
> >going to pay any attention to pcmcia.
>
> Kudzu recognized & configured my modem on first boot, but now I see
> no reason to leave it turned on.
>
> What's the "proper" way to disable an rc script? I usually rename
> the file from "S99xxx" to "s99xxx", but I don't know if there's
> a better way.
<snip>
man chkconfig
--
Prasanth Kumar
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Andrew Gambier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Newbie: How to boot with Windows 98?
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2000 21:26:31 -0400
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, DeAnn Iwan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>On Sat, 08 Jul 2000 06:30:03 GMT, Halwapuri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I just installed Corel Linux onto my machine..but now I don't know how to
>>boot it. I installed in on a seperate 1gb partition on my second hard
>>drive. This hard drive doesnt' have any other os on it. I have Windows 98
>>on my first hardrive and thats about it. Is there any way to boot Linux
>>from a disk at the start? Or is there a way to get a menu option to select
>>which os i want to boot with??
>>
>>Could anyone out there please explain this to me in layman's terms???
>>
>>Thanks for taking the time to answer my question..
>>
>>
> you can run lilo (linux loader) and write to the master boot record
>(hda). Lilo should find both your OS and come up with a boot prompt
>that will allow you to choose which OS. (to get a menu at the prompt,
>hit the tab key). It's a good idea to make a boot disk for each
>operating system before running Lilo so that it is easier to recover
>from any mistake.
... or you can use loadlin and you won't have to worry about messing up
your BIOS. Some pretty good instructions on how to make a dual-boot
using loadlin can be found on http://www.linuxnewbie.org/
--
andrew
http://www.mp3.com/thelefthandedgun
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Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 17:50:07 -0400
From: Alain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Changing The Window Manager
Michael Hart wrote:
> When I installed linux I chose to install the gnome wm. Now I find that I
> must use the KDE environment if I want to install kdevelop.
>
> Can anyone describe how to go about changing to the new wm (i.e. what
> packages I should install and what configration files I need to edit)
>
> thanks
>
> Michael Hart
I just did this by installing Redhat 6.2 as an upgrade for the 6.1 I used.
The upgrade (not reinstall) was easy and I'm now with Kde along with Gnome :
I can choose which to use from the login menu. I'm not sure though whether
Redhat does this automatically, or found some part of Kde Base on my system :
I indeed did try to install Kde using GnoRPM, with no success...
Alain Ickx
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From: "Richard Dunigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: recompiling kernal
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2000 21:22:30 -0500
I'm trying to compile kernal version 2.4.0-test2 (I know its a development
kernal) and it gives the following error:
Standard input}:360: Error no such 386 instruction: 'ldmacsr'
Standard input}:366: Error no such 386 instruction: 'movups'
Standard input}:367: Error no such 386 instruction: 'movups'
Standard input}:368: Error no such 386 instruction: 'divps'
Standard input}:378: Error no such 386 instruction: 'ldmxcsr'
make:***[init/ main.o] Error 1
Does anyone know what this is, or how I can fix it?
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From: Thomas Okken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: dma_intr error 0x51 & 0x84
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 22:47:12 -0400
When I shut down my machine, or more precisely, when I unmount /dev/hdc,
I get these errors:
hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: dma_intr: status=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: dma_intr: status=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: dma_intr: status=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: dma_intr: status=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
hdc: DMA disabled
ide1: reset: success
I noticed there's mention of similar errors in the configuration section
for the IDE driver, but it's not identical (I tried disabling multi-mode
anyway, but it made no difference).
I have two hard drives and one CD-ROM; here's the relevant boot
messages:
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.19
SIS5513: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 01
SIS5513: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide0: BM-DMA at 0x9880-0x9887, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
ide1: BM-DMA at 0x9888-0x988f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
hda: Maxtor 91531U3, ATA DISK drive
hdc: ST34311A, ATA DISK drive
hdd: LTN403, ATAPI CDROM drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
hda: Maxtor 91531U3, 14655MB w/512kB Cache, CHS=1868/255/63
hdc: ST34311A, 4126MB w/256kB Cache, CHS=8944/15/63
hdd: ATAPI 40X CD-ROM drive, 120kB Cache
Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.55
(Other possibly relevant info: the machine is an IBM Aptiva 2170-802, K6
CPU, running Mandrake 6.0, Linux 2.2.9-19mdk; vanilla except for adding
the Maxtor drive and moving the other drives around, and adding a PCI
Ethernet board (D-Link DFE-530TX+, which works fine).)
I suppose I could disable DMA altogether for ide1, but I'd rather not...
Am I doing something wrong? Or is there something wrong with the disks?
After I noticed these errors the first time, the (VFAT) filesystem on
hdc1 was corrupted, but it may have been corrupted beforehand (I hadn't
scandisked it before); I have not noticed problems since (I run scandisk
every time, just to be sure, until I figure this out).
Thanks in advance,
- Thomas
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From: "mnip" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 3 primary partitions, 1 ext w/ swap and ext2 with linux, system commander,
how to lilo?
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 03:19:10 GMT
I have a 30GB HD with 3 primary FAT32 partitions (win9x,win2k,storage) and
an extended partition with a swap and ext2fs. System commander is installed
in the first fat32 partition, and I'd like to keep it.
I have RH62 with the newest lilo on that ext2fs in the extended partition,
and if I use the boot disk, it runs fine.With the new lilo, I was hopeful
that I'd be able to point system commander at the lilo installed on the
partition and go. The problem seems to be that I was forced into the
extended partition by the existence of my other three primaries. System
Commander won't mark that active/bootable, which makes sense.
Any ideas? Could I make four primaries *and* an extended just for the swap
file?
- Is there any performance issue when using a boot disk? Once the kernel's
in memory, there shouldn't be any adverse affects, right? I haven't seen the
boot disk accessed once.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Wei Yang)
Subject: Alsa sound drive for E-machine
Date: 8 Jul 2000 21:13:49 -0700
Hi,
I have a E-machine (e-tower 500is) which has a built-in
Crystal Sound Fusion CD4280 card. I am running RD 6.2 on
it and I copied and installed ALSA sound drive v0.5.8.
But I could not get it work. Is there anybody having the
same machine and can hear anything from it? Please give
me some hint, especially /etc/conf.modules. Thanks,
Wei Yang
System and Network Admin
TAOS Mountain Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Trent Cook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NIC Blowout???NEWBIE
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 03:28:13 GMT
Hi,
I have a linux system running. Had a VERY basic ipchains script running
fine, with a machine inside of the linux box. I was surfing through it fine
last night at 12:00, then at 6:30 this morning I notice something died. Odd
seeing as how it had only been a few hours, the machine wasnt even rebooted,
let alone changed in any way at all.
What I noticed is this error:
eth0: transmit timed out, status 0073, resetting
I can ping the 127.0.0.1 address, (from local machine of course) but cant
even ping either of the ip addys from the installed nics, let alone any
address on the internet.
I have tried rebooting, restarting network, disabling ipchains altogether,
altering ip addys and configs, etc.
Please let me know if you have seen this happen, or if I should just
reinstall. Hopefully not as it is an odd error, and I would hate for it to
happen again.
I have two different nics installed and both were working fine, now
everything seems to be blasted? (pcnet32 and 8390 {ne2k-pci})
When I lsmod both modules for the NICs are still loading up fine as well.
I appreciate ANY feedback you can offer, or any tips at all.
Trent
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From: Jimmy Lio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,alt.linux
Subject: Posting moderated news...
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 11:04:04 +0800
I have successfully setup a moderated newsgroup using INN 2.2.2... news
posted to the moderated group are immediately transferred to the
moderator's mailbox. ... but the thing is: how do you repost those
moderated mail to the newsgroup? I tried saving the moderated news into
the moderator's account, and use 'inews' but it complains that I (as
root) don't have the permission to post the news. What am I missing
here?
Jimmy
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From: "Don Grafton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mounting VFAT unpossible (newbie)
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2000 20:47:35 -0700
Hi Frank,
Not sure but you might try this, it worked for me.
1) Create a new Folder/Directory on your root and call it something like
"Windows98". If you have KDE up and running you can do this with the KDE
file manager by pointing to the root and using the familiar
"File/New/Folder" routine. Otherwise use the mkdir command.
2) Now mount the desired volume using: mount -t vfat /dev/hda8
/Windows98
Hope this helps,
Don G.
"Frank Jenau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello to all,
>
> I am new in Linux, so please excuse for any stupid mistakes...
> but I have not had success in solving the following VFAT-Mounting
> problem:
>
> One partition (/dev/hda8) contains the DATA which has to be accessed
> from both, from Win98SE and
> from Linux.
> So I have chosen the following partitioning done with Linux-fdisk
> (Win98SE-fdisk doesn�t
> work, it hangs?...) of my 20GB-Seagate-HDD:
<Major Snip>
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From: Valentin Guillen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Thinkpad 380XD video frequencies
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 21:56:21 -0600
Fernando,
En el fichero de configuracion de X, deberias insertar esos valores los
cuales te dio el Matt.
Estos valores indican que las frecuencias de "vertical refresh" pueden
variar entre 50 y 90 hHz y las frecuencias horizontales pueden variar
entre 31.5 y 37.9 kHz.
Cuando uno anda queriendo configurar las frecuencias para monitores tipo
CRT, las frecuencial indicadas cuentan mucho y hacen que funcione o no u
monitor. Los monitores tipo LCD, por otra parte, no usan frencencias
"scan" Casi siempre, cuando uno tiene que indicar frecuencias para este
tipo de aparato, uno indica el 60hz vertical refresh rate.
Si esta uno connectar un video-projector o otro aparato similar, puede
uno aumentar la frecuencia vertical indicada en los "modelines" de este
fichero (XF86Config) a que sea 70, o 72, o hasta mas alto, dependiendo
en el aparato. De este modo, el monitor integro, y el video-projector
los dos se pueden utilizar simultaneamente.
Siempre, recuerde que las frecuencias indicadas en los "modelines"
tienen que estar en acuerdo con las frecuencias limites indicados en
esta parte del fichero:
HorizSync 31.5-37.9
VertRefresh 50-90
So then, Usually you'll have no problem as long as the frecuencies
indicated on each modeline entry are in corcordance with the limit
frecuencies indicated in the frequency-limits part of the file
referenced above.
Then even though the built in lcd screnn is not CRT-based, it is usually
given a vertical refresh rate of 60, even though there is not actually
an electron beam moving across a vacume CRT illuminating pixels and
turning on and off.
Now, even though LCD screens are usually said to run internally at 60hz,
you can up the frecuency to higher rates, in order to sucessfully synch
up through the external VGA output jack to external monitors or vid
projectors which want to see input signals in the ergonomic
VESA-stipulated frecuency ranges of 70~80Hz, while continuing to use the
internal display.
Part of the modeline includes the both frequencies to use. As long as
those freqs are within the limit ranges stipulated in an earlier part of
the XF86Config file, then they will be judged "acceptable" and not
parsed out of validity when X is firing up and parsing it's config
file. If the frecuencies are not within valid range, they are simply
parsed out of existence and ignored at this session.
As long as you have at least 2mb vid memory, you'll have no problem
displaying at 800x 16bit
Then, in the correct "screen" sections of the XF86Config file, ensure
that the resolutions appear in the order of your preference, so that the
first one referenced is then the default.
Good Luck I include my XF86Config file as an example to give you
something to compare to and maybe extract some informations.
*************************************************************************
# SaX autogenerated XF86Config file
# This file was generated from the SaX
# Version: 2.8 - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
# Date: Sat Nov 13 14:23:04 MST 1999
# Xserver:SVGA
# MouseVendor:Unknown
# MouseName:Unknown
# RamDac:50
# Dac8:85
# Dac16:50
# Dac24:
# Dac32:
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
AllowMouseOpenFail
EndSection
Section "Module"
EndSection
# This section is no longer supported
# See a template below
# Section "XInput"
# EndSection
Section "Keyboard"
Protocol "Standard"
XkbRules "xfree86"
XkbModel "pc104"
XkbLayout "us"
EndSection
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "PS/2"
Device "/dev/psaux"
SampleRate 139
Emulate3Buttons
Emulate3Timeout 200
BaudRate 1200
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Primary-Monitor"
VendorName "!!! LCD !!!"
ModelName "SVGA 800X600@60HZ"
HorizSync 31.5-60
VertRefresh 50-62
Modeline "1024x768" 49.93 1024 1040 1216 1328 768 768 773 802
Modeline "640x480" 25.79 640 656 720 832 480 480 484 501
Modeline "800x600" 40.35 800 816 928 1040 600 600 606 626
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Primary-Card"
VendorName "---AUTO DETECTED---"
BoardName "---AUTO DETECTED---"
VideoRam 2048
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Driver "SVGA"
Device "Primary-Card"
Monitor "Primary-Monitor"
DefaultColorDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Driver "Accel"
Device "Primary-Card"
Monitor "Primary-Monitor"
DefaultColorDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection
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