Don, there will be useful information in /var/log/XFree86.0.log
On Sat, 2004-05-22 at 17:56, Don Gould wrote: > Last night I got in to some late night googleing and turned up some > info... > > see: http://www.oceanpark.com/notes/sony_vaio_pcg-z505js.html > > (search for heading: Day 2 ) > > I also looked at this link... > > http://larve.net/people/hugo/2000/07/linux-vaio#x > > and this link... > > http://larve.net/people/hugo/2001/07/XF86Config-4 > > First I tried to just replace my xf86config with the version at the > first link above... > > Problem is that this version was made for RH6.x and I'm running RH9 > > Rebooted and was informed that it couldn't understand my config and ran > the config program to return me to where I started... > > Then I tried just copy and pasting the bits that I thought might > apply... same result as above. > > Then I tried using the XF86Config-4 from the last link above... this > time I was told there was no screens found and the reconfig thing ran > again to return be back to square 1. > > My problem is that I just don't understand enough about XF86Config to > know what I'm doing to convert from the 6.x version to 9. > > Below is my current XF86Config which works execpt for the zoomed 800*600 > screen (as discribed by the author of the first link). > > Cheers Don > > # XFree86 4 configuration created by redhat-config-xfree86 > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "Default Layout" > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > InputDevice "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore" > EndSection > > Section "Files" > # RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name > of the > # file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally > # no need to change the default. > > # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) > # By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of > # the X server to render fonts. > > RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" > FontPath "unix/:7100" > EndSection > > Section "Module" > Load "dbe" > Load "extmod" > Load "fbdevhw" > Load "glx" > Load "record" > Load "freetype" > Load "type1" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1)) > # Option "Xleds" "1 2 3" > > # To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable. > # Option "XkbDisable" > > # To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the > # lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S. > # keyboard, you will probably want to use: > # Option "XkbModel" "pc102" > # If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use: > # Option "XkbModel" "microsoft" > # > # Then to change the language, change the Layout setting. > # For example, a german layout can be obtained with: > # Option "XkbLayout" "de" > # or: > # Option "XkbLayout" "de" > # Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" > # > # If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and > # control keys, use: > # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps" > # Or if you just want both to be control, use: > # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps" > # > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "keyboard" > Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" > Option "XkbModel" "pc105" > Option "XkbLayout" "us" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "PS/2" > Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > # If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then > # this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you > # also use USB mice at the same time. > Identifier "DevInputMice" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor0" > VendorName "Monitor Vendor" > ModelName "Unknown monitor" > HorizSync 31.5 - 37.9 > VertRefresh 50.0 - 70.0 > Option "dpms" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Videocard0" > Driver "neomagic" > VendorName "Videocard vendor" > BoardName "NeoMagic MagicMedia 256AV+ (laptop/notebook)" > Option "externDisp" "" > Option "internDisp" "" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Videocard0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > DefaultDepth 16 > SubSection "Display" > Depth 16 > Modes "800x600" "640x480" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > Section "DRI" > Group 0 > Mode 0666 > EndSection > > >
