Thanks Peter! I'll try the Expert Mode tonight. BTW, I wasn't presented with a choice of X3 or X4 at install time, so I hope it is X4...
Regards, Cid. --- Peter Ruskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > On Wednesday 30 Jan 2002 13:07, Cidadão Dorense > wrote: > > Hi all. > > > > I'm currently running Mdk 8.1 in a Dell machine > with a > > ATI (MACH 64) video card and a P990 Monitor. Mdk > upon > > istallation doesn't present me with an 1152x864 > > resolution option; it jumps from 1024x768 to > > 1280x1024. > > It will probably offer 1152x864 if you click "Expert > Mode" and then "Show > All" in Mandrake Control Centre. > > > > > The 1152 option is the best resolution for me, > since > > the 1280 one flickers a little bit. I used 1152 > for a > > long time in Caldera OL. > > > > Well, observing the list I got to know the XFree86 > > -configure option and tryied that as root, saving > the > > file to /root/XF86Config. Then, I tryied XFree86 > > -xf86configfile /root/XF86Config and it brought up > X > > in the desired resolution, although no Window > Manager > > came up, just raw X. > > Save your working XF86Config or XF86Config-4 to > *.save and keep them in > /etc/X11. > > > > Then, if I reboot, it doesn't go in runlevel 5 > > anymore, the logs telling that /root/XF86Config > > contain errors (??). How did the default boot got > > pointed to /root/XF86Config if I only tested it > with > > the -xf86configfile option? > > > > Also, the Mandrake generated XF86Config file > contain > > modelines for the monitor; since X release 4+ > doesn't > > require that, I tryied to remove those lines but > it > > complains. And in /etc/X11 there are XF86Config > and > > XF86Config-4 files. Caldera used the "-4" file, > where > > Mdk seems to be using the one without the "-4"... > This > > is a lot disturbing. > > > If you're using XFree3 Mandrake will use > /etc/X11/XF86Config. > If you're using XFree4 Mandrake will use > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. > > > Can anyone help? > > > > Thanks, > > Cid. > > > > ===== > > "It said it uses Windows 95 or better, so I loaded > Linux!" > > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > >________________________ Yahoo! GeoCities > > Tenha seu lugar na Web. Construa hoje mesmo sua > home page no Yahoo! > > GeoCities. É fácil e grátis! > http://br.geocities.yahoo.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-users mailing list - > http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests > are located at the > > above URL. > > -- > Peter Ruskin, Wrexham, Wales. AMD Athlon XP 1600+, > 512MB RAM. > Registered Linux User 219434. Mandrake Linux > release 8.1 (Vitamin) > Kernel 2.4.8-34.1mdk-win4lin, XFree86 4.1.0, patch > level 21mdk. > KDE: 2.2.2. Qt: 2.3.2. Up 7 hours 1 minute. > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list - > http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are > located at the above URL. ===== "It said it uses Windows 95 or better, so I loaded Linux!" _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! GeoCities Tenha seu lugar na Web. Construa hoje mesmo sua home page no Yahoo! GeoCities. É fácil e grátis! http://br.geocities.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
