Steve,
WHen you run "setup" from linux 3 and go through all of your fine-tuning,
you come to the bottom and it says "desktop settings". If you go through
that menu, it will allow you to set your X to start up in "plain X" or KDE.
When I chose "plain X" and did startx, a very plain looking GUI shows up,
and looks great! But you don't get hi-res, and I think for a novice it lacks
quite a bit of functions.
I will go to the config file and look over the samples for monitors and edit
it. I will also go to XFree86.org and do some more reading.
Sam
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Philp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 1999 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Startup issues.
> Sam Roza wrote:
> >
> > Steve, all,
> >
> > Thanks for the replies. Ok, I've edited and all of that, but I can't
seem to
> > find the right combos(noaccel still doesn't work, just locks up)...
>
> You might try the release notes for 3.3.5 at the XFree website. They
> might have better information about any problems with using the Cirrus
> chipset. XFree is at www.xfree86.org
>
> > Now I've discovered that I can get my plain GUI to work excellently, but
the
> > KDE desktop just locks up. Not sure why it locks up when it should just
look
> > crappy.
>
> What do you mean "plain GUI"? You mentioned in an earlier message that
> you were going to boot with "linux 3"... that will get you just plain
> text mode that doesn't have much to do with video card resolutions at
> all.
>
> > When the "can you see this message" message pops up after setting up,
> > everything looks good until the countdown numbers change, then it fails
to
> > redraw, and all of the numbers and letters write over each other. Makes
me
> > think this is a Monitor issue...
>
> Well, the monitor only draws what the video card tells it to. I'd look
> into deja.com to see if there are any messages from other Cirrus users
> that might point out what sorts of problems they've encountered.
>
> > My monitor is a Compaq V70 17" monitor Hor. sync 30-69 and Vert. 37.5
> > @1280x1024. It is not in the monitor list, and when I set custom params,
I
> > choose the closest to it, and I get garbage, go as low as
possible...same
> > effect.
>
> Are you comfortable editing /etc/X11/XF86Config? You can set the
> correct parameters in that file. Won't make alot of difference until
> you get the video card issues sorted out though...
>
> --
> Steve Philp, MCSE / MCP+I
> Network Administrator
> Advance Packaging Corporation
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
