On Monday 26 November 2001 11:43 pm, you wrote: > I am new at this so patients is lost. I just cannot seem to get the > Xconfigurator to work. I have tried editing the /usr/bin that does not > help/ When I run X or Statr X I am getting a fatal error that seems to be > pointing to a can't find PCI memory something or another, does anybody know > a fix for this. I know this may sound stupid but was is Slackware. PS This > is a Compaq 1700t and Redhat 7.2 witch by the way runs great on my Desktop > Pc >
X is a poweful and complicated system. Remember the first rule of working with large and powerful systems: "Don't Panic". X is your friend, you will trust the X with your life soon enough. Even though it appears monstrous and unusable, it is not so, young one! =) Let me help you soothe yourself by pointing out how what you just said is confusing to us. 1) I personally have never gotten xconfigurator to do anything useful for me. Give up on it. 3) Hardware. What do you have? What is the horizontal and vertical frequencies of your monitor? How much memory does your video card have? What modes does it support at what frequencies? If you do not know, find out. Torture the salesperson or the tech support people if you have to. Put them on the rack, that's what it is for. You'll want to know (if you want any 3D acceleration) exactly what card you have. This can be taken care of when you get something working first. 3) xf86config *or* Check to see if there is some tool that comes with your distro to help you configure X. Read the books. Or both. MAKE BACKUPS of any XF86Config file (located most likely at /etc/X11/XF86Config) that works at all. Add comments at the top like "Works, but mouse is bad." "Works but low res." "Works but not enough colors." to remind yourself of what it works like. 4) Tweak it. xf86config should give you something that "works". Your distro should give you something that "works". You usually have to tweak it to get it to work *right*. "man XF86Config" will get you started in the right place. Check out the docs at www.xfree86.org for supported hardware and further instruction. Any questions, I would love to help. I am in a very good mood today. Jonathan _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
