Hi Robyn, You know more about Linux than the Mandrake expert <G> As I said in my follow-up message, the "expert" said there was no way to stop X. Just to change the boot options so X would not start.
Now I am back to my old problem. When I run drakconf I get two messages "configuring Xserver" and "Installing Packages" with no option for me to change anything. When my new video card arrives, I may have to do a complete reinstall in order to get the card configured. I have done this about 10 times already, so one more will not hurt. BTW - during installation of Mandrake 8.2 there is a nice graphical screen that comes up that allows you to change the video card, resolution, monitor, etc and then test the settings before writing them to the xf86config file. Can I get to that screen after I have Mandrake up an running? Is that the screen that is supposed to show up when I run drakconf? Vic Roberts -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Robyn Manning Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2002 10:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Newbie]XF86Config vs. XF86Config-4 Hi Vic In 'X' if you press Ctrl-Alt-F2 you will get a terminal screen you can login as root from there run drakconf and exit out of there and restart 'X'. You may also have to restart the login screen as that's a part of 'X'. Ctrl-Alt-BS only gets you out of 'X' and back to a login screen be that graphical or text. Robyn On Sun, 2002-06-16 at 03:02, Victor Roberts wrote: > Hi Ronyn, > > Thanks for the hint about drakconf. I was using only xf86config and getting > nowhere. I have one very stupid question. I know this is somewhere in the > documentation, but I can't find it. How to I kill X and return to the > command line without X running at all? I thought that was CTRL-ALT-BS, but > that kills the current session and restarts X, it does not leave me at the > command line without X running. > > Thanks. > > Vic > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Robyn Manning > Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 8:48 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Newbie]XF86Config vs. XF86Config-4 > > > Hi Vic > > You're on the right track about changing the symlink to point to XFree86 > when you get your new card. The configuration program is drakconf and > you use it from the command line outside of 'X'. If that's a problem > email the list again. > > Oh yes you need to run drakconf as root. > > Robyn > > On Sat, 2002-06-15 at 21:37, Victor Roberts wrote: > > Thanks for the reply. Mandrake 8.2 is rather confusing on support for > > XFree86. Only version 4.2.0 of XFree86 itself is available, but if you > have > > a card that is not supported in version 4.2.0, then Mandrake loads the > > specific driver, such as XFree86_s3, from XFree86 version 3.3.6. I am > using > > such an S3 card and have run X-version to confirm that I am running 3.3.6 > > and not 4.2.0. > > > > Since this old card is not working very well, I have a new video card on > the > > way that is supported in XFree86 4.2.0. The question is, how do I > > reconfigure my system for the new card? If the system reads XF86Config now > > because I have a version 3 driver loaded how do I tell, it to read > > XF86Config-4 when I have a card that uses a Version 4 driver? There is a > > file called X that points to XFree86_s3. Perhaps that needs to be changed > to > > point to XFree86. (Which is the 4.2.0 server) > > > > You also say that you do not use xf86Config. How do you reconfigure the > > video drivers from the command line? > > > > Actually, the fastest way for me to proceed would be a complete > > reinstallation of Mandrake or perhaps even Red Hat as I am getting rather > > frustrated with the Mandrake installation program and all the bugs related > > to its implementation of XFree86. (This is on a test machine that I am > using > > to learn about Linux.) > > > > Thanks again. > > > > Vic > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > Behalf Of Patrick Connolly > > Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 3:41 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [Newbie]XF86Config vs. XF86Config-4 > > > > > > On Fri, 14-Jun-2002 at 05:17PM -0400, Victor Roberts wrote: > > > > |> What is the difference between XF86Config and XF86Config-4 ? From man > > |> XF86Config it seems that if XF86Config exists then XF86Config-4 is not > > read. > > |> Is that correct? > > > > I doubt it unless Mandrake is quite different from RedHat. I've just > > been investigating this matter after being confused for a long time, > > and have found out that if you do a > > > > X -version > > > > and you get a 4 in the version number, your XF86Config file is not > > being read at all. If you haven't made major changes to your default > > installation, it's highly likely that you're using Version 4.x.x. It > > appears that some people could have reason for wanting to use an older > > version so the older format file is there for them to use. > > > > Lots of stuff is now built into the X server so it doesn't need to > > look for it in the config file as it did before. It will get > > additional information from the XF86Config-4 file (which you'll notice > > is much smaller), but has its ideas as to what is a correct Modeline, > > for instance. > > > > |> Also, using Mandrake 8,2 I am unable to create a new XF86Config file > that > > |> works after I run xf86config. I always get an error message hat there > is > > |> something wrong with the XF86Config file. The only way to get X started > > is > > |> to save the old file under a different name and then copy it back over > > |> XF86Config. Is this a Mandrake problem of a general problem with > > xf86config? > > > > > > I've not used xf86config, so I can't say. > > > > best > > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > > The contents of this e-mail are privileged and/or confidential to the > > named recipient and are not to be used by any other person and/or > > organisation. 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