Re: Mandrake 8.1 and X
Hi all! Peter was right. I found the 1152 resolution under Expert Mode. Something that bothers me still is the fact that I wasn't able to get the same refresh rates as in Windows (my monitor OSD shows the horizontal sync and refresh being used) for that resolution. Any ideas? Thanks, C. --- Cidadão Dorense [EMAIL PROTECTED] escreveu: 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. = 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.
Re: Mandrake 8.1 and X
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.
Mandrake 8.1 and X
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. 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. 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. 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.
