"Heimo Claasen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [...]
> This X-server setup is the nastiest thing in the Linux maelstroem
> anyway. If you haven't got the monitor and video card specifications
> completely and precisely, you're stuck, or in danger. (So call some
> obscure screen or card producer when you "sit in Siberia", for
> instance.)
But it's really no worse than the alternative. NO WAY are you going to get
anything more than VGA working under WinX with an unsupported card. At least
with Linux, with a bit of persistence, you can get most going to their
capabilities. For free.
> [...]
> Madness is that the XF86Setup program with its GUI *does* arrive to
> use the apparently best possible screen resolution with a given
> machine setup - and there's *no* way to simply get to know how it does
> (and to use the details of the configuration of *that* one as is.)
It uses a safe default, which should work with any VGA adapter. Just use a
VGA16 driver and you can probably get just about anything to show something
on screen. If you use an obscure card and monitor (not selectable by name
from the list), then it's going to be a challenge. The fewer folks who use a
device, the less likely it is to be found. BUT, being the hardcore,
don't-need-no-stinkin' GUI types, that should be a challenge we're up to,
right?
> Linux open, transparent ? I ask you.
It's simple. If you want to run Linux painlessly, use SUPPORTED hardware. If
you've got some moth-eaten, Brand X hardware, expect a challenge. Don't go
calling your own limitations those of Linux!
I'm dealing with exactly this scenario. I'm trying to get a rather obscure
video card that can drive my fixed-frequency HP monitor (1097A from an old
725 :) to work in my Linux box. Turns out the card's chipset is NOT on the
supported list, so I get to play around a bit. However, if I pop a
well-known card (Diamond Viper V330, ATI 98) in, it all comes right up and
looks great. Hell, RedHat's configurator even AUTO-DETECTS it. Not bad for
free, certainly open, and pretty damned transparent if you ask me!
- Bob
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