At 01:43 AM 10/17/00 -0700, Bob George wrote:
>"Heimo Claasen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > [...]
> > 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?
>
>- Bob
The update on my troubles with this machine is that i've abandoned all hope
of running a GUI on it. When the video adapter is supported, the monitor
isn't. In fact, nothing seems to satisfy this crazy monitor except
windows! A windows-only monitor maybe?
So anyway, i've got redhat 6.0 running on it (had corel's latest and it
kept hanging at boot and I couldn't figure why) and i'm working on learning
how to do stuff in CLI. I also have X4win so if I DO get the thing to
network with my winbox i can run xwindows as a remote client and still
operate the linux in GUI. Mind you, by the time i learn to configure a
network i won't need a GUI anymore!! hee hee
At the moment, i'm typing the MAN pages for Samba and nmdb onto a text file
in my laptop for easier reference.
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