On Thursday 30 January 2003 8:34 pm, Donald E Haselwood wrote:
> John,
>
> Thanks for the conversion tip.  Using MS Word did not occur to me!  I tried
> everything else, e.g. file transfer with samba, etc.

you can use "ftp".  Make sure it is in text mode before you do the "get".   
This btw is the difference between text and binary mode in ftp.

>
> >mv /etc/X11/XF86Config-4{,.backup-30012003}
>
> This gives "No such file or directory".  I checked on my newer machine
> (also RH8, and works fine) and I didn't find a XF86Config-4 file.

Okay skip this step and go straight onto the :

redhat-config-xfree86

JohnFlux
>
> Don
>
> At 05:13 PM 1/30/03 +0000, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >Well your config file says:
> >
> >(==) VGA(0): Virtual size is 320x200 (pitch 320)
> >(**) VGA(0): Built-in mode "Generic 320x200 default mode": 12.6 MHz
> >(scaled from 25.2 MHz), 31.5 kHz, 70.2 Hz (VScan)
> >
> >
> >No wonder it all looks big :)
> >
> >Btw to convert from linux format to windows you can open the file in MSDOS
> >Edit.  (file->run-> "edit")  Then save it, or copy and paste it.  Also MS
> >Word will convert iirc. :)
> >
> >Anyway, on with the story..  You need to setup some resolutions.
> >
> >Quickest way to do this is probably just to start from scratch.
> >Do:
> >
> >mv /etc/X11/XF86Config-4{,.backup-30012003}
> >redhat-config-xfree86
> >
> >Let me know how this works out.
> >
> >JohnFlux
>
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