On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 04:35:24PM -0400, Jason Pratt wrote:
> On 10 Jun 2001 11:32:33 -0400, Paul M Foster wrote:
>
> > Smitty echoed my intent: edit your XF86Config file by hand. If you get
> > it wrong, X won't run and will print out an error message. Presumably
> > it's _almost_ right, so you just need tweaks.
> >
>
> Well I edited it by hand and rebooted.. still the same as before.. I
> don't think release 4 reads the XF85Config the same was as release 3
> did. I did notice that there is an XF86Config-4 in there as well. I
> looked through that and didn't see any mention of what I'm needing to
> change.
>
Hmm. I'm outta my league here, because I've never used X 4. But I wonder
of v4 doesn't use modelines any more?
> > The xf86config utility is stone age, and as I recall, you do have to
> > reiterate everything you already put in it. A better utility (graphical)
> > is XF86Setup. It comes with Red Hat, though you may not have installed
> > it. The only problem is that in some cases XF86Setup won't run properly.
> > I don't know why. xf86config is the last chance text mode config utility
> > which will always run, but I'd use XF86Setup if you can.
> >
>
> Should I be able to find XF86Setup on any of the Mandrake CD's?
>
Should be. But then, I've never used Mandrake. RH includes it.
Paul
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