Re: Changing reolustion without X

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On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 05:24:36PM -0500, Thomas Dodd wrote:
> 
> 
> Ed Wilts wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 01:36:32PM -0500, Thomas Dodd wrote:
> >>I just tried a few more things with RHL9.
> >>--noui --reconfig  : created a completely new config file, using the 
> >>same probing that the installer used.
> > 
> > 
> > Only if the X session is successful.  If the probe tries and fails,
> > you're up a creek with only half a paddle.
> 
> Sound like something for bugzilla maybe. Not sure why X wouldn't startup 
> though. I tried it on an old laptop, specifying the wrong chip/sync, and 
>   when that didn't work It switched to the vesa driver. But if I give 
> the correct chip/sync it's fine. I don't see X, but it appears to be 
> running  somewhere.

I've already bugzilla'd it.  With my ProSavageDDR chipset, the savage
driver dies a quick and horrible death (X hang) whereas vesa works just
fine.

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Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
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