On Mon, 10-Jun-2002 at 11:52PM -0700, Lionel Lecoq wrote:
|> I am afraid the XF86Config-4 files are only supplied by a couple of
|> distributions (RH for instance) because they provide BOTH 3.3.6 and
|> 4.x.x. As a consequence it is not a standard and is probably only
|> documented (if at all) in those distributions. As an aside, I am
|> surprised to find out that The files in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 are
|> used: on one of my PC I am running RH 7.1 with both 3.3.6 and 4.x.x
|> (depending on the user id, with 3.3.6 I get acceleration not with
|> 4.x.x -its an old PC) in my case, I doubt very much that anything
|> else than what is in /etc/X11 is used...
Could it just be that it's detail not tidied up properly?
|> Anyhow, If you are using only one version why not copy the relevant
|> file onto the other.
Basically because I don't know what I'm doing yet. I was hoping to
find documentation to rectify the matter. I wanted to be able to
change the vertical refresh rate (and by implication, the dot clock)
and I wanted to find out the most koshur way of doing it.
The RedHat docs tell me:
<quote>
First, see which version of X you are running. Type this command:
ls -l /etc/X11/X
If it is linked to a file that has XF86 in the name (such as
/usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA) then you are using XFree86 3.3.x. If the
file that it is linked to is XFree86 then you are using XFree86 4.x.
If you are running 3.3.x, look at the file /etc/X11/XF86Config. If
your are running 4, then look at /etc/X11/XF86Config-4...... {That was
to do with looking for color depth, but the same applies to modelines.]
</quote>
This gives contradictory information. According to this, I'm running
XFree86 4.x, but my system can't be using the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
file because it doesn't cover the resolution I am using -- that
information MUST be coming from the XF86Config file. So, until I
understand what is meant to be going on, I'm a bit reticent to be very
adventurous.
best
P
|>
|>
|> --- Patrick Connolly <p.connolly@hortresearch.co.nz> wrote:
|> > Contrary to what people tell me, it seems to be certain that
|> > XF86Config files are still necessary since the XF86Config-4 is too
|> > sparse. Is there documentation that covers how these files are
|> > linked?
|> >
|> > I'm finding it confusing to work out why /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
|> > links to /etc/X11/XF86Config, not /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 when the new
|> > format is ostensibly taken care of in the -4 file.
|> >
|> > Points to docs, please. The HOW-TOs don't seem to cover it.
|> >
|> > best
|> >
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