Why in the world did you start with Debian? That's like starting the fourth grade with differential equations. Try Mandrake. You can download it for free, or go to linuxcentral.com and buy the CDs for a couple of bucks. It's not you; jumping into Debian left you open to all the linux Asberger cases. On Thursday 16 May 2002 22:59, Adam Weston wrote: > (Sorry in advance, this pissy post is the result of extreme frustration) > > I am a new Debian user and have been trying without success to get a > working configuration for X. Every peice of documentation I read is > incomplete and conflicts with some other readme, manpage, faq or howto. I > cannot figure out how to calculate modelines, or if indeed I need to. I am > a web developer and not technically stupid, and I am close to totally > giving up. If it's this difficult for a geek to use Linux, it will never go > far as an OS for regular users :( > > I currently have it running at 640x480/16color/don't know what refresh > rate. I would include the XF86Config but its very large and I would have to > copy it by hand twice because I don't yet know any way to transer files to > Windows. Anyways I'm pretty sure the file is configured wrong and its > working by a fluke. There are about 50 modelines in it, but within X, I > can't change modes at all. I also don't even know if that is the correct > file... > > The manufacturer of the chipset on my video card provides drivers for SuSE, > RedHat, and Mandrake. Will one of these work with Debian? (not that I have > any way to download them) They are found at: > http://www.powervr.com/Downloads.asp > > If anyone can just tell me the steps _ALL of them_ , and the contents of > _EVERY_ file that I have to modify to get a decent > resolution/colordepth/refresh, they will be my hero. Here is all the > relevent information. If anything else is needed I will find it. > > ________________ > __/ MONITOR \_________________________________________ > > | Envision N-910e Standard CRT | > | CRT: Size (Diagonal): 19” (48.3cm) | > | (?): FST | > | Viewable Image Size (Diagonal): 18.0” (45.7cm) | > | Pre-set Display Area: 346mm x 260mm | > | Signal Input Video: 0.7Vp-p, RGB analog | > | Compatibility: VESA, XGA, SVGA, VGA | > | Scan Frequency Horizontal: 30K~95KHz | > | Pixel Frequency: 200MHz | > | Max. Resolution: 1600 x 1200 / 75Hz | > | Plug & Play VESA DDC1/2B | > |_____________________________________________________________| > > ______________ > __/ VIDEO CARD \___________________________________________ > > | Hercules Prophet 4500 Version 7.89 | > | > | Video BIOS version: PowerVR KYRO II Bios Rev 01.107 | > | Video RAM: 64 MB | > | Sub system vendor ID: 1681h | > | Board revision: 0h | > |_____________________________________________________________| > > Thanks in advance to anyone who can help. > -Adam > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > _______________________________________________ > > Newbie@XFree86.Org > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
