I had a similar problem with the Cirrus Logic CL-GD5428 that is not supported with the XFree86 4.2 What I did was get a copy of XF_86SVGA.bz2 on a floppy an copied on the /usr/X11R6/bin using the Midnight commander. If you press F9 look on the menu and unzip the file. Unzip all the goodies on that directory and scroll down on the same directory and find a file call XF86cfg and hit enter do the video config and use " VESA " and in my case I use " Packard Bell monitor " choice since it was not listed and BINGO !!! It worked ! It was a case of trial and error. It might work with the one of the choices on the menu of video cards. For Peanut 7.3 I used the Midnight Commander and ran XF86setup and use the pesky looking ol' DOS screens and It worked too. My PC is a Packard Bell 486DX2 66MHZ and 64 MB Ram and 1.2 GB hard disk. It runs slow with Peanut 9.4 IS TOO BIG OF A PROGRAM FOR THAT pc, IT RAN BETTER WITH peanut 7.3 INSTALL EASIER AND NO MODS NECESSARY SINCE ALL DRIVERS ARE xfREE86 3.3 AND WORKS ON OLDER PCs. try TO GET SOME MORE RAM I bet that will do the trick, since you need at least 32 MB of RAM. Use video Resolution 800X640 and 8 bits. As soon you log on get rid of the wallpaper and use a much simpler single color one. On the 486 ran very slow but manageable if you are patient. What I found is... Look on /usr/X11R6/bin directory. By playing there you will find the correct configuration. I hope this help !!! -----Original Message----- From: jo@neolabs.be [mailto:jo@neolabs.be] Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 6:55 AM To: newbie@XFree86.Org Subject: Re: XF86Config 3.3.x while running 4.2.0 Hi again Well the XFree86 -configure indeed generated a 4.2.0 Config file, and X starts, but on my screen I only see a small portion of what appears to be hughe virtual screen. My menu bar at the bottom is hughe, and moving to the top off the virtual screen span several "physical" screens, if you know what I mean. I played around with Horizsync and Vertrefresh, but no good. The monitor is old : Compaq 150 Chipset : S3 Trio64V2 The 200 Mhz processor is to slow for RH 7.3, so I'll have to run it at rl 3 anyway, but I'd like to understand tha cause. Thanks in advance Jo De Baer On Wed, 04 Sep 2002 16:03:09 +0200 jo@neolabs.be wrote: > Hi, > > I have just installed RH 7.3 on my pc with S3 Trio64V2, and apparently > the XF86Config file is in 3.3.x syntax, while the X > running is version 4.2.0 ... > > startx fails with the message that he cannot find the screen. > > Will XFree86 -configure help? Going to try that tonight. Does anyone > have another solution or the reason why this happened? > > Does it have to do with the option of installing "X system" of > "classical X system" when installing 7.3 as server? If not, does > anyone know why this option is there? > > Thanks a lot > > Jo De Baer > > NEOlabs - http://www.neolabs.be - mailto:info@neolabs.be > _______________________________________________ > > Newbie@XFree86.Org > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie NEOlabs - http://www.neolabs.be - mailto:info@neolabs.be _______________________________________________ Newbie@XFree86.Org *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie _______________________________________________ Newbie@XFree86.Org *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
