I am afraid but are using an X 3.3.6 XF86Config and you are running X 4.2.0
Since the format of XF86Config changed between these two versions you have problems...
In RH 7.x there are usually two config files in /etc/X11 one XF86Config is for 3.3.6, the other
XF86Config-4 is for X 4.x.x (see my other answer a couple of minutes ago). You are probably
missing a XF86Config-4 because X 4 uses it if it exists
You have two possibilities
1. remain in X 4.2.0
You can generate a config file by running XFree86 -configure, this generates XF86Config.new in
Root I believe (not sure possibly in the current home directory) renaming the file XF86Config-4
and transfering it to /etc/X11 *should* do the trick. However I would not dream: you probably will
have to hack it. I would advise adding (if they are not there) the following section and sub
section:
Section "Device"
Identifier "my vga"
VendorName "unknown"
BoardName "unknown"
Driver "vga"
EndSection
and in the Section "Screen"
make sure that you have
Device "my vga"
Monitor "Compaq P75 Color Monitor"
DefaultDepth 8
and add (if a similar subsection is not there)
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "640x480"
EndSubsection
2. switch to 3.3.6 (if there, again see my other post...)
it suffices to change /etc/X11/X from a symlink to /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 to
/usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_xxxx
xxxx standing for the server which is installed (usually XF86_SVGA is available)
good luck
Lionel
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> Arrrg! I feel I'm very close..... but still no cigar.
>
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