Re: problem configuring X on redhat 9

[Nick Gawronski <nick nickgawronski com>]

Hi, It is a standerd 1024 by 768 like in windows. Is there a way to have 
redhat-config-xfree86 probe the system like if I boot with install disks 
or an option.  bye On Tue, 27 May 2003, Thomas D. Ward wrote:

> Hello, Nick. There is no longer a Xconfigurator in Red Hat and was changed
> to the redhat-config-xfree86  tool.
> I usually do my x-windows setups during install which is easier than doing
> it after the fact, because if you do it during the install allot of the
> values are probed.
> 
> It sounds like the errors:
> ID:   None
>  Name: None
>  HorizSync: None
>  VertSync:  None
> 
> It sounds as if you haven't given Red Hat the virtical and horizontal sink
> rates of your monitor.
> Do you know what your monitor is and what sink rates it can take?
> Hth.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Nick Gawronski <nick nickgawronski com>
> Cc: <gnome-accessibility-list gnome org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 5:44 PM
> Subject: problem configuring X on redhat 9
> 
> 
> > Hi, I am having a small problem configuring X on a redhat 9 When I ran
> > redhat-config-xfree86 I got these errors and I also tried --reconfig
> > --noui and still am getting these errors * ddcprobe returned bogus values:
> > ID:   None
> > Name: None
> > HorizSync: None
> > VertSync:  None
> >
> > Couldn't start X server, trying with a fresh configuration
> > * ddcprobe returned bogus values:
> > ID:   None
> > Name: None
> > HorizSync: None
> > VertSync:  None
> >
> > Trying with card: S3 Trio64 (generic)
> > Error, cannot start X server.
> > I have checked Xf86Config and it is set correctly but I skipped
> > configuration of X during the installation so how can I configure it?  I
> > tried Xconfigurator but could not find that binary file.  bye
> >
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