Hey , Also have a look at July PC-Quest issue. They have suggested a variety of solutions for X-Configuration. Darshan
"S. Krishnan" <sri_krishnan@yahoo.com To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in > cc: Sent by: Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Re: Re: Re: Re: X bit linuxers-admin@mm.ilug- depth adjustment bom.org.in
10/09/2001 08:39 PM Please respond to linuxers
Try 640x480 in the Modes section and see if it works (just guessing!).
Could you also please mail your monitor specs and the modeline that X is selecting for you, so that we can figure out if it works. You can get the modeline by saving the X startup screen to a disk file.
Rgds,
Krishnan
--- Parul Mathur parulmat@rediffmail.com wrote:
Hello,
I have found out the details of my display card:
Graphics Card: Cyrix XpressGraphics Manufacturer: Cyrix Corporation Driver Software version: 4.10.01.1207
The video RAM is 2560 kB (note the extra zero). Earlier I had mentioned this as 256 kB RAM - I'm sorry.
My CPU is Cyrix MediaGX MMX Enhanced 233 MHz.
While looking for help on google I found this:
http://www.exocore.com/linux/section.php?section=Xwindow#Xwindow_id7
Accordingly, I modified the file /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 as follows:
--------------------/etc/X11/XF86Config-4------------
<snip>
Section "Device" # no known options Identifier "Cyrix XpressGraphics" Driver "cyrix" VendorName "Cyrix Corporation" BoardName "Generic VGA compatible" VideoRam 2496 Chipset "mediagx" #BusID EndSection
Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Cyrix XpressGraphics" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 8
Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "800x600" EndSubsectionEndSection
<snip>
-----------------------------------------------------
After this, when I typed "startx" at the command prompt, the screen turned green and after a minute the monitor got hung.
I think that I am nearly there and the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file needs a final tweak to get X working. I know that there are several Cyrix users on this mailing list. I'll be very grateful if one of them could send me his/her relevant portion of the XF86Config file.
Thank you.
Parul
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