Hi Long ago there used to be a command line utility called Xconfigurator which would probe the monitor and other things and write these settings in XF86Config.
This utility was there till RedHat Linux 6. Afterwards it was discontinued.
I have a RedHat Linux system installed (RH 9). If I chanage the monitor, X doesn't work. because the monitror has to be configured. Is there any command line utility which can help probe and configure the monitor.
I tried searcing for Xconfigurator on the net, but the rpms and srps on http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/20917/com/Xconfigurator-2.0.1-1.... give the errror messsage "not an rpm package (or package manifest):"
I need either Xconfigurator source code or some other similar utility.
regards Abhijeet D Mhatre
On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 12:21:30 +0530, Abhijeet D Mhatre abhijeetmhatre@gmx.net wrote:
Hi Long ago there used to be a command line utility called Xconfigurator which would probe the monitor and other things and write these settings in XF86Config.
This utility was there till RedHat Linux 6. Afterwards it was discontinued.
I have a RedHat Linux system installed (RH 9). If I chanage the monitor, X doesn't work. because the monitror has to be configured. Is there any command line utility which can help probe and configure the monitor.
I tried searcing for Xconfigurator on the net, but the rpms and srps on http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/20917/com/Xconfigurator-2.0.1-1.... give the errror messsage "not an rpm package (or package manifest):"
I need either Xconfigurator source code or some other similar utility.
regards Abhijeet D Mhatre
Hi You can isntead use redhat-config-xfree86.. Regards aj
On Wednesday 28 Jul 2004 12:56 pm, Abhijeet D Mhatre wrote:
Hi Arjun The problem is that redhat-config-xfree86 itself requires X to be configured to run. So if the monitor (or the display card) is completely different, redhat-config-xfree86 doesnt run.
WOW.. that sucks big time. ;-)
Am I glad I chose debian (Knoppix) as a distro instead. ;-) I hope this does not trigger a linux distro war out here. ;-) Even if it does, that's ok I guess. ;-)
Apparently there is a utility called kxconfig that gets invoked from the console and allows you to configure your X Server settings. You may want to consider using Knoppix (debain) instead of Red Hat. ;-)
Regards
Rishi
On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 14:02:08 +0530, Rishi rishi@gangfam.com wrote:
WOW.. that sucks big time. ;-)
Yeah it truely does! BIG TIME ;-)
Am I glad I chose debian (Knoppix) as a distro instead. ;-) I hope this does not trigger a linux distro war out here. ;-) Even if it does, that's ok I guess. ;-)
Rishi
You can also use xf86cfg - a graphical configuration tool included with XFree86 xf86config - a text-based configuration tool included with XFree86 XFree86 --configure - the XFree86 server, which be used to create test configurations
Something I read somewhere sometime... <quote> Xconfigurator is no longer used/provided. Redhat replaced this with redhat-config-xfree86. This in itself would not be a problem if it worked WHEN no valid X configuration exists (example: Redhat 8.0 install wasn't correct). The tool is supposed to start with a 'clean' config if the existing one doesn't work, but this doesn't. Here are a couple of how-tos.
i) Upgrading your video card. Before replacing the video card, use redhat-config-xfree86 to set the display to generic VGA 640x480. This way, after installing and you re-run redhat-config-xfree86, it will have a valid X session to start and then you can set it as desired. This is the way I had to do it. More procedures anyone?
ii) No valid X Session after a redhat install. The best advice, unless you are an expert at editing the config files by hand is to re-install, and MAKE SURE THAT you execute TEST right after the display config. DO NOT PROCEED until you have some valid X display. Even if only generic 640x480 display, at least, you can start redhat, download drivers, explore LNO for tips, etc and redhat-config-xfree86 will work when you want to run it. </quote>
Abhijeet D Mhatre wrote:
I need either Xconfigurator source code or some other similar utility.
You can use xf86config. It is always included with X-server. It is a simple console based utility which asks you all the questions about your hardware and then writes the /etc/X11/XF86config file.
/usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config
HTH, Rajen M. Parekh
regards Abhijeet D Mhatre
Hi, I recently shifted to Slackware from RHL. For slackware i used the command X -configure. It wrote the xf86config file for me after detecting my hardware. ONLY, u will have to change yout monitor frequencies manually.
I don't know if it will work on RHL.
Regards Aditya
Rajen M. Parekh wrote:
Abhijeet D Mhatre wrote:
I need either Xconfigurator source code or some other similar utility.
You can use xf86config. It is always included with X-server. It is a simple console based utility which asks you all the questions about your hardware and then writes the /etc/X11/XF86config file.
/usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config
HTH, Rajen M. Parekh
regards Abhijeet D Mhatre
On Wednesday 28 July 2004 12:21, Abhijeet D Mhatre wrote:
Hi Long ago there used to be a command line utility called Xconfigurator which would probe the monitor and other things and write these settings in XF86Config.
For Debian xf86cfg
Simplest method is 1) lspci -vv . then find the name of your agp chipset /card from the output 2) get the specs of your monitor (hsync and vsync) 2) edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. It is quite self explanatory.
Hi All,
i want to configure a local / lan email server on linux, my sendmail is working fine but how do i download mails from a catch all account and distribute locally, as i dont hv a dedicated internet connection.
Vishnu
Trent Limited Mumbai
Hi
Use fetchmail/getmail to download mails from internet
And configure dial-on-demand if using a dial-up connection
Regards Narayan Kejriwal
--- Vishnu Lotlikar vishnu.nl@trent-tata.com wrote:
Hi All,
i want to configure a local / lan email server on linux, my sendmail is working fine but how do i download mails from a catch all account and distribute locally, as i dont hv a dedicated internet connection.
Vishnu
Trent Limited Mumbai
===== Narayan Kejriwal (Software Engineer) SoftwareWorkshop.Net
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On 28/07/04 12:21 +0530, Abhijeet D Mhatre wrote:
Hi Long ago there used to be a command line utility called Xconfigurator which would probe the monitor and other things and write these settings in XF86Config.
This utility was there till RedHat Linux 6. Afterwards it was discontinued.
I have a RedHat Linux system installed (RH 9). If I chanage the monitor, X doesn't work. because the monitror has to be configured. Is there any command line utility which can help probe and configure the monitor.
XFree86 -configure. Then add the screens section from your old config file.
Devdas Bhagat
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