Re: [PLUG] "Friends don't let friends use Dell"

gabriel rosenkoetter <gr@eclipsed.net> · Wed, 29 Jan 2003 00:32:53 -0500

On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 07:25:49PM -0500, Chris Hedemark wrote:
> X does work in 640x480 but nothing higher.  The redhat-config-XFree86 
> tool quits trying to work after trying a few times to start XFree and 
> failing.

I know this doesn't matter much at this point, since your Rawhide X
should work fine, but:

Does RH ship xf86cfg?

Also, does X -configure probe to anything higher than 640x480? Even
in VESA modes?

> But if this doesn't work tomorrow, I'm disabling onboard video (if Dell 
> gives me the option...) and slapping in a trusty old S3 PCI card or 
> whatever crusty old thing I find in the storage room at the office.

If it's anything like the old Optiplex I've got, slapping in a video
card will disable the on-board video for you (as slapping in a SCSI
card will disable the on-board IDE, both of which are ever so
logical because, you know, if I've paid for an extra peripheral, I
clearly don't want the one I got with the damn machine).

-- 
gabriel rosenkoetter
gr@eclipsed.net