Re: Graphics troubles

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From: Keith Vance
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 00:00

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well, i've only ran xf86config in rh6.0 twice, but if i remember correctly
it says that alt + switches display modes...  run xf86config again to find
the correct way to switch.  then cancel out of it before it saves anything
so you don't actually have to reconfigure anything.


taterman <xbchbum@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> I am trying to get X Windows to run on a computer with an S3 Savage 4
> grahpics card with 32 MB of memory. After running different configurator
> programs I have gotten X to start but the resolution is so low that the
> 'task bar' takes up most of the screen. From what I can tell everything
runs
> fine, I can start programs but I can't see the whole window they run in.
> Does anyone know how to change the resolution?
>
>
>
> Thanks, Chris
>
>
>

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