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Article #245Re: trouble with XFree86
From: mjt
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 03:45
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 03:45
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"Steve" <steve39@optusnet.com> wrote in message news:3c33ca55$0$11494$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au... > I don't know what VMWare is. It sounds familiar and I not saying you SHOULD know, but i saw something in your log file: "(--) VMware Guest X Server" which i thought rather strange. i wont be-labor what VMWare is, but basically, you can run another OS within a window of the host OS: http://www.vmware.com/ > I did to try to configure X/Gnome type XFree86 -configure -screen name as a sort of "least common denominator", i run "xf86config" - it might be that i come from the "old school" :) the newer ones are 'cool', but if you're running a laptop or newer hardware, sometimes going "back" to tried and true can work. > > 3) what primary mode are you trying to boot to > > (i.e. 640x480, 1024x768, ...) > > I believe I am booting into 1024x768 sometimes it's good to get to 800x600 as a base (sort of an LCD), unless you feel confident. as mentioned by another, it looks like some stuff is missing, but i cant pinpoint it ATM. =================================================== Michael J. Tobler, author, "Inside Linux". http://www.linux-mag.com/2001-01/pr_inside_01.html ===================================================
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