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From: Daniel Hack
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 00:00

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>Barry wrote:
>> 
>> You wouldn't happen to have a Trident video card would you???

Yes I do! 
>
>You could also try running (assuming bash shell)
>X -probeonly >/tmp/probeop 2>&1
superprobe, X -probeonly didn't work going through xf86config, presumably 
because of the Trident card?, but I'll try command line... 
>The look at the result (in /tmp/probeop) to see if any errors have 
>been reported by the server in trying to start.
>It should also tell you what parameters it found.
>The XF86Config file parameters may be rejected by the server because 
>they are incompatible with the card.
>
>-- 
>Ian Cowell
>icowell@mpce.mq.edu.au
>----------------------
I did manage to configure a sexy, lo-res, 16 colour VGA server however!



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