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Ashley Bicknell <ashley@adam.com.au> wrote:
> In article <DM9z1p.nu@assip.csasyd.oz>, davidf@syd.csa.com.au says...
> >I've got Slackware 3.0 installed and working fine (so far, I think,
> >only installed it on the weekend from the Nov '95 Infomagic CD set).
> >I then installed XFree86 and hit problems when it came to setting up
> >the XF86Config file, I have no details at all about my monitor.  All
> >I know is it is 14" and SVGA.  It has "Super5" and "Low Radiation"
> >written on the front.  On the  back is a sticker that says:
> >  "Model: SVI 1428NI
> >   S/N: 94077842"
> >
> >I bought the computer second hand and it came with no manuals etc.
> >The bloke I got it from has no idea of the specs and has no manuals
> >either.  How can I find out more info about it??  (eg. brand, all
> >the horizontal and vertical scan rates etc).

See what VESA screen resolutions are supported under Windows. I.e. see
if you can get 1024x768 non-interlace. If not then you need 800x600@56Hz,
and 1024x768@43Hz-interlace. Otherwise you can probably run 800x600@70
and 1024x768@60Hz. The "NI" in your model number leads me to believe
that it will support the higher refresh rates. Either copy a monitor
config that supports the same refresh rate, or do the calculations for
the paramters based on the 1024x768@60Hz resolution. If you need more help
then send me some email.

> >I eventually set it up at the minimum "standard" settings (at
> >640x480) and got it up and running and I can pop up xterms, but
> >"complex" things like the Xfilemanager and games etc won't appear.
> >
> >When I exitted the window manager, once there was an X-error about
> >not enough virtual memory!  Could this be related to the monitor
> >problems??  Some specs of my system:

> >486DX2-66, 8Mb RAM, S3 1Mb VLB video card, 406Mb Conner HD (master)
> >  16Mb swap

You probably don't have enough swap space. Your RAM + swap comes to 24Meg.
I would suggest 32 Meg (combined) as a minimum for X stuff, 48 as a good
value to do some reasonable work under X. Your message probably resulted
from an application you ran while X was up. Some people suggest to use
twice your RAM size as swap. This is good advice for performance reasons.
It isn't a good suggestion if all you want to do is make the apps run
and don't care if it's a bit slow.

I have 16 Meg of RAM and I find that under normal use about 2 or 3 Meg
gets swapped out. However when I run Netscape, or XV, they can cause 10
or more Megs to be swapped out. Start several Netscape sessions... well
you get the idea.

> >Should I have more swap??  (the howto suggests a total of RAM +
> >swap = 16Mb should be enough, I have 8 + 16 = 24Mb total here).
> >It would be a bloody nuisance to repartition etc, but I would like
> >it set up "right" so will if I have to.  While I'm here too,
> >what about my partitions??  Is 200Mb root far too much??  Any
> >comments on my partitions??

As the guy below says, use a swap file for the extra swap. That way you can
adjust it as needed. Also perfornace isn't a problem as it's only going
to be used when the swap partition overflows. 200Meg for root depends on
the size or your installation. I made a 350Meg root for my RedHat install,
300 for RedHat and 50 spare for expansion.

> I have no idea about the monitor, but the swap partition size you need depends 
> largely on what software you are running. You dont have to repartition your 
> hard drive to increase the swap size, swap size may be increased by using a 
> swap file located on any partition, read your documentation to see how to do 
> this. As far as the 200MB root partition issue the command df to see how much 
> disk space is free, chances are that you have used only a small amount of your 
> root partition, and if you have a standard setup this will not change a great 
> deal, so a smaller root partition would be fine.
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