what version of X?

Forum: X and Fluxbox
Topic: what version of X?
started by: mpoer

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Posted by mpoer on Nov. 18 2005,02:16

funny thing: my old debian sarge install on my IBM Thinkpad 600 never did X right. the monitor is a nice crisp 14' 1024x768 and x only chose to use an annoying 800x600.

and yet DSL has always gotten it right, as long I select frame buffering and such in xsetup.

so my question is, what version of x is DSL using that seems to get it right out-of-the-box, and is there a .deb of the DSL xsetup for a normal debian install? I prefer building a debian system from base, getting only what I want. DSL is awesome for a quick go, and that's why i'm on it now, but I really prefer an all-out debian setup.

p.s. i'm sure the answer is on my computer or the web somewhere, but i cannot for the life of me find it after searching trough a kajilion files (i counted), so please don't think me lazy.

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Posted by skaos on Nov. 18 2005,12:37

Xvesa, a lightweight X-server that's part of Xfree86 (and maybe Xorg). I guess the Xvesa that comes with DSL is based on Xfree 4.x.

Some links:
< http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~jch/software/kdrive.html >
< http://www.xfree86.org/current/Xserver.1.html >
< http://www.xfree86.org/current/Xvesa.1.html >
< http://www.xfree86.org/current/Xkdrive.1.html >

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Posted by mpoer on Nov. 18 2005,23:03

and i thought all xservers were the same... i'll give that a good look through. thanks

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