dougvega
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Posted: Feb. 09 2005,14:59 |
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I think I know where you are getting stuck , try this : when following the instructions offered by user "ke4nt1" , the first part where he says
"Look in the Xfree86_config_files directory, and copy the file for vesa support to a file named /etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
I added the contents of the second file to the contents of the first file so it became one big new file .
the part where he said
Next, grab the file called .xserverrc_for _xfree86 , and copy it to a file called /home/dsl/.xserverrc
I erased the content of the old one and replaced it with content of the new one
according to the post that should have done it but it did not so without changing a thing I did a "sudo apt-get update" and then
"sudo apt-get install x-window-system" you sould also apt-get
discover -- hardware identification system
mdetect -- mouse device autodetection tool.
read-edid -- hardware information-gathering tool for VESA PnP monitors
that will help you identify your hardware
after it finishes downloading all the packages it should ask you to configure your video card and mouse if it doesn't do a "sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 . you should know your video card specs for this ( let deb config handle the configuration when it asks you to ) when it finishes reboot your machine just to be sure . I think the reson it works by doing this is that the explanation offered by K4nt1 is missing a step or something and the xfree86 package has the missing link.
I am using a 155 megahertz thinkpad and to log to my ltsp server I use X -broadcast manually I hav not got around doing it from the boot prosess and I am still not satisfied with my new created ext3 if I use DSL in a clasroom I know students are going to try to turn of machines manually and they are going to be calling me to fix the xserver again .
letme know if it helps.
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