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8363

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Joined: Jan. 2005

Posted: Jan. 26 2005,07:22

caulktel,

>how would you go about changing the screen res. down to 800x600? <
>Should I just edit the xf86config file,<

yes
> if so which line?<

change in /etc/XF86Config

------------------------------------------
Section "Screen"
Driver "svga"
Device "MediaGX"
Monitor "Monitor0"
Subsection "Display"
#Depth 8
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768"
#Modes "800x600"
#Modes "640x480"
EndSubsection
EndSection
-------------------------------------------------

into

------------------------------------------
Section "Screen"
Driver "svga"
Device "MediaGX"
Monitor "Monitor0"
Subsection "Display"
#Depth 8
Depth 16
#Modes "1024x768"
Modes "800x600"
#Modes "640x480"
EndSubsection
EndSection
-------------------------------------------------

Thin_Client_Newbie Offline

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Posted: Jan. 26 2005,19:55

I dont believe it!!!! I have been looking for help on this ever since i bought this doorstop off ebay. I wanted to experiment with thin clients, didnt know what to buy so bought the cheapest thing off ebay, an IBM Netvista N220 EXX, but booted it up to find it would only PXE off server, which I had yet and have yet to learn how to use properly. Anyway, i read and read and realised i needed a CF card and some software, but after weeks of fruitless trying I give up, until today I find this page and someone has plugged a CF card in with a mini OS on it and can access shoutcast...WOW!!!

I run windows XP SP2, I also have Windows Server 2003. I have experiment with Linspire and Suse9 distros of linux and I find them very difficult to configure and work with, yes linux runs swell, but if it went wrong i wouldnt have a clue what to do. Anyway back to my point, could someone let me know if there is a way of getting a CF card running like 8363 and Caulktel without haveing linux. Could someone provide me with an image that i could put onto a blank CF disc? or some other way of replicating what they did but in a windows environment. All i require from the thin client is to play music streams, and also experiment with linux

8363

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Posted: Jan. 27 2005,08:18

Thin_Client_Newbie

i don't know much about windows. To make the CF-Card bootable , windows must be able to create a ext2 filesystem. I made an image of the CF-Card, but i yet don't have enough webspace to host it.