Re: [pc110] XFree86

Fringe Ryder (fringe nospam at fringeweb.com)
Wed, 03 Jun 1998 18:52:54 -0700

Jeff, the answer you got before, to hit <Fn+F7> AFTER it comes up
scrambled, is the right one. You can run 256-color XFree 3.3 that way. It
just resyncs the screen.

At 06:23 AM 6/3/98 -0500, Jeff Miller wrote:
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>I guess I should explain...
>
>I seem to have a sync rate problem with the SVGA server 3.2.x and 3.3.x.
>I get various degrees of scrambled screen when I startx.
>
>With the AccelX...(which I think I had working at one point) I get very
>serious scramble and I loose the console as well after shutdown (requires
>reboot to see again)
>
>With MetroX...I couldn't even get it to start (I configured several times
>and tweaked the settings) 'Couldn't open socket' or something like that.
>The config session (under X) looked good from configX.
>
>So... I copied the configX template file (Xmetro.config) to the
>/etc/X11/Xmetroconfig And it now runs in 16 color VGA.
>
>
>At least it's an improvement. I'm still looking for XFree86-3.1.2 in rpm
>format. This seems to be the quickest answer.
>
>
>Thanks to everyone for the input
>
>J_
>
>
>On Wed, 3 Jun 1998, Serge Shestopalov wrote:
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>> What the problem you have?
>>
>> Serge.
>>
>