RE: X windows

[Giancarlo Pfeifer <giancarp strategicthought co uk>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank N. Stein [mailto:kcsmart microlink net]
> Sent: Friday, October 30, 1998 10:30 AM
> To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> Subject: Re: X windows
> 
> 
> On Thu, 29 Oct 1998, Jason Davis sniveled:
> >how do you set the virtual resolution manually in redhat 5.1 
> it was easy
> >enough to set it in 5.0 but the XF86Config is not working for some
> >reason...
> 
> I think what you want to run is xf86config, not XF86Config. Or you can
> eidt the file by hand. That's XF86Config, not xf86config.
> 
> Sorry, I can't recall the location. I uninstalled the RH-supplied
> xserver to make room for SuSE and can't recall where it was located
> before.

I am not sure this applies, but I also had a few problems with X
Windows.
I solved them using both:

Xconfigurator

and

XF86Setup

(XF86Setup does not seem to be distributed with RD5.1 disks, so I
downloaded
from ftp.redhat.com/updates/...).

They generated the file: xf86config (in the /usr/X11R6/lib/ directory,
if I remember correctly) which I then modified opportunately.

So, my suggestion is: take a look to the "ftp.redhat.com/update"
directory
and download XF86Setup*.i386.rpm.

(I also found useful the official RH FAQ in the chapter regarding
XWindows)

Good Luck!
gp