[Techtalk] X11 config-4

[Andrew]

Claudia, & All

	This is the kind of help I was looking for. I have never looked at a
config file before so having one to compare to is a big help. 



	I kept thinking "it is hard to copy a Picasso when all you done with
paint is a house".

	Andrew

On 04 Oct 2002 13:14:02 +0200
claudia <monsviridinus at tin.it> wrote:

> Il gio, 2002-10-03 alle 20:18, Andrew ha scritto:
> > Hi Everyone,
> > 
> > 	I was reading the 3d messages and thought this might be a good
> > 	time to
> > persue my two monitor questions.I tried a few weeks ago to adjust my
> > monitors and got confused by the large amount of info in the
> > "config-4 file. My trouble was in figuring out "exactly" which
> > line(s) to change. A few attempts failed so I settled for the auto
> > settings from xcinerama.Which set both monitors at 600x80. 
> > 	I have a 19 in CTX monitor which is listed in the configuation
> > 	dialog
> > boxes and a old NEC 14 which works well on a generic settings and is
> > not listed. In Mndrk 8.2 I do not believe the GUI allows setting
> > monitors individually. Both are now set to 600x800, So now it's time
> > to use the terminal...
> > 	Is it helpful to type in the exact  name of the monitor if it
> > 	has a
> > listing in the GUI?
> > 
> > One card is, nvidia Vanta connected to 14" NEC (an old,old svga)
> > 600x800 2nd Card is, nvidia TNT2 connected to the 19" CTX  (a few
> > years old)768x1024 is what I want to set it to. 
> > 
> > Can I change both (Drivers) to the newly downloaded and installed
> > ("rpm-Uhv" right?) Nvida driver? As in Conor's suggestion? 
> > re; Driver "nvida"
> > While I at it can I do/ type in "load glx"? 
> > 
> > 	I had no problem changing the leftof or rightof setting it was
> > 	easy to
> > find at the bottom of the page, but got a but confused when looking
> > higher up/above(lots of stuff), so a more explict direction to
> > where, which line to make the changes, is mostly what I need.
> > 
> > Thanks in Advance,
> > Andrew
> 
> I don't know if this be of any help but yesterday evening I succeded
> in configuring a Matrox G550 Dual Head on my PC so I can now use my
> new monitor and my old one on the same PC.
> I post you my XF86Config-4 file: I hope it will help you...you can
> take it as a canvas and substitute the features of your video cvard
> and monitor...
> See what you cando with this and If you have problems don't hesitate
> writing me!
> 
> Claudia
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