[vox-tech] XF86Config Question

Robert G. Scofield rscofield at afes.com
Tue Jan 11 17:49:05 PST 2005


This Debian Net Install is requiring a lot of work.  I'm trying to set up X, 
and I keep reading warnings that one can burn out a monitor or video card if 
one screws up.  That's why I'm asking this question.

I ran the xf86config program and was asked how much RAM my video card has.  
I've got onboard video, and I didn't know the answer.  I couldn't find it on 
the web, or in my motherboard manual.  So I picked 4096.

I notice the following in my XFConfig file:

"Section "Device"
	Identifier   "My Video Card"
        Driver       "vga"
          #unsupported card
        #VideoRAM   4096
        # Insert Clocks line here if appropriate

So it looks to me like my 4096 selection is commented out, right?  That's fine 
with me because I don't know if it's right.

I've got correct settings for the horizontal and vertical sync/refresh rates.  
And the "vga" driver looks like I don't have anything to worry about.

So it looks to me like I can run X (assuming I can get it up) without blowing 
anything out.  Do you all agree?

Thanks.

Bob


PS.  In the meantime SuSE is working great.  So if I don't get Debian up, I'm 
cool.



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