Re: Ydl 2.0 Install


Subject: Re: Ydl 2.0 Install
From: Neil Jolly (neil@jollycom.ca)
Date: Sat Jun 23 2001 - 14:47:25 MDT


On June 22, 2001 12:00 am, you wrote:
> I'm sure other Rage Orion 128 owners (like me!) would love to know
> exactly what you did to "build the XF86Config by hand." And of course
> you're going to update your web site, right? <g>
>
> Pete
> ----------------------------------------------
> Pete Peters <ppeters914@home.com>
> Seattle, Washington, USA
> ----------------------------------------------
>

Basically it means I messed around starting with a basic XF86Config generated
by Xautoconfig4 until I got the video to work. Heres the difference between
the original generated, and mine:
22c21
< #FontPath "unix/:-1"

---
>       FontPath        "unix/:-1"
24,32c23,31
<       FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
<       FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
<       FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
<       FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
<       FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
<       FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
<       FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
<       FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
<       FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
---
>       #FontPath       "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
>       #FontPath       "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
>       #FontPath       "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
>       #FontPath       "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
>       #FontPath       "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
>       #FontPath       "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
>       #FontPath       "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
>       #FontPath       "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
>       #FontPath       "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
60,61c59,63
<       Option          "XkbModel"      "macintosh"
<       Option          "XkbLayout"     "us"
---
> # Uncomment this if your keyboard no longer works in X and you belive you 
are
> # using the depreciated adb keycodes
>       #Option         "CustomKeycodes"
>       #Option         "XkbModel"      "macintosh_old"
>       #Option         "XkbLayout"     "us"
77c79
<       HorizSync       30-70
---
>       HorizSync       30-100
85,90c87,89
<       Modeline "1024x768"   78.525 1024 1049 1145 1312   768  769  772  800 
+hsync 
< +vsync
<       Modeline "800x600"    62.357  800  821  901 1040   600  601  604  632 
+hsync 
< +vsync
<       Modeline "640x480"    49.886  640  661  725  832   480  481  484  514 
+hsync 
< +vsync
---
>       Modeline "1024x768"   78.525 1024 1049 1145 1312   768  769  772  800 
+hsync +vsync
>       Modeline "800x600"    62.357  800  821  901 1040   600  601  604  632 
+hsync +vsync
>       Modeline "640x480"    49.886  640  661  725  832   480  481  484  514 
+hsync +vsync
92,93c91
<       Modeline "832x624"    57      832  876  940 1152   624  625  628  667 
-hsync 
< -vsync
---
>       Modeline "832x624"    57      832  876  940 1152   624  625  628  667 
-hsync -vsync
95,100c93
<       Modeline "800x600"    100     800  816  824  840   600  616  624  640 
-hsync 
< -vsync
<       # Generated
<       # D: 78.740 MHz, H: 60.015 kHz, V: 75.019 Hz
<       Modeline "1024x768" 78.740 1024 1061 1157 1312  768 769 772 800  
+HSync +VSync
< -vsync
---
>       Modeline "800x600"    100     800  816  824  840   600  616  624  640 
-hsync -vsync
103,104c96
<       Modeline "1152x864" 91.920 1152 1208 1368 1480  864 865 875 895  
-HSync -VSync
< 
---
>       Modeline "1152x864" 91.920 1152 1213 1373 1480  864 865 875 895  
-HSync -VSync
141d132
< 

It was mostly the keyboard stuff that was causing the grief.

Neil

> -----Original Message----- > From: Neil Jolly [mailto:neil@jollycom.ca] > Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 9:16 PM > To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com > Subject: Ydl 2.0 Install > > > [snip] > > The only problem emcountered was flawed XF86Config, which for this > machine is > a normal occurence. Since installing the Rage Orion I always have to > build > the XF86Config by hand.



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