minor settings problems

[Felipe Lopes]

Thanx Teddy! 

I do have Kurumin and Knoppix....They detect nicely my hardware 
indeed....I'll try to still some configuration from their settings :) 

Thanx again 

Felipe Lopes 

Em 29 Apr 2004, XFCE general discussion list escreveu: 

>Try booting your system with a live cd distribution of Linux and let it 
>detect the hardware. Then write down the settings and reboot. Then 
>apply the settings. 
> 
>Keep trying other live cd distributions until you find one that detects 
>your hardware. If you dont have high speed, buy them online, they are 
>cheap and useful. 
> 
>Here are some live cd distributions: 
>Suse 
>Knoppix 
>Morphix 
>Pxes 
>Slackware 
> 
>There are a lot more. Good luck. If it worked before, it should work 
>again. 
> 
>Teddy Caddy 
> 
>PS - make sure you set your computer's bios to boot from a cd before 
>booting from the harddrive. 
> 
>On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 20:35, Felipe Lopes wrote: 
>> LOL 
>> 
>> Actually I wont give up, since I had the same "problem" under kde, but 
>found 
>> the solution....I just cant remember what I did!! 
>> 
>> settings from XFree86.0.log: 
>> ======== 
>> (**) SAVAGE(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32 
>> (==) SAVAGE(0): RGB weight 888 
>> (==) SAVAGE(0): Default visual is TrueColor 
>> (II) SAVAGE(0): vgaHWGetIOBase: hwp->IOBase is 0x03d0, hwp->PIOOffset is 
>> 0x0000 
>> (==) SAVAGE(0): Using HW cursor 
>> (==) SAVAGE(0): Using video BIOS to set modes 
>> ======== 
>> 
>> Any idea other then Don's ideas?? 
>> 
>> Thanx in Advance! 
>> 
>> Felipe Lopes 
>> 
>> >Get a video card that can do 24 bpp, find a different background image, 
>> >or live with what you have. 
>> > 
>> >-Don 
>> > 
>> >Felipe Lopes wrote: 
>> >> Ok, but what should I do then if it is different from XF86Config-4? 
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >>>bob.snyder wrote: 
>> >>> 
>> >>>>Just because the config file says 24 bpp doesn't mean that the 
display 
>> >>>>is actually running it. Check the XFree86 log file for the actual 
>value 
>> >>>>set when X started up. On my machine it's at /var/log/XFree86.0.log. 
>> >>>> 
>> >>>>Bob S. 
>> >>> 
>> >>>Or run xdpyinfo and look for something like: 
>> >>> 
>> >>>depth of root window: 24 planes 
>> >>> 
>> >>>-Don 
>> > 
>> >-- 
>> >Don Christensen Senior Software Development Engineer 
>> >djc at cisco.com Cisco Systems, Santa Cruz, CA 
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