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List:       kde-linux
Subject:    Re: [kde-linux] XFree86 Control
From:       James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj () acm ! org>
Date:       2002-04-12 22:19:33
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David Findlay wrote:

> How hard would this be to do? Thanks,

Well to start with, this is a bootstrap (a/k/a Catch 22) problem since
you would be trying to configure X but would have to run X to use the
configuration program.  Big mistake!
> 
Corel Linux had something like this and it DID NOT WORK.

I would guess that it would be about as hard as changing a flat tire
without stopping your car.

Note that there was a GUI for XFree86 3.something, it used the default
640x480 VGA to create an XF86Config file, then you could restart X and
continue at your selected resolution.  Someone could write something
like this using QT/KDE but the restart of X is an issue that is not
solvable AFAIK.

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JRT

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JRT
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