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List:       kde-user
Subject:    Re: [SLE] XFree86 Problem - Staggering forward to "A" solution
From:       "Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D." <smolnar () jadeinc ! com>
Date:       2001-08-24 12:33:54
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At 09:24 PM 8/21/01 -0400, you wrote:
>Thanks to all who have responded to my cries and pleas for help.
>
>I have succeeded in getting the board resolution to 1600x1200.  Please 
>don't ask - it was fumbling and bumbling all of the way.  It would have 
>been impossible without the generous help that was forthcoming.
>
>I've attached the XF86Config-4 file that works to this message.
>
>The problem is half solved.  Now I have to get the OpenGL drivers to 
>work.  I downloaded the correct NVidia tar balls for SuSE 7.1 and 
>installed them.  There were no error or warning messages and the boot 
>process loaded the NVIDIA kernel module version 1.0-1251 (the correct 
>one).  But, why must there  always be a but....'  when I add 'Load "gx"' 
>and "nvidia" to the appropriate sections of the XF86Configure file once 
>again XWindows bombs.
>
>I'm starting to be fearful for what little hair I have left, I'm afraid 
>that I'm going to start tearing it out.  Ah well, tomorrow is another day.
>
>At 03:30 PM 8/21/01 -0500, you wrote:
>>Since we haven't heard back. . .hope it went well for him.  X problems are a
>>real pain sometimes.
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Akar th' 'orrible" <akar@optusnet.com.au>
>>To: "KDE User List" <kde-user@lists.netcentral.net>
>>Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 10:26 PM
>>Subject: Re: [SLE] XFree86 Problem
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>> > On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 09:31, Terry wrote:
>> > > Yup that is correct. If he upgraded to 4.x then he almost certainly has
>>this
>> > > config file which is used rather then the older xf86config.
>> >
>> > After those early posts we were discussing it off list and it became
>>apparent
>> > that Suse must use the file called XF86Config that was in his X directory
>> > when using xfree4. So I told him to copy THAT file into /etc/X11 as
>> > XF86Config-4 so that it would at least work in the default xfree way.
>> > Still dont know what the end result is though...
>> > Andrew
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