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<H2><A NAME="SECTION00031000000000000000">XF86Config</A></H2>
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During the installation you'll be helped to write a proper XF86Config
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by the utility <em>Xconfigurator</em>. I've noticed this utility
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does not provide a good configuration - this is of course valid
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only on this machine, not in general. The utility <em>xf86config</em>
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should be used instead. A few questions will be posed to you. In order
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to provide the right answers, do not forget that your mouse protocol -
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touchpad in your case - is PS/2 and that you need to emulate the third
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button.
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The most tricky part is the monitor section: choose
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<PRE> HorizSync 31.5 - 48.5</PRE>
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The vertical refresh should be customised, type 40-60, so that you'll
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get in your XF86Config:
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<PRE> VertRefresh 40 - 60</PRE>
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After having let xf86config write the new XF86Config file in
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<tt>/etc/X11/</tt>, edit XF86Config using any editor, like <em>vi</em>,
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<em>pico</em> or <em>emacs</em>. Decomment the line
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<PRE> # VideoRam 4096</PRE>
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by removing the hash mark. Somehow this is necessary, theoretically it
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should not.
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If you want to remove all modelines that should be automatically
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ignored, go on editing the same file, removing all modelines whose clock
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is greater tha 60Hz. You'll be left with these modelines only:
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<PRE> # 640x480 @ 60 Hz, 31.5 kHz hsync
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Modeline "640x480" 25.175 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525
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# 800x600 @ 56 Hz, 35.15 kHz hsync
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ModeLine "800x600" 36 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625
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# 800x600 @ 60 Hz, 37.8 kHz hsync
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Modeline "800x600" 40 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628
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+hsync +vsync
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# 1024x768 @ 60 Hz, 48.4 kHz hsync
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Modeline "1024x768" 65 1024 1032 1176 1344 768 771 777 806
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-hsync -vsync</PRE>
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The default screen depth is 8 bpp, if you want to get a default of 16 or 24
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bpp edit the file <tt>/etc/X11/xdm/Xservers</tt> and add -bpp
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16 to the line
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<PRE> :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X</PRE>
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in order to have
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<PRE> :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X -bpp 16</PRE>
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<P>
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24 bpp seems to work fine, but it will not always: Netscape Navigator
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will show a black&white tool bar, xanim will not display the
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animation correctly. these are just a couple of examples, more
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programs could be malfunctioning. The cause is unknown to me, it could be a
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bug in the X server.
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<P><ADDRESS>
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<I>Alessandro Usseglio Viretta <BR>
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Wed Feb 4 11:32:27 MET 1998</I>
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