NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #20/NN_1992_20.iso/spool/comp/os/linux/10043

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From: [e-mail] (Wim `Blue Baron' van Dorst)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Distribution: world
Subject: Re: X Help
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Date: Sat,  5 Sep 1992 18:26:42 MDT
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Kevin W. Hammond <[e-mail]> writes:
> Since I did get X "up", does this mean it will work with my card??

It depends on how much "up" is your "up". If it is really "up" then you've
said: it works. It would have helped to have mentioned your type of card in
your article.

I had an Oak Technology card that is not supported (yet) and will not run
properly with X. Yet I also had 'something' that looked like a block of
xterm, and other blurr. I would not call that "up", and indeed I had to
change to an other vga-card.

> In reading the vga.tutorial, they mention the
> clocks.exe program.  Where in the world can I get my hands on this?  Do
> you have any ideas where I should (can) go from here.

You already have enough of X to not need clock.exe. Just redirect the
X error output to a file (startx 2> logfile), and included it gives a
line stating which clocks it did find. And X found 16 clocks on my new
card, whereas clock.exe only found 4 (useless one too).

Met vriendelijke groeten, Wim `Blue Baron' van Dorst
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