RE: [TCLUG:845] X, Compaq and me: an update

[Ben Kochie <ben@intexp.com>]

i use XF86Setup as my primary config util, works well, and generates fairly
good XF86Config files

optiquest sells ok monitors.. (optiquest is a divison of Mag) i suggest Mag,
Princeton, or ViewSonic monitors

On 08-Aug-98 Tim Wilson wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> Well I played around with those DeskPro 4/33I machines a little more
> today. It looks like Christopher and others were right; X will run at
> 800x600x8bit with 512k of VRAM. I got X to run, but it needs some
> tweaking. The display shows what looks like a fuzzy double image with
> the
> images offset by about 1 mm. I assume it's a timing problem of some
> kind.
> 
> Question #1:  What's the best program for setting up X? I didn't have a
> lot of luck with Xconfigurator. I finally got 800x600 to work by using
> xf86config. Has anyone used XF86Setup?
> 
> Question #2:  How can I capture the text that is displayed as the X
> server
> starts up and shuts down? Obviously, I can read the last screen full of
> lines, but there are a lot more that scroll off that I would like to
> see.
> 
> It was a bit of a good-news, bad-news day. I don't think I'll need to
> shell out extra cash for the VRAM, but I discovered that most of the
> monitors I've got will only support 640x480. Only about 12 out of 30
> will
> do the 800x600. I think I'll probably have to live with it. I'll give
> the
> crappy ones to the people who want to run Windows! :-)
> 
> I had forgotten how much monitors have improved in the last few years
> until I started using these 5- or 6-year-old ones. The screens are so
> curved that every window looks like you're viewing it through and
> extremely wide angle lens. I'm tempted to get myself an Optiquest V95.
> It has received very good reviews and is one of the best deals I've seen
> for a 19" monitor at about $520. (http://www.mwave.com/)
> 
> Later,
> Tim
> 
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Thank You,
        Ben Kochie (ben@intexp.com)

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