Re: [ILUG] Wanted: The Magic Bullet

From: 'Lars Hecking' (lhecking at domain nmrc.ie)
Date: Thu 18 Apr 2002 - 14:49:15 IST


Breathnach, Proinnsias (Dublin) writes:
> It's rare for a 14.1" screen not to do 1024*768 ... as for the FB ... good
> question ... what card gets specified in the /etc/X11/XF86_Config-4 ?
 
 There are two Device sections, one "NVIDIA GeForce 2 Go (generic)", the
 other "Linux Frame Buffer". The NVIDIA one is used in the Screen section
 (there's only one).

# XFree86 4.0 configuration generated by Xconfigurator

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
        Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

# By default, Red Hat Linux 6.0 and later use xfs

Section "Files"
        FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection

# Module loading section

Section "Module"
        Load "dbe" # Double-buffering
        Load "GLcore" # OpenGL support
        Load "dri" # Direct rendering infrastructure
        Load "glx" # OpenGL X protocol interface
        Load "extmod" # Misc. required extensions
        Load "v4l" # Video4Linux
        # Load "pex5" # PHIGS for X 3D environment (obsolete)
        # Load "record" # X event recorder
        # Load "xie" # X Image Extension (obsolete)
        # You only need the following two modules if you do not use xfs.
        # Load "freetype" # TrueType font handler
        # Load "type1" # Adobe Type 1 font handler
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier "Keyboard0"
        Driver "keyboard"
        Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier "Mouse0"
        Driver "mouse"
        Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
        Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
        Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
        Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier "CustomConfiguration"
        VendorName "Unknown"
        ModelName "Unknown"
        HorizSync 31.5-57
        VertRefresh 50-90
        Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce 2 Go (generic)"
        Driver "nv"
        BoardName "Unknown"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier "Linux Frame Buffer"
        Driver "fbdev"
        BoardName "Unknown"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device "NVIDIA GeForce 2 Go (generic)"
        Monitor "CustomConfiguration"
        DefaultDepth 16
        Subsection "Display"
                Depth 16
                Modes "800x600"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
        Mode 0666
EndSection



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