Re: 'manual' x configuration - where's xf86config?

s. keeling wrote:
> Martin Waller <martinej.waller@ntlworld.com>:
>
>> xf86config to reconfigure it. What happened to that utlity? I cannot
>> work out what package it's in.
>>
>
> (0) heretic /home/keeling_ apt-file search xf86config
> doc-linux-html: usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-html/Xinerama-HOWTO/editxf86config.html
> doc-linux-html: usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-html/Xinerama-HOWTO/xf86config.html
> xmanpages-ja: usr/share/man/ja/man1/xf86config.1x.gz
>

sorry - just what does that add to the issue? I'm not intersted in Xinerama or html pages...
>
>> Also, in the debian reference manual, at
>> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-tune.en.html#s-xsrvr, it
>> refers to xserver-common-v3 (I think I need this as I have an old matrox
>> card)- I can find no such package in etch - is the ref manual out of
>>
>
> (0) heretic /home/keeling_ lspci | grep -i vga
> 01:08.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA 2164W [Millennium II]
>
> That's a 4 Mb PCI card. Works fine with Version: 1:7.1.0-19 (Etch).
> For some Matrox cards, you may be better off trying the generic vesa
> svga server.
>
>
>

Lucky you.

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