[RULE] TinyX

[Vadim Plessky]

Hi Michael!

On Sunday 15 December 2002 4:59 pm, Michael Fratoni wrote:
|  On Sunday 15 December 2002 08:19 am, Vadim Plessky wrote:
|
|  Hi Vadim,
|  Welcome!

Thanx!

|
|  > How I can configure/tune TinyX?
|  > Does TinyX use XF86Config (from /etc/X11) or it has some own config
|  > file?
|
|  Tinyx does not use a configuration file at all. Options can be passed to
|  the server on the command line. If you create a link from
|  /usr/X11R6/bin/X to the server you want to start, options can also be set
|  in the /usr/X11R6/bin/startx script as "server options"

Strange. I think this is kind of "bad design"  - while passing parameters at 
command line is ok when number of parameters is small. But for other cases, I 
think something like XF86Config (or simplified varian tof it) is much more 
useful.

|
|  You should have access to the man page for tinyx. "man Xkdrive" should
|  provide some info and pointers to other man pages.

Yes, I have checked that man page, and was disappointed by quality (and 
amount) of information on that page.
Basically, it hasn't answered my questions at all...

|
|  I've had success with the Xfbdev, Xchips, and Xvesa drivers. For Xchips
|  and Xvesa, I've used the options "-screen 1024x768x24 -2button" for a
|  1024x768 display. 2button causes a 2 button mouse to emulate a 3 button
|  mouse.

Thanks, I would try to use those parameters.

BTW:  what I can do to prevent hang-out of my system?
I have noticied some 'test' mode in KDrive man page, does it actually work?
Or something like  $X --configure ?

|
|  > I have Compaq Presario 1800 with ATI Mach64 (Rage Mobility) chipset.
|
|  I've no experience with this chip, however it should work with the Xvesa
|  driver. I've found that I have to use the -screen...." options, or the
|  display is nearly unusable. man Xvesa should give some detail as well.

I see. Does someone has experience with ATI chipsets?

Normal (not TinyX) XFree86 server identified chip as:

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "accel"                     # [<bool>]
        #Option     "crt_display"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "composite_sync"            # [<bool>]
        #Option     "hw_cursor"                 # [<bool>]
        #Option     "linear"                    # [<bool>]
        #Option     "mmio_cache"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "panel_display"             # [<bool>]
        #Option     "probe_clocks"              # [<bool>]
        #Option     "reference_clock"           # <freq>
        #Option     "shadow_fb"                 # [<bool>]
        #Option     "sw_cursor"                 # [<bool>]
        Identifier  "Card0"
        Driver      "ati"
        VendorName  "ATI"
        BoardName   "Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x"
        ChipSet     "ati"
        ChipId      0x4c4d
        ChipRev     0x64
        BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

|
|  Hope that helps,
|  - --
|  - -Michael
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Vadim Plessky
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