Re: Install notes 1.2.0

Last Saturday 27 November 2004 04:40, robin was like:

> >> On the X front dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 may help but you may
> >> need to use the advanced settings to manually set refresh rates etc..
> >> You may be able to get the monitor info on the web.

Sadly some of these monitors are so old that they don't have any info on the 
web. The one in question was an Essex Monitor Comany NF-series (sorry, don't 
remember details) - a defunct company that probably rebadged it anyway.

> >> SIS530 rings a bell, I'll try to remember why.

> > sis530 In dpkg-reconfigure select svga for card.

Ah, that's probably the one! as opposed to vesa - makes sense.

> Sorry for the fractured response, it's late
> dpkg-reconfigure may not update the XF86Config-4 file 

Hmm, I can never quite tell what it's doing. I think it does update this file 
as it should.

> so you may need to 
> edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file by hand as a final resort. Check :
> Option "XkbModel" "pc101" (possibly, if you are using old keyboards)

I must, at some point, get my head round the different keyboard options. I 
usually use "pc105", that works for the keyboard I have at home, but the one 
at 'work' ended up Americanised (or is that MACified?), with the pound signs 
swapped etc. [# where the £cash should be ;-]. I dare say a quick google will 
sort me out on this one. Maybe I should just count the actual keys? perhaps 
this is more to do with "XkbLayout" [ "gb" in my case] than "XkbModel"? I'm 
familiar with using xmodmap and xev to change the keyboard map, I use the 
'Windows' keys for custom keybindings.

these pages were informative:
http://quasar.mathstat.uottawa.ca/~selinger/lifebook/oldkeyboard.html
http://quasar.mathstat.uottawa.ca/~selinger/lifebook/index.html#keyboard
Just thinking out loud again, really. ;-)

> HorizSync 31.5 - 35.1 # Warning: Setting this too high may fry old Monitors
> VertRefresh 43.0 - 90.0 # May flicker.
> Driver "svga"
>
> Of course you may know all this so please ignore my ramblings:)

TBH I go a bit blonde when it comes to hardware issues and previously I've 
stuck to known compatible hardware, which does make life easier. Fortunately 
I've had enough hardware donated that I should be able to sift through and 
dump all the non-compatible hardware. Your suggestions are well appreciated.

> The HorizSync and VertRefresh are for a 14" monitor I have that work

cheers

tim hall
http://glastonburymusic.org.uk