still having trouble configuring X

[erik de wild]

Peter,

If you install the x server of apple on mac osx, get MOl running and run 
"ssh -l [username] -X [ip-number of the linux side]" you can start (try 
gimp and watch and wait) and run ydl applications. Maybe it's not 
excactly what you where looking for but at least it works. You can even 
install ydl without a graphical envirement and run every application on 
the x server on the mac side. Google for "x11userformacosx.dmg" and the 
package will show up.

With friendly regards,

Erik de Wild

peter wrote:

> I'm still having some issues getting X configured. i managed to get X 
> up and running by using Xautoconfig (which i had to install with yum 
> after my 'minimal' install starting point. what i can't manage to do 
> now is change any of the X server settings. what i really want to do 
> is be able to change the depth and resolution. i'm running YDL 3.0 on 
> a PowerCenter with the stock 15" monitor that came with the machine. 
> the monitor is perfectly capable of running 1024x768 at thousands of 
> colors, which is what i'm trying to do. it appears to be set at 
> 1024x768 and 256 colors, which looks like crap. the XF86Config file 
> that Xautoconfig created has these parts in it:
>
> Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier      "Monitor0"
>         UseModes        "Modes0"
>         ModelName       "Monitor Model"
>         Option          "DPMS"
>         HorizSync       30-70
>         VertRefresh     50-160
> EndSection
>
> Section "Modes"
>         Identifier      "Modes0"
>
>         # Generated
>         # D: 78.746 MHz, H: 60.020 kHz, V: 75.025 Hz
>         Modeline "1024x768" 78.746 1024 1056 1152 1312  768 769 772 
> 800  +HSync
> +VSync
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier      "Screen0"
>         Device          "Card0"
>         Monitor         "Monitor0"
>         DefaultDepth    16
> #       SubSection "Display"
> #               Depth           8
> #               Modes           "1024x768"
> #       EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           16
>                 Modes           "1024x768"
>         EndSubSection
> #       SubSection "Display"
> #               Depth           24
> #               Modes           "1024x768"
> #       EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
>
> there are of course some other things in there, but from my 
> (admittedly rusty) recollection of having worked with XF86Config files 
> before, these are the relevant ones. as you can see, i've tried 
> commenting out the 8 and 24 bit settings (24 just won't work, so...), 
> but when i run X, it still comes up in crappy-mode.
>
> i've tried running XFree86 -configure again now that i have a 
> XF86Config file for a starting point, but that gives me the same 
> errors it was before. the last lines in the error is a list of video 
> drivers, then these:
>
> "
> (EE) Failed to load module "v4l" (once-only module, 2)
> No devices to configure.  Configuration failed.
> "
>
> thing is, i searched for v41 in the XF86Config, and it's not there.
>
> the most frustrating part it, a few years ago i'm pretty sure i would 
> have known how to fix this! arg! ;-)
>
> thanks again all,
> peter
>
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