I tried Debian

[Ed Sutherland]

On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 08:19:33 -0500, James A. Ricken wrote:

> | Thanks for the advice Ed
> 
> I googled for my 8600,but I never really turned up much for ot on x
> config.
> What I want to know is  when you log into Debian,how what do you use
> to open  your x config file to fix it?
> Shows how much I know about command line stuff.

Jim,
You can use any editor - pico, nano - whatever you're most comfortable 
using. You'll need to be in 'root mode' to edit the file, so type "su" 
and enter your root password.

There are just a few lines in your X config file which applies directly 
to your Mac. You want to find the name of your video card (for 
instance, mine is the ATI Rage Pro 128), and the horizontal and 
vertical sync rates. This can all be found simply through the "System 
Profiler" in Applications/Utilities (if you are using Mac OS X.)

Another simple way to get that info is check your X config file from 
your working YDL installation. You can also ask others on the list who 
have a similar system as yours for their X configuration. Good luck!

Ed