Xorg86 -config error

[Lloyd Hayes]

Yes, it's a 6  year old Gateway Laptop.
I thought this informations was for new users of their port system.

Anyway, I found a solution. I installed v5.2.1 on it. I  still have a 
few errors that I am working out, but the Xserver starts fine. I'll 
start a new thread for them.

Lloyd Hayes

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Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote:

> Lloyd Hayes wrote:
>
>> Sorry, I didn't finish the reply before sending the previous message.
>>
>> Yes, I was logged in as root.
>> I was looking and could not find a configuration file, so I started 
>> reading the docs. They refer to setting the X- software during the 
>> installation, but that option was not presented to me. I can install 
>> v5.2.1 and it will be right there. But on v5.3, it isn't there.
>>
>> The docs on the CD also referred to using : Xorg -configure
>> You've read the error that I got.
>>
>> So, I headed for the Xorg website and downloaded some of their PDF 
>> help files.
>>
>> These two pages are part of the same online document which you can
>> download in PDF format.
>>
>> http://freedesktop.org/~xorg/X11R6.8.0/doc/newport2.html
>> http://freedesktop.org/~xorg/X11R6.8.0/doc/newport3.html
>>
>> Xorg only has a 1280x1024 mode. My old laptop supports an 800x600x18 
>> screen. (As opposed to the 800x600x16 that I posted before.) Xorg 
>> supports 8 and 24 bit color.
>>
>>
>> Lloyd Hayes
>
>
>
> OK, so what you meant to say is something like "X.Org only supports 8 and
> 24-bit modes at 1280x1024 for the SGI newport cards."
>
> Now, is that really the card you have? I'm rather dense, but I thought 
> you
> said you have a Gateway laptop, not an SGI workstation with a "newport"
> video card in it ...
>
> KDK
>
>