[Foresight-distro] FW: installation

[James Laver]

On 2008-09-21 10:34, "Jonathan Nadeau" <j.nadeau at charter.net> wrote:

> Hello,
>  
> It was suggested that I try to set my refresh rate but I don't know how to get
> there because when I boot up all I get is the out of range message. but if
> this wouldn't work if you could tell me how to fix the xorg I think I can mess
> with it it wouldn't be any worse than it is now. Thankyou for your help.
> Jonathan 

Hit ctrl-alt-f1 to dump you at a tty.

Log in with your username and password and use sudo su ­ to become root (or
just login as root in the first place)
Run:
mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak # This one backs up the old config and may fail,
I¹m not current on foresight, so I don¹t know if we do/don¹t ship configless
xorg.
Xorg ­configure /etc/X11/xorg.conf # This dumps a guessed configuration into
the Xorg config file
sudo conary update emacs # Because vi is such an horrible editor ­ optional
but recommended ;)
emacs ­nw /etc/X11/xorg.conf #Opens xorg.conf in emacs. Substitute vi if
you¹re sadistic.

Find the ŒDisplay¹ Section and you¹ll see a bunch of modes where the only
things changing are screen resolution and color depth.

Since you¹ll be wanting 24 bit color, set DefaultDepth to 24 (it should be
above all these subsections) and then in the subsection with 24-bit, set the
ScreenLayout(I think that¹s the name) to ³1200x768 1024x768 640x480² or
similar. Put the highest resolution your monitor can support first, then a
backup that¹s lower and finally a Œeverything messed up¹ resolution that
will work even under vga (640x480). It takes them to be preference order so
will only move onto the second if the first doesn¹t work, etc.

Sorry I don¹t have a foresight box in front of me, I¹m on a Mac, so I just
hope the instructions are clear enough.

One more thing, please reply to list so that your solution may help others
(the list is archived and googleable). I¹ve cc¹d the list for this reason.

Cheers,
--James