XF86Config

[Doogee]

Well, im up to my video card ive selected the correct one now it wants my video memory i have a 16meg vid card. is that what it wants to know? if it is whats 16 meg in kilobytes?

[voidmain]

I don't remember xf86config asking for memory size in kilobytes but to answer your question it would be 16MB*1024=16,384KB.

[Master of Reality]

i usually just put down 16000.

yes it does ask  for kilobtes, void main.

[voidmain]

I guess it's been quite some time since I've had to enter the memory size as it's always correctly detected my equipment. RedHat found my nVidia Geforce2 w/32MB (and it shows 32MB, not Kilobyte). In fact in my /etc/X11/XF86Config it doesn't list the amount of memory at all, the drivers correctly detect it.

But I'm sure it was in Kilobyte if you say it is, it's been a long time since I used XFree v3.x where the memory was probably required. At any rate, 16,384KB is the same as 16MB, you're shorting yourself if you only specify 16,000KB (not that you'll probably use that extra 384KB anyhoo. You could run 32 bit color at 1600x1400 and only use half that amount. Of course GL video games might want more than that.

[Doogee]

ok so now i have cofigured this xf thingo now how do i fucking well start icewm at login, i dont know which login manager is us but it only says red hat up the top and i installed gnome desktop 1st ive only had kde installed for a week or 2, does that mean im using gnome's login manager.

anyway please help me out.


-D

[voidmain]

If "ps aux | grep gdm" returns anything then you are using the gnome login manager. If "ps aux | grep kdm" returns something you are using KDE login manager. What version of RedHat are you using? Since you are using RedHat then there should be a file called "/etc/sysconfig/desktop". If that file contains the line:

DESKTOP="GNOME"

then it will use gdm (Gnome's login manager), if it has:

DESKTOP="KDE"

then it will use kdm (KDE's login manager).

[ October 20, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]

[Doogee]

well gdm returned 2 results but it said root and kdm returned one but it was my login (Dan)

[voidmain]

What version of RedHat?

[Master of Reality]

there is an easier way to do that but i cant remember how.

[EDIT: The way i was thinkin of only worx in slackware]

[ October 20, 2002: Message edited by: The Master of Reality / Bob ]

[Doogee]

redhat 7.3

[voidmain]

Ok, I assume you just installed IceWM and you want to add that to your list of choices on the login manager right? Where did you get IceWM, what version, and how did you install it (from source? from RPM? etc).

[Doogee]

yes that is excactly what i want to do, void

icewm latest version installed from rpm im not totally sure what the latest version is i think its some pre2 weird version

[voidmain]

Where did you get it? Do you still have the RPMs? As in can you tell me the exact name of the RPM(s)?

Since you are using gdm you will likely have to add a script to the /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions directory and you will probably also have to add a section for IceWM to the /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients script. I was going to go ahead and install it on one of my RH7.3 machines and set it up so I can give you exact instructions (I wanted to check out IceWM myself so it's not a big deal).

[Doogee]

the dependecy files were in:

icewm-common-1.2.2-1.noarch.rpm


and the actual icewm was in

icewm-default-1.2.2-1.i386.rpm

[voidmain]

Ok, looks like you might have got the RPMs from sourceforge. I am downloading now and will get back with instructions on how to add it to your graphical login manager.

[ October 20, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]