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Re: X, new problems.
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> On 9 Feb 1999 jfm2@club-internet.fr wrote:
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> > >
> > > On 8 Feb 1999 jfm2@club-internet.fr wrote:
> > >
> > > > Xconfigurator should not use Virtual Screen sizes bigger than real
> > > > resolution without asking but I am not the author and don't have time
> > > > to fix it. It is not impossible that TurboLinux or Mandrake have a
> > > > modified Xconfigurator with this feature disabled. Because
> > >
> >
> > Mandrake's author mailed me that he uses plain unmodified
> > Xconfigurator 3.89 in conjunction with XFree 3.3.3.1.
> >
> > TurboLinux uses its own GPLed program called turboxcfg. It is derived
> > from Xconfigurator. I cannot test it at this time. Anyone wanting to
> > try it? URL is http://www.pht.com. It MUST be the very latest
> > version in the upgrades section in order to be able to work with XFree
> > 3.3.3.1
>
> I don't know the licenses, but SuSE's latest SaX is really nice...
>
In addition to license problems SaX would probably mean major changes
in installation (different libs to begin with). In addition in France
nation-wide Linux install party I had the occasion to use the one
shipped in Suse 5.3 and I found it was great when things go well but
it didn't let me to fix a problem with the monitor.
--
Jean Francois Martinez
Project Independence: Linux for the Masses
http://www.independence.seul.org