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Xconfigurator(1x)	  Red Hat Linux System Manual	     Xconfigurator(1x)

NAME
       Xconfigurator - configure XFree86 server and display

SYNOPSIS
       Xconfigurator {--help,--expert}
       Xconfigurator {--help,--kickstart,--server,--driver,
       --card,--monitor,--hsync,--vsync,
       --noddcprobe,--preferxf3,--preferxf4,
       --listservers,--listmonitors,--listcards,
       --startxonboot,--nodri,--usefbdev}

DESCRIPTION
       Xconfigurator  sets up the necessary configuration files and file links
       to use XFree86 on a Red Hat system. There are two modes	of  operation:
       interactive and kickstart.

       In interactive mode the user is prompted for the type of video card and
       monitor attached to the system. Some of this information may  be	 auto‐
       matically  probed and filled in. If --expert is specified then the user
       will have an opportunity to override the probed values.

       In kickstart mode, Xconfigurator will try  to  autoprobe	 all  required
       information,  non-interactively.	  Video cards on the PCI bus will usu‐
       ally be probed properly. Older video cards  can	be  explicitely	 given
       using  the  --card option. Use the --help option to see a complete list
       of recognized video cards. Alternatively, the server can	 be  specified
       with the --server option. Also, the monitor type will have to be speci‐
       fied with the --monitor option.	Another way to give the	 monitor  type
       is  to  specify	the horizontal and vertical sync rates for the monitor
       using the --hsync and --vsync options.

   OPTIONS
       --help Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.

       --listcards
	      Displays a list of supported video cards.

       --listmonitors
	      Displays a list of supported monitors.

       --listservers
	      Displays a list of supported XFree86 3 servers.

       --expert
	      Gives the user manual control over  some	parameters  which  are
	      automatically satisfied in normal use.

       --kickstart
	      Tells  Xconfigurator  to run in non-interactive mode, filling in
	      as much information as posible by probing the video card. If  no
	      valid  card is found, a standand VGA is assumed (640x480 resolu‐
	      tion, 16 colors).	 If no valid monitor is specified, a  standard
	      VGA monitor is assumed (640x480 at 60 Hz).

       --card <card>
	      Specifies	 the  card  type  to  use  in kickstart mode.  Use the
	      --help option to see a complete list of cards.

       --server <server>
	      Specifies the server to use in kickstart	mode.	Will  use  the
	      file /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_<server>.  Use the --help option to see
	      a complete list of servers.

       --startxonboot
	      Automatically choose to have X start up when your	 system	 comes
	      up after a fresh reboot.

       --driver <driver>
	      Specifies the XFree4 driver to use in kickstart mode.

       --monitor <monitor>
	      Specifies	 the  monitor  type to use in kickstart mode.  Use the
	      --help option to see a complete list of monitors.

       --noddcprobe
	      Don't probe the monitor for specifications. This only has effect
	      on  IA32 computers, since these are currently the only ones with
	      such probing. This can avoid crashing on some very broken	 hard‐
	      ware.

       --nodri
	      Don't  enable DRI on XFree 4 servers - for servers with hardware
	      accelerated 3D, this wil disable such support. This saves	 quite
	      a	 bit  of  memory,  which will make higher resolutions possible
	      than with DRI enabled.

       --preferxf4
	      Use the XFree 4 driver if available

       --preferxf3
	      Use the XFree 3.3.x server if available

       --hsync	--vsync
	      Specifies the horizontal and vertical sync ranges for the	 moni‐
	      tor.  An example of usage is

	      Xconfigurator --hsync "31.5,45-50" --vsync "50-70"

       --usefbdev
	      Enables  use of kernel fbdev for setting the video mode on cards
	      which support this feature. Note that use	 of  this  option  may
	      require an alias for fb0 in /etc/modules.conf, or manual loading
	      of the fbdev driver specific to your video card.

NOTES
       Xconfigurator will use the settings in /etc/sysconfig/mouse  to	deter‐
       mine  the  mouse type. Otherwise its will assume a Microsoft compatible
       mouse on /dev/ttyS0.

SEE ALSO
       mouseconfig(8)

Linux				Tue Aug	 7 2001		     Xconfigurator(1x)
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