XF 86 Config
 

is there a command like this for Fedora that you can configure X at text mode without going into X?

xf86config - for xfree86

xorgsetup - for x org setup

those commands werent found.

edit: [ should any of them be capitalized? ]

Where you logged in as root?

yes

What version of Fedora are you using?

Fedora Core 3

If you have X installed, then all you need to do is type xorgsetup or xorgconfig. I just did on a PC here at work.

i just tried both of em and it says command not found, i did both of them with root

Maybe the path is not set. My commands are in /usr/X11R6/bin.

well, when i first installed fedora 3 i put 800x600 with 256 colors.. It worked, so then I went to 1024x768 and then that worked, so then i tried 1024x768 with thousands of colors and i logged out and the video got distored and turned pink and blue, then it froze. So I rebooted and right before the login screen comes up, (when its starting the networking and all that) it freezes, and at the very top of the screen its distorted with all kinds of colors. So I went and changed the run to 3 and now i'm in text mode and thats where I stand right now.

you know how it makes a back up of xorg.conf to xorg.conf.backup, the backup was fine so i changed the xorg.conf.backup to xorg.conf and its still disorted. you would think it would go back to the settings i had..

should I just put a new video card in?
I have a Voodoo 3, would that be better than ATI Rage 128?

or is there a way around this without putting a new card in?

To configure the xserver in fedora core 3, you need to run "system-config-display" instead of xorgconfig. Try running that before tinkering with your hardware.

In /etc/X11 there is a file called xorg.conf. That is the config file that you are using now. I think there should be a xorg.conf.old that will have your old config settings. You can just copy it to the new one.

cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.old /etc/X11/xorg.conf

That is if it saved the settings. If not the below example should get you running X again with a Voodoo3 card.

Replace line 353 with Identifier "Voodoo3"

Replace your screen section with this one.

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "AccelStar Permedia II AGP"
Monitor "My Monitor"
DefaultDepth 16

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "800x600" "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"

i tried system-config-display .. it loaded up but it went straight to the GUI and it froze, and at the top of the screen is was all disformed and different colors.