Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 13:37:40 -0700 From: "Majmundar, Sam" <smajmund@visa.com> To: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Resolution and system backup questions on freeBSD 4.3 Message-ID: <c=US%a=_%p=Visa%l=SW720_X001-970715203740Z-90726@msmailgw2.visa.com>
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Greetings! I replaced my 13" monitor with 17" on cyrix 166+ PC running BSD 4.3, and it crashed while loading X using .fvwmrc (NT look-like interface). I reinstalled everything from the backup and have the following questions: 1. Graphics on X flickers a lot and the resolution is extremely bad. On the NT partition, things work just wonderful. On BSD, it is the most horrible resolution that I have ever seen. I tuned using XF86Config file, but I have no idea about the Video card chipset, etc. When mouse moves in and out of Netscape, it changes colors from black to white and when I move a browser window, it leaves multi-color ghosts behind. What am I doing wrong??? 2. I had a hard time restoring from the backup. Two of the tarred files complained about unexpected end of tar file. Fortunately I had 4 backup tapes of different dates. Also, I was careful not to override system devices, and it took almost one complete day to recover. Is there a better way to take backup - so that in case of machine crash, I can bring it up in a matter of hours?? Thanks Sam
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