[newbie] Monitor Problem Resolved

2004-10-28 Thread Rich Lichvar
It was the default resolution set by the installation. I backed down to 1024x768 and now all is well. richlich Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club :

Re: [newbie] monitor configuration gamma and brightness

2004-05-07 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 05 May 2004 16:55, Michael Tienhaara wrote: Hi, I need to switch back and forth between Mandrake 10 and Windows. In Windows I use Adobe Gamma to set up my monitor brightness/gamma which produces reasonable accurate color that I need for viewing artwork. However, when I switch

Re: [newbie] monitor configuration gamma and brightness

2004-05-07 Thread Michael Tienhaara
Thanks Derek. I now have a couple choices. Michael On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 04:58, Derek Jennings wrote: On Wednesday 05 May 2004 16:55, Michael Tienhaara wrote: Hi, I need to switch back and forth between Mandrake 10 and Windows. In Windows I use Adobe Gamma to set up my monitor

Re: [newbie] monitor configuration gamma and brightness

2004-05-06 Thread Josenildo Marques
On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 12:55, Michael Tienhaara wrote: Hi, I need to switch back and forth between Mandrake 10 and Windows. In Windows I use Adobe Gamma to set up my monitor brightness/gamma which produces reasonable accurate color that I need for viewing artwork. However, when I switch to

Re: [newbie] monitor configuration gamma and brightness

2004-05-06 Thread Michael Tienhaara
Thanks for the link. Much appreciated. Michael On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 02:19, Josenildo Marques wrote: On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 12:55, Michael Tienhaara wrote: Hi, I need to switch back and forth between Mandrake 10 and Windows. In Windows I use Adobe Gamma to set up my monitor

[newbie] monitor configuration gamma and brightness

2004-05-05 Thread Michael Tienhaara
Hi, I need to switch back and forth between Mandrake 10 and Windows. In Windows I use Adobe Gamma to set up my monitor brightness/gamma which produces reasonable accurate color that I need for viewing artwork. However, when I switch to Mandrake the monitor is noticeably differentway too

RE: [newbie] Monitor Resolution Refresh Rates

2004-03-28 Thread Beavers, Randy W.
Thanks John ! -Original Message- From: John A. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 8:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Monitor Resolution Refresh Rates you probably won't be able to fix the problem with Mandrake Move, if you're

Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.

2004-03-27 Thread David E. Fox
On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 23:13:58 -0500 Dan Gordon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All of a sudden my monitor goes in to sleep or suspended mode, I have turned this off in kde, gnome, xscreensaver, the bios, looked in mcc and This started a few months ago with my 6 yr old Nokia 447W monitor. I could not

Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.

2004-03-27 Thread David E. Fox
On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 08:04:48 -0500 Dan Gordon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hehehe you know it really does not matter, it just never did this before. I have been running 9.2 since it came out and always woke up to Now that you mention it, 10.0 here used to come up with the Tux saver, but now

[newbie] Monitor Resolution Refresh Rates

2004-03-26 Thread Beavers, Randy W.
All, How do I tell the Monitor to change Screen Resolution Refresh Rates? It's stuck at 640x480. I'am looking at a big desktop through a little window. That I push around with mouse. Running MandrakeMove on a Dell P4 MM doesn't have drivers for the Intel 82865gG

Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.

2004-03-26 Thread Dan Gordon
On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 04:45:37 +1100 Stephen Kuhn wrote: Sorry - it's xlock and xscreensaver (/usr/bin/xlock and /usr/X11R6/bin/xscreensaver) xscreensaver used to load when I first installed XFCE but I've taken it out of the xinitrc script as I have my druthers to turn the monitor off when

Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.

2004-03-26 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2004-03-27 at 06:00, Dan Gordon wrote: On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 04:45:37 +1100 Stephen Kuhn wrote: Sorry - it's xlock and xscreensaver (/usr/bin/xlock and /usr/X11R6/bin/xscreensaver) xscreensaver used to load when I first installed XFCE but I've taken it out of the xinitrc

Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.

2004-03-25 Thread John Richard Smith
Hoyt Bailey wrote: I would suggest since the monitor is causing the alleged problem you might try the buttons just under the screen on your monitor, one of them should provide you with a menu and likely one of the menu items will resolve the difficulty to your satisfaction. Nothing in

Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.

2004-03-25 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 21:32, John Richard Smith wrote: Hoyt Bailey wrote: I would suggest since the monitor is causing the alleged problem you might try the buttons just under the screen on your monitor, one of them should provide you with a menu and likely one of the menu items will

Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.

2004-03-25 Thread John Richard Smith
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 21:32, John Richard Smith wrote: Hoyt Bailey wrote: I would suggest since the monitor is causing the alleged problem you might try the buttons just under the screen on your monitor, one of them should provide you with a menu and likely one of

Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.

2004-03-25 Thread John Richard Smith
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 04:37, John Richard Smith wrote: MD9.1 doesn't seem to of heard of these, man Xlockmore No manual entry for Xlockmore Xlockmore --help bash: Xlockmore: command not found man Xscreensaver No manual entry for Xscreensaver Xscreensaver --help bash:

Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.

2004-03-25 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 09:25, John Richard Smith wrote: I believe you are correct Stephen, If I type xscreensaver into a terminal I can see several places to set up powersaving and other things. So, Xlock (which I had never ever heard of) merely sets passwords to unlock screensaver, and

Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.

2004-03-24 Thread John Richard Smith
Dan Gordon wrote: On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 09:51:48 -0500 Dan Gordon wrote: Maybe setterm -powersave off Thanks will let you know if this works setterm -powersave off gave me this cannot (un)set powersave mode so i tried setterm -blank 0 and setterm -powerdown 0 no errors so i will see what

Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.

2004-03-24 Thread Dan Gordon
On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 09:44:28 + John Richard Smith wrote: The choices in setterm seem to be, [ -powersave [on | vsync | hsync | powerdown | off] ] which I took to mean, powersave on with Verticle and horizontal syncronisation and powerdown off.[ -powerdown [0-60] ] this sets the time

Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.

2004-03-24 Thread Dan Gordon
On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 07:23:30 -0500 Dan Gordon wrote: On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 09:44:28 + John Richard Smith wrote: The choices in setterm seem to be, [ -powersave [on | vsync | hsync | powerdown | off] ] which I took to mean, powersave on with Verticle and horizontal

Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.

2004-03-24 Thread John Richard Smith
Dan Gordon wrote: I think I'm just going to not worry about this any longer. Regards, Dan Gordon Yes, either, -blank [0-60] or, -powerdown [0-60] not sure which, sets the powerdown(or powersave) to however many minutes) between 0 and 60 minutes. and that's it. If you want screen

Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.

2004-03-24 Thread Hoyt Bailey
On Tuesday 23 March 2004 07:04 am, Dan Gordon wrote: On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 10:00:18 + John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think it's that simple. The TCO symbol means the monitor itself can do this, I know in theory the bios ought to shut it down if you can set it as

Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.

2004-03-23 Thread John Richard Smith
Dan Gordon wrote: On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 19:30:29 + John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dan Gordon wrote: Yes its definetly in a fixed interval but is a longer time than 15 minutes, more like an hour but I'm not sure exactly. I have turned off power control in kde both as user

Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.

2004-03-23 Thread Dan Gordon
On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 10:00:18 + John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think it's that simple. The TCO symbol means the monitor itself can do this, I know in theory the bios ought to shut it down if you can set it as such not all bioses can. I think windblows has some other

Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.

2004-03-23 Thread John Richard Smith
Dan Gordon wrote: On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 10:00:18 + John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think it's that simple. The TCO symbol means the monitor itself can do this, I know in theory the bios ought to shut it down if you can set it as such not all bioses can. I think windblows

Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.

2004-03-23 Thread Dan Gordon
On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:34:13 + John Richard Smith wrote: Well maybe there is a way then. There is the setterm command, try looking at settern --help, or man setterm and see if any of those work ? Just a possibility Maybe setterm -powersave off Thanks will let you know if this

Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.

2004-03-22 Thread Fajar Priyanto
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 22 March 2004 11:13 am, Dan Gordon wrote: All of a sudden my monitor goes in to sleep or suspended mode, I have turned this off in kde, gnome, xscreensaver, the bios, looked in mcc and at a loss, turned off apm. Is there any where else i

Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.

2004-03-22 Thread Dan Gordon
On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 14:53:46 +0700 Fajar Priyanto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Uumm... how about in BIOS? - -- Have checked in BIOS, i should mention that this is 9.2. For the life of me I can not find out where the monitor is being put on standby. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Mon Mar 22 08:35:30

Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.

2004-03-22 Thread Fajar Priyanto
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 22 March 2004 08:38 pm, Dan Gordon wrote: On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 14:53:46 +0700 Fajar Priyanto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Uumm... how about in BIOS? - -- Have checked in BIOS, i should mention that this is 9.2. For the life of me I can

Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.

2004-03-22 Thread Dan Gordon
On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 22:16:34 +0700 Fajar Priyanto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is this happening in a fix interval, say when you leave your box untouched for about 15 minutes, etc? Or randomly? Have you checked in ConfigurationKDEPower Control? - -- Yes its definetly in a fixed interval but

Re: [newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.

2004-03-22 Thread Dan Gordon
On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 19:30:29 + John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dan Gordon wrote: Yes its definetly in a fixed interval but is a longer time than 15 minutes, more like an hour but I'm not sure exactly. I have turned off power control in kde both as user and in root.

[newbie] Monitor in sleep mode.

2004-03-21 Thread Dan Gordon
All of a sudden my monitor goes in to sleep or suspended mode, I have turned this off in kde, gnome, xscreensaver, the bios, looked in mcc and at a loss, turned off apm. Is there any where else i should look ? I have never had this problem before. Any help is welcome. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Sun

Re: [newbie] Monitor settings (slightly OT)

2004-02-14 Thread JoeHill
On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 13:01:54 + Marco Verheul disseminated the following: I can't seem to set the recommended resolution in Mandrake Control Center. It does not show the combination of the resolution/refresh rate I want to select. Is there another way? Could it be that my graphic card

Re: [newbie] monitor configuration

2003-09-17 Thread d2ci1fj g1nf24
From: Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mandrake Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] monitor configuration Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 06:41:48 +1000 On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 01:39, Miark wrote: On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 03:37:10 +, d2ci1fj g1nf24 [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] monitor configuration

2003-09-13 Thread Miark
On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 03:37:10 +, d2ci1fj g1nf24 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's an attachment to this email about configuring a monitor. I don't understand most of it. Would somebody be to able explain it to me? How do I read a .bz2 file from the text login screen? You must first

Re: [newbie] monitor configuration

2003-09-13 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 01:39, Miark wrote: On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 03:37:10 +, d2ci1fj g1nf24 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's an attachment to this email about configuring a monitor. I don't understand most of it. Would somebody be to able explain it to me? How do I read a .bz2 file

Re: [newbie] monitor configuration

2003-09-13 Thread d2ci1fj g1nf24
From: Carroll Grigsby [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] monitor configuration Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 20:36:02 -0400 On Friday 12 September 2003 11:37 pm, d2ci1fj g1nf24 wrote: Hi, There's an attachment to this email about configuring

[newbie] monitor configuration

2003-09-12 Thread d2ci1fj g1nf24
Hi, There's an attachment to this email about configuring a monitor. I don't understand most of it. Would somebody be to able explain it to me? How do I read a .bz2 file from the text login screen? From,

Re: [newbie] monitor configuration

2003-09-12 Thread d2ci1fj g1nf24
Hi, There's an attachment to this email about configuring a monitor. I don't understand most of it. Would somebody be to able explain it to me? How do I read a .bz2 file from the text login screen? From,

Re: [newbie] Monitor Switching on/off

2003-04-04 Thread Miark
Is this at runlevel 3, 5, or both? Miark On Thu, 3 Apr 2003 21:43:46 -0600 Osiris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings Just installed 9.0 and it seems my monitor wants to click on/off every 3 seconds or so. I assume this is a driver issue, but I can not find any updates. I am using

[newbie] Monitor trouble.

2003-04-01 Thread Keith Powell
I have just changed my monitor from a CRT one to a TFT one. The old monitor was running with the same settings as the new one requires - 1024x768 at 75Hz. The new one works well with Windows98 and with Libranet. I did not have to change anything in Libranet, the new monitor just worked.

Re: [newbie] Monitor trouble.

2003-04-01 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Tuesday 01 April 2003 07:51 pm, Keith Powell wrote: I have just changed my monitor from a CRT one to a TFT one. The old monitor was running with the same settings as the new one requires - 1024x768 at 75Hz. The new one works well with Windows98 and with Libranet. I did not have to

Re: [newbie] Monitor setup

2003-01-05 Thread David Reynolds
On Sunday 05 January 2003 09:29 am, David Robertson stated: With regard to the monitor, the manual should give the horizontal and vertical frequencies, so those can be entered in the custom monitor settings. David I have a sort of weird situation; I didn't know it was possible to overclock a

Re: [newbie] Monitor setup

2003-01-05 Thread John Richard Smith
David Reynolds wrote: On Sunday 05 January 2003 09:29 am, David Robertson stated: With regard to the monitor, the manual should give the horizontal and vertical frequencies, so those can be entered in the custom monitor settings. David I have a sort of weird situation; I didn't know it

Re: [newbie] Monitor setup

2003-01-05 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 10:40:41AM -0600, David Reynolds wrote: virtual screen - larger than my display. I was aiming for 1024x768, and apparently that is what I got...sort of. Alt-Ctrl +/- got me into a stable situation, and I had to resave the session a few times. How did you get alt-ctrl

Re: [newbie] Monitor setup

2003-01-05 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 05 Jan 2003 5:54 pm, Hendrik Boom wrote: On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 10:40:41AM -0600, David Reynolds wrote: virtual screen - larger than my display. I was aiming for 1024x768, and apparently that is what I got...sort of. Alt-Ctrl +/- got me into a stable situation, and I had to

Re: [newbie] Monitor setup

2003-01-05 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 05 Jan 2003 10:42 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 05 Jan 2003 5:54 pm, Hendrik Boom wrote: On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 10:40:41AM -0600, David Reynolds wrote: virtual screen - larger than my display. I was aiming for 1024x768, and apparently that is what I got...sort of. Alt-Ctrl

Re: [newbie] Monitor standby, suspend and power off

2002-11-04 Thread Peter Watson
On Monday 04 Nov 2002 01:19, Angus Auld wrote: Peter Watson wrote: I am using KDE 3.0 on LM 9.0. The monitor power saving features (standby, suspend and power off ) were working fine except that they interfered with ripping a DVD which went on for a long period and so I disabled them

[newbie] Monitor standby, suspend and power off

2002-11-03 Thread Peter Watson
I am using KDE 3.0 on LM 9.0. The monitor power saving features (standby, suspend and power off ) were working fine except that they interfered with ripping a DVD which went on for a long period and so I disabled them from ConfigureKDEPower ControlEnergy. After succesfully ripping the DVD I

Re: [newbie] Monitor standby, suspend and power off

2002-11-03 Thread Angus Auld
Peter Watson wrote: I am using KDE 3.0 on LM 9.0. The monitor power saving features (standby, suspend and power off ) were working fine except that they interfered with ripping a DVD which went on for a long period and so I disabled them from ConfigureKDEPower ControlEnergy. After

Re: [newbie] monitor bliking time to time problem

2002-09-27 Thread Regis Braz
hei people, my monitor blinking all time. I need to configure XWindows. I am running Mandrake, I don't know how it is done. I am using: mandrake linux ppc 8.2 kernel version 2.4 18.6.1 monitor Imac/powerpc-640x480 I run KDE version 2.2.2 Graphic

[newbie] monitor bliking time to time problem

2002-09-26 Thread Regis Braz
On Monday 23 September 2002 15:16, you wrote: -- De: rhp [EMAIL PROTECTED] Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: monitor flickering problem Fecha: lun., 23 sept 2002 15:21 hei people, my monitor blinking all time. I need to configure XWindows. I am running Mandrake, I don't

Re: [newbie] monitor

2002-02-14 Thread g
vasscon wrote: My monitor,a 15'' Proview PK-572 isn't listed if no other responce log http://www.google.com/ and run search for 'proview AND pk-572 AND linux' and you should get a few hits. drop 'linux' and you should get many hits. log proview site, search 'pk-572', pull tech specs, plug

[newbie] monitor

2002-02-13 Thread vasscon
My monitor,a 15'' Proview PK-572 isn't listed between the ones to select,in order to configure the Xserver at the end of the installation .Is there a conpatible model from an other company I could use? mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[newbie] monitor power management

2002-02-03 Thread Roman Korcek
Hi, I am using XScreenSaver and the only saver selected is Phosphor. Now, I tried to set power management options in both XScreenSaver and KDE control center (hope I got the name right) to different values but neither seems to get noticed by the system. It always freezes phosphor's output after a

[newbie] Monitor Lock-up

2002-01-20 Thread J Winkle
Hi, When my IBM 202 monitor shuts itself down for the night, and I am still logged in, I have to turn the whole box off in the morning (which led to more difficuties - reformating). I have experimented and logged off at night and the results are various. I saw on the list several weeks

Re: [newbie] Monitor Lock-up

2002-01-20 Thread Dan Shackelford
On Sunday 20 January 2002 05:54 pm, you wrote: Have you tried: K -- CONFIGURATION -- KDE -- POWER CONTROL -- ENERGY ? Hi, When my IBM 202 monitor shuts itself down for the night, and I am still logged in, I have to turn the whole box off in the morning (which led to more difficuties

Re: [newbie] Monitor Lock-up

2002-01-20 Thread J Winkle
There it was, right in front of me. Never bothered to look there because I figured this wasn't a laptop and didn't apply (batteries). Thanks for the response --- Dan Shackelford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 20 January 2002 05:54 pm, you wrote: Have you tried: K -- CONFIGURATION

Re: [newbie] Monitor/Resolution Problem

2002-01-17 Thread Robin Turner
On Saturday 22 December 2001 13:33, poogle wrote: Probably won't be a lot of use here, but assuming you have correctly configured your monitor refresh rates/horizonta/vertical frequencies have you got access to another video card ? I ask because I had an S3Trio64/3D which I could never get to

Re: [newbie] Monitor/Resolution Problem

2002-01-11 Thread poogle
Probably won't be a lot of use here, but assuming you have correctly configured your monitor refresh rates/horizonta/vertical frequencies have you got access to another video card ? I ask because I had an S3Trio64/3D which I could never get to work, in the end I gave up and bought a different

Re: [newbie] Monitor/Resolution Problem

2001-12-22 Thread Onur Kucuk
TR Hi All, TR I have a monitor that is NOT listed but does 1024/768 and an S3Trio Video TR Card. Once I've picked ANYTHING for monitor and/or resolution my computer TR hangs with some message about nodevice. I can reproduce this message TR exactly if you need to see it fully, but does anyone

RE: [newbie] Monitor/Resolution Problem

2001-12-22 Thread Trevor Rhodes
is the video card agp? or pci? if pci, what slot? if agp what is in the pci slot next to it? (should be empty) Bottom of 3 PCI slots. Network card is in the top PCI slot. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Monitor/Resolution Problem

2001-12-21 Thread Trevor Rhodes
Hi All, I have a monitor that is NOT listed but does 1024/768 and an S3Trio Video Card. Once I've picked ANYTHING for monitor and/or resolution my computer hangs with some message about nodevice. I can reproduce this message exactly if you need to see it fully, but does anyone have any ideas

[newbie] monitor card for sis735 m/b? sis sg86c201 5591/5592 agp

2001-11-27 Thread tek1
according to mandrake, my graphic card is a sis sg86c201 5591/5592 agp, but when i go to change the screen resolution, it asks me to select the graphic card. i select sis sg86c201 and then the resolution, but when i test the settings, the machine goes haywire; the screen starts

Re: [newbie] Monitor

2001-11-16 Thread Alan Shoemaker
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello group, I have installed Mandrake 8.1 and I would really like the annoying sleep mode or shutting down of my monitor to stop.' anyone have any great ideas?? thnxXsturm Xsturmas root, load the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 into an editor and make this line

[newbie] Monitor

2001-11-15 Thread xsturm
Hello group, I have installed Mandrake 8.1 and I would really like the annoying sleep mode or shutting down of my monitor to stop.' anyone have any great ideas?? thnxXsturm -- It's a beautiful day...don't let it get away... ~U2~ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?

Re: [newbie] Monitor

2001-11-15 Thread Paul
In reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s words, written Thu, 15 Nov 2001 23:24:48 -0600 It's either the power management in the BIOS, or the Advanced Power Management (APM) daemon in the boot. Run Mandrake Control Center (mcc) and look for services. Paul Hello group, I have installed Mandrake 8.1 and I

RE: [newbie] Monitor

2001-11-15 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
From an xterm... xset s off -JMS |-Original Message- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of |[EMAIL PROTECTED] |Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 12:25 AM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: [newbie] Monitor | | |Hello group, | |I have installed Mandrake 8.1

[newbie] Monitor LG Studiworks 441

2001-07-31 Thread Aldo Caruso
Hi, I've just installed Mandrake 8 and I've a monitor LG Studioworks 441. Mandrake correctly detects the card (Intel 810), but when it attemps to enter X Windows the screen gets black. If I set, using, XConfigurator in console mode, 640 x 480 video mode, then I can enter XWindows mode with

Re: [newbie] Monitor LG Studiworks 441

2001-07-31 Thread John Rye
On Tue, 31 Jul 2001 23:22:17 -0400 Aldo Caruso [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.monitorworld.com/ There you'll find specs for most monitors Cheers Hi, I've just installed Mandrake 8 and I've a monitor LG Studioworks 441. Mandrake correctly detects the card (Intel 810), but when it

Re: [newbie] Monitor Switch?

2001-07-27 Thread Jon Doe
thanks for the quick responses! I dual boot both linux and winME with an older 17 IBM monitor that I got for $99 and it works just fine. My dad is kinda weird about these things and I have him really interested in linux, but when he had the monitor problem of course he blamed it on linux and

[newbie] monitor resolution

2001-06-01 Thread Edward Barrow
How do I configure xfree86 4 to produce legible fonts while still using the highest resolution on my monitor? The KDE help centre suggests editing the order of the fonts lines in xf86config, but there are no such lines, just a note saying that a font server is now used. Where is the relevant

Re: [newbie] monitor resolution

2001-06-01 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Edit the order of the fonts in the xfs config file: vi /etc/X11/fs/config (it probably has the 75 point first and the 100point second. Reverse that, and put the 100 point first.). Then, stop restart xfs: service xfs restart Then stop restart X (a little trickier). If you're using kdm/gdm

[newbie] Monitor

2001-05-14 Thread sml1001 . caen
Hello, I am new in this mailing list and I would like first of all to introduce myself. My name is Mohammed, I discovered linux last year and I use it as my best development platform. Since last year I have used linux Mandrake 7.0 with Xfree3.3.6 and it worked well. yesterday, due to the

[newbie] Monitor/video card problems

2001-05-04 Thread Gavin
Hi, I could use some help, I' ve been running mdk 7.2 with no problems, today I finally got 8.0, it loaded up fine but when I got to the main screen to log on. all fuzzy, as if the software could not find the settings. I'm using a HEWLETT PACKARD PAVILION M50 monitor with a voodoo3 banchee

Re: [newbie] Monitor goes dead.

2001-02-05 Thread Riker
I had a similar problem with an S3 TRIO and the only way I could get the card to work was during the installation processes. Boot from the CD and hit F1 when the CD first boots (you should see and option for it). Then type 'vgalo' in the command line. Once I did this, my video came up and worked

Re: [newbie] Monitor goes dead.

2001-02-05 Thread Charley Peggy Robinson
Thanks for the reply. I found a combination that works; 8514 compatible, 1028 X 768 @ 87 Hz, interlaced (no 800 X 600). Phew! (G) I found the manual on the monitor, in the back the was a chart showing "factory preset display modes." This was one of them that appeared on the list in Mandrake

Re: [newbie] monitor setup

2001-01-16 Thread Mark Weaver
yes i didbut in my case XFdrake=Xconfigurator...both commands start Xconfigurator ( i did a server install), maybe this is the reason why XF86Setup didnt get installed ? ) meanwhile i solved the problem otherwise..by reinstalling and choosing the graphic card at install

Re: [newbie] monitor setup

2001-01-16 Thread Quaylar
You don't call XFdrake that way. The command line command to issue at the command prompt is "setuptool". You will be presented with a small menu of utilities to choose from. All to make it possible to configure your system. One of those is XFdrake. Give it a try. Drop out of a console from X by

Re: [newbie] monitor setup

2001-01-15 Thread Paul
On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Dave wrote: I just put a new monitor on my system and now the grapical part of linux won't come up. Question is: how do I change the settings from the command line. I have tried Xconfigurator and XFdrake , but both take me to selecting a video card only. You can edit the

Re: [newbie] monitor setup

2001-01-15 Thread Quaylar
At 19:12 15.01.2001 +0100, you wrote: On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Dave wrote: I just put a new monitor on my system and now the grapical part of linux won't come up. Question is: how do I change the settings from the command line. I have tried Xconfigurator and XFdrake , but both take me to

Re: [newbie] monitor setup

2001-01-15 Thread Mark Weaver
in my case neither of them does allow me to set my video card.instead both let me choose a monitor is there any other way to select the video card ?..XF86Setup doesnt exist on my system, only xf86config which crashes all the time quay Quay, Have you tried to do

Re: [newbie] monitor setup

2001-01-15 Thread Quaylar
At 23:15 15.01.2001 -0500, you wrote: in my case neither of them does allow me to set my video card.instead both let me choose a monitor is there any other way to select the video card ?..XF86Setup doesnt exist on my system, only xf86config which crashes all the

[newbie] monitor setup

2001-01-14 Thread Dave
I just put a new monitor on my system and now the grapical part of linux won't come up. Question is: how do I change the settings from the command line. I have tried Xconfigurator and XFdrake , but both take me to selecting a video card only. -- Dave

[newbie] Monitor Powers Down???

2000-11-07 Thread Kelly Edwards
This is for the holder of the knowledge that I seek: I have seen many posts about this and I have to say that I am quite curious about this also. Why does my monitor continually power down after inactivity? I am not using apm, bios is disabled, all relevant entries in my XF86Config are

[newbie] Monitor problems

2000-10-20 Thread Uliq the Butterfly
Hi all, I've installed Mandrake 7.1 recently and during install everything went fine except the monitor/video part. After rebooting and running Xconfigurator i could fix the problem, but at that moment i couldnt find any drivers for my monitor and on the standard driver i couldnt get a screen

Re: [newbie] Monitor problems

2000-10-20 Thread Tom Brinkman
the correct driver for my monitor in the list, i just didnt see it the previous time i guess. I used DrakConf from within KDE to change the monitor and all went well. as user or root? until i started my pc this morning and saw that all settings were returned to the original and i

Re: [newbie] Monitor problems

2000-10-20 Thread Rod Baxter
CTED] Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 7:32 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Monitor problems In defense of leaving the machine on (particularly if you're running a stable system like Linux), other than your monitor, a computer doesn't use all that much electricity. A 200W power supply takes about as m

Re: [newbie] Monitor problems

2000-10-20 Thread Adam Koch
Subject: Re: [newbie] Monitor problems downsides of leaving it on all the time: heat buildup (computer is enclosed no air conditioner live in the south *haha*) solution -- good fans, take the cover off (that's what i do) Not to be nitpicky or anything, but this is not always the best thing

Re: [[Fwd: [newbie] monitor]]

2000-08-31 Thread Michael Scottaline
"J. Ricardo Rizzo" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Simply try Xconfigurator or XF86Setup from a tty terminal (the one which appears when booting). Both programs detect and configure your card and your monitor, and modify the file /etc/X11/XF86Config. Good luck! Ricardo

Re: [[Fwd: [newbie] monitor]]

2000-08-31 Thread Manuel Tuthill
We got this one sorted yesterday and it work but thanks for you input Warmest regards, Manuel Tuthill -Original Message- From: Michael Scottaline [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, August 31, 2000 11:16 AM Subject: Re: [[Fwd: [newbie] monitor

[newbie] monitor

2000-08-30 Thread Manuel Tuthill
Please could someone help me I need to change the monitor type on my Linux 6.2 installation as I cant get into X I remember seeing a X monitor config file somewhere but I cant remember where Warmest regards, Manuel Tuthill

[Fwd: [newbie] monitor]

2000-08-30 Thread J. Ricardo Rizzo
Simply try Xconfigurator or XF86Setup from a tty terminal (the one which appears when booting). Both programs detect and configure your card and your monitor, and modify the file /etc/X11/XF86Config. Good luck! Ricardo Manuel Tuthill wrote: Please could someone help me I need to change the

Re: [Fwd: [newbie] monitor]

2000-08-30 Thread Manuel Tuthill
Thanks Worked like a dream! Warmest regards, Manuel Tuthill -Original Message- From: J. Ricardo Rizzo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 1:59 PM Subject: [Fwd: [newbie] monitor] Simply try Xconfigurator or XF86Setup from a tty

[newbie] monitor/video card screen distortion

2000-07-09 Thread Phil Bossaers
Hi all, I have just installed LM 7.1 on my AMD K6-2 500 MHz. I am having trouble with screen distortion, mostly on the left hand side of the screen. I have a generic Voodoo Banshee video card which the OS has had no trouble recognising. Do I need to reconfigure the monitor or video card in

Re: [newbie] monitor/video card screen distortion

2000-07-09 Thread Romanator
Hi Phil, What type of monitor and graphics card are you using? And, what is the resolution and amount of colors on your color palette? In the meantime, trying selecting a generic monitor and reduce your resolution to 800 X 600. Then, work your way up to a higher resolution. If you have a

Re: [newbie] monitor/video card screen distortion

2000-07-09 Thread toyswins
Mandrake 7.1 seems better than the 6.5 version I replaced, but had the identical problem with the display skewed left. I simply reset the monitor display and after about 60 seconds it "takes" and seems to be holding. I had to change resolution to 800X600. Using Amdek 815E monitor and Erazor

[newbie] Monitor Display is Offset

2000-07-07 Thread Ralph Sanford
Hi Guys, I have Linux Mandrake 7.0 Deluxe, basically installed and running except for peripherals (to be dealt with later) and the display on my monitor is offset to the right about 1 inch ( the left side border is too large?) I have tried XFdrake , XFdrake --expert and Xconfigurator and they

RE: [newbie] Monitor Display is Offset

2000-07-07 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
ll effectively lower the refresh rate at a given resolution and get you closer to where you need to be. -JMS |-Original Message- |From: Ralph Sanford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] |Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 4:57 PM |To: Newbie Mandrake List |Subject: [newbie] Monitor Display is Offset | | |Hi G

[newbie] Monitor and VideoCard problem

2000-06-18 Thread Rene de Kat
Hiya, I have a problem with setting up my IIyama Visionmaster 350. I know it is supported in the Mandrake 7.1 distribution. When I select it during installation it keeps restoring the setting to Generic Monitor and in the XF86Config file the following is displayed: Section "Monitor"

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