On Sat, 10 Jun 2000, Samuel E. Clark wrote about, resolution and other...:
> Hello,
>
> I hope this is the right list. I was referred here by a different list
> that told me this would be better for me as a newbie.
that is correct.
>
> I'm running stormix 2000 but I'm having trouble changing my
> resolution. Would it be because stormix isn't supporting my video
> card?(Diamond Monster Fusion)
I dont know stormix, what i an say is it s not stromix that does not supprt
any card, its xfree86 which "supports cards"
What you need to do is run "xf86config" if of course stormix includes it.
If not you will have to edit /etc/XF86Config by hand, that is where ever
stormix installes it for you.
You need make sure you have multiple resolutions defined under your
# Screen sections the following is for the SVGA server and is an extract
from my XF86Config file.
# The Colour SVGA server
Section "Screen"
Driver "svga"
# Use Device "Generic VGA" for Standard VGA 320x200x256
#Device "Generic VGA"
Device "SiS 6326"
Monitor "Process"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
# Omit the Modes line for the "Generic VGA" device
Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024"
ViewPort 0 0
# Use Virtual 320 200 for Generic VGA
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "640x480" "800x600"
Virtual 1024 768
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "1024x768"
Virtual 1024 768
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
>
> Also, I keep getting a text login screen as opposed to a xwindows one.
Thats because your /etc/inittab file is startin up linux in console mode,
NOT A BAD idea UNTILL you get problems like resolutions sorted out.
>
> Finally, I have a CD with a bunch of apps on it, so I put it in and had no
> trouble mounting it. Then I tried installing things and I couldn't, so I
> tried to unmount it and take out the CD but it wouldn't let me
> unmount. It said device busy, bu tI couldn't figure out what it was
> doing.
You have a console in which you are still in the cdrom directory, meaning
that you are in the cdrom, so how can it be unmounted if it is still in use.
Or you have started a program "from" the cdrom directory.
>
> And lastly, when I boot into X I see a message that says:
> /dev/hda5 was not cleanly unmounted, check forced
> and then it seems like it is doing a windows scan disk sort of
> thing. What is causing this and how do I prevent it?
The cause of that is, "you did not shut down linux properly".
Normally one hits, ctrl-alt-delete all in one go, that shuts down the
system, "cleanly".
At bootime all disks are checked. fsck will do disk checks, so just let it
do what it finds nessasary.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
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