folk, i have recently installed debian. using bash has improved my typing skills. lynx is fast fast fast, but i am determined to step away from the command line and into X.
however, two weeks of reading manuals, howtos, search engines (and cursing various alleged documentations) and no go. i suspect that X (and XFree86) don't know how to deal with the fact that my monitor is not exactly connected to a video card. i have tried #startx #Xvfb :5 -screen 0 1024x768x8 & #X -config #xf86cfg and various other incantations. all result in my screen flashing four times and returning me to bash with "fatal server error: screen not found". anyone willing to direct me? system particulars: 7600/120 with g3sonnet400, using 4MB builtin VRAM, connected to a Supermac STD9782 via a griffin macSense adapter, which (in theory at least) conceals all details of the monitor and just gives the machine what it says it wants. peter HTML formatted email has a 99% chance of being vapourized by my filters, never to appear on my screen. Nothing personal, unless you're Kevin O'Connor. Unsolicited commercial email will be retrieved and/or read and/or translated and/or considered and/or printed and/or shredded and/or deleted and/or stored at a charge of $500.00 CDN per service per message. Use of this email address indicates consent to these terms. If this is unclear, consult Papa Legba before contacting me. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MaX-list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MaX-list info: <http://lowendmac.com/linux/max.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/max-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
