Re: [expert] Toshiba laptop + updated X = screw-up
On Monday 15 September 2003 04:16 pm, Birkoff wrote: Hi, I'm using a Toshiba 5105-S501 Laptop with the Nvidia drivers loaded and xfree86 4.3.0. Here are my config files. I had to put the line at the top of my modules.conf file to get rid of a 1/4 inch space on the right hand side of the screen that was not being used. Anyway maby they will help. Ralph can't U try now to put back the original XFree 4 from the CDs? urpm can help. On Monday 15 September 2003 15:05, stefmit wrote: Switched to 3.3.6, and everything is OK (except for fonts in KDE, which are very ugly ... ) - still hoping for a 4.x fix ... On Monday 15 September 2003 06:29 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you for the quick answer - this is what I did not know for sure: if I can downgrade to an earlier version of X, after upgrading to the new one (more secure, 'cause I can't use it ;)). I am going right now through XFDrake (which I assume will work even under CLI), to see if I can repair the new X, first. This reminds me of another OS, which delivers Service Packs, followed by patches, then hotfixes ;( Just out of curiosity: anybody else with a Toshiba 8100 around here, having had issues with the patched X? Thx again, Stef In a pinch, use Knoppix to autoconfigure X and then overwrite the XF86Config/Config-4 of Mandrake. If it's just a configuration problem than that might work. If not and X is toast, then a downgrade to an earlier version of X might be the only fix. This, of course, will have to be done from the CLI. Cheers Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just worked on my laptop last night, and, while doing other things, decided to check the updates and chose to allow the X update to go through. Of course everything worked fine (update and such), but once shutting it down and restarting it this morning, in the office - X is broken. What do I mean by this? When starting, the screen shows lots of colored lines in the upper portion, after which it brings up the login (what used to be) acreen, but with no dialog box for input, or possibility to do anything (actually I can pick the username, which is still visible, but I cannot guess where the password field may be ... let alone the fact that this would come up - probably - with more weird stuff, even if able to login. In the rest, another tty (CLI) works just fine, as does non-init 5 levels. Anybody having any idea what could have broken with the new X? I would appreciate any help, as I am stuck now with a Windows box, readin/writing email using a browser, and all my weekend work dependent on my laptop (unless deciding to install Openoffice in Windows). Thx, Stef # File generated by xf86config. # # Copyright (c) 1999 by The XFree86 Project, Inc. # # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a # copy of this software and associated documentation files (the Software), # to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation # the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, # and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the # Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: # # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in # all copies or substantial portions of the Software. # # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR # IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL # THE XFREE86 PROJECT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, # WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF # OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE # SOFTWARE. # # Except as contained in this notice, the name of the XFree86 Project shall # not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other # dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from the # XFree86 Project. # # ** # Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) man page for details about the format of # this file. # ** # ** # Module section -- this section is used to specify # which dynamically loadable modules to load. # ** # Section Module # This loads the DBE extension module. Loaddbe # Double buffer extension # This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables # initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module. SubSection extmod Optionomit xfree86-dga # don't
Re: [expert] Toshiba laptop + updated X = screw-up
Thank you for your help. Savage/MX is my card, and not much of what's been suggested on this list, so far, has helped. Getting used to it, when using Linux, though ... ;( I need my network tools, so I am stuck for now with Linux, until the winpcap developers come up with a production-ready release of their latest packet capture libraries (the alpha of 3.01 is awesome, for whoever cares - it supports full remote capturing, with the proper version of windump - check out rpcap!!!), which I can rebuild my staff against ... hope it's not going to be that long ... Linux is still a couple of years away from being a stable desktop platform, but moving in the right direction, from what I have seen so far (or at least I hope :)). Thanks again, and I really appreciate, Stef On Thursday 18 September 2003 09:13 am, Ralph Crongeyer wrote: On Monday 15 September 2003 04:16 pm, Birkoff wrote: Hi, I'm using a Toshiba 5105-S501 Laptop with the Nvidia drivers loaded and xfree86 4.3.0. Here are my config files. I had to put the line at the top of my modules.conf file to get rid of a 1/4 inch space on the right hand side of the screen that was not being used. Anyway maby they will help. Ralph snip Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Toshiba laptop + updated X = screw-up
In a pinch, use Knoppix to autoconfigure X and then overwrite the XF86Config/Config-4 of Mandrake. If it's just a configuration problem than that might work. If not and X is toast, then a downgrade to an earlier version of X might be the only fix. This, of course, will have to be done from the CLI. Cheers Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just worked on my laptop last night, and, while doing other things, decided to check the updates and chose to allow the X update to go through. Of course everything worked fine (update and such), but once shutting it down and restarting it this morning, in the office - X is broken. What do I mean by this? When starting, the screen shows lots of colored lines in the upper portion, after which it brings up the login (what used to be) acreen, but with no dialog box for input, or possibility to do anything (actually I can pick the username, which is still visible, but I cannot guess where the password field may be ... let alone the fact that this would come up - probably - with more weird stuff, even if able to login. In the rest, another tty (CLI) works just fine, as does non-init 5 levels. Anybody having any idea what could have broken with the new X? I would appreciate any help, as I am stuck now with a Windows box, readin/writing email using a browser, and all my weekend work dependent on my laptop (unless deciding to install Openoffice in Windows). Thx, Stef Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Toshiba laptop + updated X = screw-up
Thank you for the quick answer - this is what I did not know for sure: if I can downgrade to an earlier version of X, after upgrading to the new one (more secure, 'cause I can't use it ;)). I am going right now through XFDrake (which I assume will work even under CLI), to see if I can repair the new X, first. This reminds me of another OS, which delivers Service Packs, followed by patches, then hotfixes ;( Just out of curiosity: anybody else with a Toshiba 8100 around here, having had issues with the patched X? Thx again, Stef In a pinch, use Knoppix to autoconfigure X and then overwrite the XF86Config/Config-4 of Mandrake. If it's just a configuration problem than that might work. If not and X is toast, then a downgrade to an earlier version of X might be the only fix. This, of course, will have to be done from the CLI. Cheers Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just worked on my laptop last night, and, while doing other things, decided to check the updates and chose to allow the X update to go through. Of course everything worked fine (update and such), but once shutting it down and restarting it this morning, in the office - X is broken. What do I mean by this? When starting, the screen shows lots of colored lines in the upper portion, after which it brings up the login (what used to be) acreen, but with no dialog box for input, or possibility to do anything (actually I can pick the username, which is still visible, but I cannot guess where the password field may be ... let alone the fact that this would come up - probably - with more weird stuff, even if able to login. In the rest, another tty (CLI) works just fine, as does non-init 5 levels. Anybody having any idea what could have broken with the new X? I would appreciate any help, as I am stuck now with a Windows box, readin/writing email using a browser, and all my weekend work dependent on my laptop (unless deciding to install Openoffice in Windows). Thx, Stef Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Toshiba laptop + updated X = screw-up
Switched to 3.3.6, and everything is OK (except for fonts in KDE, which are very ugly ... ) - still hoping for a 4.x fix ... On Monday 15 September 2003 06:29 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you for the quick answer - this is what I did not know for sure: if I can downgrade to an earlier version of X, after upgrading to the new one (more secure, 'cause I can't use it ;)). I am going right now through XFDrake (which I assume will work even under CLI), to see if I can repair the new X, first. This reminds me of another OS, which delivers Service Packs, followed by patches, then hotfixes ;( Just out of curiosity: anybody else with a Toshiba 8100 around here, having had issues with the patched X? Thx again, Stef In a pinch, use Knoppix to autoconfigure X and then overwrite the XF86Config/Config-4 of Mandrake. If it's just a configuration problem than that might work. If not and X is toast, then a downgrade to an earlier version of X might be the only fix. This, of course, will have to be done from the CLI. Cheers Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just worked on my laptop last night, and, while doing other things, decided to check the updates and chose to allow the X update to go through. Of course everything worked fine (update and such), but once shutting it down and restarting it this morning, in the office - X is broken. What do I mean by this? When starting, the screen shows lots of colored lines in the upper portion, after which it brings up the login (what used to be) acreen, but with no dialog box for input, or possibility to do anything (actually I can pick the username, which is still visible, but I cannot guess where the password field may be ... let alone the fact that this would come up - probably - with more weird stuff, even if able to login. In the rest, another tty (CLI) works just fine, as does non-init 5 levels. Anybody having any idea what could have broken with the new X? I would appreciate any help, as I am stuck now with a Windows box, readin/writing email using a browser, and all my weekend work dependent on my laptop (unless deciding to install Openoffice in Windows). Thx, Stef Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Toshiba laptop + updated X = screw-up
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just worked on my laptop last night, and, while doing other things, decided to check the updates and chose to allow the X update to go through. Of course everything worked fine (update and such), but once shutting it down and restarting it this morning, in the office - X is broken. What do I mean by this? When starting, the screen shows lots of colored lines in the upper portion, after which it brings up the login (what used to be) acreen, but with no dialog box for input, or possibility to do anything (actually I can pick the username, which is still visible, but I cannot guess where the password field may be ... let alone the fact that this would come up - probably - with more weird stuff, even if able to login. In the rest, another tty (CLI) works just fine, as does non-init 5 levels. Anybody having any idea what could have broken with the new X? I would appreciate any help, as I am stuck now with a Windows box, readin/writing email using a browser, and all my weekend work dependent on my laptop (unless deciding to install Openoffice in Windows). Thx, Stef Stef, As root run XFdrake and reset your X system. Larry -- Abit VP-6 Dual Pentium III 1GHz Mandrake 9.1 Kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdksmp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Toshiba laptop + updated X = screw-up
I already did that - see my follow-up comments. 4.x completely declined to work properly, regardless of my attempts to reset things, or just change them to something new. I had to choose 3.3.6 for things to work again, which is not only pathetic, but also reminds me of the_other_OS ;( Thx for help, Stef On Monday 15 September 2003 11:18 am, Larry Sword wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just worked on my laptop last night, and, while doing other things, decided to check the updates and chose to allow the X update to go through. Of course everything worked fine (update and such), but once shutting it down and restarting it this morning, in the office - X is broken. What do I mean by this? When starting, the screen shows lots of colored lines in the upper portion, after which it brings up the login (what used to be) acreen, but with no dialog box for input, or possibility to do anything (actually I can pick the username, which is still visible, but I cannot guess where the password field may be ... let alone the fact that this would come up - probably - with more weird stuff, even if able to login. In the rest, another tty (CLI) works just fine, as does non-init 5 levels. Anybody having any idea what could have broken with the new X? I would appreciate any help, as I am stuck now with a Windows box, readin/writing email using a browser, and all my weekend work dependent on my laptop (unless deciding to install Openoffice in Windows). Thx, Stef Stef, As root run XFdrake and reset your X system. Larry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Toshiba laptop + updated X = screw-up
can't U try now to put back the original XFree 4 from the CDs? urpm can help. On Monday 15 September 2003 15:05, stefmit wrote: Switched to 3.3.6, and everything is OK (except for fonts in KDE, which are very ugly ... ) - still hoping for a 4.x fix ... On Monday 15 September 2003 06:29 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you for the quick answer - this is what I did not know for sure: if I can downgrade to an earlier version of X, after upgrading to the new one (more secure, 'cause I can't use it ;)). I am going right now through XFDrake (which I assume will work even under CLI), to see if I can repair the new X, first. This reminds me of another OS, which delivers Service Packs, followed by patches, then hotfixes ;( Just out of curiosity: anybody else with a Toshiba 8100 around here, having had issues with the patched X? Thx again, Stef In a pinch, use Knoppix to autoconfigure X and then overwrite the XF86Config/Config-4 of Mandrake. If it's just a configuration problem than that might work. If not and X is toast, then a downgrade to an earlier version of X might be the only fix. This, of course, will have to be done from the CLI. Cheers Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just worked on my laptop last night, and, while doing other things, decided to check the updates and chose to allow the X update to go through. Of course everything worked fine (update and such), but once shutting it down and restarting it this morning, in the office - X is broken. What do I mean by this? When starting, the screen shows lots of colored lines in the upper portion, after which it brings up the login (what used to be) acreen, but with no dialog box for input, or possibility to do anything (actually I can pick the username, which is still visible, but I cannot guess where the password field may be ... let alone the fact that this would come up - probably - with more weird stuff, even if able to login. In the rest, another tty (CLI) works just fine, as does non-init 5 levels. Anybody having any idea what could have broken with the new X? I would appreciate any help, as I am stuck now with a Windows box, readin/writing email using a browser, and all my weekend work dependent on my laptop (unless deciding to install Openoffice in Windows). Thx, Stef -- --- Dragos Birkoff Dionisie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator Evenimentul zilei www.evz.ro --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
