Re: [ilugd] 'Newbie' Linuxes have me stumped!!
> > > 1280x800, like I had in gentoo! > Try to adjust refresh rate, Many a time this is the sole cause for fall back of low resolution. I always save my Xconfiguration to my mail account and each time of install fedora, just a download effort is needed. You can fight kubuntu to make it work and save configuration, ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] 'Newbie' Linuxes have me stumped!!
Hi > source code compilation issue in gentoo. Every big package takes hours > to compile! A big headache. true > Well I was able to install, and then completely get lost. I understand > they have dumbed down everything, but I can't seem to get anything to > work. if you don't like the dumbing down try Debian. > dpkg-reconfigure xorg, gives me xconfiguration, but I can just set > keyboard etc., there. There is no way to set up my display to > 1280x800, like I had in gentoo! sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg should allow you to do the reconfiguration. If the xorg.conf has the display you want (maybe not the default one) you can change it with the kde utility krandrtray. Regards Gajendra ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] 'Newbie' Linuxes have me stumped!!
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 2:02 PM, gajendra khanna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg should allow you to do the reconfiguration. > > If the xorg.conf has the display you want (maybe not the default one) you can > change it with the kde utility krandrtray. I did that, its asks me for keyboard and all, and then finishes, and writes xorg.conf without any display info at all. I think I am going to mandriva. Will install that today and see. With 256MB of ram OpenSuse is just dying. ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] 'Newbie' Linuxes have me stumped!!
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 2:10 PM, Tanveer Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 2:02 PM, gajendra khanna > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg should allow you to do the >> reconfiguration. >> >> If the xorg.conf has the display you want (maybe not the default one) you can >> change it with the kde utility krandrtray. > I did that, its asks me for keyboard and all, and then finishes, and > writes xorg.conf without any display info at all. > I think I am going to mandriva. Will install that today and see. > With 256MB of ram OpenSuse is just dying. > Don't blame Ubuntu for problems with a specific package. The latest versions of xorg (supposedly) ship with "smart" detection of video hardware and you (usually) don't have to configure anything to get it to work. No matter what distribution you switch to, you will get the same behaviour. If it doesn't work for you then try googling for a solution. Here's a lead to get you started - http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/debian-26/dpkg-reconfigure-xserver-xorg-alternative-on-lenny-661431/ -- Anupam ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] 'Newbie' Linuxes have me stumped!!
Does krandrtray work for you? ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] 'Newbie' Linuxes have me stumped!!
I don't want a distro war, but if you're still looking for a distro which you can build as per your choice but avoid major compilation from source, have a look at arch. That is what you might like. It gives you a lot of things to hand configure, it has quite a good amount of packages and at the cutting edge. You can also compile a few software from source occassionally if you need to, using their package manager. Also, I believe crux has some such good features but I am yet to explore it. ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] 'Newbie' Linuxes have me stumped!!
"Tanveer Singh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > dpkg-reconfigure xorg, gives me xconfiguration, but I can just set > keyboard etc., there. There is no way to set up my display to > 1280x800, like I had in gentoo! > I can manually try mucking around with xorg.conf, but that breaks > things and X itself does not start. > I have come back shaken from ubuntu experience, I think I will go back > to my oldest distro, mandriva, hopefully they will let me retain > enough control! > Kubuntu users very stable x settings. graphics card? driver? I hope you know how to generate modelines, configure 3D, xgl ... Some graphics cards like the ATI 1950 have strange problems with the proprietary driver. Append graphics part of lspci -vvv Best A. Mani -- A. Mani Member, Cal. Math. Soc ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
