Re: [newbie] How to change the resolution of X-windows?
John l.yn wrote: Hi: I have two question below: 1. I want to change the resolution of X-windows from 16 color to 24 bit color.Help say that using 'alt'-'ctrl'-'+', but it doesnt work. 8, 16, 24, or 32 bits per pixel (bpp) is the "color depth," not the -resolution-. The default color depth was chosen when you setup X using Xconfigurator, XF86Setup, or whatever. Assuming you have sufficient video memory for your screen size, use startx -- -bpp 24 to have Xwindow start with "24 bit" color. ** Color depth cannot be changed without exiting to the command line. ** 2. The desktop is too big about 4 times than my screen of monitor. Why? I have to move my mouse all around in order to find some thing on the screen. This is dependent on screen resolution, e.g. 640x480, or 800x600, or 1024x768(?), or You chose the allowable resolutions when you setup X using Xconfigurator, XF86Setup, or The highest resolution is the only one that will show the full screen. That is, if I setup X so that at 16bpp I can have 800x600 or 640x480, I'll have to pan around (using the pointer/mouse as you describe), while 800x600 will show the "entire desktop." The resolution that comes up is the one listed first in /etc/X11/Xconfig (I think that's the file Mandrake looks to when you run startx). You can view the file by running less /etc/X11/Xconfig from the ocmmand line. Here's what a part of mine looks like. -=-=- Section "Screen" Driver "SVGA" Device "My Video Card" Monitor "My Monitor" DefaultColorDepth 16 BlankTime 0 SuspendTime 0 OffTime 0 SubSection "Display" Depth8 Modes"1024x768" "800x600" Virtual 1024 768 ViewPort 0 0 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth15 Modes"1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection -=-=- The first resolution listed (as Modes) in the -- SubSection "Display" -- is the resolution that you see when Xwindow starts. If there are other resolutions listed on the line they can be achieved using the Ctl+Alt++(numberpad) that you mentioned. Thanks! John l.yn Hope that helps. Gerry
[expert] How to install my 56k modem based on PCI bus?
Hi: I am very excited for installing my X-window successfully at last! I have install it for two days.Very thanks all person. Now, I meet a new question: How to install my inner modem of 56k based on PCI bus. I have installed the modem in win98, all thing is ok. But the product havent driver for linux. What driver shall I choose?Very thanksJohn l.yn
[expert] Linux cannt detect the ram of my VGA card.
Hi: Under the help of the warmhearted persons, I install the VGA driver of AGP with Intel i740 chips successfully. But Linux cannt detect the RAM of my card. Why? I have to manually set it to 8M. When I run startx ,only 16 color was showned and with very big icon. It is more worse than I use VGA color16. As if linux cannt use my AGP card. I want to change the XF86Config file. There has too many items with driver such as 'VGA','SVGA','S3'. I dont know which item as param passed to X-window. Thanks! John l.yn
Re: [newbie] Linux Install Question
On Mon, Apr 26, 1999 at 01:01:56PM -0400, Owens, Jerry wrote: I downloaded a copy of Linux-Mandrake 5.3 to my primary hard drive which is dos formatted and running win95. I am installing Linux on a second hard drive. I am using a floppy boot disk to install Linux. How can I get the install program to use the files from the dos disk for the install? Near the beginning of the installation, it will ask where the files are located. Select Hard Drive and you're all set! -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] kernel upgrade problem
I would think that the boot disk must be remade also. I know you must do this with other operating systems after major upgrades, which is what you have with new kernel. Brian Kelsay -Original Message- From: Yun Li [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 2:00 PM Subject: [newbie] kernel upgrade problem Hi, there, I recently installed Mandrake 5.3 with kernel 2.0.36, I found out that there is no ppp support compiled in this version of kernel, so I decide to upgrade it to 2.2.1. I've done everything mentioned in upgrade kernel how-to, and finished each step without error. however, after I reboot the machine, ( I still use the boot disk I created when I installed original Mandrake 5.3 ), it still boot to 2.0.36, I tried TAB while lilo comes up, my new label "linux-new" does not appear at all. I am sure I did everything else right. like edit lilo.conf, and copy boot image, and even delete "preferred", So what is the problem, does the boot disk need to upgrade too? Yun
[newbie] Linux cannt detect the ram of my VGA card.
Hi: Under the help of the warmhearted persons, I install the VGA driver of AGP with Intel i740 chips successfully. But Linux cannt detect the RAM of my card. Why? I have to manually set it to 8M. When I run startx ,only 16 color was showned and with very big icon. It is more worse than I use VGA color16. As if linux cannt use my AGP card. I want to change the XF86Config file. There has too many items with driver such as 'VGA','SVGA','S3'. I dont know which item as param passed to X-window. Thanks! John l.yn
[newbie] Linux cannt detect the ram of my VGA card.
Hi: Under the help of the warmhearted persons, I install the VGA driver of AGP with Intel i740 chips successfully. But Linux cannt detect the RAM of my card. Why? I have to manually set it to 8M. When I run startx ,only 16 color was showned and with very big icon. It is more worse than I use VGA color16. As if linux cannt use my AGP card. I want to change the XF86Config file. There has too many items with driver such as 'VGA','SVGA','S3'. I dont know which item as param passed to X-window. Thanks! John l.yn
[newbie] Linux cannt detect the ram of my VGA card.
Hi: Under the help of the warmhearted persons, I install the VGA driver of AGP with Intel i740 chips successfully. But Linux cannt detect the RAM of my card. Why? I have to manually set it to 8M. When I run startx ,only 16 color was showned and with very big icon. It is more worse than I use VGA color16. As if linux cannt use my AGP card. I want to change the XF86Config file. There has too many items with driver such as 'VGA','SVGA','S3'. I dont know which item as param passed to X-window. Thanks! John l.yn
Re: [newbie] How to change the resolution of X-windows?
On Tue, Apr 27, 1999 at 03:17:38PM +0800, John l.yn wrote: Hi: I have two question below: 1. I want to change the resolution of X-windows from 16 color to 24 bit color.Help say that using 'alt'-'ctrl'-'+', but it doesnt work. There is a difference between resolution and color depth. To change resolution (pixels x pixels), use Ctrl-Alt-NumPad + and Ctrl-Alt-NumPad - To change color depth, you'll have to exit X and add a flag to your startx command. Something like this should work: startx -- -bpp 16 or startx -- -bpp 24 2. The desktop is too big about 4 times than my screen of monitor. Why? I have to move my mouse all around in order to find some thing on the screen. Thanks! John l.yn -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Errors when trying to run X-Windows
On Mon, Apr 26, 1999 at 12:29:02PM -0700, Thomas Franks wrote: I'm not actually using the Mandrake distribution, but I had Redhat 5.2 installed and then downloaded and setup KDE. It worked fine at first, but I ran xconfigurator to reset my video profile, and now every time I try to start X-Windows I get an error message: execve failed for /etc/x11/x (errno 2) I have no idea what the error code means, and haven't found a list of error codes on the net yet. I've tried running xconfigurator again but to no avail. Can anyone clue me in here, I don't want to have to reinstall everything just to try and fix this! Do an: ls /usr/X11R6/bin/XF* and find the server that you're using, it'll be something like XF86_SVGA or XF86_Mach64. Then do this: cd /etc/X11 ln -s /usr/X11R6/bin/BLAH X Replace BLAH by the file name that the 'ls' command above gave you. Try your startx again and all should be fine. Good luck! -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Keyboard problem - HELP!!!!!!
On Mon, Apr 26, 1999 at 07:17:52PM -0400, James J. Capone wrote: Try running Linuxconfig from the command prompt. This should give you the option of changing it. All though I am not sure. On Monday, April 26, 1999 6:42 PM, Toshiro Viera Stalker [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: : Hi! I've installed Mandrake 5.3; in the installation I've chosen spanish as : the language, but I picked the US keyboard layour. The problem is that now : KDE has the spanish keyboard layout and I cannot change it to US. : I've inspected the XF86Config file and I've found that "XkbLayout" was set : to spanish, if I change it to english, when I reboot the machine "XkbLayout" : is changed back to spanish! Do you have any idea about what : program/script/whatever is changing that file? : : : Best wishes, : Toshiro. Or you could try modifying it in the Control Panel of KDE. I believe the keyboard settings are in the Input Devices section of the Control Panel menu. -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] How to change the resolution of X-windows?
Bela Lantos wrote: At 27/04/1999 15:17:00, you wrote: Hi: I have two question below: 1. I want to change the resolution of X-windows from 16 color to 24 bit color.Help say that using 'alt'-'ctrl'-'+', but it doesnt work. 2. The desktop is too big about 4 times than my screen of monitor. Why? I have to move my mouse all around in order to find some thing on the screen. Thanks! John l.yn You can press CTRL+ALT+ - as well. If nothing changes try running XF86Setup as root, and select the appropriate resolutions. Bela (please, if you are a dreamer, check out our website: http://members.xoom.com/_XOOM/belantos/index.html) Hi, John, crtl-alt-+ will change the screen resolution, not the color depth. If you want to change from 16-bit color to 24-bit color, exit X, and then restart X with 'startx -- -bpp 24' for 24-bit color. If your desktop is too big for your screen, set the virtual screen in /etc/X11/XF86Config. For example, if you want a 1024x768 screen resolution in 24-bit color as your default, add the line 'virtual 1024 768' in the 24-bit stanza of /etc/X11/XF86Config. OK, good luck, Hidong
[newbie] OT what works to sync clock
I am sure there is something to do this but I have not found it. In Windows I used a little util to sync my computer clock with the standard via the Internet. Could someone point me in the right direction please. -- Robert Sheskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 5788323 AIM: RobertLS
Re: [newbie] How to change the resolution of X-windows?
1. I want to change the resolution of X-windows from 16 color to 24 bit color.Help say that using 'alt'-'ctrl'-'+', but it doesnt work. startx -- -bpp 24 ( you can add this line to your xf86config file to have it start x in 24 bit as default, but I prefer just creating an alias for the different color depths that I use. Being a new user, I still mess things up often, and this method leaves me some options just in case.) I don't know why the 'alt'-'ctrl'-'+' method doesn't work. Doesn't work on my machine as well? 2. The desktop is too big about 4 times than my screen of monitor. Why? I have to move my mouse all around in order to find some thing on the screen. I'm using an i740 based card with the XBF server, so I'm not sure if this will work in your case, but when running xf86config, it asks if you would like a desktop larger than your screen. Selecting no for each resolution/color depth fixed the problem for me. Hope that helps. Ben
Re: [newbie] umount error
Nick Kay wrote:
At 07:36 19/04/99 -0400, you wrote:
April 19, 1999
Good Morning to all,
I have a problem unmounting CD-ROMs, floppy drives, samba mounts, etc.
When I umount anything it always tells me the device is busy, try later.'
Is there a way to get around this??
Usually this is caused by a process running that requires the mount,
most often (imho) it is bash because someone is logged and is sitting
in a directory on the mounted device.
Try "cd /", "umount /mnt/{whatever}"
hih
nick@nexnix
Ken
I had this type of problem and then on one of the newsgroups someone
mentioned the "fuser" command. man fuser may shed some light. Here is
what I got after I started listening to an audio cd with the kscd
application. (this is run from an xterm)
---
[onion@localhost onion]$ /usr/sbin/fuser -v /dev/cdrom
USERPID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/cdrom onion 900 f kscd
[onion@localhost onion]$
---
The complete pathname for fuser was used since /usr/sbin is not in the
"average" user's (onion, in this case) path. Having a musical cd-rom is
not likely to be the cause of the problem you're describing, but I think
the "fuser -v " will be useful to identify who/what's using the
particular device/file you're trying to "umount".
Hope this helps.
gerry
[newbie] Super Disk CD Recorders
Hi All, I was just wondering if the LS120 (Super Disks) and CD recorders are supported under Linux. If they are, which brands (CD recorders). Thanks Russ
Re: [newbie] Ram Usage
Also what command gives you that nice printout with the IRQ's and installed devices like that? procinfo -a
RE: [newbie] How to install my 56k modem based on PCI bus?
John l.yn [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] said: Now, I meet a new question: How to install my inner modem of 56k based on PCI bus. I have installed the modem in win98, all thing is ok. But the product havent driver for linux. What driver shall I choose? Time to buy a new modem... See: http://www.kc.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html Regards, Richard
Re: [newbie] kernel upgrade problem
Yun Li wrote: Hi, there, I recently installed Mandrake 5.3 with kernel 2.0.36, I found out that there is no ppp support compiled in this version of kernel, so I decide to upgrade it to 2.2.1. I've done everything mentioned in upgrade kernel how-to, and finished each step without error. however, after I reboot the machine, ( I still use the boot disk I created when I installed original Mandrake 5.3 ), it still boot to 2.0.36, I tried TAB while lilo comes up, my new label "linux-new" does not appear at all. I am sure I did everything else right. like edit lilo.conf, and copy boot image, and even delete "preferred", So what is the problem, does the boot disk need to upgrade too? Yun Hi, Yun, You indeed have to boot with the new kernel floppy. If you're using the boot floppy from the original installation, you'll revert to the old kernel, the one on the floppy. If you want to make a new boot floppy with your newly compiled kernel image, do: dd if=/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage of=/dev/fd0 bs=8192 Depending on how you compiled the kernel, you may have a bzImage instead of a zImage. Boot up with this floppy to get the new kernel. If you want to boot this new kernel with lilo, make sure you run '/sbin/lilo' after you change /etc/lilo.conf. Good luck, Hidong
Re: [newbie] kernel upgrade problem
At 01:59 PM 4/28/99 -0400, you wrote: >Hi, there, > >I recently installed Mandrake 5.3 with kernel 2.0.36, >I found out that there is no ppp support compiled in this version of >kernel, so I decide to upgrade it to 2.2.1. Someone please tell me the above statement is NOT true. I uninstalled Redhat v5.1, kernel updated to 2.0.36 which had PPP support. I wouldn't see any reason why the Mandrake edition(s) @ v2.0.36 wouldn't have PPP support. Guess I better check my installation to confirm or debuke the existence of PPP support in Mandrake 5.3 kernel version 2.0.36 > >I've done everything mentioned in upgrade kernel how-to, and finished each >step without error. however, after I reboot the machine, ( I still use the >boot disk I created when I installed original Mandrake 5.3 ), it still >boot to 2.0.36, I tried TAB> while lilo comes up, my new label >"linux-new" does not appear at all. I am sure I did everything else right. >like edit lilo.conf, and copy boot image, and even delete "preferred", >So what is the problem, does the boot disk need to upgrade too? I would almost guarantee the answer to this question would be yes, the boot disk has to be upgraded also. Stefan Dozier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Super Disk CD Recorders
At 06:42 PM 4/27/99 -0700, you wrote: >Hi All, > >I was just wondering if the LS120 (Super Disks) and CD recorders are >supported under Linux. If they are, which brands (CD recorders). I can't vouch for LS120 SuperDisks since I don't own one and haven't ran across any info one way or another about it's support under Linux, but I can vouch for CD recorders, specifically SCSI CD-Recorders. I personally have a Yahama CDR-102 (2x) SCSI recorder (yea it's a couple of years old now) but works flawlessly under Linux, and have burned cd's using the Linux software: CD-Record software. Stefan Dozier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] kernel upgrade problem
I recently installed Mandrake 5.3 with kernel 2.0.36, I found out that there is no ppp support compiled in this version of This is not true, as can be easily shown by the fact that I am using that version of the kernel, and am able to connect using PPP.
FW: [newbie] Appraising Microsoft Conference (Long Message)
Incase it didn't come through the first time.
James
-Original Message-
From: James J. Capone [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 6:58 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject:[newbie] Appraising Microsoft Conference (Long Message)
James Love one of the runners of the conference is not the person some of
us may think he is. If you goto his page
http://www.appraising-microsoft.org and click on the Link for the Next
meeting you will see, Only 2 Linux Related people are invited to the
meeting. I don't notice any programmers, User Groups, Resellers etc...
These people also make the Linux roll just as much as we do. We are running
a Boycott of this Project. I have a transcript of a phone conversation
between Mr. Love and the People at IACT. Here are bits and pieces
-
I asked him what user groups, programmers and grass roots orgs he had
invited to speak about OSs such as Amiga, OS/2, BSD, DOS and Linux. He
immediately reverted to his argument that they have a long list of speakers
and they don't have room to invite many people to cover all the OSs. He
also asked in an insulting tone [not verbatim but close], "What have these
people done? What remedies have these people ever proposed that would
convince us they deserve to be included? We need people who have ideas, who
know what they're talking about, who can speak"
{Which means, we're stupid. He's smart. All of the people he invited are
the smartest in the land. He and they _invented_ the anti-monopoly
movement, hmm?}
-
On the subject of Linux, he definitely tried to minimize the heavy emphasis
on corporate reps. and certain producers of Linux. When I mentioned other
Linux sources, he balked and went back to his old spin, that hey, he can't
invite everybody. He even went so far as to insist that the CEOs of RedHat
and Caldera weren't there to discuss Linux!-- just to offer their
anti-trust remedies!
{Yeah sure, and if a tobacco company executive were invited, he wouldn't
talk about cigarettes.}
On the subject of OS/2, he was worse than about Amiga. He clearly harbors a
special dislike of OS/2 and the OS/2 community. He didn't elaborate with
hard reasons, but offered plenty of insults, and his tone went right down
to sneering and whining.
[not verbatim] "What has the OS/2 community done to prove that OS/2 is a
remedy to Microsoft?" I answered that I wouldn't presume as one person to
speak for the entire community of users. However, I reminded him that he's
proposing Linux and BeOS, even a mere environment such as NewDeal, as
"alternatives" to Windows, and therefore by his own reckoning OS/2 and
other OSs [already named] should be included for discussion.
as you can see he doesn't really support Linux or some other OS related
communities. Please send him email requesting a invite. Ask him why
Linux-Mandrake people where not asked to come. If this is a conference on
Remedies to a Antitrust suit, Don't you think Alternative OS's are also
answers to the problem.
This is his contact Information. Use it wisely or however you see fit.
James Love, Director, Consumer Project on Technology
I can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED], by telephone 202.387.8030,
by fax at 202.234.5176. CPT web page is http://www.cptech.org
James J. Capone
Webmaster http://www.angelfire.com/biz2/Linux
Asst. Webmaster http://www.ptm.com
"The Only Person To Hear Both Sides Of A Argument Is The Guy In The
Apartment Next To Yours!"
Re: [newbie] Linux Install Question
On Mon, Apr 26, 1999 at 01:01:56PM -0400, Owens, Jerry wrote: I downloaded a copy of Linux-Mandrake 5.3 to my primary hard drive which is dos formatted and running win95. I am installing Linux on a second hard drive. I am using a floppy boot disk to install Linux. How can I get the install program to use the files from the dos disk for the install? Near the beginning of the installation, it will ask where the files are located. Select Hard Drive and you're all set! -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED] It actually turns out to be a little more difficult than that. First off, name the folder with the installation file RedHat (maybe you named it "Mandrake" like I did). Also, make sure you make a Supplementary disk (the image should be listed with the boot image). Next, you need to download a file named MV and place it in the RedHat folder (you can find the file with Lycos FTP search (under the advanced search). The file may be downloaded with .html as the extension, ignore the Windows warning when you delete that extension after the download is finished. Start the installation as normal, and when asked where you are installing from, select 'hard drive', at which time you'll need to insert the supplementary install disk. After setting up your partitions, you'll be asked where the RedHat directory is located (let's say /dev/hda1). Type that in, then press ALT+F2 to get the command prompt (#). (I'll try to show it as you should see it). At the prompt, type (do not type #): # ls /tmp/hdimageEnter (you should see all of the files on the harddrive where your RedHat files are located) Next type: # umount /tmp/hdimageEnter #mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /tmp/hdimageEnter (if you get an error message, retype it replacing 'vfat' with 'msdos') now type: # cd /tmp/hdimage/RedHatEnter # lsEnter (you should now get a listing of the files in the RedHat directory...rpms, base, mv) type: # ./mv rpms XEnter (you can type 'ls' after this command to see that rpms is gone and X is listed) # ./mv X RPMSEnter (definately type 'ls' this time to see that rpms and X are gone and RPMS is there) # cd / # umount /tmp/hdimage At this point, press ALT+F1 to return to the installation screen. On the line asking for the RedHat directory, leave it only showing '/'. Press OK, and the installation should continue from there. If you have any questions or problems with these instructions, you can e-mail me. ~Manny Styles [EMAIL PROTECTED] NetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. Shouldn't you? Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download.html
Re: [newbie] kernel upgrade problem
At 04:16 PM 4/28/99 -0700, you wrote: I recently installed Mandrake 5.3 with kernel 2.0.36, I found out that there is no ppp support compiled in this version of This is not true, as can be easily shown by the fact that I am using that version of the kernel, and am able to connect using PPP. Since I commented earlier on the subject, I've checked my Mandrake 5.3 kernel v2.0.36, and I occur that there is PPP support compiled in @ kernel v 2.0.36. Stefan Dozier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] kernel upgrade problem
Stefan Dozier wrote: At 01:59 PM 4/28/99 -0400, you wrote: Hi, there, I recently installed Mandrake 5.3 with kernel 2.0.36, I found out that there is no ppp support compiled in this version of kernel, so I decide to upgrade it to 2.2.1. Someone please tell me the above statement is NOT true. I uninstalled Redhat v5.1, kernel updated to 2.0.36 which had PPP support. I wouldn't see any reason why the Mandrake edition(s) @ v2.0.36 wouldn't have PPP support. Guess I better check my installation to confirm or debuke the existence of PPP support in Mandrake 5.3 kernel version 2.0.36 I've done everything mentioned in upgrade kernel how-to, and finished each step without error. however, after I reboot the machine, ( I still use the boot disk I created when I installed original Mandrake 5.3 ), it still boot to 2.0.36, I tried TAB while lilo comes up, my new label "linux-new" does not appear at all. I am sure I did everything else right. like edit lilo.conf, and copy boot image, and even delete "preferred", So what is the problem, does the boot disk need to upgrade too? I would almost guarantee the answer to this question would be yes, the boot disk has to be upgraded also. Stefan Dozier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, Stefan, It's not true. The stock installation of Mandrake 5.3 has ppp support. Good luck, Hidong
