Re: [newbie] mouse probs
I had an intellipoint, and I never was able to get it to work as such. I'd also recommend going with the generic type. ** Josh Fornwall [EMAIL PROTECTED] PAGER: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Steve Philp wrote: Stephen Woodyatt wrote: Ok, I know this is probably a very easy query, but I've installed Mandrake on my system, but can't get my mouse to work in X-Windows. I've got a COM 1 MS Intellimouse, and I've tried setting it as an intellimouse, a generic mouse, a generic 3 button mouse, and even tried COM 2 but nothing makes it respond. I get no movement, no button pressing registers .. nothing. Anyone want to repsond with suggestions, flames, etc, feel free ;-) Check you /etc/X11/XF86Config to make sure it's setup like: Section "Pointer" Protocol"Intellimouse" Device "/dev/ttyS0" EndSection -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] 2 X-related questions
1) Whenever I log into X using the KDE, I get a message saying something like 'Your X11 server doesn't support DPMS'... What is DPMS and do I need it? If not, how do I get rid of the message? 2) I have an Imagine 128 vid card installed in my PII 350Mhz machine. I can't seem to get any more than 8-bit depth out of it. When I try commenting out the 8-bit depth section in my XF86Config file, it tells me that it can't find the screen for the default 8-bit depth. How can I get more? ** Josh Fornwall [EMAIL PROTECTED] PAGER: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **
Re: [newbie] 2 X-related questions
Is there a way to increase the default depth when I boot to INIT level 5? ** Josh Fornwall [EMAIL PROTECTED] PAGER: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, John Aldrich wrote: On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, you wrote: 2) I have an Imagine 128 vid card installed in my PII 350Mhz machine. I can't seem to get any more than 8-bit depth out of it. When I try commenting out the 8-bit depth section in my XF86Config file, it tells me that it can't find the screen for the default 8-bit depth. How can I get more? Try running X by typing the following command at the prompt: startx -- -bpp 16 (16-bit) or startx -- -bpp 24 (24-bit) or startx -- -bpp 32 (32-bit) By default it appears that X starts in 8-bit mode.
[newbie] A KDE problem
I'm not sure what I did, but somehow I lost the taskbar and application bar from my desktop under my normal user name. I'm being forced to use root so that I can access these, but I really don't like the obvious risk this presents. How can I get these bars back? ** Josh Fornwall [EMAIL PROTECTED] PAGER: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **
Re: [newbie] vid cards
Actually, neither of these cards work. At least I know for sure about the ATI. There isn't currently support for 3D accelerators. Hopefully there will be soon, as I had a Rage Fury, and have downgraded to an Imagine 128, while using Linux. If I'm wrong, hey, let me know PLEASE. ** Josh Fornwall [EMAIL PROTECTED] PAGER: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm gonna be buying a new vid card. I have it down to one of two cards, the ati rage fury or the voodoo3 agp. Anyone had any problems getting either of these cards to work in linux?
Re: [newbie] How do I wipe the MBR?
Try using a winblows boot disk... that'll skip it without having to uninstall... ** Josh Fornwall [EMAIL PROTECTED] PAGER: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, Ty Mixon wrote: I'm trying to re-install WinNT on hda, but every time I try to boot, Lilo jumps in and asks what I want to boot. I need to get rid of that temporarily. How do I do it? I've tried Linuxconf from KDE, but it doesn't stop it. Thanks, Ty
[newbie] Lilo problem
I installed Linux on a 400MHz PII. It has three drives, 2 SCSI, and 1 IDE. Windows 98 is on the IDE, and Linux is on the SCSI. My problem is as follows: I can boot from a floppy, but not into Windows. When I boot from the IDE drive which has lilo installed, all i get is repeating 10 10 10... can anyone help me? ** Josh Fornwall [EMAIL PROTECTED] PAGER: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **
[newbie] No network connection
I've got Linux installed on a 5x86 133 with 12MB of RAM, and a 400MB hard disk with an Allied Telesis 1500T ethernet card. I have a network set up with the linux machine, and two windows machines. The network card in the Linux box is recognized by the OS, and when I try to ping the other machines, the transmit light flashes, but it doesn't get any responses from either windows machine. Likewise, when I ping from the windows machines, they can hear each other fine, but they don't get a response from the Linux machine. Can anyone help? ** Josh Fornwall [EMAIL PROTECTED] PAGER: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **
[newbie] No network connection
I've got Linux installed on a 5x86 133 with 12MB of RAM, and a 400MB hard disk with an Allied Telesis 1500T ethernet card. I have a network set up with the linux machine, and two windows machines. The network card in the Linux box is recognized by the OS, and when I try to ping the other machines, the transmit light flashes, but it doesn't get any responses from either windows machine. Likewise, when I ping from the windows machines, they can hear each other fine, but they don't get a response from the Linux machine. Can anyone help? ** Josh Fornwall [EMAIL PROTECTED] PAGER: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **
Re: [newbie] No network connection
The IP addresses are 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.13 for the win machines, and 192.168.0.6 for the Linux. WINS is off. I think NetBIOS is on (i'm not currently where the LAN is set up) There is a gateway defined at 192.168.0.1, which is the machine i use to dial into the internet. My netmasks are all set at 255.255.255.0 I use a hub, and all the connections are tight. The status lights on the HUB indicate the the pings are being transmitted, but there's just no response. On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, Civileme wrote: Hoo boy--- Several things could be going on What are the IP addresses, first? On the windows machines right-click network neighborhood and check their properties for protocols. Is WINS on or off? NetBIOS? Is there a gateway defined? Is DNS enabled or disabled? What are the IP addresses assigned? Much more important, what are the netmasks? I had a similar problem where a client had set up several Windows boxes with IP addresses in the range 192.168.1.x, and then set up the linux box at 192.168.2.3... With the netmasks set at 255.255.255.0, the machines believed they were on different networks and would not talk to each other, because the netmask told them differences in the first 24 bits were significant. ICMP ping should work in such a circumstance even so, though. I would assume these were either daisy-chained with RG58U coax or plugged into a hub. If it is a hub, could one of them be plugged into "Uplink"? Is it possible than any of the cables are either a) crossover type, for tying hubs together or b)just plain defective? Also, try removing and reinserting the cables from the linux box--it could be a poor connection (I have seen THAT cause more problems than all other flaws combined) Civileme FORNWALL JOSHUA JOHN wrote: I've got Linux installed on a 5x86 133 with 12MB of RAM, and a 400MB hard disk with an Allied Telesis 1500T ethernet card. I have a network set up with the linux machine, and two windows machines. The network card in the Linux box is recognized by the OS, and when I try to ping the other machines, the transmit light flashes, but it doesn't get any responses from either windows machine. Likewise, when I ping from the windows machines, they can hear each other fine, but they don't get a response from the Linux machine. Can anyone help? ** Josh Fornwall [EMAIL PROTECTED] PAGER: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **
