RE: [newbie] AWE64 problems
wn, etc.). second is when i run 'cat blah.au /dev/audio'. any programs such as x11amp or the kde media player act like they are sending otu sound, but i dont hear anything. i cant run sndconfig, because it overwrites my isapnp.conf with a default version that crashes with my modem. does anyone know what else sndconfig does other than write a isapnp.conf file? i may have to set this up by hand so that my soundcard will work. anyone got any tips? i am a computer musician and i _really_ need to get this thing to make sound. i had it working with rh 5.2, so i know this is possible. :P ---------- E-Mail: scott worley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 17-Aug-99 Time: 19:51:21 This message was sent by XFMail --
RE: [newbie] symbolic links
It sounds like you are trying to install the XFree86_3Dfx-XFree86Setup rpm. It requires the VGA16 X server to run. You can install the XFree86-VGA16-3.3.3.1-58mdk.rpm from the install CD. scottw On 15-Aug-99 RReed wrote: Well I can't get the voodoo3 goods to install it keeps saying it can't find vga16. So I guess I will just use startx -- -bpp 32 to start x in 32 bit.. i edited the config to use only 800x600 and nothing lower. A question I have is can i setup a symbolic link to run startx -- -bpp 32 from a name like xwin? and if so how? Freedom means defending the expression of the very words and ideas that make you sick. -- E-Mail: scott worley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 15-Aug-99 Time: 15:13:01 This message was sent by XFMail --
Re: [newbie] Hello?
James, I've installed Mandrake, RH, SuSE, and Caldera on a Compaq Armada 7400 docked or undocked without any problem. Compaq uses cable select on all their drives so you don't have to worry about master/slave jumpers. Does your laptop use cable select or jumpers. Are the two drives hda and hdb identical? The diag dump shows they are the same model but hdb is not reporting a serial number. If you have two drives on the same cable and they are both jumpered as master then you could possible be getting responses from the first drive(hda) when the ATA ID command is sent to the second drive(hdb). What are the three IDE devices connected to your system? Or are there only two as your message below suggests? scottw On 14-Aug-99 James Schofield wrote: Ok, this is one of the problems.. I am trying to install Linux on a Laptop/docking station combo. I have the laptop with an internal IDE drive and with the port connection to the docking station I can have another IDE drive in the docking station giving me 2 drives on the system. BUT Linux does not detect it correctly. This is an output from OPEN LINUX system analyser. I have used this because Mandrake does not have anything like this I that I have found. Take a look and tell me what you think is happening.. Thanks James -- E-Mail: scott worley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 14-Aug-99 Time: 14:55:21 This message was sent by XFMail --
[newbie] RE:
I've used the same card recently. 3dfx has a link on their site under drivers to the site http://glide.xxedgexx.com which has the RPM's you will need to download. I downloaded the following: Glide_V3-2.60-6.i386.rpm Device3Dfx-2.2-3.src.rpm This is optional but recommended XFree86_3DFX-SVGA-3.3.3-5.i386.rpm XFree86_3DFX-XF86Setup-3.3.3-5.i386.rpm I did: rpm -Uvh Glide_V3-2.60-6.i386.rpm for the next command you need the C compiler/libs to be installed rpm --rebuild Device3Dfx-2.2.-3.src.rpm rpm -Uvh /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i386/Device3Dfx-2.2-3.i386.rpm rpm -Uvh XFree86-SVGA-3.3.3-5.i386.rpm rpm -Uvh XFree86-XF86Setup-3.3.3-5.i386.rpm You can't use Xconfigurator to setup X anymore. Use XF86Setup. On the card page it will have the Voodoo cards listed. The one problem I had was I entered the Vert. Horiz. specs for my monitor(Viewsonic 15GS) and when I ran X the display was not stable. I had to run XFSetup again and choose 1024x768 at 70Hz for the monitor then I had no problems running at 1024x768 with 16bit color. scottw On 14-Aug-99 RReed wrote: I am very new to linux and just installed mandrake 6.0. I am having 1 problem and have read and tried everything i could to fix it. I have a p2 400 system with 128 M ram a voodoo3 2000 video card and an ast sabre monitor. The vid card and monitor can support up to 1280x1024 32 bit. For some reason or another the xwindows (startx) will only start in 8bpp 320x200 I have tried nearly all settings in xf86config and xconfigurator. If someone has any way to help me please feel free.. I greatly need the help. I have tried to get the archived mail from this list but there is nothing there.. it reads 0 in the index :( Thank you very much for any help you can give a very fresh newbie to linux. Ron Reed -- E-Mail: scott worley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 14-Aug-99 Time: 15:07:54 This message was sent by XFMail --
RE: [newbie] WindowMaker
John, I would like to try WindowMaker. I have downloaded the 0.60 tar balls a while back but I don't know if Mandrake comes with all the required libs tools. Do you really need automake, libtool, etc. or is gcc enough? Does the Makefile require modification to put WindowMaker components into the correct directories on Mandrake? I've noticed that both RH SuSE seem customize their rpm's of WindowMaker. When I built 0.60 the resulting config files were in text format. I followed the directions to convert to binary form so I could use the GUI config program but the conversion script gave an error. Is this normal? Does building WM with Gnome or KDE support harm WM's performance any? I assume those hooks are there to load the appropriate libs when a Gnome/KDE app is executed. I have to put up with NT and soon W2k for 8hrs at work. It would be nice to use something completely different. scottw On 14-Aug-99 John May wrote: I use WindowMaker and call me a geek, but I like it better than Gnome and KDE put together. I guess the main reason I like it so much is because of the DockApps that you can use. AfterStep has about the same thing, but I like WindowMaker better. For people that are used to Windoze though, KDE would probably make more sense, but I am tired of Windoze and I want something that looks as different from that as possible I have some experience with WindowMaker, so if anybody has any questions, you can ask. * Original message from: "Carlos Rubinstein" [EMAIL PROTECTED] I believe a command that will change the desktop mgr. is "desktopcfg" from the command line. Have heard lots of good things about WindowMaker; see www.windowmaker.org Brian ------ E-Mail: scott worley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 13-Aug-99 Time: 20:29:01 This message was sent by XFMail --
Re: [newbie] Linux and the modem
Not at this time. I do have suggestion: Everyone with a Winmodem should send polite snail-mail or e-mail to the modem chipset manufacturer asking for them to provide a linux driver or at least release the specs so a driver can be developed. Lucent Rockwell are two of the largest controller-less modem chipset manufacturers scott On 13-Aug-99 Toby Sheets wrote: There's no workaround for this? John Aldrich wrote: On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, you wrote: Hi: My modem is a built in LT Winmodem (56K v90). Is this useless? It has yet to be found by my Mandrake. WinModem = Windows ONLY! So, the answer is, YES, it's useless. -- E-Mail: scott worley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 12-Aug-99 Time: 19:20:52 This message was sent by XFMail --
RE: [newbie] Loading
Neil, I haven't used bootmagic(linux only system!) but the problem appears to be the delay in lilo. What't the timeout= line set to in /etc/lilo.conf? This value is 1/10 seconds. I suspect it's less than 10. If you change the value run /sbin/lilo as root. scott On 09-Aug-99 Neilesh Patel wrote: Whenever, I use bootmagic to load linux, it goes to the lilo prompt for less than one second and automatically takes me into the GUI prompt, how do I get it to stop at the lilo prompt for a longer amount of time? sorry is this is a dumb question. Thank You, Neil -- E-Mail: scott worley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 09-Aug-99 Time: 19:37:49 This message was sent by XFMail --
RE: [newbie] Matrox Millennium (TVP 3026-220 64bit RAMDAC) probl
Tim, Have you looked for a video ROM upgrade on the Matrox site. I had a Millenium in the past and had to upgrade the video ROM. There are two other tools to configure X. XF86Setup(requires XF86_VGA16 server) and xf86config(text mode). I don't believe either is installed by default. Their both on the installation CD. Both programs require you to choose the video card and specifiy monitor timings. Try being conservative with monitor timings at first. The Millenium driver is in the XF86_SVGA server. Hope this helps. scott On 09-Aug-99 Tim Bajz wrote: Hi, I am having problems configuring my video card under Mandrake Linux 6.0. My card is a Matrox Millennium (TVP 3026-220 64bit RAMDAC) with 4MB of WRAM, running on an Intel 166, with 96 MB of RAM. The problem I get is that auto probing the video card during installation fails, and hence I have to configure the card manually. Although my card works under X-Windows after manual configuration, it is very slow and the screen tends to black out after heavy screen movement. In fact, after any window movement, the screen shakes somewhat. Has anyone else had similar problems, and does anyone know how to fix it? All help will be greatly appreciated. regards, Tim. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- E-Mail: scott worley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 09-Aug-99 Time: 19:46:57 This message was sent by XFMail --
