Re: [newbie] Display problems and LILO question
Matt Stegman wrote: 3 I tried to change the default system of LILO from somewhere inside the linuxconf, but when I activated the changes, it generated an error. I think I saw somewhere that LILO does not run so well with Windows NT. Is this true? Even if it is true, is there a way to change the default system? (I am expecting to get another hard drive in a few months, but in the meantime, I only have one) I've never used LILO with Windows NT, so I can't say. What I did use was a rather awesome boot manager called OS-BS (see http://www.prz.tu-berlin.de/~wolf/os-bs.html). The beta version is free, and works perfectly well. You could also get he new one, with gads of features, for some cash (don't remember how much). Personally, I had pretty good success just following the instructions in the "NT OS Loader + Linux mini-HOWTO" which should be in /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini if you installed the docs on your system or you can find it at http://www.linux-howto.com/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Linux+NT-Loader.html if you like HTML; at http://www.linux-howto.com/ptHOWTO/mini/Linux+NT-Loader if you don't ;-). Maybe this'll help? Carl
Re: [newbie] Display problems and LILO question
Matt, Thank you for your help. I looked at the XF86Config file, but I'm not sure exactly how to fix it. It seems that my system is using the accelerated X server, because the regular one doesn't have such a high res. I remember checking off 3 choices when I installed, and 3 appear under the 'accel' section, but I'm not sure which one to change, or change all? (I'm guessing the system uses the first choice because it's Depth 8 and maybe that's causing problems with GIMP). I attached the config file. If you could look at it and let me know what you think, I would really appreciate it. (I'm sure you are also a very busy person, but I have not found anyone else who has really offered any help.) Also, do you know if Mandrake supports my graphics card and monitor? The Display Adapter Type window in my NT system says I have an ATI Techologies INC. 3D PRO TURBO (with 8 MB RAM). My monitor is a Dell 17" M770. Thank you very much, Hershel --- - [EMAIL PROTECTED] xconfig
[newbie] Display problems and LILO question
Hello. I am a real Linux newbie, and this appears to be the place I'm allowed to ask real newbie questions. I am running Mandrake 6.0 (with KDE) on a Dell Optiplex GX1 (with an ATITechnologies 3D PRO TURBO graphics card) with Windows NT 4.0. I have LILO installed on the 14gig C drive. I have Windows on the first partition, and Linux on the last 3. My questions are: 1 How do I change the screen resolution within Linux? It is too high and everything is hard to read. 2 When I run Gimp, my screen colors change--they become so dark I can not read the buttons on the title bar of Gimp itself. When I activate any other window, the colors return to normal again. What's the problem? 3 I tried to change the default system of LILO from somewhere inside the linuxconf, but when I activated the changes, it generated an error. I think I saw somewhere that LILO does not run so well with Windows NT. Is this true? Even if it is true, is there a way to change the default system? (I am expecting to get another hard drive in a few months, but in the meantime, I only have one) Thank you very much,Hershel Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Display problems and LILO question
Hershel S Robinson wrote: Hello. I am a real Linux newbie, and this appears to be the place I'm allowed to ask real newbie questions. I am running Mandrake 6.0 (with KDE) on a Dell Optiplex GX1 (with an ATI Technologies 3D PRO TURBO graphics card) with Windows NT 4.0. I have LILO installed on the 14gig C drive. I have Windows on the first partition, and Linux on the last 3. My questions are: 1 How do I change the screen resolution within Linux? It is too high and everything is hard to read. 2 When I run Gimp, my screen colors change--they become so dark I can not read the buttons on the title bar of Gimp itself. When I activate any other window, the colors return to normal again. What's the problem? 3 I tried to change the default system of LILO from somewhere inside the linuxconf, but when I activated the changes, it generated an error. I think I saw somewhere that LILO does not run so well with Windows NT. Is this true? Even if it is true, is there a way to change the default system? (I am expecting to get another hard drive in a few months, but in the meantime, I only have one) Thank you very much, Hershel Robinson --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rather than reduce the screen resolution try changing the default font size from 75 dpi to 100 dpi, it makes a HUGE difference and still gives great screen resolution. don't recall the exact place I found the instructions but I found them on the net (believe it was a universities instruction on how to hook up to their "net"), I'll look shortly and post them if I can find them again.. Joe
Re: [newbie] Display problems and LILO question
Hershel S Robinson wrote: Hello. I am a real Linux newbie, and this appears to be the place I'm allowed to ask real newbie questions. I am running Mandrake 6.0 (with KDE) on a Dell Optiplex GX1 (with an ATI Technologies 3D PRO TURBO graphics card) with Windows NT 4.0. I have LILO installed on the 14gig C drive. I have Windows on the first partition, and Linux on the last 3. My questions are: 1 How do I change the screen resolution within Linux? It is too high and everything is hard to read. 2 When I run Gimp, my screen colors change--they become so dark I can not read the buttons on the title bar of Gimp itself. When I activate any other window, the colors return to normal again. What's the problem? 3 I tried to change the default system of LILO from somewhere inside the linuxconf, but when I activated the changes, it generated an error. I think I saw somewhere that LILO does not run so well with Windows NT. Is this true? Even if it is true, is there a way to change the default system? (I am expecting to get another hard drive in a few months, but in the meantime, I only have one) Thank you very much, Hershel Robinson --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Found a place giving good instructions on how to change your default font size to 100 dpi. http://www.stonix.demon.co.uk/linux/100dpi.html give it a look and try it out. Joe
Re: [newbie] Display problems and LILO question
On Fri, 3 Sep 1999, Hershel S Robinson wrote: 1 How do I change the screen resolution within Linux? It is too high and everything is hard to read. If your XF86Config file has multiple resolutions defined in it, you can switch by pressing Ctrl-Alt-plus or Ctrl-Alt-minus (use the + and - keys on your numpad, not beside the backspace). You can change the default by editing /etc/X11/XF86Config. Look for a section like this: Section "Screen" Driver "svga" Device "My Video Card" Monitor "My Monitor" DefaultColorDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" ViewPort0 0 EndSubsection EndSection See where it says "1024x768"? Change that to whatever resolution you like- as long as there's a modeline for it above this section. Which shouldn't be a problem. If changing this doesn't help, change the section that begins with the line Driver "accel" This is the accelerated X server, and your card may use that instead. 2 When I run Gimp, my screen colors change--they become so dark I can not read the buttons on the title bar of Gimp itself. When I activate any other window, the colors return to normal again. What's the problem? Don't know about this- I suppose it might be a problem with your video? What color depth are you running in? Try changing to a different color depth (GIMP requires at least 16-bit). 3 I tried to change the default system of LILO from somewhere inside the linuxconf, but when I activated the changes, it generated an error. I think I saw somewhere that LILO does not run so well with Windows NT. Is this true? Even if it is true, is there a way to change the default system? (I am expecting to get another hard drive in a few months, but in the meantime, I only have one) I've never used LILO with Windows NT, so I can't say. What I did use was a rather awesome boot manager called OS-BS (see http://www.prz.tu-berlin.de/~wolf/os-bs.html). The beta version is free, and works perfectly well. You could also get he new one, with gads of features, for some cash (don't remember how much). I can say from experience that this will let Windows NT Linux Windows 95 co-exist very well. If you do decide to use this other boot manager, keep in mind that LILO will still have to be installed- installed on the Linux partition, instead of the MBR. OS-BS should go in the MBR. And as always, read README's first. -Matt Stegman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
