RE: [newbie] New install - Xwindows
try xconfigurator or XF86setup (I think thats right) they are both console apps that don't require x to be running to use them. Frank Hauptle / / _ ---/ / (_)__ __ __ --/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / -//_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ Gshop Network Payment Solutions. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Owens, Blaine C Sent: Sunday, 25 February 2001 4:02 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] New install - Xwindows After a new install my Xwindows has horizontal lines making most applications INCLUDING DrakConf applications basically unusable. Perhaps if I could get Xwindows working reasonably I could address some of the other problems I am having. I reinstalled this morning - still horizontal lines making most X applications INCLUDING DRAKCONF (smartass) basically unusable. If anybody who is not a smartass can give me a clue as to how to correct my Xwindows problem then I think I can figure the rest out for myself. The card according to Windows Device Manager is Trident 9685/9680/9682/9685/9382/9385-1 PCI It was discovered by the Mandrake install as Trident Microsystems TGUI9660 (generic) TGUI 9660/968x/968x All non-smart-asses - I cannot use DrakConf effectively because I can't even read most Xscreens because of this problem. I'm posting this to the Newbie list and not the expert list because I AM a newbie, but I am not an idiot. I know how to search the net and RTFM but after about 6 hours of frustration I post a question and the only response is to use an X app which I cannot even use because of the horizontal lines. Good grief! Blaine Owens Eastman Chemical Company Phone - (423)-229-3579 Cell Phone - (423)-817-0704 Fax - (423)-229-1188 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] New install - Xwindows
After a new install my Xwindows has horizontal lines making most applications INCLUDING DrakConf applications basically unusable. Perhaps if I could get Xwindows working reasonably I could address some of the other problems I am having. I reinstalled this morning - still horizontal lines making most X applications INCLUDING DRAKCONF (smartass) basically unusable. If anybody who is not a smartass can give me a clue as to how to correct my Xwindows problem then I think I can figure the rest out for myself. The card according to Windows Device Manager is Trident 9685/9680/9682/9685/9382/9385-1 PCI It was discovered by the Mandrake install as Trident Microsystems TGUI9660 (generic) TGUI 9660/968x/968x All non-smart-asses - I cannot use DrakConf effectively because I can't even read most Xscreens because of this problem. I'm posting this to the Newbie list and not the expert list because I AM a newbie, but I am not an idiot. I know how to search the net and RTFM but after about 6 hours of frustration I post a question and the only response is to use an X app which I cannot even use because of the horizontal lines. Good grief! Blaine Owens Eastman Chemical Company Phone - (423)-229-3579 Cell Phone - (423)-817-0704 Fax - (423)-229-1188 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] New install - Xwindows
On Sun, 25 Feb 2001 07:01, Owens, Blaine C wrote: After a new install my Xwindows has horizontal lines making most applications INCLUDING DrakConf applications basically unusable. Perhaps if I could get Xwindows working reasonably I could address some of the other problems I am having. I reinstalled this morning - still horizontal lines making most X applications INCLUDING DRAKCONF (smartass) basically unusable. If anybody who is not a smartass can give me a clue as to how to correct my Xwindows problem then I think I can figure the rest out for myself. The card according to Windows Device Manager is Trident 9685/9680/9682/9685/9382/9385-1 PCI It was discovered by the Mandrake install as Trident Microsystems TGUI9660 (generic) TGUI 9660/968x/968x All non-smart-asses - I cannot use DrakConf effectively because I can't even read most Xscreens because of this problem. I'm posting this to the Newbie list and not the expert list because I AM a newbie, but I am not an idiot. I know how to search the net and RTFM but after about 6 hours of frustration I post a question and the only response is to use an X app which I cannot even use because of the horizontal lines. Good grief! Sorry, I didn't realise that before when I suggested that you use DrakConf (stupid me!). Try XF86Setup or Xconfigurator from a console instead. If they don't exist then you will need to install their packages. Blaine Owens Eastman Chemical Company Phone - (423)-229-3579 Cell Phone - (423)-817-0704 Fax - (423)-229-1188 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. "There are two major products that come from Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence." -- Jeremy S. Anderson
Re: [newbie] New install - Xwindows
On Sat, 24 Feb 2001 15:01:32 -0500 "Owens, Blaine C" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If anybody who is not a smartass can give me a clue as to how to correct my Xwindows problem then I think I can figure the rest out for myself. The card according to Windows Device Manager is Trident 9685/9680/9682/9685/9382/9385-1 PCI It was discovered by the Mandrake install as Trident Microsystems TGUI9660 (generic) TGUI 9660/968x/968x This is not your video card. It's the monitor you selected during your install. Establish the characteristics of your monitor (Horizondal and vertical refresh rates etc) Reboot and go to text mode (type 'linux 3' at the lilo prompt or select 'failsafe' from GRUB) Log on as root and run 'Xconfigurator' and select your monitor (if it's listed) else a monitor which matches yours. Cheers John --- Mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected" (The UNIX Programmer's Manual, 2nd Edition, June 1972.)
