FW: [newbie] Off-Brand 15 1024x768 Monitor
Brett, Thanks for your reply - is lite-on a brand name? I don't remember seeing it in the xconfigurator. Also, I screwed up my install, made my old, small HD the master rather than the newer, fasterm, larger HD. I don't mind reinstalling everything, but I think I'll tell hinm not to start KDE automatically. I can always modify that later, right? Also, should Linux be THAT slow on a P-60? I know it's old-tech, but really - it's not like I'm using 386sx or something... Carlos -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Brett Jones Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 8:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Off-Brand 15" 1024x768 Monitor I've had the best luck using the lite-on monitor when setting up a linux box with an unknown monitor. That and a supported 4 meg vid card has always given me 800x600 at 16bit color. At that point I had a workable X to research/test the monitor for higher res. Good luck. By the way I used Xconfigurator from the CLI to set up X. On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, you wrote: Hi, I installed M-RH6.0 last night, and even though I have the monitor above, and an ATI 4MB card, the only display settings that seemed to work are 640x480, in 8-bit. Anyone have similar experiances, or recommendations to fix? Thanks, Carlos -- Brett Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FW: [newbie] Off-Brand 15 1024x768 Monitor
On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, you wrote: Also, should Linux be THAT slow on a P-60? I know it's old-tech, but really - it's not like I'm using 386sx or something... Well, how much RAM and drive space do you have? How much SWAP do you have? If you're starting KDE and you have less than 32 megs of RAM, you're going to be hitting that SWAP drive HARD, no matter WHAT processor you have! John
RE: FW: [newbie] Off-Brand 15 1024x768 Monitor
On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, you wrote: Also, should Linux be THAT slow on a P-60? I know it's old-tech, but really - it's not like I'm using 386sx or something... Well, how much RAM and drive space do you have? How much SWAP do you have? If you're starting KDE and you have less than 32 megs of RAM, you're going to be hitting that SWAP drive HARD, no matter WHAT processor you have! John Good point - 56MB RAM (I don't remember how I got that :-) ), and 64MB Swap space - Since I'm reinstalling, I could make it 128MB swap--is it worth it? Carlos
RE: FW: [newbie] Off-Brand 15 1024x768 Monitor
You should be okay just making the swap partition the same size as your RAM configuration, keeping in mind the 128MB limit on individual swap partions. Unless you're running a lot of servers for people the 64MB should be plenty. There are a number of monitoring tools in the KDE if you want to watch your swap usage. If you find it's gettin heavily used you can make a bigger partion at a later date. Either way, doing it now or doing it later will require repartition your harddrive. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Carlos Rubinstein Sent: Thursday, August 12, 1999 12:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Carlos Rubinstein Subject: RE: FW: [newbie] Off-Brand 15" 1024x768 Monitor On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, you wrote: Also, should Linux be THAT slow on a P-60? I know it's old-tech, but really - it's not like I'm using 386sx or something... Well, how much RAM and drive space do you have? How much SWAP do you have? If you're starting KDE and you have less than 32 megs of RAM, you're going to be hitting that SWAP drive HARD, no matter WHAT processor you have! John Good point - 56MB RAM (I don't remember how I got that :-) ), and 64MB Swap space - Since I'm reinstalling, I could make it 128MB swap--is it worth it? Carlos
[newbie] Off-Brand 15 1024x768 Monitor
Hi, I installed M-RH6.0 last night, and even though I have the monitor above, and an ATI 4MB card, the only display settings that seemed to work are 640x480, in 8-bit. Anyone have similar experiances, or recommendations to fix? Thanks, Carlos
