Re: [newbie] x config
On Wednesday 29 May 2002 11:06 am, Pupeno did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: Well, I removed some kde 2 packages and I ended up installing them again, but now I also have the kde 3 packages and I'm using kdm from kde 3, but kdm from kde 2 is there, didn't remove any font, but I had some problems with the font, some day, they were all screwed up. if you have both kdms it might be confusing the system. is it the kdm from kde 3.0.1? 3.0.1 is an overwrite of kde2. That error I get it to the console every 5 minutes or so, I'm running in runlevel 5, X is working but it crashes from time to time (in fact, as the uptime increases for more than 18 hs the crash posibilities get real high). you might change to runlvl 3 and start x on your own however you prefer. that might (or might not) help with crashing until you solve the trouble. I don't have almost any gnome packages, just some libs, but this was this way for a long time ago (before upgrading from 8.1 to 8.2. So, how can I track what's going on ? Is there any log I can read to get more information about this ? if you mean that x was crashing before you upgraded from 8.1, you may have an entirely different problem. look in /var/log at the xsession logs (Xfree86.log?) and the kdm log. that may help. -- Microsoft: Writing viruses has never been easier! shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] x config
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 28 May 2002 10:19, daRcmaTTeR wrote: Hi Pupeno, The error you're getting means that X isn't setup correctly on your machine. what version did you install on your machine. X and your vid card and/or the monitor aren't getting along very well. I have a Trident Blade3D and a Samsung SyncMaster 750s, it seems that they're configured properly, I'm running X 4.2.0 and here's my XF86Config-4: # File generated by XFdrake. # ** # Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) man page for details about the format of # this file. # ** Section Files RgbPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. FontPath unix/:-1 EndSection # ** # Server flags section. # ** Section ServerFlags # Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot where a signal is # received. This may leave the console in an unusable state, but may # provide a better stack trace in the core dump to aid in debugging #NoTrapSignals # Uncomment this to disable the CrtlAltBS server abort sequence # This allows clients to receive this key event. #DontZap # Uncomment this to disable the CrtlAltKP_+/KP_- mode switching # sequences. This allows clients to receive these key events. #DontZoom # This allows the server to start up even if the # mouse device can't be opened/initialised. AllowMouseOpenFail EndSection # ** # Input devices # ** # ** # Keyboard section # ** Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard1 Driver Keyboard Option AutoRepeat 250 30 Option XkbRules xfree86 Option XkbModel pc105 Option XkbLayout us_intl EndSection # ** # Pointer section # ** Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse1 Driver mouse Option ProtocolPS/2 Option Device /dev/psaux Option Emulate3Buttons Option Emulate3Timeout50 # ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice #Option ChordMiddle EndSection Section Module # This loads the DBE extension module. Loaddbe # This loads the Video for Linux module. Loadv4l # This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables # initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module. SubSection extmod #Option omit xfree86-dga EndSubSection # This loads the Type1 and FreeType font modules Loadtype1 Loadfreetype EndSection # ** # Monitor section # ** # Any number of monitor sections may be present Section Monitor Identifier Samsung SyncMaster 750(M)s(T) VendorName Samsung ModelName Unknown # HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified. # HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a # comma separated list of ranges of values. # NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S # USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS. HorizSync 30-70 # VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified. # VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a # comma separated list of ranges of values. # NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S # USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS. VertRefresh 50-160 # This is a set of extended mode timings typically used for laptop, # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # These are available along with standard mode timings. # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)? # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync ModeLine 1024x48065.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync - -vsync # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync ModeLine 768x576 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync ModeLine 768x576 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616 EndSection # ** # Graphics device section # ** Section Device Identifier Generic VGA Driver vga EndSection Section Device
Re: [newbie] x config
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 28 May 2002 10:53, shane wrote: On Tuesday 28 May 2002 07:04 am, Pupeno opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: Bye the way, I'm getting this error: INIT: ld 'x' respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes. any of a number of things. i have seen that because the default manager (usually kdm) was removed, because the font server is broken, because of really bad video settings... lots of reasons. is there another error listed before this message? can you change to runlvl 3 and then start x? have you recently removed kde or font or gnome packages? did x ever work on this machine? Well, I removed some kde 2 packages and I ended up installing them again, but now I also have the kde 3 packages and I'm using kdm from kde 3, but kdm from kde 2 is there, didn't remove any font, but I had some problems with the font, some day, they were all screwed up. That error I get it to the console every 5 minutes or so, I'm running in runlevel 5, X is working but it crashes from time to time (in fact, as the uptime increases for more than 18 hs the crash posibilities get real high). I don't have almost any gnome packages, just some libs, but this was this way for a long time ago (before upgrading from 8.1 to 8.2. So, how can I track what's going on ? Is there any log I can read to get more information about this ? Thank you. - -- Pupeno: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pupeno.com.ar -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE89RifWhjnmGRO4vQRAjWZAJ9mJO1GHRfrmJ6IZe8sMSZYB2u1UQCfZGeZ Ux6599FZWtnm2lAtzCUvycQ= =O+OJ -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] x config
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I would like to remove any garbage from my x config file, where should I start to see what configuratio is actualy used by my computer ? Bye the way, I'm getting this error: INIT: ld 'x' respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes. Do you know what does it mean ? Thank you. - -- Pupeno: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pupeno.com.ar -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8846AWhjnmGRO4vQRAs5vAJ0Slkcc2vBRr4zfNKKweBxaQcmcSwCfZNv7 nm1O0SmARP+X+ePanWlrh40= =GiUt -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] x config
On Tuesday 28 May 2002 07:04 am, Pupeno opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: Bye the way, I'm getting this error: INIT: ld 'x' respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes. any of a number of things. i have seen that because the default manager (usually kdm) was removed, because the font server is broken, because of really bad video settings... lots of reasons. is there another error listed before this message? can you change to runlvl 3 and then start x? have you recently removed kde or font or gnome packages? did x ever work on this machine? -- ...so Mr. Gates, in short, the reason I am not using your software is that I have upped my standards. So up yours. shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] x config
On Tuesday 28 May 2002 17:19, daRcmaTTeR wrote: On Tue, 28 May 2002, Pupeno wrote: -pgpenvelope processed message I would like to remove any garbage from my x config file, where should I start to see what configuratio is actualy used by my computer ? Bye the way, I'm getting this error: INIT: ld 'x' respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes. Do you know what does it mean ? Thank you. -- Pupeno: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pupeno.com.ar Hi Pupeno, The error you're getting means that X isn't setup correctly on your machine. what version did you install on your machine. X and your vid card and/or the monitor aren't getting along very well. as for your X config file goes...once you've got X installed and configured correctly for your system leave that puppy alone or bad thing can and will happen. there really isn't anything to clean out or it. I got this once I think it was after a power cut resulted in file corruption (this was before I switched to a journalling filing system). Try reconfiguring X using xf86config. If that doesn't work, try reinstalling X, then reconfiguring. Sir Robin -- The reason we come up with new versions is not to fix bugs. It's absolutely not. It's the stupidest reason to buy a new version I ever heard. - Bill Gates Robin Turner IDMYO, Bilkent Universitesi Ankara 06533 Turkey http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] x config
On Tuesday 28 May 2002 18:05, daRcmaTTeR wrote: On Tue, 28 May 2002, Robin Turner wrote: On Tuesday 28 May 2002 17:19, daRcmaTTeR wrote: On Tue, 28 May 2002, Pupeno wrote: -pgpenvelope processed message I would like to remove any garbage from my x config file, where should I start to see what configuratio is actualy used by my computer ? Bye the way, I'm getting this error: INIT: ld 'x' respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes. Do you know what does it mean ? Thank you. -- Pupeno: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pupeno.com.ar Hi Pupeno, The error you're getting means that X isn't setup correctly on your machine. what version did you install on your machine. X and your vid card and/or the monitor aren't getting along very well. as for your X config file goes...once you've got X installed and configured correctly for your system leave that puppy alone or bad thing can and will happen. there really isn't anything to clean out or it. I got this once I think it was after a power cut resulted in file corruption (this was before I switched to a journalling filing system). Try reconfiguring X using xf86config. If that doesn't work, try reinstalling X, then reconfiguring. Sir Robin It might be a wee bit easier for him to use setuptools in a terminal then to actually try to use xf86config. I never did like that X config tool. My first experience with that monster was RedHat 5.2 5 years ago. didn't like it then and I really think it stinks now. course then, there wasn't a lot of different ways to take care of configuring X in those days. Heh heh, don't I just remember! Configuration procedure: $ xf86config $ cd /etc/X11 $ emacs XF86Config I'd not noticed setuptool before - very handy. Sir Robin -- The reason we come up with new versions is not to fix bugs. It's absolutely not. It's the stupidest reason to buy a new version I ever heard. - Bill Gates Robin Turner IDMYO, Bilkent Universitesi Ankara 06533 Turkey http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] x config
On Tue, 28 May 2002, Robin Turner wrote: On Tuesday 28 May 2002 18:05, daRcmaTTeR wrote: On Tue, 28 May 2002, Robin Turner wrote: On Tuesday 28 May 2002 17:19, daRcmaTTeR wrote: On Tue, 28 May 2002, Pupeno wrote: -pgpenvelope processed message I would like to remove any garbage from my x config file, where should I start to see what configuratio is actualy used by my computer ? Bye the way, I'm getting this error: INIT: ld 'x' respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes. Do you know what does it mean ? Thank you. -- Pupeno: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pupeno.com.ar Hi Pupeno, The error you're getting means that X isn't setup correctly on your machine. what version did you install on your machine. X and your vid card and/or the monitor aren't getting along very well. as for your X config file goes...once you've got X installed and configured correctly for your system leave that puppy alone or bad thing can and will happen. there really isn't anything to clean out or it. I got this once I think it was after a power cut resulted in file corruption (this was before I switched to a journalling filing system). Try reconfiguring X using xf86config. If that doesn't work, try reinstalling X, then reconfiguring. Sir Robin It might be a wee bit easier for him to use setuptools in a terminal then to actually try to use xf86config. I never did like that X config tool. My first experience with that monster was RedHat 5.2 5 years ago. didn't like it then and I really think it stinks now. course then, there wasn't a lot of different ways to take care of configuring X in those days. Heh heh, don't I just remember! Configuration procedure: $ xf86config $ cd /etc/X11 $ emacs XF86Config I'd not noticed setuptool before - very handy. Sir Robin man! xf86config + emacs...does _that_ ever bring back memories. scary ones at that. which is what took me to the point of finding setuptools. although in those days it wasn't called that. IN RedHat it was and is called setup. I didn't discover it to be called setuptools till I loaded Mandrake 7.0 some years back. t'was a life saver for my sanity.In those days the hardware I was running was quite generic and the support for some things wasn't what it is now. so configuring X on cheap machines was at best quite problematic. Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] x-config.
Hi, is there a way of changing the xfree server(4.0.1) back to the 3.3.6 using drakonf? or the only way is by "upgrading" the O.S.?
Re: [newbie] x-config.
On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Andres wrote: Hi, is there a way of changing the xfree server(4.0.1) back to the 3.3.6 using drakonf? or the only way is by "upgrading" the O.S.?
[newbie] X config file -- anything look wrong here??
hi, i'm still working on this problem where i have this narrow strip on the left-most edge of my monitor which shows what is actually about 4 inches from the left side of the display. i wanted to run my XF86Config-4 file past you folks. it looks ok to me, but what do i know. does anyone see anything here that is evidently wrong?? the hardware stuff seems ok i do have an SiS 620 i also have 4M video ram, tho i don't see that specified. do i need to add a line for that? thank you much for you input # File generated by XFdrake. # ** # Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) man page for details about the format of # this file. # ** Section "Files" RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. FontPath "unix/:-1" EndSection # ** # Server flags section. # ** Section "ServerFlags" # Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot where a signal is # received. This may leave the console in an unusable state, but may # provide a better stack trace in the core dump to aid in debugging #NoTrapSignals # Uncomment this to disable the CrtlAltBS server abort sequence # This allows clients to receive this key event. #DontZap # Uncomment this to disable the CrtlAltKP_+/KP_- mode switching # sequences. This allows clients to receive these key events. #DontZoom # This allows the server to start up even if the # mouse device can't be opened/initialised. AllowMouseOpenFail EndSection # ** # Input devices # ** # ** # Keyboard section # ** Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard1" Driver "Keyboard" Option "AutoRepeat" "250 30" Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "us" EndSection # ** # Pointer section # ** Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol""PS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Emulate3Buttons" Option "Emulate3Timeout""50" # ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice #Option "ChordMiddle" EndSection Section "Module" # This loads the DBE extension module. Load"dbe" # This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables # initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module. SubSection "extmod" #Option "omit xfree86-dga" EndSubSection # This loads the Type1 and FreeType font modules Load"type1" Load"freetype" EndSection # ** # Monitor section # ** # Any number of monitor sections may be present Section "Monitor" Identifier "" VendorName "" ModelName "" # HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified. # HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a # comma separated list of ranges of values. # NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S # USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS. HorizSync 30-72 # VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified. # VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a # comma separated list of ranges of values. # NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S # USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS. VertRefresh 50-120 EndSection # ** # Graphics device section # ** Section "Device" Identifier "Generic VGA" Driver "vga" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "SiS 620" VendorName "Unknown" BoardName "Unknown" Driver "sis" # Clock lines # Uncomment following option if you see a big white block # instead of the cursor! #Option "sw_cursor" Option "DPMS" EndSection # ** # Screen sections #
Re: [newbie] X Config problems during Mandrake Install
Look around for an updated X Server for the Mach 64 chip you have ... I know they exist ... ya just gotta find em. You need to get the X server and the latest Xconfigurator. Try www.freshmeat.net or www.xfree86.org. Those are 2 sites that are pretty good for that kinda thing .. also try www.kde.org and www.atitech.com which is the ATI site. Good luck, I remember when my TNT was not really supported in the distribution and I remember what a pain it was finding the drivers. At 05:26 AM 12/9/2000 -0500, you wrote: Hi, I have an ATI card based on a Mach64 chipset. When I install mandrake, everything works fine until I get to the X Config section, where the installer tells me it can't find the Mach64 Server. AGH!!! I have to quit the install there, which leaves me with a perfect linux system, apart from the fact that X is totally mucked up and won't work. Can anyone help me? It would be GREATLY appreciated!!! Cheers "Admiral" Ian Bridgeman 8) P.S. I am quite prepared to install linux again, it doesn't bother me! This is forgiveness so I know ... Once I repent I seal the lid ... I slither for you and I am dying... I find trust in hate ... - [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.slip.net/~cenobite/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shayne L. Schecht "Ceno's Bytes" Los Angeles, Ca - There is a secret song at the centre of the world and it's sound is like razors through flesh -
