Re: [newbie] No go on notebook
Here are a couple of sites to try, they helped me to install MD 7.0 on a Sony VAIO http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~and1000/vaioF-series.html On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, you wrote: Ok I'm defnately a newbie to Linux trying to install Mandrake 7.1. After full install it won't get past initilisation and dies just before xwindows starts. Message is "Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 07:07 ??? I fear it may be my video card? as I'm using a sony laptop with a nice TFT screen, which of course was not in the setup. Is there a way to get "most" laptop screens supported? Any help'd be great Bruce Christopher Molnar wrote: On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Mark wrote: I have a few questions, was wondering if anyone could help? W only works as root. I want all users to see who is on. They can do this using Finger, but I'd rather have W work as I'm so used to it. It displays the header for W, but no username or user info. I tried changing the permissions on the utmp file, but to no avail. what about "w" not "W" ? I just checked and it works here (mdk 7.1 developer install). Finger Command does not retain info once a user logs out. So when I finger user, it says they have never logged in. I'm not sure on this one either. I will open a bug on this one. Thanks. And finally, YTalk, it runs, but will not contact the other user that I'm trying to talk to. How do I get this to run? Is this a process that has to be started? I have never used... sorry. Hope that helps a little. -Chris -- * How can I Automount my brain at boot time ? *
RE: [newbie] No go on notebook
Hi, All, I have a problem with my mouse pointer after installing Mandrake on my Athlon processor which uses a PS2 microsoft mouse and S3- 3D2X graphics card. Instead of the mouse pointer, what I have is a BIG WHITE SQUARE. Do you know what I need to do in the XF86Config file(I suppose,) to change that to a pointer? Thanks in advance for all the help, Hem -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 11:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] No go on notebook Here are a couple of sites to try, they helped me to install MD 7.0 on a Sony VAIO http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~and1000/vaioF-series.html On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, you wrote: Ok I'm defnately a newbie to Linux trying to install Mandrake 7.1. After full install it won't get past initilisation and dies just before xwindows starts. Message is "Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 07:07 ??? I fear it may be my video card? as I'm using a sony laptop with a nice TFT screen, which of course was not in the setup. Is there a way to get "most" laptop screens supported? Any help'd be great Bruce Christopher Molnar wrote: On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Mark wrote: I have a few questions, was wondering if anyone could help? W only works as root. I want all users to see who is on. They can do this using Finger, but I'd rather have W work as I'm so used to it. It displays the header for W, but no username or user info. I tried changing the permissions on the utmp file, but to no avail. what about "w" not "W" ? I just checked and it works here (mdk 7.1 developer install). Finger Command does not retain info once a user logs out. So when I finger user, it says they have never logged in. I'm not sure on this one either. I will open a bug on this one. Thanks. And finally, YTalk, it runs, but will not contact the other user that I'm trying to talk to. How do I get this to run? Is this a process that has to be started? I have never used... sorry. Hope that helps a little. -Chris -- * How can I Automount my brain at boot time ? *
Re: [newbie] No go on notebook
i just installed Mandrake on a friend's laptop- he's got a Sony Vaio PCG-F250 (or something like that), when it came time to configure X I just took the defaults for the monitor, which was a generic high frequency that can do 1024x768. Everything worked fine except that freakin USB mouse, so he has to use the touchpad. Eunice Thompson
RE: [newbie] No go on notebook
On 29 Jun 00, at 14:16, Hem Ramachandran wrote: I have a problem with my mouse pointer after installing Mandrake on my Athlon processor which uses a PS2 microsoft mouse and S3- 3D2X graphics card. Instead of the mouse pointer, what I have is a BIG WHITE SQUARE. Do you know what I need to do in the XF86Config file(I suppose,) to change that to a pointer? To remove that white block add this to your /etc/XF86Config under the graphic device tab: no sw_cursor. Please check. If this does'nt work, then try sw_cursor. One of them works, but have forgotten which. __ _ Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com / / (_)__ __ __ / /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / . . . t h e c h o i c e o f a //_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ G N U g e n e r a t i o n . . .
