X-windows was made not to work for me, sigh..

Hey all, i edited the file etc, and i got quite far, but it still doesn't work, it says something like error 333, cannot start server... agh!! i need a professional to install this for me. Anyone live in Toronto?? hehe. . okay, if anyone can help, it'd be great, thanks, Alan W -- TO

last step for saving

okay, i actually have windows perfectly up and running now, but i'm missing my other partitions, so i'm left with only one gig. i have a few questions. if you have time, could you please answer them in a detailed step by step format? 1: How do i repartition it so i have 2 gigs for windows, and 1

X-windows

hey all, i have tried several things to get x-windows up and running, but it enver works. Can someone please give me step by step directions right from the start of how i can do this, even if i have to reinstall linux? I've done everything i thought i was supposed to, but it can never find an

more accurate question

okay, i've been playing around iwth it a bit, and here's what i think ineed to do: make sure the directory is browsed by the network (the X11R6 (?) one, i think). how would i do this? if that doesnt work, any other suggestions? i've installed the x-vgaserver and xsvga... thanks in advance, Alan

now i've done it (serious help now)

AGH! okay all. i know this sounds terribly stupid, but as you all know, i have next to no experience with Unix. Now i installed debian, and let's say my partitions are completely messed up, i don't know how the file system works etc. I need to read a book, but i seriously need help to get out of

Re: now i've done it (serious help now)

okay, i've gotten much further now. i've seelected alll sots of options with dselect, and un xf86config, but now when i run xstart i get; _X11 TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect:errho=2 what do i do to get into xwindows? also, i have booted into dos. running windows provides the blue

okay, nearing there. few last things

Hey all, my tri-linux just got here from lsl, and the old email wasn't working after all, apart form that, they have very prompt service. Anyways, my hdd is loaded with useless dll's, so i'm soon going to format the entire thing. Are there any major glaring things i need to prepare for in order

linux systems labs

Hi, i'm not sure if this is the right place to go for help, but i couldn't find any other. I ordered a copy of tri-linux from Linux Systems Labs a few weeks ago, and i didn't get a conformation message, and every time i send them an email asking about my order, i don't get a reply. I was just

Wow, and some questions

Hi, i was amazed at the help i got from you people at this list, i got a message about 20 minutes after i asked a question. That was amazing, thanks to all who helped. Anyways, things will hopefully soon be sorted out, and i will soon be a new linux user. I have very little knowledge of linux