G550 / XFree86

2002-09-25 Thread Tom Allen
I found a volume of information, but seem to be missing something. I use a matrox G550, and when I installed, X would not run (the actual error is (EE) No devices detected). There's bound to be a FAQ somewhere, but I'm having trouble finding such a beast in text mode. I found a bunch of referenc

Re: G550 / XFree86

2002-09-26 Thread Tom Allen
"true" > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "Default Layout" > Screen "Default Screen" > InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" > InputDevice "Configured Mouse" > #

Re: Unable to print when using Debian 3.0

2002-09-26 Thread Allen Linkenhoker
a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I would humbly suggest that you switch back to your original kernel, and install CUPS. Afterward, browse to http://localhost:631. Login as root, and give it a try! The interface is fairly self-explanatory. Good luck! L. Allen Linkenhoker a.k.a. DirtCop -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Last night's dist-upgrade broke Gnome-AA session :-(

2002-09-28 Thread Allen Linkenhoker
x 1019 > (**) RADEON(0): DPMS enabled > (II) RADEON(0): Reinitializing Xvideo subsystems > (II) RADEON(0): Rage Theatre setting standard 0x > (II) RADEON(0): X context handle = 0x0001 > (II) RADEON(0): [drm] installed DRM signal handler > (II) RADEON(0): [DRI] installation complete > (II) RADEON(0): [drm] Added 32 65536 byte vertex/indirect buffers > (II) RADEON(0): [drm] Mapped 32 vertex/indirect buffers > (II) RADEON(0): Direct rendering enabled > PEXExtensionInit: Couldn't open default PEX font file Roman_M > ^^^ > (II) RADEON(0): Shutting down Xvideo subsystems > (II) RADEON(0): Rage Theatre setting standard 0x > > > -- > "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve > neither liberty nor safety." > -- Benjamin Franklin > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Two things here jump out at me, one may not be related to your problem, one is. First, it appears that your sync and refresh rates for your monitor are incorrect. I may be mistaken, this could be settings for color depths not in use. I paste the relevant section here: > (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "640x350" (vrefresh out of range) > (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "640x400" (vrefresh out of range) > (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "720x400" (vrefresh out of range) > (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (vrefresh out of range) > (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (vrefresh out of range) > (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (vrefresh out of range) > (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (vrefresh out of range) > (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (hsync out of range) > (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range) > (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range) > (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range) > (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range) > (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range) > (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (hsync out of range) > (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (hsync out of range) > (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (hsync out of range) > (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (hsync out of range) > (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range) > (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range) > (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range) Secondly, the following appears several times in the log: > PEXExtensionInit: Couldn't open default PEX font file Roman_M > ^^^ My hunch is that this is your problem. Unfortunately, I have no idea how to fix it, but maybe this can be of some use. Good Luck! Allen Linkenhoker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Linux in Universities

2002-09-12 Thread Haines, Charles Allen
Mariland is spelled Maryland. Might want to fix that. Also, I can vouch that a good number of student at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Mass use Linux. If you would like I can have a poll done and give you the results. I attend this school and am a sys admin for more than a dozen organizat

RE: [OFF TOPIC] majordomo and exim

2002-09-13 Thread Haines, Charles Allen
For the WPI GDC we use to use mailman because of the nice web interface (and that is what the previous sys admin before used). However mailman kept breaking (like every other day) and would take days sometime weeks to fix. This just wasn't a solution because we needed out mailing lists. We have

Re: lexmark printer with potatoe?

2002-10-04 Thread Dean Allen Provins
On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 02:07:36PM -0400, infotechsys wrote: > Hi, > I have potatoe on my other cpu and > was wondering if anyone is using > lexmark Z45 printer with potatoe? > The printer has a parrallel and a usb > port with it.Does anyone for-see any > problems I might have with this > printer

Re: 386 or 486 machine

2002-10-24 Thread Dean Allen Provins
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 06:02:07PM -0700, Mike Thompson wrote: > On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 11:41:31PM +0100, Rupert wrote: > > On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 20:24:01 +0400 > > Andrei Smirnov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > is it possible to put Debian on a 386 or 486? > > > > I put Debian Woody on a 48