I have been working through various set-up issues relating to XFree86.
I have made some progress with the video resolution that I thought I
should share:
Running latest Debian Sarge (3.1) with kernel 2.4.27-2-386 on an IBM
8306KCU Netvista (512 Mbyte Ram). The motherboard has an Intel 82845G
(Bro
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 07:47:50PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Ok, I know this has been covered to death..
>
> If I get all the common files for xf86, but yet still don't have an
> xf86config-4 file on my system..then I'm obviously missing something..just
> can't figure what it is, as all
On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, Nikki Locke wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sebastiaan wrote:
> > Darmed. The problem with my card was that the clockmodes were probed
> > incorrectly. Well, do not waste your time anymore, if the whole system
> > hangs, that is a bad sign. I am told that often chips
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sebastiaan wrote:
> Darmed. The problem with my card was that the clockmodes were probed
> incorrectly. Well, do not waste your time anymore, if the whole system
> hangs, that is a bad sign. I am told that often chips with bugs are sold
> for cheap production. They m
On Mon, 16 Jul 2001, Nikki Locke wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sebastiaan wrote:
> > yes, finally succeeded. A guru at school assisted me in building a new
> > XF86Config file. The dotclocks are probed incorrectly, so forcing other
> > values seemed to work. However, the card has really
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sebastiaan wrote:
> yes, finally succeeded. A guru at school assisted me in building a new
> XF86Config file. The dotclocks are probed incorrectly, so forcing other
> values seemed to work. However, the card has really wierd behaviour and
> crashes sometimes when swi
On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 03:22:09PM +0200, Sebastiaan wrote:
| Hello,
|
| yes, finally succeeded. A guru at school assisted me in building a new
| XF86Config file.
Cool!
| I have attached a working XF86Config (sorry, its for the greater good),
| works with the SVGA driver as well as with S3. Let
Hello,
yes, finally succeeded. A guru at school assisted me in building a new
XF86Config file. The dotclocks are probed incorrectly, so forcing other
values seemed to work. However, the card has really wierd behaviour and
crashes sometimes when switching between resolutions. But we have
succeeded
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Colin Watson wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alan Shutko wrote:
> >> The newer version of X is much better as scanning for devices and
> >> autoconfiguring them. But that version isn't in stable (although
> >> some people have p
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kevin Ross
wrote:
> http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.6/S3.html gives some useful info about S3
chipsets with Xfree86 3.3.6.
Thanks for the useful link. Now bookmarked!
> It would also seem to suggest that you don't need to specify a
RamDac.
>
> When in doubt as to th
One sojourner's story...
With my ATI Xpert98 card and "no-name" monitor (it had "ICON" on the front
bezel, but that's all I could find out) I had to constantly play XF86Setup.
But I did get things to work.
Finally, after about the third clean install I took careful notes along the
way too since w
>
> Desktop area 1024 by 768 at 72 Hertz
> s3 compatible display adapter
> Chip Type S3 Vision964
> DAC Type: Brooktree Bt485
> Memory size: 2MB
> Adapter String: Diamond Stealth
> Bios Information:
>
Funily enough, last week I tried to set up X with exact the same card. I
have tried everything
Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote:
On Friday 29 June 2001 10:03, Nikki Locke wrote:
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Stig Brautaset wrote:
Have you tried xf86cfg at all? I haven't seen anybody mentioning it..
pentium:~# xf86cfg
bash: xf86cfg: command not found
pentium:~# locate cf86cfg
pentium:~# a
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David L. Craig
> wrote:
> > Is there anything in /var/log/XFree86.0.log? If so, please post it,
> > along with your XF86Config[-4] file.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/home/nikki$ cat /var/log/XFree86.0.log
> cat: /var/log/XFree86.0.log: No such file or directory
> Well, I think I am finally getting somewhere using xf86config. I am now
> using the S3 drivers. If I don't tell X what the RamDac is, I get the
> hang. I tried telling it the RamDac was a bt485 (which is what Windows
> thinks it is), and it didn't start X because it said the RamDac wasn't
> a
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, D-Man wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 12:00:16PM +0100, Nikki Locke wrote:
> | If I don't set any "special features", I am assuming (from the
drop-down
> | lists supplied) that the driver will probe the card. I suspect it
is the
> | pobing that is causing the pr
This is wrong. Try 'xf86config' wahoo!
On Friday 29 June 2001 10:03, Nikki Locke wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Stig Brautaset wrote:
> > Have you tried xf86cfg at all? I haven't seen anybody mentioning it..
>
> pentium:~# xf86cfg
> bash: xf86cfg: command not found
> pentium:~# loca
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Stig Brautaset wrote:
> Have you tried xf86cfg at all? I haven't seen anybody mentioning it..
pentium:~# xf86cfg
bash: xf86cfg: command not found
pentium:~# locate cf86cfg
pentium:~# apt-cache search xf86cfg
pentium:~#
--
Nikki Locke, Trumphurst Ltd. PC & U
On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 12:00:16PM +0100, Nikki Locke wrote:
| In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, D-Man wrote:
| > Maybe try the SVGA driver with no special features enabled? Try just
| > a simple 640x480x8 and see if it is any better. Don't try any special
| > RAMDAC/clock chip specs.
|
| If I don
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 04:36:36PM -0400, David L. Craig wrote:
| I wrote:
|
| > D-Man wrote:
| >
| > > The real question is "has he admined Unix?". I use Solaris (Sparc) at
| > > school, but I am a mere user, not the admin. I use and admin Linux
| > > (x86) at home.
| >
| > Well, installing A
On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 20:04:40 +0100
Nikki Locke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Hamma
> >
> > One thing I did learn is if your session is hung you
> > can type F2-F6 to get to another login session.
> > This way, you can shut your machine down properly.
> >
>
> Tha
On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 12:00:16PM +0100, Nikki Locke wrote:
...
> I'll wait longer (more than 5 minutes) next time.
>
> I'm very reluctant to keep trying, as I hate all those nasty messages from
> fsck.
if that's all, you could consider something like:
# shutdown -r +10 &
just prior to try
> Whereas I was working with different flavours of
> Unix as far back as
> 1986. But I've never had to configure X before.
>
> I have configured apache, SSL, written shell
> scripts, PHP, C, C++, and
> Java. I'm still finding this much more difficult
> than I think it should
> be. Maybe I've j
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, D-Man wrote:
> Maybe try the SVGA driver with no special features enabled? Try just
> a simple 640x480x8 and see if it is any better. Don't try any special
> RAMDAC/clock chip specs.
If I don't set any "special features", I am assuming (from the drop-down
lists s
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alan Shutko wrote:
>> Often, it can. You don't say whether you are using XF86 4 or 3.3.6.
>> The newer version of X is much better as scanning for devices and
>> autoconfiguring them. But that version isn't in stable (although
>> some peo
Paul D. Smith wrote:
%% Nikki Locke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
nl> Good. Is it worth me "upgrading" to another version? The machine
nl> is there mostly to run samba, apache, apache-ssl and php4. I need
nl> a solid, stable ftp client which will work through a gateway, and
nl> the abilit
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David L. Craig
wrote:
> Is there anything in /var/log/XFree86.0.log? If so, please post it,
> along with your XF86Config[-4] file.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/home/nikki$ cat /var/log/XFree86.0.log
cat: /var/log/XFree86.0.log: No such file or directory
[EMAIL PROTECTED
-user@lists.debian.org
Onderwerp: Re: Why is setting up X so arcane?
Nikki Locke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Smokez wrote:
> > Why not give something like progeny or one of the
> > other distros which are debian based but aimed at
> > easy of u
Nikki Locke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Smokez wrote:
> > Why not give something like progeny or one of the
> > other distros which are debian based but aimed at
> > easy of use ?
> >
> > while i personally prefer just debian (woody)
> > but i know progeny has so
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 12:36:42PM -0400, Paul D. Smith wrote:
> Try using ALT-F1 or maybe CTRL-ALT-F1. That should switch you to the
> console you were using before you started X. Alternatively, you could
> use F2 instead of F1 to get to a different console and log in there.
> You can then reboo
%% Nikki Locke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Are you _sure_ your machine was hung? That rarely happens.
nl> Pretty sure. Ctrl-Alt-F1 didn't work. Ctrl-Alt-Del didn't work. A
nl> telnet session into the machine from elsewhere on the network
nl> stopped responding.
nl> It may be rare,
%% Nikki Locke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
nl> Good. Is it worth me "upgrading" to another version? The machine
nl> is there mostly to run samba, apache, apache-ssl and php4. I need
nl> a solid, stable ftp client which will work through a gateway, and
nl> the ability to ssh in from other m
I wrote:
> D-Man wrote:
>
> > The real question is "has he admined Unix?". I use Solaris (Sparc) at
> > school, but I am a mere user, not the admin. I use and admin Linux
> > (x86) at home.
>
> Well, installing ANY operating system IS an admin function.
Probably a tad too cryptic... What I w
D-Man wrote:
> The real question is "has he admined Unix?". I use Solaris (Sparc) at
> school, but I am a mere user, not the admin. I use and admin Linux
> (x86) at home.
Well, installing ANY operating system IS an admin function.
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 03:43:53PM -0400, David L. Craig wrote:
| So you been using UNIX since 86. Have you used any PC flavors?
The real question is "has he admined Unix?". I use Solaris (Sparc) at
school, but I am a mere user, not the admin. I use and admin Linux
(x86) at home.
There is quit
Is there anything in /var/log/XFree86.0.log? If so, please post it,
along with your XF86Config[-4] file.
So you been using UNIX since 86. Have you used any PC flavors?
Greets Nikki,
I have learned to hate x as well. yet if I want great x features, I have to
dig and play too. I finally picked up the voodoo 3 and am really pleased to
see good support and very nice rendering.
Now I wanted to advise you that you can KILL x without locking up your box. I
don'
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 08:05:46PM +0100, Nikki Locke wrote:
| In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alan Shutko wrote:
| > Nikki Locke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| >
| > > As far as I know, the card is Plug and Play. Why can't X probe the
| card and
| > > find out for me?
| >
| > Often, it can. Yo
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 08:05:02PM +0100, Nikki Locke wrote:
| In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, D-Man wrote:
| > | If I reboot into Windows NT, the thing displays 1024 x 768 quite
| > | happily.
| > |
| > | I have studied the stderr output of xinit, and it says
| > | (--) VGA16: clocks: 25.17 28.3
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alan Shutko wrote:
> Nikki Locke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > As far as I know, the card is Plug and Play. Why can't X probe the
card and
> > find out for me?
>
> Often, it can. You don't say whether you are using XF86 4 or 3.3.6.
> The newer version of X i
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, D-Man wrote:
> | If I reboot into Windows NT, the thing displays 1024 x 768 quite
> | happily.
> |
> | I have studied the stderr output of xinit, and it says
> | (--) VGA16: clocks: 25.17 28.32 28.32 28.32
> | (--) VGA16: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 90.000 MHz
> | (
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Hamma
Scott wrote:
> I'm pretty new to the Linux environment myself and I
> can understand you're growing pains.
Whereas I was working with different flavours of Unix as far back as
1986. But I've never had to configure X before.
>
> One thing I did learn is if
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul D.
Smith wrote:
> %% Nikki Locke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> nl> I ran XF86Setup, and chose the SVGA driver. I left everything
else
> nl> alone. It hung my machine solid (again).
>
> Are you _sure_ your machine was hung? That rarely happens.
Pretty
In article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jordi
S. Bunster wrote:
> > As far as I know, the card is Plug and Play. Why can't X
> > probe the card and find out for me?
>
> Did you try SuperProbe? log in as root, type: SuperProbe. Turn
> off your monitor(s), hit ENTER, wait for about 10 seconds and
> turn
Nikki Locke asked:
> I'll restate my original complaint -
> Why is it so difficult to set up X?
To weed out the unworthy?
To force new users to learn what's going on?
No, it's more like to save you from yourself.
The fact is, like it or not, to install a Linux
distribution is to take a big ste
> > Why not give something like progeny or one of the
> > other distros which are debian based but aimed at
> > easy of use ?
> >
> > while i personally prefer just debian (woody)
> > but i know progeny has some pretty good X setup
> > tools ect.
>
> I don't suppose there is any chance of running t
> Summary : use 'vim' (or other editor) to setup the
> /etc/X11/XF86Config file properly and use Alt-Ctrl-Del
> to reboot, not the power button.
Before resorting to rebooting, try Ctl-Alt-Backspace in the
graphics (black) window. The X-server responds to this by
shutting itself down, restoring yo
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Smokez wrote:
> Why not give something like progeny or one of the
> other distros which are debian based but aimed at
> easy of use ?
>
> while i personally prefer just debian (woody)
> but i know progeny has some pretty good X setup
> tools ect.
I don't suppose th
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 01:45:31PM +0100, Nikki Locke wrote:
| I have a machine here I would like to run X on. I am not sure of the
| specs of the VGA card, and have no manuals for it. I think I have a
| manual for the monitor (it has no manufacturer marked on it, but I have
| found a single she
%% Nikki Locke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
nl> I ran XF86Setup, and chose the SVGA driver. I left everything else
nl> alone. It hung my machine solid (again).
Are you _sure_ your machine was hung? That rarely happens.
More likely you just can't use your monitor.
Try using ALT-F1 or maybe C
Nikki Locke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> As far as I know, the card is Plug and Play. Why can't X probe the card and
> find out for me?
Often, it can. You don't say whether you are using XF86 4 or 3.3.6.
The newer version of X is much better as scanning for devices and
autoconfiguring them. B
I'm pretty new to the Linux environment myself and I
can understand you're growing pains.
One thing I did learn is if your session is hung you
can type F2-F6 to get to another login session.
This way, you can shut your machine down properly.
> So, having drawn a blank, I went in and used
> XF86
> As far as I know, the card is Plug and Play. Why can't X
> probe the card and find out for me?
Did you try SuperProbe? log in as root, type: SuperProbe. Turn
off your monitor(s), hit ENTER, wait for about 10 seconds and
turn the monitor back again.
> I have found a sheet of paper that might
On Thursday 28 June 2001 3:35 pm, Nikki Locke wrote:
--snip--
> Interesting definition of fun :-) I don't find configuration much fun,
> particularly when I have to spend days finding out stuff I don't really
> want to know. I'd much rather get on with some work. I like Debian because
> its packag
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David
Purton wrote:
> part of the reason you aren't getting good performace is that the above
> log suggests you are running the vga16 driver (ie 640x480x16 - if you
> use this under windows you'll have the same problems)
>
> Try using the super vga driver instead
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Hamma
Scott wrote:
> If you have Windows, use it to get the information
> needed. once installed, go to the properties option of
> the desktop menu under Settings Tab, go to the Display
> type to get the video card.
Been there, done that. Windows NT says
Desktop
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Joost Kooij wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 01:45:31PM +0100, Nikki Locke wrote:
> > I have a machine here I would like to run X on. I am not sure of the
> > specs of the VGA card, and have no manuals for it. I think I have a
> > manual for the monitor (it has no
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 01:45:31PM +0100, Nikki Locke wrote:
> I have a machine here I would like to run X on. I am not sure of the
> specs of the VGA card, and have no manuals for it. I think I have a
> manual for the monitor (it has no manufacturer marked on it, but I have
> found a single she
If you have Windows, use it to get the information
needed. once installed, go to the properties option of
the desktop menu under Settings Tab, go to the Display
type to get the video card.
Check the monitor make/model, you should be able to
find documentation online esp. if it's a Dell monitor.
T
On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Nikki Locke wrote:
> I have a machine here I would like to run X on. I am not sure of the
> specs of the VGA card, and have no manuals for it. I think I have a
> manual for the monitor (it has no manufacturer marked on it, but I have
> found a single sheet of paper which ha
I have a machine here I would like to run X on. I am not sure of the
specs of the VGA card, and have no manuals for it. I think I have a
manual for the monitor (it has no manufacturer marked on it, but I have
found a single sheet of paper which has a picture on it that looks
vaguely like the fr
On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 03:57:06AM +0200, chris wrote:
> does it work ?
It does, but I purged it as soon as I realised you could do
apt-cache search ^task*
and then just
apt install task-name
for the one you want... do you really need a front end for that :)
I wrote:
> Install task-x-window-system-core.
Arlequín writes:
> install task?
No, install the package task-x-window-system-core, as in
'apt-get install task-x-window-system-core'.
> what's that?
A package which causes everything you need for X to be installed.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED
does it work ?
On Friday, 11 May 2001, Arlequ?n wrote:
Hi Arlequ?n,
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Arlequ?n" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 10:51 PM
> Subject: Re: Setting up X
try 'tasksel'
On Friday, 11 May 2001, Arlequ?n wrote:
Hi Arlequ?n,
> Hello!
>
> I've installed X using
>
> $ apt-get install x
>
>
> and what's now?
> How can I configure the X server?
> because if I type
> $ startx
> I receive the message :
> X: exec of /usr/bin/X11/XF86_NONE faile
- Original Message -
From: "chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Arlequ?n" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 10:51 PM
Subject: Re: Setting up X server
>
> hi,
>
> if you are using debian 2.2 potato or debian 2.3 woody, try the comman
- Original Message -
From: "John Hasler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 10:43 PM
Subject: Re: Setting up X server
> Cameron Matheson writes:
> > you should probably install something more like xfree86-common.
>
> Install task-x-wi
Cameron Matheson writes:
> you should probably install something more like xfree86-common.
Install task-x-window-system-core.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin
Hey,
you should probably install something more like xfree86-common. But i think
right now you'll have to install the x server's seperately. Maybe:
# apt-get install xserver-common xserver-xfree86
Cameron Matheson
On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 10:24:45PM -0300, Arlequ?n wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I've in
Hello!
I've installed X using
$ apt-get install x
and what's now?
How can I configure the X server?
because if I type
$ startx
I receive the message :
X: exec of /usr/bin/X11/XF86_NONE failed
Can't Connect
Thanks
Thanks for the response, unfortunately I had all of those packages
installed. I was actually about to post another cry for help on some
newsgroups but... after a few more apt-gets, fixing a link or two, and
swapping xdm for gdm I have a functionall X setup. So I now have a full
reiser debian pota
Monday, October 16, 2000 8:00 PM
Subject: Help setting up X!
> I was running Storm, upgraded to Woody without any problems (minus the
> libc6 saga :-). However some power failures encouraged me to do a full
> reiser-debian install (yes I know the disks aren't supported). I've
I was running Storm, upgraded to Woody without any problems (minus the
libc6 saga :-). However some power failures encouraged me to do a full
reiser-debian install (yes I know the disks aren't supported). I've got
a quasi functional potato box right now. My networking is set up so I
can apt-get
On Sat, Aug 05, 2000 at 06:57:43PM -0500, Chris Hoover wrote:
> Can someone point me to some sites that explain how to get an older
> computer working as a remote x-term/workstation.
You may be interested in
http://people.delphi.com/sjc/linux/poor.html
HTH,
Mark
On Sat, Aug 05, 2000 at 06:57:43PM -0500, Chris Hoover wrote
> Can someone point me to some sites that explain how to get an older
> computer working as a remote x-term/workstation.
>
> Here is what I currently have:
> 1 486DX/2 50 laptop w/ 20 megs - This has a "complete" potato install
> with a
Can someone point me to some sites that explain how to get an older
computer working as a remote x-term/workstation.
Here is what I currently have:
1 486DX/2 50 laptop w/ 20 megs - This has a "complete" potato install
with a working X server. I would like to convert this laptop into a
remote X wo
> "Kent" == Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Kent> How have you tried to set up X? Did you use "xf86config", or
Kent> "XF86Setup"? Try using the other tool; sometimes one will give better
Kent> results than the other one.
`anXious' from the `xviddetect' package works very we
Kent West wrote:
>
> Jay Kelly wrote:
> > and my video is set at the wrong screen size. Is the Diamond
> > Voodoo 2000 compatible with Debian? I couldn't get it to work.
> > I guess I need some good Help Doc's to guide me.
>From the Hardware-HOWTO at
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWT
Graeme Mathieson wrote:
>
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>
> Hi,
>
> Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > A Linux guru/friend is a great source of help.
>
> I managed to parse that as "A Linux girlfriend ...". Yes, that would be
> a great source of help. :-)
Well, m
that other more informed people can respond rather than just
relying on my limited knowledge/experience.)
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2000 2:18 PM
> To: Jay Kelly
> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject
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Hi,
Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> A Linux guru/friend is a great source of help.
I managed to parse that as "A Linux girlfriend ...". Yes, that would be
a great source of help. :-)
- --
Graeme.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Life's not fair," I re
Jay Kelly wrote:
>
> Anybody know where I can get some help with setting up X. I can't
> seem to get it working right.
> Jay
>
A Linux guru/friend is a great source of help. Also of great value is
your local Linux User Group (LUG).
I've had pretty good success with
Anybody know where I can get some help woth setting up X.. I cant seem to
get it working right.
Jay
Shaleh writes:
>
> The problem is that X believes that all the mode defs are bogus, so it
> throws them out. There is no entry left that supports anything other
> than 640x480 8bpp, when it is thru.
>
When this happened to me, I had not properly defined the capability of my
monitor. Try re-doin
The problem is that X believes that all the mode defs are bogus, so it
throws them out. There is no entry left that supports anything other
than 640x480 8bpp, when it is thru.
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Shaleh writes:
>
> HELP!!! I am stuck in 8 bit mode. X insists that all of my modes are
Easy to fix. Edit /etc/X11/XF86Config... Go to "Section Screen" portion of the
file and find the description matching your equipment. Add the following line:
DefaultColorDepth 16
The new line will force a
HELP!!! I am stuck in 8 bit mode. X insists that all of my modes are
wrong so I am stuck in 640x480 8 bit mode. It sucks. Included are my
monitor specs. I have an ET4000w_32p rev. b card. It has 2mb of
memory. Please either e-mail me directly or respond to the list.
Please.
Type
Farhad Manjoo hat gesagt: // Farhad Manjoo wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I'm new to Linux/Debian. Everything was going well until it came time to
> set up X windows. The trouble is I can't get X to install my mouse.
>
> I know that it's a ps/2 mouse and that there's something called gpm also
> ru
>
>
> You probably want to try 'gpm -k' before starting X. I understand that
> gpm interferes with the operation of ps/2 mice under X. I have no idea
> why this problem should be confined to ps/2 mice. Good luck.
>
> >
> > I'm new to Linux/Debian. Everything was going well until it cam
You probably want to try 'gpm -k' before starting X. I understand that
gpm interferes with the operation of ps/2 mice under X. I have no idea
why this problem should be confined to ps/2 mice. Good luck.
On Fri, 19 Sep 1997, Farhad Manjoo wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I'm new to Linux/Debian. Everyt
On Fri, 19 Sep 1997, Farhad Manjoo wrote:
> I know that it's a ps/2 mouse and that there's something called gpm also
> running. I don't know what this is. gpm says that my mouse is on
Hmm, I don't know if you can run gpm and X at the same time. Gpm is a
mouse driver for text terminals. I
Hi.
I'm new to Linux/Debian. Everything was going well until it came time to
set up X windows. The trouble is I can't get X to install my mouse.
I know that it's a ps/2 mouse and that there's something called gpm also
running. I don't know what this is. gpm says that my mouse is o
I have setup x before with little trouble. Now I have tried both
XF86Setup and XF86Config. Could anyone tell me what the following error
message means and how I might correct it.
_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
_X11Tra
Check your /etc/X11/Xserver file. the first line should have the path and
filename of the server
that you want to use. It seems that while other distributions link X to
the server you want to run,
Debian uses X as a small 'loader' program that reads the Xserver file and
gets the server to run fro
On Thu, 21 Aug 1997, Joost Kooij wrote:
[snip]
> To stop xdm from starting after boot, type "linux single" at lilo's
> "boot:" prompt.
> Alternatively (in case I'm wrong about what's run in single user mode)
> type "linux emergency" to bypass nearly all the startup scripts in
> /etc/init.d/ resp.
Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote:
>
> On Wed, 20 Aug 1997, Charles Blair wrote:
>
> >Then the real disaster!
> > it goes through preliminary messages, types ``starting xdm'' and then
> > I get a blank screen.
> >
> > I have also tried using the boot floppy I created when I installed
> > the sy
On Wed, 20 Aug 1997, Charles Blair wrote:
>I have been using Debian on several machines for over a year. I
> tried to install X on one machine in what was apparently the wrong way.
> I created a config file using xconfig, and have been bringing in a
> bunch of packages, unpacking them with dp
I have been using Debian on several machines for over a year. I
tried to install X on one machine in what was apparently the wrong way.
I created a config file using xconfig, and have been bringing in a
bunch of packages, unpacking them with dpkg -i. It has seemed that,
whenever I started the
Last night I posted a request for help finishing the setup of X11R6,
and getting Openwin to work.
I want to sincerely thank the people who sent me email (you know who
you are). The system is at home, so I cannot implement the fixes
that you people reccommended until tonight. But I wanted to let
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