Re: X configuration with xserver-xorg-video-intel

2008-04-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 08:25:31AM -0400, William Thompson wrote: > I forgot to mention that I'm not on the list, Keep me in the CC. > > On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 03:08:20PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 01:36:53PM -0400, William Thompson wrote: > > > I have 2 PCs w

Re: X configuration with xserver-xorg-video-intel

2008-04-08 Thread William Thompson
I forgot to mention that I'm not on the list, Keep me in the CC. On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 03:08:20PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 01:36:53PM -0400, William Thompson wrote: > > I have 2 PCs with a 915 chipset. One wants to use 1280x768 resolution and > > the other w

Re: X configuration with xserver-xorg-video-intel

2008-04-07 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 01:36:53PM -0400, William Thompson wrote: > I have 2 PCs with a 915 chipset. One wants to use 1280x768 resolution and > the other wants 1152x864 resolution. I haven't setup a new system in a > while with X and I'm running into some problems/differences. > > I like to have

X configuration with xserver-xorg-video-intel

2008-04-07 Thread William Thompson
I have 2 PCs with a 915 chipset. One wants to use 1280x768 resolution and the other wants 1152x864 resolution. I haven't setup a new system in a while with X and I'm running into some problems/differences. I like to have my systems setup so that I can cycle through different resolutions. Unfort

Re: SOLVED Re: 'manual' x configuration - where's xf86config?

2007-10-01 Thread Martin Waller
(600x800, 1600x1200, etc - man I can't even type now :( ) Martin Waller wrote: Thanks guys - I was mistaking 1024x768 for 88x600... And changing the bit depth down to 16 allowed 166x1200 as somoene tirelssly pointed out. Maybe I'm rusty or my brain's atrophied - never used to take me a day

SOLVED Re: 'manual' x configuration - where's xf86config?

2007-10-01 Thread Martin Waller
Thanks guys - I was mistaking 1024x768 for 88x600... And changing the bit depth down to 16 allowed 166x1200 as somoene tirelssly pointed out. Maybe I'm rusty or my brain's atrophied - never used to take me a day to get this stuff sorted - coudln't have done it without this list and tghe pat

Re: [Fwd: Re: 'manual' x configuration - where's xf86config?]

2007-09-30 Thread Carl Johnson
r-xorg wrote): > > # /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file) > # > # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using > # values from the debconf database. snipped --- > Section "Screen" > Identifier&q

Re: 'manual' x configuration - where's xf86config?

2007-09-30 Thread s. keeling
Martin Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > s. keeling wrote: > > Martin Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >> xf86config to reconfigure it. What happened to that utlity? I cannot > >> work out what package it's in. > > > > (0) heretic /home/keeling_ apt-file search xf86config > > sorry - just wh

Re: [Fwd: Re: 'manual' x configuration - where's xf86config?]

2007-09-30 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 05:12:50PM -0400, Ralph Katz wrote: > > I've been stumped before trying to configure X on an old sarge system. > What solved my problem when all else failed was to load knoppix, > then extract the needed info from knoppix's X config file. Ugly, but > effective. > I ne

Re: [Fwd: Re: 'manual' x configuration - where's xf86config?]

2007-09-30 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 10:09:31PM +0100, Martin Waller wrote: > Right - got X working (dunno how - just ran through dpg-reconfigure > xserver-xorg again with same inputs and suddenly it gives me something) > but with crappo resolution. > It looks like its giving you 1024 x 768. What do you thi

Re: [Fwd: Re: 'manual' x configuration - where's xf86config?]

2007-09-30 Thread Ralph Katz
On 09/30/2007 05:00 PM, Martin Waller wrote: > Andrei Popescu wrote: >> Did you try dexconf? > I did now. It just did nothing - no error message, no output of any > kind, nothing. > Is it just me or was it easier when stuff wasn't dumbed down to > 'attract windows users'? I was never very qui

Re: [Fwd: Re: 'manual' x configuration - where's xf86config?]

2007-09-30 Thread Martin Waller
erver configuration file) # # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using # values from the debconf database. # # Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page. # (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.) # # This file is automatic

Re: 'manual' x configuration - where's xf86config?

2007-09-30 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 06:25:49PM +0100, Martin Waller wrote: > My x freezes on start after I installed etch and I want to use > xf86config to reconfigure it. What happened to that utlitlty? I cannot > work out what package its in. As you see, "The Debian Way" is to use dpkg-reconfigure. Ofte

Re: [Fwd: Re: 'manual' x configuration - where's xf86config?]

2007-09-30 Thread Martin Waller
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 09:10:08PM +0100, Martin Waller wrote: Thanks for yours and other's input to my irritating problem :) Did you try dexconf? I did now. It just did nothing - no error message, no output of any kind, nothing. Changed nothing. Thanks

Re: [Fwd: Re: 'manual' x configuration - where's xf86config?]

2007-09-30 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 09:10:08PM +0100, Martin Waller wrote: > Thanks for yours and other's input to my irritating problem :) Did you try dexconf? Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) signature.asc Description: Digital sig

[Fwd: Re: 'manual' x configuration - where's xf86config?]

2007-09-30 Thread Martin Waller
--- Begin Message --- Ralph Katz wrote: On 09/30/2007 01:25 PM, Martin Waller wrote: duh! My x freezes on start after I installed etch and I want to use xf86config to reconfigure it. What happened to that utlitlty? I cannot work out what package its in. Also, in the debian reference manu

Re: 'manual' x configuration - where's xf86config?

2007-09-30 Thread Martin Waller
s. keeling wrote: Martin Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: xf86config to reconfigure it. What happened to that utlity? I cannot work out what package it's in. (0) heretic /home/keeling_ apt-file search xf86config doc-linux-html: usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-html/Xinerama-HOWTO/editxf86config.ht

Re: 'manual' x configuration - where's xf86config?

2007-09-30 Thread s. keeling
Martin Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > xf86config to reconfigure it. What happened to that utlity? I cannot > work out what package it's in. (0) heretic /home/keeling_ apt-file search xf86config doc-linux-html: usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-html/Xinerama-HOWTO/editxf86config.html doc-linux-html: usr

Re: 'manual' x configuration - where's xf86config?

2007-09-30 Thread Ralph Katz
On 09/30/2007 01:25 PM, Martin Waller wrote: > duh! > > My x freezes on start after I installed etch and I want to use > xf86config to reconfigure it. What happened to that utlitlty? I cannot > work out what package its in. > > Also, in the debian reference manual, at > http://www.debian.org/doc

Re: 'manual' x configuration - where's xf86config?

2007-09-30 Thread Mumia W..
On 09/30/2007 12:25 PM, Martin Waller wrote: duh! My x freezes on start after I installed etch and I want to use xf86config to reconfigure it. What happened to that utlitlty? I cannot work out what package its in. Also, in the debian reference manual, at http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/r

Re: 'manual' x configuration - where's xf86config?

2007-09-30 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/30/07 12:25, Martin Waller wrote: > duh! > > My x freezes on start after I installed etch and I want to use > xf86config to reconfigure it. What happened to that utlitlty? I cannot > work out what package its in. > > Also, in the debian refere

'manual' x configuration - where's xf86config?

2007-09-30 Thread Martin Waller
duh! My x freezes on start after I installed etch and I want to use xf86config to reconfigure it. What happened to that utlitlty? I cannot work out what package its in. Also, in the debian reference manual, at http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-tune.en.html#s-xsrvr, it refers t

Re: X configuration (amd64)

2006-01-03 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 20:13:14 -0500 Aaron Stromas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/3/06, Jim Seymour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jan 02, 2006 at 06:06:42PM -0500, Aaron Stromas wrote: > > > On 1/2/06, Jim Seymour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jan 02, 2006 at 12:49:35PM -

Re: X configuration (amd64)

2006-01-03 Thread Aaron Stromas
On 1/3/06, Jim Seymour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, Jan 02, 2006 at 06:06:42PM -0500, Aaron Stromas wrote:> On 1/2/06, Jim Seymour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > On Mon, Jan 02, 2006 at 12:49:35PM -0500, Aaron Stromas wrote: > > > Greetings,> > >> > > I've installed amd64 etch and moved on to

Re: X configuration (amd64)

2006-01-03 Thread Jim Seymour
On Mon, Jan 02, 2006 at 06:06:42PM -0500, Aaron Stromas wrote: > On 1/2/06, Jim Seymour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 02, 2006 at 12:49:35PM -0500, Aaron Stromas wrote: > > > Greetings, > > > > > > I've installed amd64 etch and moved on to setting up X. I got iver the > > > nVidia card

Re: X configuration (amd64)

2006-01-03 Thread Aaron Stromas
On 1/2/06, David L. Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 2 Jan 2006 17:57:53 -0500Aaron Stromas <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:> > >I've installed amd64 etch and moved on to setting up X. I got iver the> > >nVidia card hurdle and run> > >> > >apt-get install x-window-system > > >apt-get install g

Re: X configuration (amd64)

2006-01-02 Thread David L. Johnson
On Mon, 2 Jan 2006 17:57:53 -0500 Aaron Stromas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I've installed amd64 etch and moved on to setting up X. I got iver the > > >nVidia card hurdle and run > > > > > >apt-get install x-window-system > > >apt-get install gnome > > >apt-get install kde > > > > > >(trying t

Re: X configuration (amd64)

2006-01-02 Thread Aaron Stromas
On 1/2/06, Jim Seymour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 02, 2006 at 12:49:35PM -0500, Aaron Stromas wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > I've installed amd64 etch and moved on to setting up X. I got iver the > > nVidia card hurdle and run > > > > apt-get install x-window-system > > apt-get install

Re: X configuration (amd64)

2006-01-02 Thread Aaron Stromas
On 1/2/06, kamaraju kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Aaron Stromas wrote: > > >Greetings, > > > >I've installed amd64 etch and moved on to setting up X. I got iver the > >nVidia card hurdle and run > > > >apt-get install x-window-system > >apt-get install gnome > >apt-get install kde > > > >

Re: X configuration (amd64)

2006-01-02 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
Aaron Stromas wrote: Greetings, I've installed amd64 etch and moved on to setting up X. I got iver the nVidia card hurdle and run apt-get install x-window-system apt-get install gnome apt-get install kde (trying to avoid restarting the gnome vs. kde flames :)) X starts fine using both GNOME

Re: X configuration (amd64)

2006-01-02 Thread Jim Seymour
On Mon, Jan 02, 2006 at 12:49:35PM -0500, Aaron Stromas wrote: > Greetings, > > I've installed amd64 etch and moved on to setting up X. I got iver the > nVidia card hurdle and run > > apt-get install x-window-system > apt-get install gnome > apt-get install kde > > (trying to avoid restarting th

X configuration (amd64)

2006-01-02 Thread Aaron Stromas
Greetings, I've installed amd64 etch and moved on to setting up X. I got iver the nVidia card hurdle and run apt-get install x-window-system apt-get install gnome apt-get install kde (trying to avoid restarting the gnome vs. kde flames :)) X starts fine using both GNOME and KDE, the login scree

Re: X configuration

2005-06-22 Thread Angus Leeming
Marty wrote: > How about manually removing the diversion? (man dpkg-divert) Bingo! Gentlemen, many, many thanks for your help. Regards, Angus $ dpkg-divert --list '*cursor*' diversion of /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/cursor.pcf.gz to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/cursor.pcf.gz-base by xfonts-ar

Re: X configuration

2005-06-21 Thread Marty
Angus Leeming wrote: dpkg-divert: `diversion of /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/cursor.pcf.gz to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/cursor.pcf.gz-artwiz by artwiz-cursor' clashes with `diversion of /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/cursor.pcf.gz to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/cursor.pcf.gz-base by xfonts

Re: X configuration

2005-06-21 Thread Angus Leeming
Kent West wrote: >>However, I find that I simply can't install artwiz-cursor, even if I >>purge xfonts-artwiz from my system (below). Any ideas on how to proceed? >>Angus >> >>$ dpkg --purge xfonts-artwiz >> >> > I'd try "apt-get --purge remove xfonts-artwiz", instead of using dpkg. Thanks for p

Re: X configuration

2005-06-21 Thread Kent West
Angus Leeming wrote: >However, I find that I simply can't install artwiz-cursor, even if I purge >xfonts-artwiz from my system (below). Any ideas on how to proceed? >Angus > >$ dpkg --purge xfonts-artwiz > > I'd try "apt-get --purge remove xfonts-artwiz", instead of using dpkg. > > -- To U

Re: X configuration

2005-06-21 Thread Angus Leeming
Kent West wrote: > Google. Now you're doing my dirty work. Sorry about that. > As in : http://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2002/07/msg00096.html [...snip...] > Do you have this "artwiz-cursor" package installed? Yes, I found that message before I posted to debian-user. I don't have artwiz-cursor in

Re: X configuration

2005-06-20 Thread Kent West
Angus Leeming wrote: >Kent West wrote: > > > >>Angus Leeming wrote: >> >> >> >>>I did, but neither appeared to help any. Of course, I may have used them >>>incorrectly. Is the idea to >>> >>>$ apt-get install x-window-system >>> >>> >>> >>If the suggestions are going to fix the problem

Re: X configuration

2005-06-20 Thread Angus Leeming
Kent West wrote: > Angus Leeming wrote: > >>I did, but neither appeared to help any. Of course, I may have used them >>incorrectly. Is the idea to >> >>$ apt-get install x-window-system >> > If the suggestions are going to fix the problem, the above command > should be sufficient to do so. If it

Re: X configuration

2005-06-20 Thread Kent West
Angus Leeming wrote: >I did, but neither appeared to help any. Of course, I may have used them >incorrectly. Is the idea to > >$ apt-get install x-window-system > > If the suggestions are going to fix the problem, the above command should be sufficient to do so. If it doesn't fix the problem, w

Re: X configuration

2005-06-20 Thread Angus Leeming
Kent West wrote: > Have you tried the suggestion at the bottom of the log file? > >> People inexperienced with the X Window System should have either the >> "x-window-system" or "x-window-system-core" packages installed. >> # apt-get install x-window-system-core >> # apt-get install x-window-syste

Re: X configuration

2005-06-20 Thread Kent West
Angus Leeming wrote: >I've been running a Debian unstable box for a couple of years, but only >today have I tried to start the X server. I find that `startx` is failing >with the following message in /var/log/XFree86.0.log > >could not open default cursor font 'cursor'; > > Have you tried the s

X configuration

2005-06-20 Thread Angus Leeming
I've been running a Debian unstable box for a couple of years, but only today have I tried to start the X server. I find that `startx` is failing with the following message in /var/log/XFree86.0.log could not open default cursor font 'cursor'; I've been googling around and it seems that this may

Re: X configuration probs

2005-06-13 Thread Ivan Teliatnikov
# Dirt and easy method. === If you do not know much about Xfree, why should you? try this dirt and easy methods. On many machines I tried it worked just find. # I assuming that you know how to run command from command line and # that /etc/apt/sources.list is configured properl

Re: X configuration probs

2005-06-09 Thread Kevin Mark
On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 11:31:19AM -0500, Abhishek wrote: > Hello everyone, Hi Abhisek, > I am basically a redhat linux user & > tryingout the debian distro. welcome to Debian! > I have written the XFree86 file but when trying the command X or > startx it is refusing to

Re: X configuration probs

2005-06-09 Thread Kent West
Abhishek wrote: > I have written the XFree86 file but when trying the command X or >startx it is refusing to start but when I am using X -xf86config >/etc/X11/XFree86 the server is starting but the GNOME env is not >appearing. The config files r also present in /usr/X11R6. I have herd >that there

X configuration probs

2005-06-09 Thread Abhishek
Hello everyone, I am basically a redhat linux user & tryingout the debian distro. I have written the XFree86 file but when trying the command X or startx it is refusing to start but when I am using X -xf86config /etc/X11/XFree86 the server is starting but the GNOME env is

Re: optimizing X configuration

2004-06-27 Thread Kent West
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, I have a Toshiba PII Equium 7000S desktop with 256mb of Ram and an inboard ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP that has 32mb shared memory configured to it. The monitor is a Gateway EV910 and is properly configured in my XF86Config-4. However I can only do 800x600 with either

Re: optimizing X configuration

2004-06-27 Thread Gayle Lee Fairless
On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello all, > > I have a Toshiba PII Equium 7000S desktop with 256mb of Ram and an inboard ATI 3D > Rage Pro AGP that has 32mb shared memory configured to it. The monitor is a Gateway > EV910 and is properly configured in my XF86Config-4. > > Howev

optimizing X configuration

2004-06-26 Thread linuxnand
Hello all, I have a Toshiba PII Equium 7000S desktop with 256mb of Ram and an inboard ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP that has 32mb shared memory configured to it. The monitor is a Gateway EV910 and is properly configured in my XF86Config-4. However I can only do 800x600 with either 16 or 24 bits of depth.

Re: X configuration error

2003-12-09 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Vivek Kumar (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I was trying to configure X and I got following error message in my > log: > > (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. > > Fatal server error: > no screens found You must give us more information, including: the version of X

X configuration error

2003-12-09 Thread Vivek Kumar
Hi there, I was trying to configure X and I got following error message in my log: (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. Fatal server error: no screens found When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last message

Re: No X configuration offered during install of Woody (30r1)

2003-10-22 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 at 19:24 GMT, Andrew Borland penned: > Monique Y. Herman wrote: > >> For a lot of machines, X is not at all fundamental =) >> > > I would beg to differ :) It is certainly not fundamental to server > operation, but when the first item you are allowed to select in > tasksel is "

Re: No X configuration offered during install of Woody (30r1)

2003-10-22 Thread Andrew Borland
Osamu Aoki wrote: > Please read install mamnual and, if you care, Debian Reference :-) > Sorry to disillusion you, but I have read the installation manual, twice, and quite a bit of the other documentation on the Debian site before I even attempted an installation. However, that documentation

Re: No X configuration offered during install of Woody (30r1)

2003-10-22 Thread Andrew Borland
Thanks Kent, At present this box is just intended to be a bit of everything while I dabble to toe or two in the waters of Linux. So it's a server with 'X'. I wasn't aware of the Virtual Terminals lurking behind the Desktop. I'd seen mention of them during the installation but had, wrongly,

Re: No X configuration offered during install of Woody (30r1)

2003-10-22 Thread Andrew Borland
Andreas Janssen wrote: > > 1) Can anybody suggest any obvious reasons why I was not offered any > > of the X setup screens during the original installation? > > By default, Debian will not install XFree. You can however select it at > the end of the installation via dselect or tasksel. > This se

Re: No X configuration offered during install of Woody (30r1)

2003-10-22 Thread Andrew Borland
Monique Y. Herman wrote: > This is one of the things I love about debian -- it doesn't make any > assumptions about what you want on your machine. It installs the very > basics necessary to run the OS and update your packages, and then you > can choose what to add to your setup. > In this instan

Re: No X configuration offered during install of Woody (30r1)

2003-10-21 Thread Johann Koenig
On Tuesday October 21 at 08:12pm Olav Lavell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Okay, learning every day :) > > Op di 21-10-2003, om 19:26 schreef John Hasler: > > > Olav Lavell writes: > > > Why would one ever install Exim in a _base_ system? To name just > > > one. > > > > Exim isn't part of the De

Re: No X configuration offered during install of Woody (30r1)

2003-10-21 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 07:53:41PM +0200, Olav Lavell wrote: > Op di 21-10-2003, om 19:13 schreef Roberto Sanchez: > > Olav Lavell wrote: > > > Why would one ever install Exim in a _base_ system? To name just > > > one. > > > > I believe because certain things (like the daily update of the man and

Re: No X configuration offered during install of Woody (30r1)

2003-10-21 Thread John Hasler
Olav Lavell writes: > Then how do I install a _base_ system? The base system is what is installed after you have done everything except run dselect. It consists only of those packages in section "base". -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI -- To UNSUBS

Re: No X configuration offered during install of Woody (30r1)

2003-10-21 Thread Olav Lavell
Okay, learning every day :) Op di 21-10-2003, om 19:26 schreef John Hasler: > Olav Lavell writes: > > Why would one ever install Exim in a _base_ system? To name just one. > > Exim isn't part of the Debian base. Don't confuse 'base' with 'standard'. Then how do I install a _base_ system? I am

Re: No X configuration offered during install of Woody (30r1)

2003-10-21 Thread Olav Lavell
Op di 21-10-2003, om 19:13 schreef Roberto Sanchez: > Olav Lavell wrote: > > >>The Debian base system is too much? > > > > Isn't it? > > > > Why would one ever install Exim in a _base_ system? To name just > > one. > > I believe because certain things (like the daily update of the man and > lo

Re: No X configuration offered during install of Woody (30r1)

2003-10-21 Thread John Hasler
Olav Lavell writes: > Why would one ever install Exim in a _base_ system? To name just one. Exim isn't part of the Debian base. Don't confuse 'base' with 'standard'. > I am missing your point here - have no problems finding sources or > compiling them. > My remark was just to clarify that there

Re: No X configuration offered during install of Woody (30r1)

2003-10-21 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Olav Lavell wrote: The Debian base system is too much? Isn't it? Why would one ever install Exim in a _base_ system? To name just one. I believe because certain things (like the daily update of the man and locate databases) depend on the ability to send mail to a user on the system if there is

Re: No X configuration offered during install of Woody (30r1)

2003-10-21 Thread Clive Menzies
On (21/10/03 18:44), Olav Lavell wrote: > Op di 21-10-2003, om 01:25 schreef John Hasler: > > > Olav Lavell writes: > > > Denbian still installs too much stuff I did not ask for. It's not a > > > "minimal" distribution > > > > The Debian base system is too much? > > Isn't it? > > Why would one

Re: No X configuration offered during install of Woody (30r1)

2003-10-21 Thread Olav Lavell
Op di 21-10-2003, om 01:25 schreef John Hasler: > Olav Lavell writes: > > Denbian still installs too much stuff I did not ask for. It's not a > > "minimal" distribution > > The Debian base system is too much? Isn't it? Why would one ever install Exim in a _base_ system? To name just one. [the

Re: No X configuration offered during install of Woody (30r1)

2003-10-20 Thread Tom
On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 04:28:46PM -0700, Mark Ferlatte wrote: > Tom said on Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 03:49:11PM -0700: > > I know it's not the Unix way, but it takes me 30 minutes to blow away my > > HD and rebuild EVERYTHING (os, apps, user prefs). If my system gets the > > slightest bit untidy I

Re: No X configuration offered during install of Woody (30r1)

2003-10-20 Thread John Hasler
Olav Lavell writes: > Denbian still installs too much stuff I did not ask for. It's not a > "minimal" distribution The Debian base system is too much? > Yeah, unless you start installing stuff that did not came packaged from > Debian. > For instance, I like having a conservative Woody base syste

Re: No X configuration offered during install of Woody (30r1)

2003-10-20 Thread Mark Ferlatte
Tom said on Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 03:49:11PM -0700: > I know it's not the Unix way, but it takes me 30 minutes to blow away my > HD and rebuild EVERYTHING (os, apps, user prefs). If my system gets the > slightest bit untidy I just start over. Huh? a) Course it the Unix way. b) 30 minutes? Yo

Re: No X configuration offered during install of Woody (30r1)

2003-10-20 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 08:10:39PM +0100, Andrew Borland wrote: > [New User Alert] Please read install mamnual and, if you care, Debian Reference :-) You can start at: http://www.debian.org/doc Osamu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Co

Re: No X configuration offered during install of Woody (30r1)

2003-10-20 Thread Tom
On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 12:43:35AM +0200, Olav Lavell wrote: > Denbian still installs too much stuff I did not ask for. It's not a > "minimal" distribution :) > > I did my first Debian install "right" after like 25 times. The install > program has no more secrets for me :) I'm still a noob, but I

Re: No X configuration offered during install of Woody (30r1)

2003-10-20 Thread Olav Lavell
On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > This is one of the things I love about debian -- it doesn't make any > assumptions about what you want on your machine. It installs the very > basics necessary to run the OS and update your packages, and then you > can choose what to add to your set

Re: No X configuration offered during install of Woody (30r1)

2003-10-20 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 at 21:08 GMT, Andreas Janssen penned: > Andrew Borland (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > >> 1) Can anybody suggest any obvious reasons why I was not offered any >> of the X setup screens during the original installation? > > By default, Debian will not install XFree. You can howe

Re: No X configuration offered during install of Woody (30r1)

2003-10-20 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Andrew Borland (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > 1) Can anybody suggest any obvious reasons why I was not offered any > of the X setup screens during the original installation? By default, Debian will not install XFree. You can however select it at the end of the installation via dselect or t

Re: No X configuration offered during install of Woody (30r1)

2003-10-20 Thread Kent West
Andrew Borland wrote: [New User Alert] I've just, sort of, completed my first installation of Debian and I'm ready to start asking questions. Installation is Woody 30r1 from the .iso images with apt-get configured to use CDs and also http, so I ended up with quite a bit of stuff automatically

No X configuration offered during install of Woody (30r1)

2003-10-20 Thread Andrew Borland
[New User Alert] I've just, sort of, completed my first installation of Debian and I'm ready to start asking questions. Installation is Woody 30r1 from the .iso images with apt-get configured to use CDs and also http, so I ended up with quite a bit of stuff automatically fetched from the securi

Re: X Configuration

2002-05-21 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 09:48:29PM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: > Where would I put global settings for things like xset? > I thought it might be /etc/X11/Xsession.d/ > But there's nothing that says that is the right place to put it. > > I would like to do something like: 'xset dpms 600 1200 2400' >

X Configuration

2002-05-19 Thread Tom Allison
Where would I put global settings for things like xset? I thought it might be /etc/X11/Xsession.d/ But there's nothing that says that is the right place to put it. I would like to do something like: 'xset dpms 600 1200 2400' everytime that the [xkw]dm login screen starts up. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: Web-sites for X-configuration for Debian?

2002-04-02 Thread Josef Oswald
Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Mar 31, 2002 at 04:50:37PM +0200, Josef Oswald wrote: >> > More importantly if there exist any Web-sites for Debian user >> > customation please pass them on .-) >> >> If some-one know some I really would like to know. > What sort of customisatio

Re: Web-sites for X-configuration for Debian?

2002-04-02 Thread Patrick Kirk
On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 07:10:08PM +1000, Rob Weir wrote: >On Sun, Mar 31, 2002 at 04:50:37PM +0200, Josef Oswald wrote: >> >> If some-one know some I really would like to know. >What sort of customisations are you looking for? >For GUI things, try www.themes.org >For security tweaks, www.linuxse

Re: Web-sites for X-configuration for Debian?

2002-04-02 Thread Rob Weir
On Sun, Mar 31, 2002 at 04:50:37PM +0200, Josef Oswald wrote: > Hate to follow-up on my own post. > Josef Oswald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hi :-) > > > > > Just recently I installed worker a nifty file manager, it's is a very > > help-ful tool, there is one small problem: the fonts in l

Re: Web-sites for X-configuration for Debian?

2002-03-31 Thread Josef Oswald
Hate to follow-up on my own post. Josef Oswald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi :-) > > Just recently I installed worker a nifty file manager, it's is a very > help-ful tool, there is one small problem: the fonts in lynx and > Xterm are very small, they are not controlled by any setting in > .X

Web-sites for X-configuration for Debian?

2002-03-31 Thread Josef Oswald
Hi :-) Some-one told me that most likely there exist some web-sites that would help a new-bie to set-up X. Just recently I installed worker a nifty file manager, it's is a very help-ful tool, there is one small problem: the fonts in lynx and Xterm are very small, they are not controlled by any s

Re: X configuration problem

2002-02-03 Thread ben
On Sunday 03 February 2002 04:20 pm, Kapil Khosla wrote: > Hi, > There seems to be a problem in my keyboard map when I try to install X on > my Toshiba laptop. > > I am installing woody and it creates the file > xf86config -v3 , if i run that it doesnt actually modify my xf86config file > as the c

Re: X configuration problem

2002-02-03 Thread Kapil Khosla
Hi, There seems to be a problem in my keyboard map when I try to install X on my Toshiba laptop. I am installing woody and it creates the file xf86config -v3 , if i run that it doesnt actually modify my xf86config file as the changes i make to the modes etc are not reflected in the file after

Re: X configuration problem

2002-02-03 Thread ben
On Sunday 03 February 2002 12:16 pm, Seneca Cunningham wrote: > Kapil Khosla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I could not install my base system due to network problems and stopped > > installation and did reboot. > > > > I then installed xserver-vga16, xf86setup. > > > > When I do startx i get the f

Re: X configuration problem

2002-02-03 Thread Seneca Cunningham
Kapil Khosla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I could not install my base system due to network problems and stopped > installation and did reboot. > > I then installed xserver-vga16, xf86setup. > > When I do startx i get the following error. > dbe : Unknown error loading module > Config error :/etc/X1

X configuration problem

2002-02-03 Thread Kapil Khosla
Hi, I could not install my base system due to network problems and stopped installation and did reboot. I then installed xserver-vga16, xf86setup. When I do startx i get the following error. dbe : Unknown error loading module Config error :/etc/X11/xf86config:48 Subsection "extmod" Module secti

Re: x-configuration (initialization) problem - MOUSE

2002-02-01 Thread Gary Turner
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 22:47:34 -0800, ben wrote: >On Thursday 31 January 2002 10:26 pm, Gary Turner wrote: >> On Fri, 01 Feb 2002 18:47:48 +1300 (NZDT), Cameron Kerr wrote: >> >On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Claus [ISO-8859-1] ladekjær wilson wrote: >> >>Mouse doesn't work. At first it runs really fast and no

Re: x-configuration (initialization) problem - MOUSE

2002-02-01 Thread ben
On Thursday 31 January 2002 10:26 pm, Gary Turner wrote: > On Fri, 01 Feb 2002 18:47:48 +1300 (NZDT), Cameron Kerr wrote: > >On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Claus [ISO-8859-1] ladekjær wilson wrote: > >>Mouse doesn't work. At first it runs really fast and nobody knows where. > >>Then it disappears. I tried to

Re: x-configuration (initialization) problem - MOUSE

2002-02-01 Thread Gary Turner
On Fri, 01 Feb 2002 18:47:48 +1300 (NZDT), Cameron Kerr wrote: >On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Claus [ISO-8859-1] ladekjær wilson wrote: > >>Mouse doesn't work. At first it runs really fast and nobody knows where. >>Then it disappears. I tried to work around with /etc/X11/XF86Config on >>basis of older XF86

Re: x-configuration (initialization) problem - MOUSE

2002-01-31 Thread Cameron Kerr
On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Claus [ISO-8859-1] ladekj?r wilson wrote: >Mouse doesn't work. At first it runs really fast and nobody knows where. >Then it disappears. I tried to work around with /etc/X11/XF86Config on >basis of older XF86Config's but with no good result. What is wrong? Well, if a mouse is

Re: x-configuration (initialization) problem - MOUSE

2002-01-30 Thread Joachim Fahnenmueller
Dear Claus, give more info: What sort of mouse? What connection? Do you use gpm? What is written in XF86Config? Regards, Joachim On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 05:36:54PM +0100, Claus ladekjær wilson wrote: > Mouse doesn't work. At first it runs really fast and nobody knows where. > Then it disappear

x-configuration (initialization) problem - MOUSE

2002-01-30 Thread Claus ladekjær wilson
Mouse doesn't work. At first it runs really fast and nobody knows where. Then it disappears. I tried to work around with /etc/X11/XF86Config on basis of older XF86Config's but with no good result. What is wrong? Greetings Claus Wilson

Re: X Configuration in Woody

2002-01-13 Thread Mark Wagnon
On 01/13/02 14:28:21 -0600, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > No, they couldn't have! ...RTFM'ing... They didn't. > Modelines are optional in X v.4 because it can automagically configure > itself on modern hardware. But you can still have them. > Man XF86Config-4 is your friend. ;-) Yeah, I had to tweak m

Re: X Configuration in Woody

2002-01-13 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* Mark Wagnon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: ... > I've used xvidtune to fine tune my modelines in the past. There > doesn't seem to be the traditional modeline in the XF86Config-4 file. No, they couldn't have! ...RTFM'ing... They didn't. Modelines are optional in X v.4 because it can automagic

Re: X Configuration in Woody

2002-01-13 Thread Mark Wagnon
On 01/13/02 02:18:58 -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 10:03:57PM -0800, Mark Wagnon wrote: > > On 01/12/02 10:03:03 +0100, Joachim Fahnenmueller wrote: > > > Edit your XF86config-4 file, look for lines like these (see below). > > > Insert the correct frequency settings for yo

Re: X Configuration in Woody

2002-01-13 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 10:03:57PM -0800, Mark Wagnon wrote: > On 01/12/02 10:03:03 +0100, Joachim Fahnenmueller wrote: > > Edit your XF86config-4 file, look for lines like these (see below). > > Insert the correct frequency settings for your monitor, and the > > resolutions you want. BTW, if you

Re: X Configuration in Woody

2002-01-13 Thread Mark Wagnon
On 01/12/02 10:03:03 +0100, Joachim Fahnenmueller wrote: > Edit your XF86config-4 file, look for lines like these (see below). > Insert the correct frequency settings for your monitor, and the > resolutions you want. BTW, if you specify more than one resolution, > you can switch them on-the-run by

Re: X Configuration in Woody

2002-01-13 Thread Mark Wagnon
On 01/12/02 14:51:51 -0600, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > * Mark Wagnon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > ...The problem is that it's > > driving my monitor at a resolution that 1) renders everything too > > small to read, and 2) that AFAIK, is outstide my monitor's > > capabilities. > > If it's a

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