Re: Still more X trouble from the install!

2004-01-13 Thread Jim Higson
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 23:17:02 -0600, Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim Higson wrote: The mouse is now sorted, so I don't think I need post this. Do you mean your mouse is working as you want properly? If so, I suggest you post the solution so others in the future who are searching for

Re: Still more X trouble from the install!

2004-01-13 Thread Johan Kullstam
Jim Higson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm still having these problems, on my main machine, which has resisted XFree from the start. As sugested, I've updated the kernel to the prebuilt image 2.4.18-k7 from the woody isos and confirmed the update with uname. It still won't recognise my usb

Re: Still more X trouble from the install, but some progress!

2004-01-13 Thread Jim Higson
thread, for the sake of future knowledge searchers. I will when I finally get it sorted - my x server is still crashing! but after a few seconds moment there is a fatal server error: caught signal 11. Server aborting. I rebooted. This time I get the login screen, I type my username/pasword

Re: Still more X trouble from the install!

2004-01-13 Thread Jim Higson
On 13 Jan 2004 08:20:24 -0500, Johan Kullstam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim Higson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm still having these problems, on my main machine, which has resisted XFree from the start. As sugested, I've updated the kernel to the prebuilt image 2.4.18-k7 from the woody isos and

Re: Still more X trouble from the install, but some progress!

2004-01-13 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 01:43:35PM -, Jim Higson wrote: On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 23:27:40 -0600, Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim Higson wrote: but after a few seconds moment there is a fatal server error: caught signal 11. Server aborting. I rebooted. This time I get the login screen,

Re: Still more X trouble from the install, but some progress!

2004-01-13 Thread Kent West
Jim Higson wrote: On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 23:27:40 -0600, Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yea! However, I would still encourage you to post this solution on your original thread, for the sake of future knowledge searchers. I will do when I finally get it sorted - the x server is still crashing

Re: Still more X trouble from the install, but some progress!

2004-01-13 Thread Jim Higson
. I will do when I finally get it sorted - the x server is still crashing! Yes, but that was a different topic, in a different thread, with a different subject line. Anyone searching that topic/thread might not find your solution if it's not part of that topic/thread. Just a suggestion

Re: Still more X trouble from the install!

2004-01-13 Thread Johan Kullstam
Jim Higson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 13 Jan 2004 08:20:24 -0500, Johan Kullstam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim Higson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm still having these problems, on my main machine, which has resisted XFree from the start. As sugested, I've updated the kernel to the

Still more X trouble from the install!

2004-01-12 Thread Jim Higson
I'm still having these problems, on my main machine, which has resisted XFree from the start. As sugested, I've updated the kernel to the prebuilt image 2.4.18-k7 from the woody isos and confirmed the update with uname. It still won't recognise my usb mouse. The mouse in question is a logitech

Re: Still more X trouble from the install!

2004-01-12 Thread Johann Koenig
On Monday January 12 at 06:26pm Jim Higson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As you can see I'm directing x to /dev/input/mice. How can I be sure my kernel is using /dev/input/mice for the usb mouse? As root: cat /dev/input/mice move the mouse around, and see if anything shows up on the screen. If yes,

Re: Still more X trouble from the install!

2004-01-12 Thread Kent West
Jim Higson wrote: I'm still having these problems, on my main machine, which has resisted XFree from the start. As sugested, I've updated the kernel to the prebuilt image 2.4.18-k7 from the woody isos and confirmed the update with uname. It still won't recognise my usb mouse. The mouse in

Re: Still more X trouble from the install!

2004-01-12 Thread Jim Higson
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 13:46:01 -0500, Johann Koenig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday January 12 at 06:26pm Jim Higson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As you can see I'm directing x to /dev/input/mice. How can I be sure my kernel is using /dev/input/mice for the usb mouse? As root: cat /dev/input/mice

Re: Still more X trouble from the install!

2004-01-12 Thread Kent West
Jim Higson wrote: On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 13:46:01 -0500, Johann Koenig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday January 12 at 06:26pm Jim Higson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As you can see I'm directing x to /dev/input/mice. How can I be sure my kernel is using /dev/input/mice for the usb mouse? As root:

Re: Still more X trouble from the install!

2004-01-12 Thread Johann Koenig
On Monday January 12 at 07:42pm Jim Higson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 13:46:01 -0500, Johann Koenig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday January 12 at 06:26pm Jim Higson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As you can see I'm directing x to /dev/input/mice. How can I be sure my

Re: Still more X trouble from the install!

2004-01-12 Thread Jim Higson
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 13:55:39 -0600, Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim Higson wrote: On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 13:46:01 -0500, Johann Koenig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday January 12 at 06:26pm Jim Higson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As you can see I'm directing x to /dev/input/mice. How can I

Re: Still more X trouble from the install!

2004-01-12 Thread Jim Higson
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 14:59:18 -0500, Johann Koenig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As you can see I'm directing x to /dev/input/mice. How can I be sure my kernel is using /dev/input/mice for the usb mouse? As root: cat /dev/input/mice move the mouse around, and see if anything shows up on the screen.

Re: Still more X trouble from the install!

2004-01-12 Thread Kent West
Jim Higson wrote: On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 13:55:39 -0600, Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim Higson wrote: On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 13:46:01 -0500, Johann Koenig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday January 12 at 06:26pm Jim Higson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As you can see I'm directing x to

Re: Still more X trouble from the install!

2004-01-12 Thread Johann Koenig
On Monday January 12 at 10:21pm Jim Higson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 14:59:18 -0500, Johann Koenig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As you can see I'm directing x to /dev/input/mice. How can I be sure my kernel is using /dev/input/mice for the usb mouse? As root: cat

Re: Still more X trouble from the install, but some progress!

2004-01-12 Thread Jim Higson
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 16:34:48 -0600, Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ah, yes; you have not usb support. Try running modconf and select such things as usb/uhci (assuming you have uhci controllers - lspci -v will tell you, or you may need ohci, or maybe even the alternative uhci module - don't

Re: Still more X trouble from the install!

2004-01-12 Thread Jim Higson
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 17:27:36 -0500, Johann Koenig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday January 12 at 10:21pm Jim Higson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 14:59:18 -0500, Johann Koenig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As you can see I'm directing x to /dev/input/mice. How can I be sure my

Re: Still more X trouble from the install!

2004-01-12 Thread Kent West
Jim Higson wrote: The mouse is now sorted, so I don't think I need post this. Do you mean your mouse is working as you want properly? If so, I suggest you post the solution so others in the future who are searching for answers to the same problem can find the solution. Still having other

Re: Still more X trouble from the install!

2004-01-12 Thread Kent West
Kent West wrote: Jim Higson wrote: Still having other problems though. See my last post. Sorry, I've already deleted it, and I'm too lazy to search the archives. Oh, maybe you mean see my other post which shows up in Kent's mailbox after this one because he's sorting by threads, in which case

Re: Still more X trouble from the install, but some progress!

2004-01-12 Thread Kent West
Jim Higson wrote: On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 16:34:48 -0600, Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ah, yes; you have not usb support. Try running modconf and select such things as usb/uhci (assuming you have uhci controllers - lspci -v will tell you, or you may need ohci, or maybe even the alternative

Re: still no X

2000-11-09 Thread Brian Stults
hopeful when I updated this afternoon and all of the packages had been updated. even after installing the NEW X packages, i still get the same error. I am really confused. I saw another post that talked about corrupted fonts, but I did not see a response to that either. I think you're

Re: still no X

2000-11-09 Thread Ewing, Jeff
I had a similiar problem. I noticed that the mkfontdir command was missing. I installed xutils (and xfs) then ran mkfontdir /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ and my X came back. On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 05:53:46PM -0500, Jacob I. Stowell wrote: Hi again, Today I moved /etc/X11 and /usr/X11R6

still no X

2000-11-08 Thread Jacob I. Stowell
. even after installing the NEW X packages, i still get the same error. I am really confused. I saw another post that talked about corrupted fonts, but I did not see a response to that either. I wish I was proficient enough not to need a windowed environment, but the reality is that I am

Re: still no X

2000-11-08 Thread Marcelo Ramos
when I updated this afternoon and all of the packages had been updated. even after installing the NEW X packages, i still get the same error. I am really confused. I saw another post that talked about corrupted fonts, but I did not see a response to that either. Try apt-get install xfonts-base

Re: STILL Configuring x-windows for EGA- can anyone help with this?

2000-02-23 Thread aphro
if it were my machine and it needed a GUI i would prob use win 3.1, anyhthing more would be too much. nate On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Eric Hagglund wrote: eahagg This isn't for me, it's for some children who don't eahagg have a computer and I, like much of the world don't eahagg have the luxury of

RE: STILL Configuring x-windows for EGA- can anyone help with thi s?

2000-02-23 Thread Lewis, James M.
I run X on a 486/66 (40meg mem) all the time. It isn't as snappy as on a fast machine but it works just fine, thank you. Of course, you can't expect to run gnome or kde but fvwm does a very nice job. I have also run X on a 486/33 with 16 meg memory. It is slower but it also runs ok. Takes a

RE: STILL Configuring x-windows for EGA- can anyone help with thi s?

2000-02-23 Thread Bruce Sass
On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Lewis, James M. wrote: I run X on a 486/66 (40meg mem) all the time. It isn't as snappy as on a fast machine but it works just fine, thank you. Of course, you can't expect to run gnome or kde but fvwm does a very nice job. Actually, you can (KDE anyways)... you just

STILL Configuring x-windows for EGA- can anyone help with this?

2000-02-22 Thread Eric Hagglund
Can anyone help with this or at least tell me if it's not feasible? --- Eric Hagglund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 07:40:20 -0800 (PST) From: Eric Hagglund [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Configuring x-windows for EGA To: Debian User Lists User Lists

Re: STILL Configuring x-windows for EGA- can anyone help with this?

2000-02-22 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello Eric, Do you have any details on the video card? especially, how much RAM it has on it? As you are already getting a text display, I think that you are already effectively using a vga resolution and one of the standard vga modes (640x480) should work, but you may be trying to use a greater

Re: STILL Configuring x-windows for EGA- can anyone help with this?

2000-02-22 Thread kmself
be to use an X emulator or PVN to access the Linux box -- no need to run an X server on it at all (note that you will still need some X packages for client support). This would cover you whether your second machine was Windows, Linux, or whatever. On Tue, Feb 22, 2000 at 09:58:13AM -0800, Eric

Re: STILL Configuring x-windows for EGA- can anyone help with this?

2000-02-22 Thread aphro
even if he could get XF86 setup for EGA(maybe he can...) i dont think it would run worth a shit, its better to leave a machine like that in console mode. if you want X, install vncserver and run X apps from remote. i would avoid X on anything less then 200Mhz 48MB (any system i install now is

Re: STILL Configuring x-windows for EGA- can anyone help with this?

2000-02-22 Thread Eric Hagglund
This isn't for me, it's for some children who don't have a computer and I, like much of the world don't have the luxury of 300 Mhz processors and have to get by as best I can. I don't have the equipment and the worstations are going to have to be standalone. I don't agree with your pronouncement

fixed broken pkg but still no X

1999-12-18 Thread pollywog
I installed the base-files and xbase-clients packages for potato but X won't start and still gives me: _X11TransocketUNIXconnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 ..xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unexpected signal 2 Any ideas as to what might still be broken? thanks -- Andrew PS thanks

Re: fixed broken pkg but still no X

1999-12-18 Thread Mark Wagnon
pollywog wrote: I installed the base-files and xbase-clients packages for potato but X won't start and still gives me: _X11TransocketUNIXconnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 ..xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unexpected signal 2 Any ideas as to what might still be broken? You

Still have X problems, was Re: Compaq Presario 1245 Touchpad , interface problems

1999-07-15 Thread Dale Scheetz
Thanks for everyone who supplied information on my problem. The touchpad now works, but I still can't get an XF86Config file that will run the screen in any mode higher than the built-in 320X220 resolution. The strange thing about this, is that XF86Setup seems to be able to get the hardware into