[expert] KDE and fatal error on X-server -- couldn't open font path

2001-03-02 Thread Peter Spotts
Folks, Three or four times now, KDE has refused to let me log out, even when I use the control-alt-del key sequence. I've brought up a terminal screen to reboot or shut down, and when I've tried to log back on, I get switched from run level 5 to run level 3 and must log on manually. When I tr

[expert] Annoying pinstripes on flat-panel screen

2001-02-16 Thread Peter Spotts
Folks, I'm using an HP-FX70 flat panel screen on a Linuxized HP box and I'm having trouble using the screen to its full resolution. When I use DrakeConfig to set the resolution to 1024 x 768, the resolution it loved under Windows, I get annoying pink and yellow "pin stripes" running verticall

[expert] URGENT - Problems with a laptop projector linked to Linux laptop

2001-02-08 Thread Peter Spotts
Folks, I'm scheduled to give a Star Office power-point like presentation and tested my Linux laptop with a projector designed for such presentations. During the boot-up process, my screen -- complete with cute Linux penguin -- appeared on the silver screen, prompting me to shout Yipee! But whe

[expert] Upgraded CUP, now system can't find CUP server

2001-02-04 Thread Peter Spotts
Folks, Before upgrading CUP, my printer was working just fine. After upgrading CUP and QTCUP via the Mandrake update utility, my system no longer can find my CUP server. On bootup, at the CUP entry I get execvp:no such directory or file (although it appears when I execute a "locate" from term

[expert] Configuring 7.2 for DSL via network card and DSL modem

2001-02-04 Thread Peter Spotts
Folks, Can someone help me with configuring my pc for dsl (which,as always, worked dandy in the days of Windows98)? I've got a Lynksys EtherFast card connected to an Efficient Networks Inc. SpeedStream DSL modem. The tuplip.o driver for Linksys is installed (via an RPM of updated drivers).