Re: F 9 problems to install

2008-08-07 Thread Beartooth
On Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:56:40 +0200, Per Anton Ronning wrote: [...] > That's right, it appears at the bottom of the screen, where you can > choose between Gnome and KDE. It did not catch my eye until you > mentioned it. > (My eyes stand in the way of eyesight) So, I chose KDE, but it did no

Re: F 9 problems to install

2008-08-06 Thread Per Anton Ronning
Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Wednesday 06 August 2008 07:43:24 am Per Anton Ronning wrote: Nigel Henry wrote: On Wednesday 06 August 2008 11:27, Per Anton Ronning wrote: Hi Beartooth: Okei, I solved it. I hooked up my old CRT and it processed the signals - although the screen was

Re: F 9 problems to install

2008-08-06 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 10:38 -0400, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > On Wednesday 06 August 2008 07:43:24 am Per Anton Ronning wrote: > > Nigel Henry wrote: > > > On Wednesday 06 August 2008 11:27, Per Anton Ronning wrote: > > >> Hi Beartooth: > > >> Okei, I solved it. I hooked up my old CRT and it process

Re: F 9 problems to install

2008-08-06 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Wednesday 06 August 2008 07:43:24 am Per Anton Ronning wrote: > Nigel Henry wrote: > > On Wednesday 06 August 2008 11:27, Per Anton Ronning wrote: > >> Hi Beartooth: > >> Okei, I solved it. I hooked up my old CRT and it processed the signals > >> - although the screen was messy. > >> I found ou

Re: F 9 problems to install

2008-08-06 Thread Per Anton Ronning
Nigel Henry wrote: On Wednesday 06 August 2008 11:27, Per Anton Ronning wrote: Hi Beartooth: Okei, I solved it. I hooked up my old CRT and it processed the signals - although the screen was messy. I found out after some experimenting that the problem boiled down to the resolution setting. Th

Re: F 9 problems to install

2008-08-06 Thread Nigel Henry
On Wednesday 06 August 2008 11:27, Per Anton Ronning wrote: > Hi Beartooth: > Okei, I solved it. I hooked up my old CRT and it processed the signals > - although the screen was messy. > I found out after some experimenting that the problem boiled down to the > resolution setting. > The F 9 setup o

Re: F 9 problems to install

2008-08-06 Thread Per Anton Ronning
Hi Beartooth: Okei, I solved it. I hooked up my old CRT and it processed the signals - although the screen was messy. I found out after some experimenting that the problem boiled down to the resolution setting. The F 9 setup offered two alternatives: 640 x 480 and 800 x 600. 640 x 480 produced

Re: F 9 problems to install

2008-08-05 Thread Beartooth
On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:29:38 +0200, Per Anton Ronning wrote: > THIS HAPPENS: > from root: setup > The box "Choose a Tool" comes up, at the bottom I find "X configuration" > > Running this option I see a flash of the text "Cannot find X ..:" before > the screen goes black and "out of range" appear

Re: F 9 problems to install

2008-08-05 Thread Per Anton Ronning
I connected my former CRT to the new PC, and then I got a GUI screen - sort of. It is distorted and messy, and the cursor arrow is not always obeying the mouse, and it leaves "marks" in the background color like an eraser in a drawing tool. It obviously needs some configuration. I managed via

F 9 problems to install

2008-08-05 Thread Per Anton Ronning
I was asked not to hijack another thread, instead I ought to start a new one, which I now do. Sorry - my mistake. I now reply to both Mikkel and Alan: Mikkel: > It didn't halt - it switched to the GUI display, but > your monitor could not display the video it was > receiving. OK. But the ins