[newbie] How to change the resolution of X-windows?

1999-04-26 Thread John l.yn
Hi: I have two question below: 1. I want to change the resolution of X-windows from 16 color to 24 bit color.Help say that using 'alt'-'ctrl'-'+', but it doesnt work. 2. The desktop is too big about 4 times than my screen of monitor. Why? I have to move my mouse all around in order to

[expert] Very need your help!About Install

1999-04-26 Thread John l.yn
Hi : We are newer to Linux Mandrake. We meet some trouble during install X-Windows of Linux Mandrake.   The first one: We cannt find the monitor driver of MAG XJ500T for Linux Mandrake. The second one: We cannt find the display card driver using Intel i

RE: [newbie] Keyboard problem - HELP!!!!!!

1999-04-26 Thread James J. Capone
Try running Linuxconfig from the command prompt. This should give you the option of changing it. All though I am not sure. James J. Capone Webmaster http://www.angelfire.com/biz2/Linux Asst. Webmaster http://www.ptm.com "The Only Person Who Hears Both Sides Of A Argument Is The Guy In The Next

Re: [[newbie] Video card problem]

1999-04-26 Thread Michael Scottaline
"M & C Z." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have an S3 Trio3D (86C365 chipset) video card (seems like the only S3 card that isn't supported by X, just my luck). I have tried different drivers for it and can't get it to work. I am wondering if anyone out there has the same card and/or knows of any way

Re: [newbie] Linux Install Question

1999-04-26 Thread Lloyd
"Owens, Jerry" wrote: > > I downloaded a copy of Linux-Mandrake 5.3 to my primary hard drive which > is dos formatted and running win95. I am installing Linux on a second > hard drive. I am using a floppy boot disk to install Linux. How can I > get the install program to use the files from the

Re: [newbie] Video card problem

1999-04-26 Thread Lloyd
"M & C Z." wrote: > > I have an S3 Trio3D (86C365 chipset) video card (seems like the only S3 card > that isn't supported by X, just my luck). I have tried different drivers for > it and can't get it to work. I am wondering if anyone out there has the same > card and/or knows of any way to make i

[newbie] Keyboard problem - HELP!!!!!!

1999-04-26 Thread Toshiro Viera Stalker
Hi! I've installed Mandrake 5.3; in the installation I've chosen spanish as the language, but I picked the US keyboard layour. The problem is that now KDE has the spanish keyboard layout and I cannot change it to US. I've inspected the XF86Config file and I've found that "XkbLayout" was set to spa

[newbie] Errors when trying to run X-Windows

1999-04-26 Thread Thomas Franks
I'm not actually using the Mandrake distribution, but I had Redhat 5.2 installed and then downloaded and setup KDE. It worked fine at first, but I ran xconfigurator to reset my video profile, and now every time I try to start X-Windows I get an error message: execve failed for /etc

[newbie] Linux Install Question

1999-04-26 Thread Owens, Jerry
I downloaded a copy of Linux-Mandrake 5.3 to my primary hard drive which is dos formatted and running win95. I am installing Linux on a second hard drive. I am using a floppy boot disk to install Linux. How can I get the install program to use the files from the dos disk for the install? Thanks

[newbie] Linux Support for Riva TNT2

1999-04-26 Thread Birchall, Richard
"...email confirmation from NVidia that the new Riva TNT2 will have full X and 3D support under Linux. They should be announcing it on their web site in about 2 weeks time." http://slashdot.org/articles/99/04/26/1240214.shtml Regards, Richard

RE: [newbie] Video card problem

1999-04-26 Thread Birchall, Richard
Mike [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] said: >I have an S3 Trio3D (86C365 chipset) video card (seems like the only S3 card >that isn't supported by X, just my luck). I have tried different drivers for >it and can't get it to work. I am wondering if anyone out there has the same >card and/or knows of any way to

[newbie] Video card problem

1999-04-26 Thread M & C Z.
I have an S3 Trio3D (86C365 chipset) video card (seems like the only S3 card that isn't supported by X, just my luck). I have tried different drivers for it and can't get it to work. I am wondering if anyone out there has the same card and/or knows of any way to make it work with X. I know that th