[newbie] XServer woes ....

2000-10-19 Thread Garry Black
Hi all, I have installed Ulysses on my thinkpad 365XD. It runs fine at runlevel 3 (without X) but trying 'startx' causes the display to go into block mode... not nice. I decided to run through xf86config and setup the TRIDENT CYBER 9320 (which is the specific graphics chipset) - no

[newbie] Solution: Error Loading Ramdisk

2000-10-05 Thread Garry Black
I downloaded the 7.2 beta install image and viola .. no problems. So that confirms what others are saying as well that there is a bad 7.1 ISO image floating around and I downloaded my original from the Atlanta site _ Garry Black GGB Enterprises Ltd. Vancouver Canada

[newbie] Install on IBM ThinkPad 365XD - experiences ??

2000-10-05 Thread Garry Black
I have the above with 1.3 GB / P133. I upgraded it from Win95 to Win98 (mistake) runs like a dog now. Anybody installed linux to a similar laptop ? problems ? _ Garry Black GGB Enterprises Ltd. Vancouver Canada

RE: [newbie] ramdisk error

2000-10-02 Thread Garry Black
Alas this is not the 100% solution either as I always use an FTP client which defaults to Binary mode op. As we speak I am downloading the 7.2 beta install ISO image and will give that a shot and post the results. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On

[newbie] ISO 7.1 Image Problem ??

2000-10-01 Thread Garry Black
ssential) ? Thanks --- _________ Garry Black GGB Enterprises Ltd. Vancouver Canada

[newbie] Error loading Ramdisk

2000-09-29 Thread Garry Black
stage ramdisk" and then just as it appears to finish, up pop a dialog with "Error Loading Ramdisk" and the system hangs. I'd like to know - why I get this problem - how I could change to loading process to disable the ramdisk (or is it essential) ? Thanks ______