[newbie] ATAPI CDRW annoyance

2000-01-25 Thread Muad'Dib
ok, basic rundown (if i neglected something important, let me know): i have and EIDE interface, primary has 2 hd's, secondary has an ATAPI cdrom and ATAPI CDRW. I would like to record some CDs, but i just can't get it to work... i read the howto and searched on the web and in books, and the info

[newbie] XF86Config

2000-01-17 Thread Muad'Dib
could someone let me know what the 'keyword' should be for the "driver" field under the "screen" section for my accelerated driver? I am using ati all-in-wonder which has a 3d rage II+DVD chip on it and uses a mach64 accelerated driver. when i began configuring the file, the "driver" field entry

Re: [newbie] XF86 problem

2000-01-16 Thread Muad'Dib
the video card is ATI All-in-Wonder (NOT Pro) Noah Body wrote: What video card are you running? ok, here's the problem: i can't for the life of me get KDE to switch screen resolutions. - i've rerun xconf 100 times - i've manually edited XF86Config - i've tried many different options

Re: [newbie] XF86 problem

2000-01-16 Thread Muad'Dib
OK, i repeat: i can't get KDE to switch screen resolutions. that means, that whereas most LINUX users upon hitting the ctrl+alt+numpad-plussign/minussign would be able to resize their desktop, i cannot. that is the problem. the small fonts, et alia, are the corollary. i don't need this for an

Re: [Re: [newbie] XF86 problem]

2000-01-16 Thread Muad'Dib
anything up? and while i'm on this topic, is it possible to make the alt key do the work of the esc key? whenever i wish to jump to the beginning of a command line, i have to press esc. alt would be much more convenient thanks. Michael Scottaline wrote: "Muad'Dib" [EMAIL PROTEC