Re: [newbie]: help with EXT3 & other Terms?

2002-03-15 Thread FemmeFatale
I don't remember if I wrote back to tell you things worked out. I basically did as Ed said, & tried to fiddle in the install with the settings. Seems to have helped. That and the Nvidia drivers may have helped too. Not sure. But everything seems good again. :) Thx Ed. Femme ed tharp wrote:

Re: [newbie]: help with EXT3 & other Terms?

2002-02-24 Thread ed tharp
to avoid this problem, install as "expert" and check the video configuration durring install. what video card do you use? some cards are not supported in xfree4.0 and I would bet the "respawning to fast" is related to the video config setup. if you have the problem after you reinstall, then we

Re: [newbie]: help with EXT3 & other Terms?

2002-02-23 Thread Chris Keelan
Sat, 23 Feb 2002 21:33:50 -0700: In attempt to throw the authorities off his trail, FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> transmitted: > No i don't need a Journalizing sys. But i wanted to try it, seeing as it seems> faster. Ext2 is slow, and i'm trying ot find what works for me & learn all at> once.

Re: [newbie]: help with EXT3 & other Terms?

2002-02-23 Thread FemmeFatale
No i don't need a Journalizing sys. But i wanted to try it, seeing as it seems faster. Ext2 is slow, and i'm trying ot find what works for me & learn all at once. Maybe a bad way to go about it but I'm still having fun. Femmey Chris Keelan wrote: > Fri, 22 Feb 2002 16:19:32 -0700: In attempt

Re: [newbie]: help with EXT3 & other Terms?

2002-02-23 Thread Chris Keelan
Fri, 22 Feb 2002 16:19:32 -0700: In attempt to throw the authorities off his trail, FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> transmitted: > I think they are called terms... when you press ctrl-alt-F*.? > > If i used ext3 with ML8.1 I get garbage... as in the terms won't show up just> garbage at the top o

Re: [newbie]: help with EXT3 & other Terms?

2002-02-23 Thread FemmeFatale
my god someone tried to answer that morass of junk, thx Ed. ;0 no i haven't tried that & don't know how to. In the end, my windows partition melted as it was, so i just deleted linux & will reinstall (once again). If it occurs again though, how would i try your suggestion? And this only seems

Re: [newbie]: help with EXT3 & other Terms?

2002-02-23 Thread ed tharp
terms sounds correct enough to me... some folks might call them ttys or vty or "text console". I likie console... have you tried starting at run level three and correcting the xconfig? On Friday 22 February 2002 18:19, you wrote: > I think they are called terms... when you press ctrl-alt-F*.?