Re: [newbie] Graphical interface and choosing mount points

2004-10-14 Thread JoeHill
On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 17:10:53 -0700 st disseminated the following: > The monitor is competely black, looks the same way it does in standby mode > in Windows. The buttons don't work (they did before in Linux when I had > graphical interface and they still do in Windows). There is no command line

Re: [newbie] Graphical interface and choosing mount points

2004-10-14 Thread st
At 03:55 PM 13/10/2004, you wrote: On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 11:19:45 -0700 st disseminated the following: > Using either Gnome or KDE the screen left unused a strip of about one inch > on the left side of the screen. I tried solving this by changing the > graphical interface configurations. I experiment

Re: [newbie] Graphical interface and choosing mount points

2004-10-13 Thread JoeHill
On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 19:59:02 +0100 Derek Jennings disseminated the following: > BTW: Reinstalling was unneccessary. You have been conditioned into thinking it > was a good idea by too much exposure to Windows. ...whoops, previous reply was meant to address this part...'duh, which way did 'e go?'

Re: [newbie] Graphical interface and choosing mount points

2004-10-13 Thread JoeHill
On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 11:19:45 -0700 st disseminated the following: > Using either Gnome or KDE the screen left unused a strip of about one inch > on the left side of the screen. I tried solving this by changing the > graphical interface configurations. I experimented with different > configurati

Re: [newbie] Graphical interface and choosing mount points

2004-10-13 Thread JoeHill
On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 19:59:02 +0100 Derek Jennings disseminated the following: > Welcome I hope you enjoy your Linux experience. > > 1/ At the black screen log on as root user giving the password you gave at > install time. then enter 'XFdrake' to go into a text based GUI to set up > your video

Re: [newbie] Graphical interface and choosing mount points

2004-10-13 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 13 October 2004 19:19, st wrote: > Hi, > > I am new to the list and to Linux. I would appreciate if someone can help > me with these questions. > > First question: > > I have a NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 MODEL 64 with a SCEPTRE P73P monitor (16.3"). > Using either Gnome or KDE the screen left un

Re: [newbie] Graphical interface and choosing mount points

2004-10-13 Thread Aron Smith
On Wednesday 13 October 2004 11:19 am, st wrote: > Hi, > > I am new to the list and to Linux. I would appreciate if someone can help > me with these questions. > > First question: > > I have a NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 MODEL 64 with a SCEPTRE P73P monitor (16.3"). > Using either Gnome or KDE the screen left

[newbie] Graphical interface and choosing mount points

2004-10-13 Thread st
Hi, I am new to the list and to Linux. I would appreciate if someone can help me with these questions. First question: I have a NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 MODEL 64 with a SCEPTRE P73P monitor (16.3"). Using either Gnome or KDE the screen left unused a strip of about one inch on the left side of the scree