Re: [newbie] Installing Mandrake 5.3

1999-03-04 Thread Mauro Tortonesi
On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, Bernardo Rodrigues wrote: > However there seems to be a small problem wit the task bar, it slides > all the time ( form left to right and viceversa), I had some fun with > it but now it is a bit annoying. How do I fix this? Hmmm... I've never had such a problem, but

Re: [newbie] Installing Mandrake 5.3

1999-03-03 Thread Bernardo Rodrigues
>>> James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 03/01/99 04:48PM >>> On Mon, 01 Mar 1999 09:07:14 +0200, you wrote: >First it sounds like you are selecting and setting up for the lowest >resolution and screen size. In xf86config at the selection where it >asks you if you want the default resolution or to selec

Re: [newbie] Installing Mandrake 5.3

1999-03-03 Thread Bernardo Rodrigues
Hi Mauro, You're a star. I've tried all the suggestions that you've sent to me and all of them work just fine. I can get many colors and no longer have the darkish background. Also no problems with the refresh rate and the resolution. I went as far as 1280x1024 and no complains whatsoever. KDE

Re: [newbie] Installing Mandrake 5.3

1999-03-01 Thread James
On Mon, 01 Mar 1999 09:07:14 +0200, you wrote: >Hi James, > >You are right I was having an IRQ conflict. I was selecting an IMPS/2 >instead of a general PS/2 mouse. Glad you got that part solved. >However, after I've changed that to a PS/2 all I get is a kind of huge >cursor instead of an X

Re: [newbie] Installing Mandrake 5.3

1999-03-01 Thread Mauro Tortonesi
On Sat, 27 Feb 1999, Bernardo Rodrigues wrote: > My video card is a SiS 6326 pro AGP. I used to have a SiS card. Usually SiS cards need the following line in /etc/X11/XF68config (in the "Device" section): option "no_bitblt" An extract from my XF86config follows: Sect

Re: [newbie] Installing Mandrake 5.3

1999-03-01 Thread Bernardo Rodrigues
Hi James, You are right I was having an IRQ conflict. I was selecting an IMPS/2 instead of a general PS/2 mouse. However, after I've changed that to a PS/2 all I get is a kind of huge cursor instead of an X or a mouse pointer. What could be wrong here? Also, I've selected the SiS 3D Pro AGP ca

Re: [newbie] Installing Mandrake 5.3

1999-02-27 Thread James
On Sat, 27 Feb 1999 14:22:08 +0200, you wrote: >Hi All, > >Thanks for the help with the installation of Mandrake 5.3. The >installation went smooth and nicely, the only trouble at the moment is >to configure the Xwindows. I am having a 15" Tatung monitor with max >res 1024*768 and a refresh rate

Re: [newbie] Installing Mandrake 5.3

1999-02-27 Thread Bernardo Rodrigues
Hi All, Thanks for the help with the installation of Mandrake 5.3. The installation went smooth and nicely, the only trouble at the moment is to configure the Xwindows. I am having a 15" Tatung monitor with max res 1024*768 and a refresh rate in the range of 50-70 Hz and a max 24 bit of color d

Re: [newbie] Installing Mandrake 5.3

1999-02-17 Thread Andrew Rothwell
Hi I an a Linux noobie - I have Mandrake 5.3 installed as well as Windoze 95 = why dont you make the current Primary master your slave(ie:change the jumper settings on both HDD's ) and the current Secondary Master to the primary master i know from repeated installs of win95 that it prefers to be