Hi all,
I've installed Mandrake 7.1 recently and during install everything went fine
except the monitor/video part.
After rebooting and running Xconfigurator i could fix the problem, but at
that moment i couldnt find any drivers for my monitor and on the standard
driver i couldnt get a screen
the correct driver for my monitor in the list, i just didnt see it
the previous time i guess. I used DrakConf from within KDE to
change the monitor and all went well.
as user or root?
until i started my pc
this morning and saw that all settings were returned to the
original and i
CTED]
Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 7:32 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Monitor problems
In defense of leaving the machine on (particularly if you're running a
stable system like Linux), other than your monitor, a computer doesn't
use
all that much electricity. A 200W power supply takes about as m
Subject: Re: [newbie] Monitor problems
downsides of leaving it on all the time:
heat buildup (computer is enclosed no air conditioner live in the
south *haha*)
solution -- good fans, take the cover off (that's what i do)
Not to be nitpicky or anything, but this is not always the best thing
Sven Magnus wrote:
Hi guys!!
I've installed Mandrake without any problems, my monitor (AOC Spectrum 4Vn)
is even in the hardware list, but the problem is the driver doesn't work
right. In the test screen it's OK (because nothing's moving) but when I use
KDE and I move a window or
