[newbie] X server and specs. Help please!

2001-07-31 Thread Gonzalix le Druide
Thank you, Carrroll. Voilà: Trident 975 4Mb Video Card, Soyo SY-6BB Motherboard, Monitor ViewSonic E40, 64 Mb RAM, CPU Pentium II MMX at 350 Mhz. The problem: since the beginning, X didn't work even all my specs are actually on the install list. So, I made a few installations believing I was

RE: [newbie] X server troubles

2001-07-31 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] X server troubles Hi all ! I have posted some problems here without answer. I know this is a volonteer work, and may be my questions were too stupids, but I will appreciate some attention because I'm on stall for many weeks. I have LM 7.2 on a Pentium II

Re: [newbie] X server and specs. Help please!

2001-07-31 Thread erylon hines
I believe the solution may be to install the Xfree 3.x server instead of 4.0. I ran into a similar problem with Mach64 2meg cards--they work fine at 1024x768 and 16 bit color with 3.x, but I can't get more than 256 color (8 bit) with 4.x. The default install puts in the 4.x Xserver. good

[newbie] X server troubles.

2001-07-27 Thread Gonzalix le Druide
Hi all !! I can't install X after a reinstallation. It has worked fine with FBDev, but I tried to do the same thing without results. My specs: LM7.2 on a Pentium II 350 Mhz, hda Win 98, hdb LM 7.2 on a hdd 15 Gb. RAM 64 Mb. It starts with GRUB (I don't know why LILO wasn't installed) I'll

RE: [newbie] X won't start default font fixed

2001-07-24 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
] Subject: [newbie] X won't start default font fixed Hi I got home from work today and turned my computer on, and was confronted by the error message could not open default font path unix/:1 Fatal server error: could not open default font fixed and X would not start. I have been told that one way

[newbie] X won't start default font fixed

2001-07-23 Thread Scott Wagner
Hi I got home from work today and turned my computer on, and was confronted by the error message could not open default font path unix/:1 Fatal server error: could not open default font fixed and X would not start. I have been told that one way to fix this problem, at least temporarily, is to

[Fwd: Re: [newbie] X installation problems]

2001-07-15 Thread Randy Kramer
that helps. ~ Art [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Randy Kramer Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 3:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] X installation problems Kevin Fonner wrote: Well I have to say

[newbie] X and Windows Key.

2001-06-22 Thread Eduardo Dominguez
I finally made AltGr key combinations work on my Microsoft Elite Keyboard. But now the Windows key, when pressed, freezes the keyboard. Can anyone tell me what is the configuration for this key for an xmodmap file ? thanks in advance.. -- Eduardo Dominguez Follow-ups to

[newbie] X Loading trouble

2001-06-17 Thread Solver
I wonder why this always happens to me, after several days of using Linux. When I type startx in the command prompt, the violet screen comes up, but the GNOME won't appear - or it takes it some 5 minutes to appear, in meantime the PC doesn't even think. Why this happens? The only solution

Re: [newbie] X Loading trouble

2001-06-17 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
I had this problem with Mandrake 7.2. I solved it by installing Ximian GNOME. I don't have the problem with 8.0, though. On Sun, 17 Jun 2001 20:00, Solver wrote: I wonder why this always happens to me, after several days of using Linux. When I type startx in the command prompt, the violet

RE: [newbie] X shutdown

2001-06-15 Thread Navin Daryanani
2001 10:48 AM To: Navin Daryanani; Linux-Newbie (E-mail) Subject: Re: [newbie] X shutdown Forget the Framebuffer =( (or teach me please =), try a minor resolution. I have this in lilo.conf: vga=0x0f06 it's working for me. This say kudzu about mi Video Card: class: VIDEO bus: PCI detached: 0

[newbie] X 4.x freezes on Neomagic

2001-06-13 Thread Nico Krzebek
Has anyone else experienced spontanteous freezes under XFree86 4.x with an Neomagic chipset? I've tried out almost all 4.x releases. The last one was 4.1.0. At first I thought it was a KDE problem because I'm still able to move the mouse pointer but WindowMaker produced the same result, it

Re: [newbie] X 4.x freezes on Neomagic

2001-06-13 Thread Dave Sherman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 My ThinkPad i1400 with the same NeoMagic 256AV chip works perfectly at 1024 x 768 and 16bpp color, with XFree 4.0.2 or whatever came with Mandrake 7.2. I also have 192 MB RAM. Dave On Wednesday 13 June 2001 10:17, thus spake Nico Krzebek: Has

Re: [newbie] x won't start

2001-06-12 Thread Charles A. Punch
Stephen Hansen-Sturm wrote: I cannot start x. I am using Mandrake 7.2, and I have XFree86 3.36 and 4.01 both installed. The computer is an IBM ThinkPad 770z, This may be a long shot, but I have had similar problems starting X, as well as other screen resolution

[newbie] x won't start

2001-06-12 Thread Stephen Hansen-Sturm
I cannot start x. I am using Mandrake 7.2, and I have XFree86 3.36 and 4.01 both installed. The computer is an IBM ThinkPad 770z, and it has a Trident Cyber 9397/DVD graphics card. The monitor is 14.1 inches, and it should support 1024x768 resolution. Others using my model have

Re: [newbie] x won't start

2001-06-12 Thread Paul
First go easy on the settings. Did you try running 640x480 and 256 colors first? To see if the actual setup will run? If that works, you can work your way up in the settings to where it will still work. Otherwise you should ask the others you mention, to show you how they did it. Paul I

Re: [newbie] X shutdown

2001-05-29 Thread Kheb
Forget the Framebuffer =( (or teach me please =), try a minor resolution. I have this in lilo.conf: vga=0x0f06 it's working for me. This say kudzu about mi Video Card: class: VIDEO bus: PCI detached: 0 driver: Card:ATI Mach64 desc: ATI|3D Rage LT Pro AGP-133 vendorId: 1002 deviceId: 4c42

[newbie] X and FontPaths

2001-05-25 Thread Johnny Stockdill
Hi, I am very new to Linux. I changed my default font setting in one of the properties, and now X will not start. I can login through a non-graphical interface, but when I run 'startx', I get the following error messages: Could not init font path element unix/:-1, removing from list.

[newbie] X shutdown

2001-05-25 Thread Navin Daryanani
Hello people I have finally managed to install LM8.0 on my laptop and use it with Framebuffer mode. But there is one more problem with X. When I exit X I get a total blank screen on my laptop. I can see that it does reach the bash prompt bec' I can type in shell commands like restarting X

[newbie] X won't start - Font server error

2001-04-29 Thread Martin Gagnon
Hi! X won't start. There's something wrong with the font server. I get something like unable to load default font fixed... Switching to runlevel3 Sending the TERM signal... (Don't want to attach the log, about 20k) What can I do? Thanks, Martin

[newbie] X won't start - Font server error

2001-04-29 Thread Martin Gagnon
Hi! X won't start. There's something wrong with the font server. I get something like unable to load default font fixed... Switching to runlevel3 Sending the TERM signal... (Don't want to attach the log, about 20k) What can I do? Thanks, Martin

[newbie] X problems on Dell laptop using LM8.0

2001-04-25 Thread Johan Papp
I have installed LM8.0 on a Dell Latitude CPi 400CT. This laptop has a MagicGraph 256ZX graphic adapter.Every time I start X I get an error message saying 16bpp not supported on this chipset (or 24 or whatever I choose). I am aware that laptops are special, but I got it to work in LM7.2 (and

[newbie] x-cd-roast ahhhhhhhhhh

2001-04-17 Thread David
hi ive been trying to make a backup copy of my /home directory as i am replacing my harddrive. but every time i burn a cd in x-cd-roast most of the directories are missing, BUT the contects are all in the root of the CD making a list of hundreds of files in no order. i have tried many

[newbie] X upgrade problem

2001-04-04 Thread cyberclay
Hey, I recently upgraded to the newest version of mandrake, but now (despite the seemingly successful upgrade) my X isn't working. gdm starts up just fine, but after entering the correct password for my local user (or root) I get returned right back to gdm's login screen. I have no idea where

Re: [newbie] X windows crashed

2001-03-09 Thread Randy Meyer
Kyle Baker wrote: Did you just install KDE 2.1? Because when I installed its RPMs I encountered the exact same problem. Instead of going into X it would just kick me into a non-GUI login screen. Couldn't ever get around it so I just re-installed (I was needing to do a clean install of

[newbie] X windows crashed

2001-03-08 Thread Paul Pavlicko
Hi all, I have Mandrake 7.2 installed. As of this morning my Xwindows fails to start with the following error. _FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' any clues to what might be causing this and how to fix it?? Paul

[newbie] X Server Problem.

2001-03-05 Thread Oscar M. Seoane
Hello to all I am user of Linux Mandrake 7.1 and it causes me a problem when I want to configure X Server. The installation process works including the selection of the whole hardware perfectly but when restarting the system it is unable to pull up X as much in automatic way as through

Re: [newbie] X Question - URGENT

2001-02-25 Thread Goldenpi
PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 3:57 AM Subject: [newbie] X Question - URGENT I am running SuSE 6.0 on a 450 mhz AMD K6-2 w/ 3dnow and when X comes up it is huge. How do I specify the screen size before X loads. I set all resolutions in the X configuration to 1024-

Re: [newbie] X Question - URGENT

2001-02-25 Thread Dale Kosan
First off, it says he's running SUSE.I dont think SUSE has Drakeconfig.I would send this message to a SUSE list and find the tool that SUSE uses.I believe YAST has a entry for xconfig in it,not sure though...

Re: [newbie] X problems

2001-02-25 Thread AndyMonks
i have put it on fbdev and it works fine.

RE: [newbie] X Question - URGENT

2001-02-25 Thread Daryl Johnson
I believe you use a tool called YaST2. regards Daryl -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dale Kosan Sent: 25 February 2001 10:51 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] X Question - URGENT First off, it says he's running SUSE.I

Re: [newbie] X problems

2001-02-24 Thread AndyMonks
my monitor is set up exactly to the spesifications in the manual, it is a brnd new monitor! its fine!

[newbie] X Question - URGENT

2001-02-24 Thread Matthew Harrison
I am running SuSE 6.0 on a 450 mhz AMD K6-2 w/ 3dnow and when X comes up it is huge. How do I specify the screen size before X loads. I set all resolutions in the X configuration to 1024-768. What is the command to load X at that size. Thank for any help. Matt

[newbie] X Windows Crash!

2001-02-22 Thread Dave Esquer
I have installed Mandrake7.2 on my machine. The install was great, and the overall feel much better than RedHat7, my compliments! All of the applications and KDE2.0 and Gnome 1.2 are a real plus to a newbie like me! My machine lost power in a snowstorm. It rebooted and now I am unable to

Re: [newbie] X Windows Crash!

2001-02-22 Thread Altoine B.
Dave Esquer wrote: I have installed Mandrake7.2 on my machine. The install was great, and the overall feel much better than RedHat7, my compliments! All of the applications and KDE2.0 and Gnome 1.2 are a real plus to a newbie like me! My machine lost power in a snowstorm. It rebooted and

[newbie] X problems

2001-02-21 Thread AndyMonks
X starts up fine, but when your in x you cannot switch to auora, console, or even logout? without it freezeing up. I have a diamond stealth 2, with 4m. 400mhz AMD K6-2, 64mb of ram. (I have got 64mb spare but i'm sure wheather it works ok, because it didn't seem to go in win98?) Does anyone

Re: [newbie] X crashing problem

2001-02-17 Thread Carroll Grigsby
Bill: Is it feasible to add some more RAM? You are right at the minimum for an X system -- another 32 mb would make a big difference. Is there lots of HD activity whenever you start an application? You should also start with minimum screen resolution, and work up from there. Regards, cmg Bill

Re: [newbie] X crashing problem

2001-02-17 Thread Carroll Grigsby
Sent from OE to see if HTML is a problem - Original Message - From: Carroll Grigsby [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 10:58 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] X crashing problem Bill: Is it feasible to add some more RAM? You are right at the minimum

Re: [newbie] X crashing problem

2001-02-17 Thread Carroll Grigsby
Sorry about this posting - I was concerned that I might be guilty of the deadly HTML sin, so I decided to send this to myself while I was in OE; I didn't mean to send it to the list. cmg Carroll Grigsby wrote: Sent from OE to see if HTML is a problem

Re: [newbie] X crashing problem

2001-02-17 Thread Bill Clark
RAM will be the next thing. I changed graphics cards to a Cirrus Logic GD5429 with 1 meg memory. I can start X and use DrakConf without it freezing now. Except the display is all screwed up. The screen shows up on only the lower half of my monitor and the icons are really big. I tried

[newbie] X Lagging?

2001-02-10 Thread Doss, John ET3
I am running LM 7.2 on a PIII 770 with 256 mbs ram and a Voodoo 3 3500. I have know Windows like the back of my hand but this Linux stuff is throwing me for a loop. :) Now that I have those specifics out I'll tell you my problem. Mandrake boots up fine until it tries to start the graphical

Re: [newbie] X and Sony VAIO PCG-C1VN

2001-02-09 Thread Viboon Chaojirapant
: Subject: [newbie] X and Sony VAIO PCG-C1VN Hello all, I’m having a problem with getting X running on my notebook (Sony VAIO PCG-C1VN). This notebook is a little unusual in that its display is 1024x480, and it uses an enhanced version of the ATI RAGE Mobility to support TV/AV out

[newbie] X question

2001-02-05 Thread Sarah Barwig
Hello, In short, how do I get KDE or GNOME to run. All I can get is twm. In long: I've just installed Mandrake7.2 on two boxes. (My first ever attempt at linux installation, so I'm feeling pretty good at this point.) The first installation on a Dell Inspiron 7500 went swimmingly. Everything

Re: [newbie] X question

2001-02-05 Thread Jose Egipto Dias
Sarah Barwig wrote: Hello, In short, how do I get KDE or GNOME to run. All I can get is twm. In long: I've just installed Mandrake7.2 on two boxes. (My first ever attempt at linux installation, so I'm feeling pretty good at this point.) The first installation on a Dell Inspiron

Re: [newbie] x-config.SOLVED

2001-01-18 Thread Altoine Barker
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Andres wrote: Hi, is there a way of changing the xfree server(4.0.1) back to the 3.3.6 using drakonf? or the only way is by "upgrading" the O.S.? Yes, and here is your answer. snip From: s [EMAIL PROTECTED] I had the same

[newbie] x-config.

2001-01-16 Thread Andres
Hi, is there a way of changing the xfree server(4.0.1) back to the 3.3.6 using drakonf? or the only way is by "upgrading" the O.S.?

Re: [newbie] x-config.

2001-01-16 Thread Mark Weaver
On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Andres wrote: Hi, is there a way of changing the xfree server(4.0.1) back to the 3.3.6 using drakonf? or the only way is by "upgrading" the O.S.?

[newbie] x-window problem.

2001-01-11 Thread Andres
Hi iam a mandrake newbie, and i have the following problem: when i use the x-window, the screen splits in two pieces (one half to the left and one halfo to the right), the left side has no problem, everything is ok, but when i get something (like the mouse cursor, or a window), the rifgt side

[newbie] X config file -- anything look wrong here??

2000-12-13 Thread Adrian Smith
hi, i'm still working on this problem where i have this narrow strip on the left-most edge of my monitor which shows what is actually about 4 inches from the left side of the display. i wanted to run my XF86Config-4 file past you folks. it looks ok to me, but what do i know. does anyone see

Re: [newbie] X Config problems during Mandrake Install

2000-12-09 Thread Shayne Schecht
Look around for an updated X Server for the Mach 64 chip you have ... I know they exist ... ya just gotta find em. You need to get the X server and the latest Xconfigurator. Try www.freshmeat.net or www.xfree86.org. Those are 2 sites that are pretty good for that kinda thing .. also try

Re: [newbie] X doesn't work on Trident9750 3DImage

2000-12-04 Thread civileme
On Friday 01 December 2000 19:11, you wrote: Hi, I have a PIII 800 Mboard SOYO 6VBA+133 videocard Trident9750 3D Image, 64MB Ram, the problem is when I try to start Xwindows, It doesn't work on Trident9750 3D Image video card. I've been tryed to set the resolution and driver, but my video

Re: [newbie] X doesn't work on Trident9750 3DImage

2000-12-01 Thread Marcio Garcia
Hi, I have a PIII 800 Mboard SOYO 6VBA+133 videocard Trident9750 3D Image, 64MB Ram, the problem is when I try to start Xwindows, It doesn't work on Trident9750 3D Image video card. I've been tryed to set the resolution and driver, but my video only show a dark screen. I've been installed the

Re: [newbie] X doesn't work on Trident9750 3DImage

2000-12-01 Thread Jim Thorpe
On Fri, 01 Dec 2000, you wrote: Hi, I have a PIII 800 Mboard SOYO 6VBA+133 videocard Trident9750 3D Image, 64MB Ram, the problem is when I try to start Xwindows, It doesn't work on Trident9750 3D Image video card. I've been tryed to set the resolution and driver, but my video only show a

RE: [newbie] X windows back to test terminal

2000-11-15 Thread Lewis Bishop
Yup, agree. Mine dies too when issuing the ALT+CTL+F1... the last post made sense saying that the first console is for X... works find using F2 upwards... -Original Message- From: Anthony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 14 November 2000 22:26 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie

Re: [newbie] X windows back to test terminal

2000-11-14 Thread civileme
On Tuesday 14 November 2000 15:15, you wrote: Does anyone know why X windows restarts after I press ALT+CTRL+F1 to flip over to a text vt? This is really irritating. Slaine The GUI is launched from the console that is accessed by ctrl-alt-f1 Use ctrl-alt-f2 through f6 and you will not have

Re: [newbie] X windows back to text terminal

2000-11-14 Thread Slaine
civileme wrote: Thanks :)

Re: [newbie] X windows back to test terminal

2000-11-14 Thread Anthony
What version of Mandrake are you using? I've never had a problem with X dying in any other version I've tried, and I just now tried it in 7.2 and it worked just fine. Just to check, to get back to X you hit Ctrl+Alt+F7 right? Does anyone know why X windows restarts after I press

[newbie] X windows back to test terminal

2000-11-14 Thread Slaine
Does anyone know why X windows restarts after I press ALT+CTRL+F1 to flip over to a text vt? This is really irritating. Slaine

[newbie] (...) X is getting hard to get!! (setuptool???)

2000-11-13 Thread Krulo
well here is my situation: I'm under a PI 120, 81Mb RAM, Mandrake 7.1 I already made it to setup sound card and ethernet but now the only thing that I could do before (configuring X) is making me MAD! this is what I get from some commands in the console: XConfigurator bash: XConfigurator :

RE: [newbie] (...) X is getting hard to get!! (setuptool???)

2000-11-13 Thread Lewis Bishop
is it not Xconfigurator (with a small c)? -Original Message- From: Krulo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 13 November 2000 12:43 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] (...) X is getting hard to get!! (setuptool???) well here is my situation: I'm under a PI 120, 81Mb RAM, Mandrake

RE: [newbie] (...) X is getting hard to get!! (setuptool???)

2000-11-13 Thread veloct
1) you MUST be root to run xf86config 2) Do you know anything about your video card and monitor? Because you'll need it to setup the proper xserver. --- Original Message --- "Krulo" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrote on Mon, 13 Nov 2000 12:43:02 - -- well here is my situation:

[newbie] (...) X reinstall seems to be the only solution...

2000-11-13 Thread Krulo
I dont know what else to do... I already tried XF86Config, XF86Setup, Xconfigurator... the first gives me internal "command not found" errors, like "/usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config: modeline: command not found" the other 2 run well but everytime I try to "startx" he starts and exits imediatly with this

Re: [newbie] (...) X reinstall seems to be the only solution...

2000-11-13 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Monday 13 November 2000 04:43 pm, Krulo wrote: I dont know what else to do... I already tried XF86Config, XF86Setup, Xconfigurator... try typing 'apropos xf86' you'll get back a ton of commands/statements related to XF86 Prob'ly towards the end of the output you'll see :

Re: [newbie] (...) X is getting hard to get!! (setuptool???)

2000-11-13 Thread tweeter
: is it not Xconfigurator (with a small c)? -Original Message- From: Krulo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 13 November 2000 12:43 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] (...) X is getting hard to get!! (setuptool???) well here is my situation: I'm under a PI 120, 81Mb RAM

Re: [newbie] X on 7.2 and Toshiba490CDT

2000-11-10 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Friday 10 November 2000 03:15 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Geesh, thanks. Embarrasing. And yes it's 4.0.1. Still not working you'll need to look into exactly what video card or chip you have. If it's onboard (ie, built into the motherboard) it might not be the same chipset as those

Re: [newbie] X on 7.2 and Toshiba490CDT

2000-11-10 Thread Paul . Newman
to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: [newbie] X on 7.2 and Toshiba490CDT On Friday 10 November 2000 03:15 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Geesh, thanks. Embarrasing. And yes it's 4.0.1. Still not working you'll need to look into exactly what video card or chip you have

[newbie] X on 7.2 and Toshiba490CDT

2000-11-09 Thread Paul . Newman
I have done a custom install of 7.2 on my Toshiba 490CDT. The graphical install works perfectly - the resolution is correct for my LCD, going to the edge of the panel in 800x600. When I reboot and X starts the display justs whites out and the system freezes totally - even the caps lock light

[newbie] X Freezes My Mandrake 7.2 Comp

2000-11-02 Thread Jacob Straszynski
WheneverMandrake7.2 loads X is completely freezes, I can't switch between desktops or restart. My video cards are an ATI Rage II anda Voodoo2. Anyone have any idea on why this might be happening and how I can fix it?

[newbie] X-Windows mouse cruser

2000-10-27 Thread SKLIM
Hello To all Linux user . I am having some progblem with my mouse cruser running at Linux X-windows. My VGA card is S3 Inc.Trio3D/2X 128MB Ram Pentium III 600 10.2GB Harddisk 3Com SOHO Network Card I have done the installation in X-Windows but the mouse cruser is not a arrow but is a box

Re: [[newbie] X windows on start-up]

2000-10-20 Thread Michael Scottaline
"John W" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have installed LM 7.1 again after trying a few other distros. Thats the problem with Linux being free. You can try as many different distros as you like. Anyhow I opted not to have X start automatically and when I logout of X the monitor shuts down and

Re: [Re: [[newbie] X windows on start-up]]

2000-10-20 Thread Michael Scottaline
Michael Scottaline [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: = Try editing your /ets/inittab file. Find the line that has "id:3:initdefault" (w/o quotes) and change the 3 to a 5 HTH, Mike "Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me."

[newbie] X problems

2000-10-19 Thread Michael Dolan
hi i was wanting to know what file i have to edit for this problem i have each time i start any program from console i get this message Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server GtK-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0 i know how to fix

[newbie] X windows on start-up

2000-10-19 Thread John W
I have installed LM 7.1 again after trying a few other distros. Thats the problem with Linux being free. You can try as many different distros as you like. Anyhow I opted not to have X start automatically and when I logout of X the monitor shuts down and all I can do is give the three finger

[newbie] X Server Connection Error

2000-10-11 Thread SoloCDM
I keep getting the following 0.0 error. I need to remove it from the configurations . . . how? Gdk-ERROR **: X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). Note: Detailed Document(s) and Sample(s) are more than welcome. When you reply to this message, please include

[newbie] X 4.0.1 and very low resolution

2000-10-10 Thread Victor Richardson
I installed X 4.0.1 on Toshiba M500 (PIII500, 64 megs) w/ a Nvidia "Riva Vanta" video card. Everything works, but it's default resolution is so big it doesn't fit everything (KDE) on the screen. Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Plus or Minus does not work for changing resolutions. The KDE control panel defines

Re: [newbie] X windows does not recognise graphics card

2000-10-04 Thread Mark Weaver
Matt, try running as root from that same command line "setuptool". -- Mark /* I never worry about the to-jams. * Once I've stuck my foot in my mouth * it's already too late...just make sure * you chew them thoroughly before swallowing! */ Registered Linux

Re: [newbie] X windows does not recognise graphics card

2000-10-01 Thread Matt Usselmann
Paul/Larry you suggested running Xconfigurator from the command line to change my settings. Thanks, tried that, unfortunately when I ran Xconfigurator my monitor goes dark immediately (just as it did in the last bit of the Linux install sequence). I then have to reboot to get out of that one.

Re: [newbie] X windows does not recognise graphics card

2000-10-01 Thread Paul
It was Oct 1, 2000, 10:33, when Matt Usselmann keyboarded: Paul/Larry you suggested running Xconfigurator from the command line to change my settings. Thanks, tried that, unfortunately when I ran Xconfigurator my monitor goes dark immediately (just as it did in the last bit of the Linux

Re: [newbie] X windows does not recognise graphics card

2000-10-01 Thread Larry Marshall
you suggested running Xconfigurator from the command line to change my settings. Thanks, tried that, unfortunately when I ran Xconfigurator my monitor goes dark immediately (just Sorry but my msg was a followup to Paul's and he suggested that you install a low-res X installation

[newbie] X windows does not recognise graphics card

2000-09-30 Thread Matt Usselmann
Tried to install 7.0 for the first time. It installed ok up to the point where it should configure X Windows. Instead of seeing the "Is this the correct setting?" display, monitor went completely dark. That seems to indicate that the graphics card is not supported?!? It is a #9GXE64 (powered by

Re: [newbie] X windows does not recognise graphics card

2000-09-30 Thread Matt Usselmann
Thanks, Paul Tried your suggestion, but cannot change the settings for my video card on my BIOS (I presume that's what you meant?!) It defaults to detecting the PCI video card and default cannot be changed. Set the Windows display property settings to the values you suggested (16bit, 800*600),

Re: [newbie] X windows does not recognise graphics card

2000-09-30 Thread Paul
It was Sep 30, 2000, 19:36, when Matt Usselmann keyboarded: Tried your suggestion, but cannot change the settings for my video card on my BIOS (I presume that's what you meant?!) It defaults to detecting the PCI video card and default cannot be changed. Set the Windows display property settings

Re: [newbie] X windows does not recognise graphics card

2000-09-30 Thread Larry Marshall
Tried your suggestion, but cannot change the settings for my video card on my BIOS (I presume that's what you meant?!) It defaults to detecting the PCI video card and default cannot be changed. No, he was referring to changing it using Xconfigurator Type Xconfigurator from the

[newbie] X won't start

2000-09-22 Thread Todd Wells
I've been running Mandrake 7.0 for a while, I'm dual-booting with Windows using a floppy boot (at the moment). Recently I went to boot Mandrake and it boots fine up to the point where it flips into graphics mode, where it would hang and the screen would go black. I managed to boot just

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2000-09-15 Thread Mark Weaver
Um...huh? you lost me Patrick. -- Mark ** =/\= No Penguins were harmed | ICQ#27816299 ** _||_ in the making of this | ** =\/= message...| Registered Linux user #182496

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2000-09-15 Thread Mark Weaver
I don't remember enough Spanish to even think about translating it and my youngest son who has it as an elective in highschool was busy talking to his girl friend on the phone. -- Mark ** =/\= No Penguins were harmed

Re: [[newbie] X setup w/new install not working!!]

2000-09-01 Thread Jaguar
Is this CD from the Maximum Linux Magazine??? I get the same problem trying to install also. I was trying to setup with a supported AT24/3DFX video card. I think maybe it's the media from Max. Lin. Mag. HTH Jaguar "forstfed" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fresh install of drake 7.1 with a Gladiac

[newbie] X setup w/new install not working!!

2000-08-31 Thread forstfed
Fresh install of drake 7.1 with a Gladiac Geforce2 32meg, xfree86 4.01 When I got to the X setup towards the very end of the install, I kept getting a message that it wasn't working and to try a different vid crad or monitor. I went through evert possible combination and it wouldn't work. This

Re: [newbie] X 4.01 and default font

2000-08-25 Thread =*=
Sorry I cannot help you with the other stuff. But to use your own backgrounds in WindowMaker you need to copy or move them to: /home/yourusername/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Backgrounds And then select the background from the WindowMaker left mouse-click menu. What goes in the directory

Re: [newbie] X setiathome

2000-08-21 Thread Austin L. Denyer (SysAdmin.) as root
Andrew Scotchmer wrote: Hi, Has anyone successfully installed the X setiathome screen. I have just downloaded the text version as I could not get the X version to work at all. I am using Mandrake 7.1 now. Thanks in advance Hi Andrew. I'm running Seti@Home myself. In order to run

Re: [newbie] X setiathome

2000-08-20 Thread KompuKit
which file did you download for mandrake 7.0 Andrew Scotchmer wrote: Hi, Has anyone successfully installed the X setiathome screen. I have just downloaded the text version as I could not get the X version to work at all. I am using Mandrake 7.1 now. Thanks in advance --

[newbie] X setiathome

2000-08-20 Thread Andrew Scotchmer
Hi, Has anyone successfully installed the X setiathome screen. I have just downloaded the text version as I could not get the X version to work at all. I am using Mandrake 7.1 now. Thanks in advance -- /Andrew Scotchmer\ ICQ#50762100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] \---composed on

Re: [[newbie] X setiathome]

2000-08-20 Thread Drew Bartorillo
Andrew, I installed the setiathome client successfully on 2 computers this weekend. I downloaded the binary tar which contained the main setiathome executable and the xsetiathome executable. Do you want any specifics pertaining to my istallation, what I did, the display, etc? I am using

Re: [newbie] X setiathome

2000-08-20 Thread Trevor Reynolds
Andrew, I never had any luck getting the X seti to work properly. If you are looking for a graphical interpretation of seti there are a bunch. Check the below out, you'll probably find something you'll like. http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/links.html#links_unix

Re: [newbie] X setiathome

2000-08-20 Thread bascule
i use xsetiathome om mandrake7, to get it to work you have to start setiathome with the option ' -graphics' (ignore quotation marks) this then allows xsetiathome to show what setiathome is doing bascule Andrew Scotchmer wrote: Hi, Has anyone successfully installed the X setiathome

Re: [newbie] X setiathome

2000-08-20 Thread A V Flinsch
On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, you wrote: Hi, Has anyone successfully installed the X setiathome screen. I have just downloaded the text version as I could not get the X version to work at all. I am using Mandrake 7.1 now. You need to be running the text version in the background before you start

Re: [newbie] X configuration

2000-08-09 Thread GAPrichard
I'm new and need to know how to approach things. What did you do, look at, experiment with, etc. I'm also behind, so pardon me if this has been asked already. -Gary- In a message dated 8/2/2000 7:41:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: you have to keep working

Re: [newbie] X configuration

2000-08-06 Thread Daniel Bodanske
DO NOT do the test in the install. answer with a resolution that you KNOW will work e.g. 800x60016bpp and then do NOT boot automatically into X. When you boot up, type startx and then in the configuration you can change and test to your heart's content, and then set up to boot into X if you

RE: [newbie] X font server

2000-08-03 Thread Eric MC D.
Please ignore. Pb solved. My '/' was FULL !! On 29-Jul-00 Eric MC DECLERCK wrote: | | Hello, | | after trying to install sawfish I have trouble with | my X font server and can't start X. | | Error: | FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: can't connect: errno=111 | Failed to set default font path '

Re: [newbie] X server video card

2000-08-03 Thread Edison Gica
Hi all: My X windows in LInux has been dead for quite some time now and have not had the time to fix it up however got the time today to try fixing it again. Here's the info of my computer. CPU: AMD K6-2 533MHZ Monitor: Compaq MV520 Video card: Trident Blade3D (note this is integrated into

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