Re: [newbie] x-windows based encryption software

2004-06-22 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 22 Jun 2004 05:05, Pete Doak wrote: Hi: I'm looking for a nice gui based encryption software program. Preferably something that will run under KDE, and perform on the fly encryption of the files in a directory. But I'm willing to encrypt the files one at a time too. I've been

[newbie] x-windows based encryption software

2004-06-21 Thread Pete Doak
Hi: I'm looking for a nice gui based encryption software program. Preferably something that will run under KDE, and perform on the fly encryption of the files in a directory. But I'm willing to encrypt the files one at a time too. I've been using Kremlin under windows, and I'm trying to move

[newbie] X-Windows

2002-10-04 Thread Edward Reynolds
Can anyone tell me if 8.2 development enviroment will support programming in X-Windows? DOes it come with the required libraries? Thanks Edward Reynolds Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] X windows

2002-07-02 Thread Malcolm Candlish
To: Mandrake-newbie Subject: [newbie] X windows Sirs, Having Mandrake 8.2 and using it extensively, it was a nasty shock to find I could no longer boot into X windows. My boot-up drops me into level 3 and if I startx it crashes and returns me to the Terminal. I have tryed xf86config with all

Re: [newbie] X windows

2002-07-02 Thread Malcolm Candlish
Gerard, Thank you for your prompt reply and inspired suggestion of using 'mcc'. I did'nt know that existed on the command line! Another reply suggested 'drakxconf' which seems to be the same, although I am not sure that it is. Having used that tool, after the Xwindow Test a box, it reads :-

[newbie] X windows

2002-07-01 Thread Malcolm Candlish
Sirs, Having Mandrake 8.2 and using it extensively, it was a nasty shock to find I could no longer boot into X windows. My boot-up drops me into level 3 and if I startx it crashes and returns me to the Terminal. I have tryed xf86config with all the correct entries without success and I have

RE: [newbie] X windows

2002-07-01 Thread Franki
Of Malcolm Candlish Sent: Monday, 1 July 2002 2:42 PM To: Mandrake-newbie Subject: [newbie] X windows Sirs, Having Mandrake 8.2 and using it extensively, it was a nasty shock to find I could no longer boot into X windows. My boot-up drops me into level 3 and if I startx it crashes and returns me

Re: [newbie] X windows

2002-07-01 Thread et
On Monday 01 July 2002 02:41 am, you wrote: Sirs, Having Mandrake 8.2 and using it extensively, it was a nasty shock to find I could no longer boot into X windows. My boot-up drops me into level 3 and if I startx it crashes and returns me to the Terminal. I have tryed xf86config with all

[newbie] X-WINDOWS

2002-03-30 Thread John Richard Smith
When installing X windows one is often asked to choose between:- XFREE 4.2.0 XFREE 3..3.6 I always choose Xfree 4.2.0, but there is no known reason why I sould. I just do. Can anyone explain the difference and prefer a reason for one or the other. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL

[newbie] X Windows problem!

2002-03-03 Thread Paul_Vortex
How do I install XWindows (Gnome) without having to go through the whole installation process again!? PV.

Re: [newbie] X Windows problem!

2002-03-03 Thread Dennis Myers
On Sunday 03 March 2002 06:13, you wrote: How do I install XWindows (Gnome) without having to go through the whole installation process again!? PV. open up the Kpanelconfigurationpackage Manager . Once it loads up you can type Gnome in the find box and search and it will list all of the

[newbie] X windows crash at startup - I'm stuck!

2001-08-04 Thread Dave Esquer
Help all, My fresh install of Mandrake 8.0 won't let me start up the X windowing system. I've tried Xconfigurator and XFdrake and changed the card to generic VGA and nothing seems to work. I've tried Mandrake 7.2 and no go there too! I've dinked withe the BIOS setting the AGP setting to 1x but

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 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

RE: [newbie] X windows back to test terminal

2000-11-15 Thread Lewis Bishop
] X windows back to test terminal 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

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-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 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

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

Re: [newbie] X Windows Problem - Booting

2000-06-04 Thread Glyn Millington
Can you run X as root? If so then you need to look at permissions - waht are the permissions of things beginning with .X or.x in your home directory? Should be "user user" or "user users". The neatest way is to get into /home and do chown -R xnma /home/xnma (- whatever your user name is)

SV: [newbie] X Windows Problem - Booting

2000-06-04 Thread Jonny Wester-Bryant
- Original Message - From: Vyking [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2000 9:04 AM Subject: [newbie] X Windows Problem - Booting Hello, I hope that someone can help with this frustrating problem I have been having. I recently purchased the Linux

[newbie] X Windows won't start

2000-06-03 Thread Vyking
Hello, System: Celeron 433 128 Mb Ram 3dfx Voodoo 3 3500 video card AGP (16Mb) When configuring X Windows during installation, the test screen displays successfully. On bootup, I login with no problems (X Windows not configured to boot automatically). When I type startx, the problems begin.

[newbie] X Windows

2000-05-17 Thread Marc
on one of my linux mandrake7 computers i get the following error execve failed for /etc/X11/X (errno 2) its when i try to startx or xinit what is the problem? thanks _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email

[newbie] X Windows/Display

2000-05-17 Thread Marc
some times my messages don't get through to the list so I hope this one does on my other linux mandrake 7 box i got the error when i tried startx initx "execve failed for /etc/X11/X (errno 2)" i finally got into kde by typing x haha now the problem is when i get into it there is a x for a cursor

[newbie] x windows problem cp

2000-03-27 Thread curtis patrick
i have a voodoo 3 and when i am tryin to change the resolution, i run XF86Setup and i get a green line at the top of the screen and it like freezes, whats wrong. i dont like editing the conf file i always screw it up. and have to reinstall. what can i do

Re: [newbie] x windows problem cp

2000-03-27 Thread Bruce Hilliker
curtis patrick wrote: i have a voodoo 3 and when i am tryin to change the resolution, i run XF86Setup and i get a green line at the top of the screen and it like freezes, whats wrong. i dont like editing the conf file i always screw it up. and have to reinstall. what can i do Try using the

[newbie] X-Windows and Mandrake 7.0 Server

2000-03-15 Thread Conrad Lawes
Why is it that when you perform a Server (as opposed to Developer or Workstation) install the X Windows desktop is not configured properly? How can I correct this problem without having to re-install? Conrad Lawes __ Get

Re: [newbie] X-windows too large

2000-01-30 Thread Rick Bonczek
When I had that problem, my video card was not supported. The Linux command line would work fine, but when in X-Windows, the video resolution would be something like 300 x 300. Rick Bonczek [EMAIL PROTECTED], -or- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Chris To:

Re: [newbie] X-Windows Font Server Problem

1999-10-26 Thread Arcana
Okay, thanks for this starting point. Right now, X11 starts up for root. Unfortunately, it starts up only for root. I still get the error: _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 giving up xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X

Re: [newbie] X-Windows Font Server Problem

1999-10-24 Thread PC
This specifically deals with KDE. I can't start it up. Here are the messages: failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1' Thanks to the very person who got me *into* Linux, I have the answer for you. Or, at least a "work-around". Personally, I would like to know **WHY** this should even be

[newbie] X-Windows Font Server Problem

1999-10-22 Thread Arcana
Steve Philp wrote: Arcana wrote: This specifically deals with KDE. I can't start it up. Here are the messages: /** {all sorts of graphics card startup stuff} (--) Mach64: Font cache: 0 fonts _FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111

Re: [newbie] X-Windows problem

1999-10-16 Thread Steve Philp
Arcana wrote: This specifically deals with KDE. I can't start it up. Here are the messages: /** {all sorts of graphics card startup stuff} (--) Mach64: Font cache: 0 fonts _FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 failed to set default font path

[newbie] X-Windows problem

1999-10-15 Thread Arcana
This specifically deals with KDE. I can't start it up. Here are the messages: /** {all sorts of graphics card startup stuff} (--) Mach64: Font cache: 0 fonts _FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1' Fatal server

[newbie] X Windows / KDE Problems

1999-08-23 Thread Rick Knospler
I upgraded my system with the KDE.RPM's from the ftp.linux-mandrake.com site.. Ran XF86Config and set up everything as it was.. Ran startx and now get an error about not being able to find Font Server.. Everything was perfect before upgrading.. Any ideas? -Rick

Re: [newbie] X Windows / KDE Problems

1999-08-23 Thread Rick Knospler
What is the file called for XConfigurator? I can't seem to locate it.. At 06:15 PM 8/23/1999 -0400, you wrote: Why did you run XF86Config? if you just ran a rpm -Uvh on the kde rpms, you didn't need to reconfigure X. Try running Xconfigurator instead of XF86Config. On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, you

Re: [newbie] X Windows / KDE Problems

1999-08-23 Thread Rick Knospler
The error I get is failure to set default font path.. How can I correct..? -Rick At 06:15 PM 8/23/1999 -0400, you wrote: Why did you run XF86Config? if you just ran a rpm -Uvh on the kde rpms, you didn't need to reconfigure X. Try running Xconfigurator instead of XF86Config. On Mon, 23 Aug

Re: [newbie] X Windows / KDE Problems

1999-08-23 Thread Brett Jones
It's Xconfigurator. Upper case X, lower case c. On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, you wrote: What is the file called for XConfigurator? I can't seem to locate it.. At 06:15 PM 8/23/1999 -0400, you wrote: Why did you run XF86Config? if you just ran a rpm -Uvh on the kde rpms, you didn't need to

Re: [newbie] X Windows / KDE Problems

1999-08-23 Thread James Shepherd
try to run setup... - Original Message - From: Rick Knospler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 10:38 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] X Windows / KDE Problems What is the file called for XConfigurator? I can't seem to locate it.. At 06:15 PM 8/23

Re: [newbie] X Windows / KDE Problems

1999-08-23 Thread TJ McConnell
If you don't want to fix the font server you can edit /etc/X11/XF86Config and change the FontPath to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc -tj On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, you wrote: The error I get is failure to set default font path.. How can I correct..? -Rick At 06:15 PM 8/23/1999 -0400, you