Re: [newbie] X display very odd

1999-09-15 Thread bgf
Bob Jackson wrote: bgf wrote: Alright, I can't get my X display running correctly. I have a Princeton Ultra 17+ monitor and a STB Velocity 3D video card. Here's what's going on: My display has about half an inch of black on the left side and parts of the icons are cut off. The cut

Re: [newbie] X display very odd

1999-09-15 Thread bgf
Oddly enough, I type in XF86Setup and it says that there is no such thing. I installed Linux-Mandrake 6.0 but it's not there. How do I install it separately? Thanks. -- bgf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The other configurator (if you chose to install it in the X section of install) is XF86Setup.

Re: [Re: [newbie] X display very odd]

1999-09-15 Thread Michael Scottaline
bgf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oddly enough, I type in XF86Setup and it says that there is no such thing.brI installed Linux-Mandrake 6.0 but it's not there. How do I install itbrseparately?brbrThanks.br--brbgfbrbr[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:brbr The other configurator (if you chose to install it in

Re: [newbie] X display very odd

1999-09-15 Thread BryanMoorehead
Try xf86config instead. Bryan bgf [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 09/15/99 06:26:25 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Bryan Moorehead/Link/Allied Holdings) Subject: Re: [newbie] X display very odd Oddly enough, I type in XF86Setup and it says

RE: [newbie] X display very odd

1999-09-15 Thread Iulian Ungureanu
, Xconfigurator is very good, but in my case it installed only 640x400 mode, 8bpp. XF86Setup did the trick for me. J -Original Message- From: bgf [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 3:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] X display very odd Oddly

Re: [newbie] X display very odd

1999-09-15 Thread DuBose8
In a message dated 9/15/99 5:41:13 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This will certainly make mee sound stupid, but how do I check which version I'm using? Thanks. -- bgf I think it is X --showversion Scott

Re: [newbie] X display very odd

1999-09-15 Thread DuBose8
You can search through the rpms folder of your install cd for it. I think it will be named something like XFree86-XF86Setup.i586.rpm. Install it from there. If you don't have X working at all, you'll probably have to mount the cdrom first with a mount -t iso9660 -r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom. Then

Re: [newbie] X display very odd

1999-09-15 Thread bgf
Thanks John, I'll try that. -- bgf John Aldrich wrote: On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, you wrote: Oddly enough, I type in XF86Setup and it says that there is no such thing. I installed Linux-Mandrake 6.0 but it's not there. How do I install it separately? And you have to be "root" to run it.

Re: [newbie] X display very odd

1999-09-14 Thread Bob Jackson
bgf wrote: Alright, I can't get my X display running correctly. I have a Princeton Ultra 17+ monitor and a STB Velocity 3D video card. Here's what's going on: My display has about half an inch of black on the left side and parts of the icons are cut off. The cut off parts are, however,

[newbie] X display very odd

1999-09-14 Thread bgf
Alright, I can't get my X display running correctly. I have a Princeton Ultra 17+ monitor and a STB Velocity 3D video card. Here's what's going on: My display has about half an inch of black on the left side and parts of the icons are cut off. The cut off parts are, however, to be found over on

Re: [newbie] X display very odd

1999-09-14 Thread DuBose8
The other configurator (if you chose to install it in the X section of install) is XF86Setup. Scott