On Wednesday 05 May 2004 16:55, Michael Tienhaara wrote:
Hi,
I need to switch back and forth between Mandrake 10 and Windows. In
Windows I use Adobe Gamma to set up my monitor brightness/gamma which
produces reasonable accurate color that I need for viewing artwork.
However, when I switch
Thanks Derek. I now have a couple choices.
Michael
On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 04:58, Derek Jennings wrote:
On Wednesday 05 May 2004 16:55, Michael Tienhaara wrote:
Hi,
I need to switch back and forth between Mandrake 10 and Windows. In
Windows I use Adobe Gamma to set up my monitor
On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 12:55, Michael Tienhaara wrote:
Hi,
I need to switch back and forth between Mandrake 10 and Windows. In
Windows I use Adobe Gamma to set up my monitor brightness/gamma which
produces reasonable accurate color that I need for viewing artwork.
However, when I switch to
Thanks for the link. Much appreciated.
Michael
On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 02:19, Josenildo Marques wrote:
On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 12:55, Michael Tienhaara wrote:
Hi,
I need to switch back and forth between Mandrake 10 and Windows. In
Windows I use Adobe Gamma to set up my monitor
Thanks John !
-Original Message-
From: John A. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 8:58 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Monitor Resolution Refresh Rates
you probably won't be able to fix the problem with Mandrake Move, if
you're
On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 23:13:58 -0500
Dan Gordon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
All of a sudden my monitor goes in to sleep or suspended mode, I have
turned this off in kde, gnome, xscreensaver, the bios, looked in mcc
and
This started a few months ago with my 6 yr old Nokia 447W monitor. I
could not
On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 08:04:48 -0500
Dan Gordon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hehehe you know it really does not matter, it just never did this
before. I have been running 9.2 since it came out and always woke up
to
Now that you mention it, 10.0 here used to come up with the Tux saver,
but now
On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 04:45:37 +1100
Stephen Kuhn wrote:
Sorry - it's xlock and xscreensaver (/usr/bin/xlock and
/usr/X11R6/bin/xscreensaver)
xscreensaver used to load when I first installed XFCE but I've taken
it out of the xinitrc script as I have my druthers to turn the monitor
off when
On Sat, 2004-03-27 at 06:00, Dan Gordon wrote:
On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 04:45:37 +1100
Stephen Kuhn wrote:
Sorry - it's xlock and xscreensaver (/usr/bin/xlock and
/usr/X11R6/bin/xscreensaver)
xscreensaver used to load when I first installed XFCE but I've taken
it out of the xinitrc
Hoyt Bailey wrote:
I would suggest since the monitor is causing the alleged problem you
might try the buttons just under the screen on your monitor, one of
them should provide you with a menu and likely one of the menu items
will resolve the difficulty to your satisfaction.
Nothing in
On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 21:32, John Richard Smith wrote:
Hoyt Bailey wrote:
I would suggest since the monitor is causing the alleged problem you
might try the buttons just under the screen on your monitor, one of
them should provide you with a menu and likely one of the menu items
will
Stephen Kuhn wrote:
On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 21:32, John Richard Smith wrote:
Hoyt Bailey wrote:
I would suggest since the monitor is causing the alleged problem you
might try the buttons just under the screen on your monitor, one of
them should provide you with a menu and likely one of
Stephen Kuhn wrote:
On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 04:37, John Richard Smith wrote:
MD9.1 doesn't seem to of heard of these,
man Xlockmore
No manual entry for Xlockmore
Xlockmore --help
bash: Xlockmore: command not found
man Xscreensaver
No manual entry for Xscreensaver
Xscreensaver --help
bash:
On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 09:25, John Richard Smith wrote:
I believe you are correct Stephen,
If I type xscreensaver into a terminal I can see several places to set
up powersaving and other things.
So, Xlock (which I had never ever heard of) merely sets passwords to unlock
screensaver,
and
Dan Gordon wrote:
On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 09:51:48 -0500
Dan Gordon wrote:
Maybe setterm -powersave off
Thanks will let you know if this works
setterm -powersave off
gave me this cannot (un)set powersave mode
so i tried setterm -blank 0
and setterm -powerdown 0
no errors so i will see what
On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 09:44:28 +
John Richard Smith wrote:
The choices in setterm seem to be,
[ -powersave [on | vsync | hsync | powerdown | off] ]
which I took to mean,
powersave on with Verticle and horizontal syncronisation and powerdown
off.[ -powerdown [0-60] ]
this sets the time
On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 07:23:30 -0500
Dan Gordon wrote:
On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 09:44:28 +
John Richard Smith wrote:
The choices in setterm seem to be,
[ -powersave [on | vsync | hsync | powerdown | off] ]
which I took to mean,
powersave on with Verticle and horizontal
Dan Gordon wrote:
I think I'm just going to not worry about this any longer.
Regards,
Dan Gordon
Yes, either,
-blank [0-60]
or,
-powerdown [0-60]
not sure which,
sets the powerdown(or powersave)
to however many minutes) between 0 and 60 minutes.
and that's it.
If you want screen
On Tuesday 23 March 2004 07:04 am, Dan Gordon wrote:
On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 10:00:18 +
John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't think it's that simple. The TCO symbol means the monitor
itself can do this, I know in theory the bios ought to shut it down
if you can set it as
Dan Gordon wrote:
On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 19:30:29 +
John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dan Gordon wrote:
Yes its definetly in a fixed interval but is a longer time than 15
minutes, more like an hour but I'm not sure exactly. I have turned
off power control in kde both as user
On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 10:00:18 +
John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't think it's that simple. The TCO symbol means the monitor
itself can do this, I know in theory the bios ought to shut it down
if you can set it as such not all bioses can.
I think windblows has some other
Dan Gordon wrote:
On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 10:00:18 +
John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't think it's that simple. The TCO symbol means the monitor
itself can do this, I know in theory the bios ought to shut it down
if you can set it as such not all bioses can.
I think windblows
On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:34:13 +
John Richard Smith wrote:
Well maybe there is a way then.
There is the setterm command,
try looking at settern --help, or man setterm
and see if any of those work ?
Just a possibility
Maybe setterm -powersave off
Thanks will let you know if this
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On Monday 22 March 2004 11:13 am, Dan Gordon wrote:
All of a sudden my monitor goes in to sleep or suspended mode, I have
turned this off in kde, gnome, xscreensaver, the bios, looked in mcc and
at a loss, turned off apm. Is there any where else i
On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 14:53:46 +0700
Fajar Priyanto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Uumm... how about in BIOS?
- --
Have checked in BIOS, i should mention that this is 9.2.
For the life of me I can not find out where the monitor is being put on
standby.
Regards,
Dan Gordon
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On Monday 22 March 2004 08:38 pm, Dan Gordon wrote:
On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 14:53:46 +0700
Fajar Priyanto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Uumm... how about in BIOS?
- --
Have checked in BIOS, i should mention that this is 9.2.
For the life of me I can
On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 22:16:34 +0700
Fajar Priyanto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is this happening in a fix interval, say when you leave your box
untouched for about 15 minutes, etc? Or randomly?
Have you checked in ConfigurationKDEPower Control?
- --
Yes its definetly in a fixed interval but
On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 19:30:29 +
John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dan Gordon wrote:
Yes its definetly in a fixed interval but is a longer time than 15
minutes, more like an hour but I'm not sure exactly. I have turned
off power control in kde both as user and in root.
On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 13:01:54 +
Marco Verheul disseminated the following:
I can't seem to set the recommended resolution in Mandrake Control
Center. It does not show the combination of the resolution/refresh rate
I want to select. Is there another way?
Could it be that my graphic card
From: Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mandrake Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] monitor configuration
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 06:41:48 +1000
On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 01:39, Miark wrote:
On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 03:37:10 +, d2ci1fj g1nf24
[EMAIL
On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 03:37:10 +, d2ci1fj g1nf24 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There's an attachment to this email about configuring a monitor. I don't
understand most of it. Would somebody be to able explain it to me?
How do I read a .bz2 file from the text login screen?
You must first
On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 01:39, Miark wrote:
On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 03:37:10 +, d2ci1fj g1nf24 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There's an attachment to this email about configuring a monitor. I don't
understand most of it. Would somebody be to able explain it to me?
How do I read a .bz2 file
From: Carroll Grigsby [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] monitor configuration
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 20:36:02 -0400
On Friday 12 September 2003 11:37 pm, d2ci1fj g1nf24 wrote:
Hi,
There's an attachment to this email about configuring
Hi,
There's an attachment to this email about configuring a monitor. I
don't understand most of it. Would somebody be to able explain it to
me?
How do I read a .bz2 file from the text login screen?
From,
Is this at runlevel 3, 5, or both?
Miark
On Thu, 3 Apr 2003 21:43:46 -0600
Osiris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Greetings
Just installed 9.0 and it seems my monitor wants to click on/off every 3
seconds or so. I assume this is a driver issue, but I can not find any
updates. I am using
On Tuesday 01 April 2003 07:51 pm, Keith Powell wrote:
I have just changed my monitor from a CRT one to a TFT
one.
The old monitor was running with the same settings as the
new one requires - 1024x768 at 75Hz.
The new one works well with Windows98 and with Libranet.
I did not have to
On Sunday 05 January 2003 09:29 am, David Robertson stated:
With regard to the monitor, the manual should give the horizontal and
vertical frequencies, so those can be entered in the custom monitor
settings.
David
I have a sort of weird situation; I didn't know it was possible to overclock a
David Reynolds wrote:
On Sunday 05 January 2003 09:29 am, David Robertson stated:
With regard to the monitor, the manual should give the horizontal and
vertical frequencies, so those can be entered in the custom monitor
settings.
David
I have a sort of weird situation; I didn't know it
On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 10:40:41AM -0600, David Reynolds wrote:
virtual screen - larger than my display. I was aiming for 1024x768, and
apparently that is what I got...sort of. Alt-Ctrl +/- got me into a stable
situation, and I had to resave the session a few times.
How did you get alt-ctrl
On Sunday 05 Jan 2003 5:54 pm, Hendrik Boom wrote:
On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 10:40:41AM -0600, David Reynolds wrote:
virtual screen - larger than my display. I was aiming for 1024x768, and
apparently that is what I got...sort of. Alt-Ctrl +/- got me into a
stable situation, and I had to
On Sunday 05 Jan 2003 10:42 pm, Anne Wilson wrote:
On Sunday 05 Jan 2003 5:54 pm, Hendrik Boom wrote:
On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 10:40:41AM -0600, David Reynolds wrote:
virtual screen - larger than my display. I was aiming for 1024x768, and
apparently that is what I got...sort of. Alt-Ctrl
On Monday 04 Nov 2002 01:19, Angus Auld wrote:
Peter Watson wrote:
I am using KDE 3.0 on LM 9.0.
The monitor power saving features (standby, suspend and power off )
were working fine except that they interfered with ripping a DVD which
went on for a long period and so I disabled them
Peter Watson wrote:
I am using KDE 3.0 on LM 9.0.
The monitor power saving features (standby, suspend and power off ) were
working fine except that they interfered with ripping a DVD which went on
for a long period and so I disabled them from ConfigureKDEPower
ControlEnergy.
After
hei people,
my monitor blinking all time.
I need to configure XWindows. I am running Mandrake, I don't
know how it is done.
I am using:
mandrake linux ppc 8.2
kernel version 2.4 18.6.1
monitor Imac/powerpc-640x480
I run KDE version 2.2.2
Graphic
vasscon wrote:
My monitor,a 15'' Proview PK-572 isn't listed
if no other responce log http://www.google.com/ and run search
for 'proview AND pk-572 AND linux' and you should get a few hits.
drop 'linux' and you should get many hits.
log proview site, search 'pk-572', pull tech specs, plug
On Sunday 20 January 2002 05:54 pm, you wrote:
Have you tried: K -- CONFIGURATION -- KDE -- POWER CONTROL -- ENERGY ?
Hi,
When my IBM 202 monitor shuts itself down for the night, and I am
still logged in, I have to turn the whole box off in the morning (which
led to more difficuties
There it was, right in front of me. Never bothered to
look there because I figured this wasn't a laptop and
didn't apply (batteries). Thanks for the response
--- Dan Shackelford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sunday 20 January 2002 05:54 pm, you wrote:
Have you tried: K -- CONFIGURATION
On Saturday 22 December 2001 13:33, poogle wrote:
Probably won't be a lot of use here, but assuming you have
correctly configured your monitor refresh rates/horizonta/vertical
frequencies have you got access to another video card ? I ask
because I had an S3Trio64/3D which I could never get to
Probably won't be a lot of use here, but assuming you have correctly
configured your monitor refresh rates/horizonta/vertical frequencies have you
got access to another video card ? I ask because I had an S3Trio64/3D which I
could never get to work, in the end I gave up and bought a different
TR Hi All,
TR I have a monitor that is NOT listed but does 1024/768 and an S3Trio Video
TR Card. Once I've picked ANYTHING for monitor and/or resolution my computer
TR hangs with some message about nodevice. I can reproduce this message
TR exactly if you need to see it fully, but does anyone
is the video card agp? or pci? if pci, what slot? if agp what is in the pci
slot next to it? (should be empty)
Bottom of 3 PCI slots. Network card is in the top PCI slot.
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello group,
I have installed Mandrake 8.1 and I would really like the
annoying sleep mode or shutting down of my monitor to
stop.'
anyone have any great ideas??
thnxXsturm
Xsturmas root, load the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 into an
editor and make this line
In reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s words, written Thu, 15 Nov 2001
23:24:48 -0600
It's either the power management in the BIOS, or the Advanced Power Management
(APM) daemon in the boot. Run Mandrake Control Center (mcc) and look for
services.
Paul
Hello group,
I have installed Mandrake 8.1 and I
From an xterm...
xset s off
-JMS
|-Original Message-
|From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
|[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of
|[EMAIL PROTECTED]
|Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 12:25 AM
|To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
|Subject: [newbie] Monitor
|
|
|Hello group,
|
|I have installed Mandrake 8.1
On Tue, 31 Jul 2001 23:22:17 -0400
Aldo Caruso [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.monitorworld.com/
There you'll find specs for most monitors
Cheers
Hi,
I've just installed Mandrake 8 and I've a monitor LG Studioworks 441.
Mandrake correctly detects the card (Intel 810), but when it
thanks for the quick responses! I dual boot both linux and winME with an
older 17 IBM monitor that I got for $99 and it works just fine. My dad is
kinda weird about these things and I have him really interested in linux, but
when he had the monitor problem of course he blamed it on linux and
Edit the order of the fonts in the xfs config file:
vi /etc/X11/fs/config
(it probably has the 75 point first and the 100point second. Reverse
that, and put the 100 point first.).
Then, stop restart xfs:
service xfs restart
Then stop restart X
(a little trickier).
If you're using kdm/gdm
I had a similar problem with an S3 TRIO and the only way I could get the
card to work was during the installation processes. Boot from the CD and
hit F1 when the CD first boots (you should see and option for it). Then
type 'vgalo' in the command line. Once I did this, my video came up and
worked
Thanks for the reply. I found a combination that works; 8514
compatible, 1028 X 768 @ 87 Hz, interlaced (no 800 X 600). Phew! (G) I
found the manual on the monitor, in the back the was a chart showing
"factory preset display modes." This was one of them that appeared on
the list in Mandrake
yes i didbut in my case XFdrake=Xconfigurator...both commands
start Xconfigurator ( i did a server install), maybe this is the reason why
XF86Setup didnt get installed ? )
meanwhile i solved the problem otherwise..by reinstalling and choosing
the graphic card at install
You don't call XFdrake that way. The command line command to issue at the
command prompt is "setuptool". You will be presented with a small menu of
utilities to choose from. All to make it possible to configure your system.
One of those is XFdrake. Give it a try. Drop out of a console from X by
On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Dave wrote:
I just put a new monitor on my system and now the grapical part of linux
won't come up. Question is: how do I change the settings from the command
line. I have tried Xconfigurator and XFdrake , but both take me to selecting
a video card only.
You can edit the
At 19:12 15.01.2001 +0100, you wrote:
On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Dave wrote:
I just put a new monitor on my system and now the grapical part of linux
won't come up. Question is: how do I change the settings from the command
line. I have tried Xconfigurator and XFdrake , but both take me to
in my case neither of them does allow me to set my video card.instead
both let me choose a monitor
is there any other way to select the video card ?..XF86Setup doesnt
exist on my system, only xf86config which crashes all
the time
quay
Quay,
Have you tried to do
At 23:15 15.01.2001 -0500, you wrote:
in my case neither of them does allow me to set my video card.instead
both let me choose a monitor
is there any other way to select the video card ?..XF86Setup doesnt
exist on my system, only xf86config which crashes all
the
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
Hi Phil,
What type of monitor and graphics card are you using? And, what is the
resolution
and amount of colors on your color palette?
In the meantime, trying selecting a generic monitor and reduce your
resolution to 800 X 600.
Then, work your way up to a higher resolution. If you have a
Mandrake 7.1 seems better than the 6.5 version I replaced, but had the
identical problem with the display skewed left. I simply reset the
monitor display and after about 60 seconds it "takes" and seems to be
holding. I had to change resolution to 800X600. Using Amdek 815E
monitor and Erazor
1) If you have a newer monitor (2 years old or so) then you can merely save
the settings to the Monitor's RAM after adjusting it.
Next time Linux comes up, it will switch to the appropriate mode.
2) If you have a REALLY old monitor, you'll need to be sure that Linux is
running at EXACTLY the
] Monitor shut off
when it gets to the login prompt the screen just goes black. there is
still
power to it it just goes blank.
- Original Message -
From: "vern" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2000 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Monitor shut off
a. my install went smooth except i needa new modem =(
- Original Message -
From: "Alan Shoemaker" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: "Marc" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2000 9:37 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Monitor shut off
| Marcwhat's md? I as
00 9:22 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Monitor shut off
| Sorry to get off the subject but your e-mail comes in with the a ! next to
| it whats that mean and hwo do you do it? Sorry about off the topic just
| curious. :)
|
| - Original Message -
| From: Marc [EMAIL PROTECTED]
| To: [EMAIL PROTECT
when it gets to the login prompt the screen just goes black. there is still
power to it it just goes blank.
- Original Message -
From: "vern" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2000 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Monitor shut off
| Shut off as to pow
vickyit's probably an illusion since you're more than
likely used to windows method of echoing an asterisk for each
keystroke at a password prompt. Unlike windows, Linux echos
nothing, so it may appear to you that it is not accepting your
keystrokes, but it is. Just type your password and
Carol,
I found and have used the program provided at http://www.belarc.com.
It appears to identify all component, hardware and software, that is on my box
it takes three or four minutes to download and run. Well worth the time.
On Thu, 04 May 2000, WolfRyder wrote:
I've installed
When I use "xf86setup" or one of the other text based X configuration
proggies, I usually choose GENERIC MONITOR, and 50-90 MHz for the monitor
refresh, I have a Sceptre 14" monitor that is not listed.
HTH
Jaguar
WolfRyder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've installed mandrake 7 twice trying to get
WolfRyder wrote:
I've installed mandrake 7 twice trying to get LILO to work right. Right
now, I boot from the rescue floppy because LILO, which worked the 2nd time,
would hang up my login screen in Win98. I have multiple users on my puter
and where the user name and password goes, the whole
I have been reading these posts with interest. I installed mandrake 7.0
yesterday. I have 2 hdd's , linux is on the first one and I installed
windows on the 2nd one. The dual boot is working fine, But !!! when it
boots into linux I cant log in. I can type in root or my username and
tab or use the
On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, Omar RodrÃguez wrote:
does any one know of a program to set the monitor brightnes higher
my problem is a simple one
i have a voodoo 3 3000 on my pc and got it to work,
the thing is that when i run games (unreal tournament) the picture looks
way too dark, ive seen
Omar RodrÃguez wrote:
Yes, i alredy maxed it out on the game setup and also manually on
my monitor but its still way too dark
on windows the drivers came with a tweaking tool for gamma correction
it does look a little better but not quite the way its supused to
The X Windows System also
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
powerdiver1000 wrote:
Having problem setting up Monitor, I think thats why when it promps me
to start program it goes thru this long list of things then my Monitor
light turns amber nothing else happens. Any help would be
appreciated. Thanks Dewain Narron 757-866-0301
Nothing is wrong
On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Joe Brault wrote:
| Hello again
|
| I have a question for you all. I recently did a dual boot on my Gateway
| Solo laptop with Win98 and Linux-Mandrake 6.5. I had an easy time
| installiing the operating system, however, I need to change my monitor
|
... maybe. Xconfigurator does an okay job, but the last time I used
it (Mandrake 6.0, I think) it would not set the DefaultColorDepth line
even if you did not pick a resolution for a color depth other than 8-bit.
if you have XF86Setup installed, that may work better. If not, then
you'll have
As root type the following at a command prompt:
XConfigurator
FWIW - I was extremely nervous to change my settings. If I messed up the
settings and couldn't read the screen, the OS would be worthless. The above
command lets you test the settings before applying them. As a newbie, this
one
Tthanks to you all. It was very helpful (and I'm going to install a different
monitor: turns out that this one is a rarity :-)
Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, M Thompson wrote:
I hope I'm not banned from the list for saying this, but...
Check out www.winfiles.com and go to
I hope I'm not banned from the list for saying this, but...
Check out www.winfiles.com and go to the drivers section to see if you can
dig up anything.
Matt
From: Dan Schaller [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Monitor specs
Date: Sat, 27
On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, M Thompson wrote:
I hope I'm not banned from the list for saying this, but...
Check out www.winfiles.com and go to the drivers section to see if you can
dig up anything.
Matt
I think he may have ment www.windrivers.com
From: Dan Schaller [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Run XF86config. Lets you set the resolution with several options. For
example, selecting 543 should have it try to run at 1024 X 768 first and go
down in resolution if necessary. You can also st it so it won't make the
screen so large you have to scroll off the edges. You should know your
On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Also, if Web
Pages are being rendered in a tiny unreadable font, is it a problem with X,
fonts, or what? TIA...
rendered by what program? Netscape? KFM? another browser? If its Netscape, it
may be as simple as changing the character encoding -- look in your
Run XF86config. Lets you set the resolution with several options. For
example, selecting 543 should have it try to run at 1024 X 768 first and go
down in resolution if necessary. You can also st it so it won't make the
screen so large you have to scroll off the edges. You should know your
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote:
Help!
I want to set the screen resolution of my Q-71 monitor to 1024x768.
Problem is that installation of Mandrake Linux 6.1 set default resolution to
something around 1280x1024.
When using xConfigurator, the default resolution is about 640x480 with the
Gilles Lahaie wrote:
Help!
I want to set the screen resolution of my Q-71 monitor to 1024x768.
Problem is that installation of Mandrake Linux 6.1 set default
resolution to something around 1280x1024.
When using xConfigurator, the default resolution is about 640x480 with
the screen
use Xconfigurator from a prompt
or XF86Setup
matt
On Sun, 14 Nov 1999, you wrote:
How do you get back to that program that helped setup the monitor? It had that
visual test to see what your settings would look
like before you accept it.
Seve
boot to console mode (at LILO type "linux 3") and then type "setup"
and select "x configuration"
run Xconfigurator or xf86config
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Christian Charles Opp wrote:
When I first installed Linux Mandrake 6.1 I didn't know what the
resolutions were. I know now and would like to change it. How do I do
this?
Thanks,
chris
Cris ,
To solve your problem on the monitor side select Viewsonic ES 14
using 600x800 or the default setting detected by Linux.
Clyde
At 02:05 PM 11/10/99 -0600, you wrote:
When I first installed Linux Mandrake 6.1 I didn't know what the
resolutions were. I know now and would like to
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote:
When I first installed Linux Mandrake 6.1 I didn't know what the
resolutions were. I know now and would like to change it. How do I do
this?
As root, rerun "setup" and choose "video" or run
/usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config or /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86Setup
John
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