Re: [newbie] install bug?

1999-11-29 Thread touco
logged on as root, i get permission denied. i'll make it easier for the both of us. i'll go on back to 6.0 and work away my "newbie"ness. in the meantime, if you have that proverbial light go off inside your head about my particular problem, feel free to post it. i'll be lurking & learning. Than

Re: [newbie] install bug?

1999-11-28 Thread touco
yes, and in many different combinations of resolution and color modes. maybe it's the combination of card and monitor that i have. you said that you're using a 17" Komodo. are you also running mandrake 6.5? as i said, i had no problems running 6.0 with the same hardware. ;) Steve Philp wrote: >

Re: [newbie] install bug?

1999-11-27 Thread Steve Philp
touco wrote: > > my video card is a trident 3dimage975 agp > > i have these two options in manual install: > > when writing to /etc/X11/xf86Config i get a "explicit kill" message. > > when writing to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xf86Config i get: > Vertical Refresh Rate Expected It looks like there's

Re: [newbie] install bug?

1999-11-27 Thread touco
my video card is a trident 3dimage975 agp i have these two options in manual install: when writing to /etc/X11/xf86Config i get a "explicit kill" message. when writing to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xf86Config i get: Vertical Refresh Rate Expected X11 TransocketUNIX Connect: can't connect: errno=111 giv

RE: [newbie] install bug?

1999-11-26 Thread Ramiro López Sales
Subject: [newbie] install bug? > i am installing mandrake 6.5. all goes well until i specify monitor > resolution. at testing x configuration, i get the "do you see this > message" "yes or no" screen, but i just can't read the question. if i > enter yes anyway, when i reboot, my screens overlap,

RE: [newbie] install bug?

1999-11-24 Thread Miranda Heinz-AHM008
I think that the problem is the video card, which is the model of your video card? Perhaps need to download the correct Xserver for your card. -Original Message- From: touco [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 6:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] insta