[Newbie]Number Nine FX Motion 771 worked with 3.3.6 but not really with 4.2.0

Hi, I wanted to upgrade from 3.3.6 to 4.2 but I have encountered a problem. My card is a "Number Nine FX Motion 771" (S3 Inc. Vision 968 (rev 0)) and worked perfectly with the XF86_S3 server under 3.3.6. Well, the status page http://www.xfree86.org/current/Status28.html#28 mentions $ All har

[Newbie]dual screen on Toshiba LapTop

Hello, i'm trying to setup the twin view ( lcd screen + ext screen with one single video card) on my Toshiba Satellite with a Savage card , but it doesnt work : the clone mode is working, but i can't have my WM (enlightenment) divided between the 2 screens i 've tried with xinerama but i

Re: [Newbie]Video card configuration

I had no problems with that card and the drivers I got with X Lionel --- Rodrigo Leivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a problem with the configuration of the video card in the XFree server. The >video card is > a Matrox MGA 200 AGP. I've installed the 4.1.0 version of the XFree

Re: [Newbie]Respawning too fast

Hi, Ted Spradley wrote: > > In the mailing lists I see reference to the message: > > > > INIT: Id "x" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes > > If a process that init started dies, init restarts it, but if the same > program keeps dying immediately every time it's restarted ini

RE: [Newbie]Blurry Video using ATI Xpert on Red Hat 7.2 install

Are you still having this problem and are you sure it is not an issue with your monitor. I have an ATI Xpert PCI and I have not seen this problem. Is it with all software or just certain applications? John Supplee > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Newbie]help

Exist a driver for ATI 3D Rage Mobility M1 8MB... ...I can run Xfree on a notebook Sony Vaio FX501 thanks, Gianmarco. ___ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newb

[Newbie]ATI Radion with a monitor that can do 1280x1024 @ 60Hz

Hi All, I'm trying to configure X on my Debian(Woody) box and I'm having some trouble. The first thing that I did was to recompile the kernel (2.4.16) and include the following options: CONFIG_AGP=m # CONFIG_AGP_INTEL is not set # CONFIG_AGP_I810 is not set # CONFIG_AGP_VIA is not set # CONFIG

Re: [Newbie]Respawning too fast

On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Markus Schaber wrote: > Ted Spradley wrote: > > > In the mailing lists I see reference to the message: > > > > > > INIT: Id "x" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes > > > > If a process that init started dies, init restarts it, but if the same > > program kee

[Newbie]Package dependency problem.

Hello all. Running RHat 7.1. Original kernel is 2.4. I'm trying to upgrade my system. after upgrading mkinitrd, SysVinit and initscripts went for the kernel When I exec this command: rpm -ivh kernel-2.4.9-21.i586.rpm (what i want to upgrade to) I get: error: failed dependencies: e2fspro

[Newbie]Upgrading to 4.2.0 WITHOUT losing my existing desktop etc.

Hi all. Anybody have any tips on doing this. I tried to upgrade my RH 7.2 box so that I can use the updated ATI drivers and try and get some hardware accel for MPEG playback but I just succeeded in screwing up the system. So I have reinstalled and now want to try again but I don't want to bl

RE: [Newbie]Upgrading to 4.2.0 WITHOUT losing my existing desktop etc.

I used the binaries and followed the instructions ins and used xinstall.sh and it worked.   -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Tom Bednarchuk Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 1:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Newbie]Upgrading

RE: [Newbie]ATI Radion with a monitor that can do 1280x1024 @ 60Hz

Expert but it appears that your XF86Config file is screwed up in the following area: Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor"Monitor0" DefaultDepth24 SubSection "Display" Depth 1 EndSubSection

Re: [Newbie]Upgrading to 4.2.0 WITHOUT losing my existing desktop etc.

That's what I did but I guess that I answered one of the questions to the installer incorrectly. Did you just go with the defaults for everything ?? - Original Message - From: Otto E. Haliburton To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 2:41 PM Subje

[Newbie]ThinkPad Trident video workarounds and open issues

The following is my experience upgrading to XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 (using Debian package management) under Linux 2.2.19 I have had some video problems, not all solved. Hardware is an IBM ThinkPad 760ED, with a Trident Cyber 9385 aka TGUI9660. This is nicely detected by the server. In all cases

Re: [Newbie]Upgrading to 4.2.0 WITHOUT losing my existing desktop etc.

At 02:29 PM 2/5/2002 -0500, you wrote: Hi all. Anybody have any tips on doing this. I tried to upgrade my RH 7.2 box so that I can use the updated ATI drivers and try and get some hardware accel for MPEG playback but I just succeeded in screwing up the system. So I have reinstalled and now want to

RE: [Newbie]Upgrading to 4.2.0 WITHOUT losing my existing desktop etc.

Yes, you could have it replace all your defaults but I did that the first time and got in trouble.  I ended up reinstall RH 4.1 and reinstalling to preserve RH’s files.   -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Tom Bednarchuk Sent: Tuesd

Re: [Newbie]Upgrading to 4.2.0 WITHOUT losing my existing desktop etc.

> I used the binaries and followed the instructions ins and used > xinstall.sh and it worked. I am a newbie indeed, have not really upgraded anything before, should i try this at all? where would one find the binaries? I have mandrake 8.1 - should i use rpms? exploring my system: $ xinst

RE: [Newbie]Upgrading to 4.2.0 WITHOUT losing my existing desktop etc.

I think that if you did it correctly then everything is ok. There is a discussion in the archives of the fact that the binaries do change the default window manager to twm and you need to go to directories in /etc/X11/init and go to the desired window manager and change it to the one that you wan

Re: [Newbie]Upgrading to 4.2.0 WITHOUT losing my existing desktop etc.

OK , we're gonna try it again before I get too far along with this system. I'll let you know how it goes.   Thanks for the help all   Tom - Original Message - From: Dennie Lee To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 6:40 PM Subject: Re: [Newbie]Upgr

Re: [Newbie]Upgrading to 4.2.0 WITHOUT losing my existing desktop etc.

Hey all !!! Seems to be working well. Playing video with XINE is only a 5-10% CPU utilization with the Rage Fury Pro doing the grunt work. Now to get that TV out working !!!   Thanks again all   Tom - Original Message - From: Tom Bednarchuk To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tu

[Newbie]Laptops with the dreaded SiS630 chip

Hello Folks, I'm over the moon! I have been trying for a long time to get X running on my laptop. It is badged 'Pioneer' but is manufactured by Clevo. It is known by a lot of names around the world. It is based on the SiS630 chip. It is a 1G PIII with 256M of ram and with a SmartLink winmodem ba

RE: [Newbie]Blurry Video using ATI Xpert on Red Hat 7.2 install

I am having a similar problem with my ATI Xpert 2k Pro. I posted last week, but I only got one response and it didn't help (thanks anyways guys!). My problem has something to do with the monitor frequencies I think because I can make the lines and separations larger and smaller by adjusting the hs

[Newbie]startx problem (rh6.2+i740+binaries installation)

hi, i have just installed 4.1.0 (after uninstall all the old 3.3.6 rpms), the installation and configuration(with xf86config) went fine, i guess :). But everytime i do "startx", it gave me the signal 11 error...dont know what the problem is, please please help? Thanks in advance XFree86 V

[Newbie]Hmm.. ATI Xpert 2k fix?

Here's a link to a guy using an Xpert 200 Pro card running Slack 8 kernel 2.4.9 who supposedly got X working. Until I see it work on my box, I dunno... http://www.goingware.com/linux/configs/bjarne/ Check out the file linx at the bottom Chris ___