[Newbie]option resolution has no effect

Im really sorry if this question was asked before, but i couldnt find any search-option on the mailinglist-page. If there is any, please tell me where. If not, please please please provide one. Im using Xfree 4.1 with logitech mouseman+ (old) and Xfree 4.2 with mouseman+ optical (new) both conne

RE: [Newbie]Question about the monitor

Yes, you can damage your monitor if you use incorrect horizontal or vertical refresh rates for your monitor. Look in your monitor's manual for the correct values and compare them to what you used in your XF86Config file to find out if that killed your monitor. __ Jorge -Original Message

RE: [Newbie]Install

Yes it is possible: http://xfree86.cygwin.com/ __ Jorge -Original Message- From: Dexter Filmore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 1:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Newbie]Install Sound a little like you're trying to run X in Windows. If so: this is (lucki

RE: [Newbie]Configuring the Xserver

>From the Cygwin/XFree86 FAQ (http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-xfree-faq.html#q-why-no-xf86confi g): 3.1. Why isn't there an XF86Config file? Cygwin/XFree86 uses an entirely different server executable than XFree86. Cygwin/XFree86 queries Windows for configuration information and access

[Newbie]Allocated colormaps and 4.2.0

Hi, Having just upgraded to RedHat-7.3 which uses XFree86-4.2.0, I have a question regarding colormaps. I have a colour depth of 8bpp (This is essential for the applications that I want to run, upping the colour depth is not an option) Under the previous version of X (4.0.3 in my case) I had n

[Newbie]Re: OK now how to make startx to run the KDE as a defoult ?

On May 21 at 20:57, Radek S. spoke: > how to make startx to run the KDE as a defoult ? > startx runs someting like Twm I think ... > I can run startkde on an xterm but I would like KDE to be started > automaticaly Kde has some kind of start program, maybe `startkde'. If it is startkde you may

Re: [Newbie]Help

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RE: [Newbie]Help

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[Newbie]Troubles with presario 2800 and XFree

Hi, I installed Red Hat linux on a presario 2800T with AT radeon Mobile M7 graphic card and 32MB of graphic memory, LCD display 1024x768. I chose Generic Laptop display 1024x768 with Red Hat Xconfiguration. The graphic card is recognized by linux. I get an error when i probe the screen configura

[Newbie]Re: OK now how to make startx to run the KDE as a defoult ?

> On May 21 at 20:57, Radek S. spoke: > >> how to make startx to run the KDE as a defoult ? take a look at /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc you can replace the line [toward the end of the file] twm & # starts your window manager with your wm of choice or add: startkde

[Newbie]Thanks for help with KDE

Now everything works just fine... Thank you wery much... ___ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie

Re: [Newbie]Configuring the Xserver

Pardon? X on NT4? You mean Cygwin? More detail, please. On Tue, 21 May 2002 13:49:57 +0100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > > I am trying to find the X86config file to create my Xserver on an NT4 > platform but i can't seem to find it anywhere. > > Any ideas? > ___

Re: [Newbie]OK now how to make startx to run the KDE as a defoult ?

What distro? Slackware for example has xwmconfig where you can chose your desktop. On Tue, 21 May 2002 20:57:18 +0200 (CEST) "Radek S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > how to make startx to run the KDE as a defoult ? > startx runs someting like Twm I think ... > I can run startkde on an xterm but I

Re: [Newbie]Using CTRL+ALT+F# and then back to X locks up

I take it from the lack of responses, that no one else has come across this, or doesn't have a fix for it just yet. :-( If so, does anyone know of another place I might look into for the answers. I've already tried the news groups, and found other people with the exact same problem, but they to

Re: [Newbie]Newbie Question

Once again: if you are using a Radeon, get XF4.2.0. Everything older will cause you nothing but trouble. ___ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie

Re: [Newbie]Help

So much about AOL users. ___ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie

[Newbie]What to do when startx returns ...

What to do when startx returns : Fatal error no screens found ?? where in the XF86Config i should put something ??? I know that this is a simple question but maybe I'm too stupid to find the answer on my own ... Any help wanted ___ Newbie maili

Re: [Newbie]Linux and the Radeon

> Could someone please help. > I have installed linux 7.2 with the Radeon 7000, the install seen the card > and monitor(mit 72) Okee dokee: first of all you are not running Linux 7.2. There is so such thing as Linux 7.2. What you prolly refer to is the version number of your distribution, whic

[Newbie]how do you quit xdm?

X runs fine.. I've even got a window manager that I like.. ..but I'd like a graphical login. I can start xdm and it all works fine till I want to get out. xdm restarts itself as fast as I can type ctrl-alt-bspc. In the man pages it talks about SIGTERM in the controling "xdm" section, but I'm l

Re: [Newbie]Install

On Tue, 21 May 2002 10:56:17 -0400 Jorge Valencia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes it is possible: > http://xfree86.cygwin.com/ Whoa. Hm. Okay. But why should somebody want to do that? ;P ___ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , o

Re: [Newbie]What to do when startx returns ...

5/22/2002 1:28:40 PM, "Radek S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >What to do when startx returns : > >Fatal error >no screens found > >?? > >where in the XF86Config i should put something ??? > >I know that this is a simple question but maybe I'm too stupid to find the >answer on my own ... > >Any

Re: [Newbie]Using CTRL+ALT+F# and then back to X locks up

thelupine wrote: > > I take it from the lack of responses, that no one else has come across > this, or doesn't have a fix for it just yet. :-( true. however, i can offer some ideas. first, lets assume that 'lock up' is really crash. if the x server dies, it may leave clues in either your ~/.xs

Re: [Newbie]how do you quit xdm?

dirk wrote: > > X runs fine.. I've even got a window manager that I like.. > > ..but I'd like a graphical login. > > I can start xdm and it all works fine till I want to get out. xdm > restarts itself as fast as I can type ctrl-alt-bspc. In the man pages > it talks about SIGTERM in the contro

Re: [Newbie]Linux and the Radeon

Dexter Filmore wrote: > > > Could someone please help. > > I have installed linux 7.2 with the Radeon 7000, the install seen the card > > and monitor(mit 72) i am using suse 8.0 with its XF 4.2.0 integrated and it works pretty well. i dont know what your time is worth, but as cheap as linux is,

Re: [Newbie]Re: OK now how to make startx to run the KDE as a defoult ?

On Wednesday 22 May 2002 12:21, you wrote: > On May 21 at 20:57, Radek S. spoke: > > how to make startx to run the KDE as a defoult ? Check to see if 'switchdesk' is installed--terminal req'd. That's on RH. -or- # [editor of choice] .xinitrc if file is empty add: #!/bin/sh startkde if not emp

[Newbie]RedHat 7.1

> Could someone please help. > > I have installed redhat 7.1 with the Radeon 7000, the install seen the card > > and monitor(mit 72) but the xserver will not start. Thanks guy's for your reply's, I think because my X server dosen't work is probably because I just reinstalled redhat 7.1 and its n

Re: [Newbie]RedHat 7.1

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Could someone please help. > > > I have installed redhat 7.1 with the Radeon 7000, the install seen > the card > > > and monitor(mit 72) but the xserver will not start. > > Thanks guy's > > for your reply's, I think because my X server dosen't work is probably > b

Re: [Newbie]Install

5/22/2002 1:35:50 PM, Dexter Filmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Tue, 21 May 2002 10:56:17 -0400 >Jorge Valencia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Yes it is possible: >> http://xfree86.cygwin.com/ > >Whoa. Hm. Okay. >But why should somebody want to do that? ;P Remember, lots of [most] people u

Re: [Newbie]Using CTRL+ALT+F# and then back to X locks up

5/22/2002 1:53:20 PM, jack craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >thelupine wrote: >> >> I take it from the lack of responses, that no one else has come across >> this, or doesn't have a fix for it just yet. :-( > >true. > >however, i can offer some ideas. first, lets assume that 'lock up' >is reall

Re: [Newbie]RedHat 7.1

5/22/2002 3:11:03 PM, jack craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> > Could someone please help. >> > > I have installed redhat 7.1 with the Radeon 7000, the install seen >> the card >> > > and monitor(mit 72) but the xserver will not start. >> >> Thanks guy's >> >> for

[Newbie]redhat 7.1

Thanks Jack I think thats the route I'm taking. ___ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie

[Newbie]Spontaneous selection on Sony Vaio 505 w/ XFree4.2.0 & Suse 8

I installed the Suse 8.0 distribution on my Sony Vaio PCG-Z505SX laptop. This distribution contains XFree 4.2.0 as default. The Vaio 505 is their "superslim" series which has the trackpad and two buttons. The hardware probes worked fine and I accepted all defaults. It works fine, with one very

Re: [Newbie]redhat 7.1

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Thanks Jack > > I think thats the route I'm taking. > > ___ > Newbie mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie no problem, b

Re: [Newbie]redhat 7.1

Thanks for that bit of knowledge. At 03:55 PM 5/22/2002 -0700, you wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Thanks Jack > > > > I think thats the route I'm taking. > > > > ___ > > Newbie mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > *** To unsubscribe ,

[Newbie]There is no window when I start 'X'

I downloaded X420-x.tgz and unziped the files. And I added follow lines to host.def file to compile the sources to make 'TinyX'. #define BuildServersOnly YES #define KDriveXServer YES #define TinyXServer YES Building the sources. $ make World $ make install Run the X $ X then the screen is c

Re: [Newbie]RedHat 7.1

I have read somewhere on this list that you should use X.4.2 for radeons that would mean that RH 7.3 would be the distro to use (do you have a line fast enough to download it?) downloading and installing 4.2 would be also a possibility but if you are a newbie with little time to spare... Lionel

Re: [Newbie]Using CTRL+ALT+F# and then back to X locks up

Just a remote possibiliy: I had something similar with another card and a beta of RH 7.2. I only solved it when I installed the 7.2 release. Do you have the final release or a beta version? Lionel --- jack craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > thelupine wrote: > > > > I take it from the lack of re

Re: [Newbie]What to do when startx returns ...

I agree with the answer. what happens is that in your screen section you don't have a display subsection which is usable. The cause can be in that section, for instance you specify default depth of 24 and you don't have a corresponding display subsection. More likely the problem lies with you d