Re: [Newbie]More help

2002-08-14 Thread Lionel Lecoq
do you mean /etc/X11/XF86Config-4? Lionel --- Dame, Jared M (SAIC) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Found the drivers on www.nvidia.com But! Have a GeForce 440 Go and now I have the drivers for the system. I followed the readme stating to install the RPM's for the system and make the corrections

Re: [Newbie]I want the middle mouse button to work (Serial mouse)

2002-08-14 Thread Lionel Lecoq
comment out Option Emulate3Buttons yes Lionel --- Johann Oskarsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Vern W Heesch wrote: uncomment the ZAxisMapping line. That, on it's own, does not help. On Tue, 13 Aug 2002 19:23:36 +0500 (GMT-5) Johann Oskarsson

Re: [Newbie]No screens found !

2002-08-14 Thread Didier Adams
I find the error... problem with XF86config file chose by X... and ServerLayout choice Thanks... Look through your XF86Config file and make sure you have a Screen section and a ServerLayout section. The ServerLayout section needs to specify what screen you want to use. Here's mine: # Any

[Newbie]XFree 4.2.0 and GeForce2 Go = No Go

2002-08-14 Thread Lars Hecking
Hi all, I cannot get X to work at all on my laptop. OpenBSD 3.1 i386 (release version) XFree 4.2.0 XFree86 -configure identifies the card as NVidia GeForce2 Go rev 178. When I subsequentlY RUN xFree86 -xf86config /root/XF86Config.new, X starts up, but the display is completely garbled

[Newbie]s3 driver for xfree86 4.2.0-10.3

2002-08-14 Thread Thomas Geenen
dear diamond stealth 64 lovers first some system specs: i run mandrake 8.2 on an old world g3 ppc xfree86-4.2.0 from the 4.2.0-10.3mdk package the problem that i have is: I want to get my second graphics adapter to work. a diamond stealth 64 vram: S3 Inc. 86c968 [Vision 968 VRAM] rev 0 (rev

Re: [Newbie]xfree 4.1. and ATI RAGE 128 PRO ULTRA AGP

2002-08-14 Thread Darrell Dupas
From: david loaisa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Newbie]xfree 4.1. and ATI RAGE 128 PRO ULTRA AGP Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 11:27:37 -0700 (PDT) Hello, I have downloaded the first of the debian woody isos and have installed it. Of course, my problem

Re: [Newbie]1st help / question

2002-08-14 Thread Lionel Lecoq
I would put X 3.3.6 (for instance fron RH 7.x) Lionel --- IgNaTz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello everyone! i'm at the beggining in xfree so please be pacient ;) i got a ibm (486) laptop that got win95... but low memory and low disk capacity. is there a way to put xfree on it? what do i

Re: [Newbie]XFree 4.2.0 and GeForce2 Go = No Go

2002-08-14 Thread Lionel Lecoq
did you get the nvidia drivers (closed source on their site) look also at http://www.linux-laptop.net/ Lionel --- Lars Hecking [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I cannot get X to work at all on my laptop. OpenBSD 3.1 i386 (release version) XFree 4.2.0 XFree86 -configure

[Newbie]ATI MOBILITY FIREGL 7800

2002-08-14 Thread Laurent Bourqui
Hello, Sorry to ask again, but I would like to know if the ATI MOBILITY FIREGL 7800 is supported by Xfree86. Chip Type: FireGL DAC Type: Internal DAC(350Mhz) Thanks for a short answer. Regards Laurent -- Get my pgp public key at http://www.bnc.ch/company/contact/pgp/laurent

Re: [Newbie]xfree 4.1. and ATI RAGE 128 PRO ULTRA AGP

2002-08-14 Thread Joshua Lokken
8/1/2002 11:27:37 AM, david loaisa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I have downloaded the first of the debian woody isos and have installed it. Of course, my problem comes when starting the X windows. Can any one tell me whether is my card supported or any way to make my card work. May be

Re: [Newbie]1st help / question

2002-08-14 Thread Dexter Filmore
First of all you need Linux. XFree86 is a graphical user interface for Unices, not Windows. However there is Cygwin, but I can't tell too much about that since I never used it. AFAIK it supplies you with a Un*x environment in Win NT. Dex i got a ibm (486) laptop that got win95... but low

Re: [Newbie]1st help / question

2002-08-14 Thread Joshua Lokken
8/14/2002 10:31:16 AM, Dexter Filmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First of all you need Linux. Or another open-source *NIX, such as FreeBSD -- http://www.freebsd.org FreeBSD: The Power to Serve (and a stellar software package)! XFree86 is a graphical user interface for Unices, not Windows.

Re: [Newbie]ATI MOBILITY FIREGL 7800

2002-08-14 Thread Joshua Lokken
8/14/2002 10:02:52 AM, Laurent Bourqui [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Sorry to ask again, but I would like to know if the ATI MOBILITY FIREGL 7800 is supported by Xfree86. Chip Type: FireGL DAC Type: Internal DAC(350Mhz) Thanks for a short answer. Regards Laurent A really short answer is

Re: [Newbie]XFree 4.2.0 and GeForce2 Go = No Go

2002-08-14 Thread Matthew S. Blackburn
What type of notebook is it? I have found my resources on the web for putting Linux on Laptops. I'm working on getting my Toshiba 5005-504S working. Darn keyboard issues though. Matt At 12:39 PM 8/14/2002 +0100, you wrote: Hi all, I cannot get X to work at all on my laptop. OpenBSD

Re: [Newbie]XFree 4.2.0 and GeForce2 Go = No Go

2002-08-14 Thread Lars Hecking
Matthew S. Blackburn writes: What type of notebook is it? It's a no-name, according the vendor internally very similar to Toshiba (dunno which model(s)). I have found my resources on the web for putting Linux on Laptops. I'm working on getting my Toshiba 5005-504S working. Darn

Re: [Newbie]XFree 4.2.0 and GeForce2 Go = No Go

2002-08-14 Thread Matthew S. Blackburn
I'm having problems with X and Mandrake 8.2. But from what I have read the keyboard problems are across all distros. It's the darn new BIOSless systems. Matt At 07:52 PM 8/14/2002 +0100, you wrote: Matthew S. Blackburn writes: What type of notebook is it? It's a no-name, according the

Re: [Newbie]ATI MOBILITY FIREGL 7800

2002-08-14 Thread Lionel Lecoq
2 places to look: http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.0/Status6.html#6 http://www.linux-laptop.net/ more I don't know... Lionel --- Joshua Lokken [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 8/14/2002 10:02:52 AM, Laurent Bourqui [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Sorry to ask again, but I would like to know if the

Re: [Newbie]X probs (many)

2002-08-14 Thread Joshua Lokken
8/4/2002 2:52:20 AM, Bruno BUREL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Your original mail was crazily formatted, and I have snipped most of it. Here's what I see in these files (I am a newbie, use FreeBSD, and am unfamiliar with your specific hardware): Hello ! After installing XFree 4.2

[Newbie]Re: Welcome to the Newbie mailing list

2002-08-14 Thread Mike O'Brien
I've installed XFree86 4.2.0 on a couple of FreeBSD machines now, and I'm curious if there's any way to specify or edit the Modelines that the server automatically generates. It seems to generate a huge number of them, almost all of them uselessly low resolution or geometrically

Re: [Newbie]Re: Welcome to the Newbie mailing list

2002-08-14 Thread Joshua Lokken
8/14/2002 2:48:54 PM, Mike O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've installed XFree86 4.2.0 on a couple of FreeBSD machines now, and I'm curious if there's any way to specify or edit the Modelines that the server automatically generates. It seems to generate a huge number of them, almost

Re: [Newbie]Re: Welcome to the Newbie mailing list

2002-08-14 Thread Mike O'Brien
I've never had the problem of multiple modelines. I simply define [only] the modes I want/need in the Screen section of XF86Config, like so: Modes 1280x1024 1024x768 This was the magic info I've been missing. This is how to restrict the ridiculous number of modelines that the X

[Newbie]old laptop help

2002-08-14 Thread IgNaTz
ok... i appriciate all the help u guys gave to me :) but i have a nasty one now... this laptop only got floopy drive...no cd rom !!! so.. i would like to know wich is the best SO (except win) to put there...by floppy disks! any help will be thankfull :) tia.! Ignatz aka Heitor

Re: [Newbie]ScanPCI problems.

2002-08-14 Thread Marc Aurele La France
On Wed, 7 Aug 2002, no spam wrote: I use old ASUS MediaBus S3 868 Card (PCI+ISA in a single card) with PCI BusID (0:9:0). If I try ScanPCI (from command line) with -1 or -2 option, it shows 60 different video cards! However if I use ScanPCI (from command line) with -O (Operating System)

Re: [Newbie]howto update ONLY radeon_drv for Dell dual head

2002-08-14 Thread Marc Aurele La France
On Wed, 14 Aug 2002, Ken Barr wrote: Is it possible to update only the radeon_drv.o file from CVS? (I want to get the fixes for the Dell OEM card) It seems safer and easier to stick with mostly 4.2.0 rather than build a CVS snapshot of the entire distribution. You are on your own here.

Re: Re: [Newbie]I want the middle mouse button to work (Serial mouse)

2002-08-14 Thread Roy
Johann Oskarsson,ÄúºÃ£¡ Please try to run mouseconfig,clear the option Emulate 3 Buttons mouse,restart. Best regards, == HuaCheng Yin GeneralTouch Technology Co.,Ltd. RD Department Tel: +8628-8734 4128 ext. 853 Fax: +8628-8734 1133 E_mailto:

Re: [Newbie]CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE Question

2002-08-14 Thread Brian T. Schellenberger
Server. It's controlled from the XF86Config, so the only way to control it per-user is if the server is started up per-user. On Friday 09 August 2002 01:10 pm, Douglas Douglas wrote: | Hi Everybody. | Is there any way to override the CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE | combination to restart X-Server? | I