[Newbie]Configure nVidia Quadro4 for dual head with Red Hat Linux 7.3.

2002-09-12 Thread James P Leroy
Hello: I have a SuperMicro P4DC6+ dual Xeon CPU workstation with an nVidia Quadro4 750 AGP graphics adapter running Red Hat Linux 7.3 distribution (kernel 2.4.18-3smp, XFree86 version 4.2.0 [Red Hat Linux Release 4.2.0-8]) and the nVidia kernel driver 1.0-2960.rh73smp.rpm with GLX-1.0-2960.i386.r

Re: [Newbie](no subject)

2002-09-12 Thread Feeley
On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Jade wrote: > Sorry if this is a too-newbie question but I'm running X in > terminal five but I configured it to do it at system > startup. How do I stop it? [snip] I'm not sure what exactly is your question. It could be that either you are currenlty looking at an XFree86

Re: [Newbie](no subject)

2002-09-12 Thread Nat Ersoz
No question is "too newbie" for a newbie list! Edit your /etc/inittab file from: id:5:initdefault: to id:3:initdefault You should see a few comments above the "initdefault" line which gives you an idea what all this means. Nat On Wed, 2002-09-11 at 17:52, Jade wrote: > Sorry if this is a

[Newbie]setting xhost properties.

2002-09-12 Thread Terence Lo
Hi there, which file do I have to update so that I don't have to manually type xhost + hostname Do I put this line in the profile file? Anyone know? Thanks in advance. -TL ___ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change mes

Re: [Newbie]Problems after update Xfree86 4.2

2002-09-12 Thread Nat Ersoz
I've often wondered what "Xwrapper" is - where can I find source for this thing? I also need to run X as non-root - but I don't like that Xwrapper thing as I never knew what it was. My solution was to: su -c "touch /var/lock/console/$USER"; startx Nat On Wed, 2002-09-11 at 11:26, Stefan Roter

[Newbie]Gray scale

2002-09-12 Thread SteveWhite
Is there a way to set a normal system to launch X in a gray scale environment?I've a friend who prefers this interface who I promised to help out. How do I do this with a standard color monitor and Xfree drivers? I've been reading what I can find regarding color depths and such, but I'm ju

Re: [Newbie]Problems after update Xfree86 4.2

2002-09-12 Thread Bill Sawyer
At 09:23 AM 12/09/2002 -0700, you wrote: >I've often wondered what "Xwrapper" is - where can I find source for >this thing? > >I also need to run X as non-root - but I don't like that Xwrapper thing >as I never knew what it was. > >My solution was to: > >su -c "touch /var/lock/console/$USER"; star

[Newbie]UNCLE !

2002-09-12 Thread Sean Patzer
How do I initiate the nVidia drivers once I have the appropriate kernel patch applied ? When I launch X I get a message saying that it could not enumerate the display. I have Mandrake 8.2 . I installed the minimal installation and downloaded X from Xfree86. Found the Vodoo drivers to shut up the c

Re: [Newbie]UNCLE !

2002-09-12 Thread Vern W Heesch
On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 12:36:38 -0700 (PDT) "Sean Patzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How do I initiate the nVidia drivers once I have the appropriate kernel patch >applied ? When I launch X I get a message saying that it could not enumerate the >display. > > I have Mandrake 8.2 . I installe

[Newbie]DPMS no longer works!

2002-09-12 Thread Paul Murphy
DPMS will no longer set my monitor in [standby|suspend|off] mode, it used to work but since upgrading XFree-4-libraries and XFree-4-clients the monitor does not power down. In console mode the FreeBSD "green" screensaver DOES power down the monitor. My particulars: [earth] /home/paul: uname

RE: [Newbie](no subject)

2002-09-12 Thread Sheldon Lee-Wen
change your default run level in /etc/inittab from 5 to 3 (assuming you are running redhat). > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Jade > Sent: September 11, 2002 8:52 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Newbie](no subject) > > > Sorry

Re: [Newbie]UNCLE !

2002-09-12 Thread Bob Hartung
Ditto, I downloaded the nVidia drivers, followed the instructions explicitly on a new RH 7.3 install on a Dell Latitude. With hand editing of the Xfree86 config-4 file per the instrucitons, X started up in a beautiful 1600x1200 resolution! If you read it will work! HTH Bob Vern W Heesch

[Newbie]X Window

2002-09-12 Thread low chee sing
Hello, I'm currently installing FreeBSD release 4.6 on a Dell Dimension L733r with 128MB of RAM and an Intel i810e chipset. My problem is that I can't seem to get the X Window running. Everytime I hit "XFree86 -configure" or startx, my monitor went black-out and I have to reboot to kill the session

Re: [Newbie]X Window

2002-09-12 Thread Bill Sawyer
At 07:43 PM 12/09/2002 -0700, you wrote: >Hello, I'm currently installing FreeBSD release 4.6 on a Dell Dimension >L733r with 128MB of RAM and an Intel i810e chipset. My problem is that I >can't seem to get the X Window running. Everytime I hit "XFree86 >-configure" or startx, my monitor went

[Newbie]Can't get dual-head to work.

2002-09-12 Thread Ignacio Valdes
Hello all, I have a Redhat 7.3 system with a Radeon all in wonder 7500 and a nVidia Geforce2 MX 200, both hooked up to Compaq S700 monitors. My system was installed with only one monitor on the Radeon 7500 and I added the second card later. Radeon 7500 All-in-Wonder has the TV tuner, but not

[Newbie]Problem with X Cirrus Logic

2002-09-12 Thread Lai Kok Foong
Hi, I've got an old Compaq Deskpro with Cirrus Logic GD5436 and 1Mb of vid ram. The problem is that I could get X to start up in 640x480 8 and 16 bit, and 800x600 8bit, but NOT in 800x600 16bit. Why is that so? I've already read the documents and tried to modify the XF86Config file but nothing

[Newbie]Sony CPD-E400 monitor problems

2002-09-12 Thread Aaron Brice
I'm having problems with using this monitor in XFree86. At whatever resolution I run XFree86 at, the display is skewed such that towards the top 1/3rd of the screen the display curves to the right pretty steeply. No amount of fiddling with the geometry on the monitor has been able to fix the pro