Re: [Newbie]Is this all there is to XFree86?

2002-10-20 Thread RavynNiteshade
Technically, isn't that twm fired up on startx? I believe it is, and then would be a window manager.. the Tab Window Manager:) I know it's semantics, but I couldn't help it:) Chuck

Re: [Newbie]No Core Pointer error

2002-10-15 Thread RavynNiteshade
Just as an added thought, I know on my system I dont get a pointer unless its protocol is set as IMPS/2 and set to /dev/psaux,even though /dev/mouse is linked to psauxfair deal of difference sometimes between ps/2 and imps/2. Chuck

Re: [Newbie]ATI radeon

2002-10-04 Thread RavynNiteshade
This is a radeon module,not a mach 64/128. Depending on what you're using to configure it,its an ati modules with a radeon submodule,or just a radeon module. XFree86 -configure should write a workable config for it. Chuck

Re: [Newbie]Wheres Waldo? (In my case: the '/xc' directory?)

2002-09-27 Thread RavynNiteshade
The /xc directory can be found by unpacking the source which can be acquired from the xfree86.org website, MUST have lots of time or some highspeed connection...as its a rather sizeable download:) Chuck

Re: [Newbie]ATI Radeon QD PCI-Version and XFree 4.2.0 - Help!

2002-09-27 Thread RavynNiteshade
First off,the best thing to try is leave XFdrake out of it:)j/k You could either edit the section  that has the card to include some options to nudge it in the right direction.. BusID "PCI:0:14:0" #this is mine yours is probably not this... ChipID "0x5159"  #this is also mineRadeon 7000 Q

Re: [Newbie]Configuring X

2002-09-19 Thread RavynNiteshade
providing that you have both XF86_SVGA and XFree86 servers,rather than switching links all the time...wouldnt it be easier to create X as a link to XF86_SVGA and X1 as a link to XFree86? That way you could do startx X for 3.3.6 and startx X1 for 4.x.xI havent tried this as I have no need f

Re: [Newbie]Mandrake8.2 desktops

2002-08-20 Thread RavynNiteshade
Provided you have other desktop managers installed...you can go into Mandrake control Center,under boot config and do a few things there...preferably start X upon boot...then theres the autologin with the user/desktop preferred..Ive found that if you like to use more than one manager( I like Ic

[Newbie]make install problem

2002-08-17 Thread RavynNiteshade
I was having problems with the rpms for my distro,so I decided to give the source a try...make World went well after I installed the bison and flex that I didnt see needed in the docs,anyhow it stalls on make install with: /usr/bin/ld : cannot find -lncurses so I check and I currently have in