Re: [XFree86] x window don't run

2003-08-17 Thread Craig Ringer
Try starting your X font server. As root, run '/etc/init.d/xfs start' . Then see if it works. If so, set xfs to start at boot. http://www.google.com/search?q='cannot find default font fixed' Craig Ringer ___ XFree86 mailing l

Re: [XFree86] strange problem with xfree

2003-08-14 Thread Craig Ringer
this is the problem, and you have some idea why it might not be setuid root, you can make the XFree86 binary setuid root using "chmod u+s" as root. Craig Ringer ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Re: [XFree86] can not enter to xwindows

2003-08-14 Thread Craig Ringer
m a console, as root, try running "/etc/init.d/xfs start" and then starting X. How are you trying to start X anyway? You didn't say if you're running it from "startx", via a display manager, or what. Craig Ringer ___ XFr

Re: [XFree86] Black screen when running X

2003-08-14 Thread Craig Ringer
luck with the suggestions I made in my last mail on this - check out the xdmcp setup on the sun box and make sure the networking is going ok. Of course, if you know that both of these are fine, and there's nothing in the logs on the sun box, that

Re: [XFree86] Problem report - Mandrake 9.1 on Dell Optiplex GX270with Flat Screen 1504FP

2003-08-14 Thread Craig Ringer
ately, boot into single user mode (this is a boot option in most distros) and reconfigure X from there. I don't know what setup tool mandrake uses - drakx comes to mind, but perhaps Xconfigurator is right. Perhaps someone who uses mandrake can post with the correct one? Craig Ringer _

Re: [XFree86] (no subject)

2003-08-14 Thread Craig Ringer
you follow the documentation link you'll be able to find: http://www.xfree86.org/~dawes/4.3.0/Status6.html#6 pretty quickly. I expect the reason you got no response is because the documentation was already on the website. Craig Ringer ___ XFree

Re: [XFree86] Video problems

2003-08-14 Thread Craig Ringer
that it falls within the monitor's limits where it picks a higher rate for 1024x768? Did you try reducing your HSync and VRefresh rates a bit to see if that helped? Craig Ringer ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Re: [XFree86] Black screen when running X

2003-08-14 Thread Craig Ringer
st somewhat well behaved. Hell, it'll deal with OpenServer 'luck Craig Ringer I'm not familiar with the "-query" switch. But a black screen and cursor is all you're expected to get when you run "X". I think you want "startx -- :1" It runs an

Re: [XFree86] Black border around display

2003-08-14 Thread Craig Ringer
I have a new Toshiba laptop with an NVidia-based card. The screen can do a resolution of 1600x1200. I tried to use my Gnome control panel to increase the font size, and that works for many applications, but a number of applications, notably mozilla, and xmms, still use painfully tiny fonts. I'd ra

Re: [XFree86] Video problems

2003-08-14 Thread Craig Ringer
cing your HSync and VRefresh rates a bit to see if that helped? Craig Ringer Yeah pretty certain, my monitor has a nice little message box for whenever it recieves out of range refresh rates. This is exactly like power managed sleep. I like that - too many cheap monitors just go into powersave

Re: [XFree86] newbie - i wanna run KDE but XFree86 runs first!

2003-08-10 Thread Craig Ringer
reason launching kdm didn't work - for example, if it for some reason had not been installed. He mentioned that he was able to launch KDE manually, so a startx based approach was likely to work. Craig Ringer ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [XFree86] strange problem with xfree

2003-08-07 Thread Craig Ringer
attached the XFree96.0.log file. Thanks in advance :) Try rm -f /var/log/XFree86.0.log as root. It might help? Craig Ringer ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Re: [XFree86] problems with setting up Xfree

2003-08-06 Thread Craig Ringer
n't with XFree86 but somewhere in your system config (what clients you're starting, etc). What happens if you just run "X :1" on the console? Craig Ringer ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Re: [XFree86] How to config xfree to use it without mouse

2003-08-05 Thread Craig Ringer
managers and apps aren't keyboard navigation friendly... :-( Craig Ringer ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Re: [XFree86] newbie - i wanna run KDE but XFree86 runs first!

2003-08-05 Thread Craig Ringer
lt. Editing "/etc/sysconfig/desktop" and changing whatever the default desktop shown there is to "KDE" should also work. Craig Ringer ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Re: [XFree86] Xfree86 Problems

2003-08-03 Thread Craig Ringer
I keep getting about 50 to 60 e-mails a day from people who have problems with setting up XFree on their machines. I presume you joined the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list? I signed up for your newsletter, some how these e-mails are being directed to me. It's a mailing list. Whenever anybo

Re: [XFree86] Xfree86_3.3.6 vs. 4.3.0 to get s3-module

2003-08-03 Thread Craig Ringer
script assumes? I mean "downgrading" makes me a bit suspicious. The XFree86 3.3 binaries included in Debian 3.0 are built against the same glibc as the rest of the system, and it won't matter. If you're considering building your own XFree86 3.3.x then I suggest that you e

Re: [XFree86] NVIDIA problem

2003-07-31 Thread Craig Ringer
the (somewhat overblown in the first place) router issue. Forget I mentioned it. Craig Ringer ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Re: [XFree86] NVIDIA problem

2003-07-31 Thread Craig Ringer
Hehe..have a look at http://linux.schottelius.org/blacksheep/ and you know why I disrecommend use of nvidia products Hmm... I think you can safely remove the linksys one now. ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/

Re: [XFree86] Newbie question - Using XFree86 with no graphics ormonitor

2003-07-31 Thread Craig Ringer
doing XDMCP queries vary with different display managers and X servers, but yours should have some documentation on it. Craig Ringer ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Re: [XFree86] s3 virge adapter

2003-07-30 Thread Craig Ringer
t but replace the faulty hardware. If you can test with another video card or something just to make sure, that'd be a good idea. Craig Ringer ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Re: [XFree86] X-server doesn't start with RedHat Linux9

2003-07-29 Thread Craig Ringer
XF86Config (or XF86Config-4 if appropriate) and xfree86 log file. Craig Ringer ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Re: [XFree86] Black screen with RH 9.0

2003-07-28 Thread Craig Ringer
cripts not XFree86. If you're using a custom .xinitrc or .xsession, it's time to read over those and make sure you haven't made any mistakes. Craig Ringer ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Re: [XFree86] remote X

2003-07-27 Thread Craig Ringer
i wanna open a browser-window when the USB-Memory-Stick is inserted. execution of any program on insert works as well as opening a browser-window. the problem is, that the hotplug script runs under root and i can't tell the users x-server to open the browser. If the browser you're talking about

Re: [XFree86] Problem Still Xserve

2003-07-27 Thread Craig Ringer
omeone else will be able to tell you whether or not it's an issue with X. 3 In the log seems nv dont supports My Geforce Fx5200 ? I see only Fx 5800 written Wouldn't be surprised, but I'm not sure. Try looking at the documentation

Re: [XFree86] Help ... Help

2003-07-27 Thread Craig Ringer
, a local linux user group, or your linux distro's technical support offerings. Craig Ringer ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Re: [XFree86] PROBLEM IN DETECTION OF MONITOR DURING INSTALLATIONOF RED HAT 8.0

2003-07-27 Thread Craig Ringer
#x27;generic 17" ', etc. Alternately, if it's not correctly identifying your video card, you may be able to get it to work by specifying the 'vesa' driver instead. Craig Ringer ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Re: [XFree86] GUI Login Screen

2003-07-27 Thread Craig Ringer
st-numbered free display (that is, free port). It'd be good to be able to run just 'startx' not 'startx -- :n' where n is the lowest free display ID Craig Ringer ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Re: [XFree86] crash due to X?

2003-07-23 Thread Craig Ringer
nothing is showing up in logs as far as i can tell. It didn't start before X worked though. Furthermore, now that X is set up, my terminals are completely unusable. Every other letter is shifted about half a screen off. Are you using the normal text consoles, a VESA console, or some native frame

Re: [XFree86] crash due to X?

2003-07-23 Thread Craig Ringer
Running the same system as below, I eventually got X working. However, after about 20 minutes it up and dies. It just hangs and won't go anywhere. can't even ctrl+alt+del. CTL-ALT-Backspace is more likely to be useful under X, actually. This will kill the X server. CTL-ALT-DEL is only captured

Re: [XFree86] X in MDK 9.1 restarts without a reason

2003-07-23 Thread Craig Ringer
ly nothing about this I've checked: Doesn't sound like an X problem at all, actually. Craig Ringer ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Re: [XFree86] ps/2 mouse no longer working under X

2003-07-23 Thread Craig Ringer
would greatly appreciate it. Attached is my config file and log. If you're running gpm as well as XFree86, try stopping gpm before you fire up XFree86 and see if that helps. Just an idle suggestion. Craig Ringer ___ XFree86 mailing list [

Re: [XFree86] Reg: Error while loading Xwindows

2003-07-23 Thread Craig Ringer
ly just another Savage type, but renamed. Craig Ringer ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86

Re: [XFree86] [XFree86 4.2.0] Problem in starting Xserver

2003-07-23 Thread Craig Ringer
t the window manager (or whatever you use) are started with '&' so that they're run in the background. For example, xterm & wmaker instead of xterm wmaker since the former will cause an xterm to start up and the script to not continu

Re: [XFree86] pls help....

2003-07-23 Thread Craig Ringer
can nybody help me out??? http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22could+not+open+default+font+%27fixed%27%22&btnG=Google+Search ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86