[XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-13 Thread Christian Convey
Hi guys, I just installed Mandrake 9.1 on a new Toshiba P25 laptop (1440x900 screen resolution). With some generous help, I got the regular X server behaving perfectly: My real and virtual desktops are both 1440x900, and it looks great. However, when I hit ctrl+alt+F1, to go to the console (i

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-13 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On Sun, 13 Jul 2003, Christian Convey wrote: > Hi guys, > > I just installed Mandrake 9.1 on a new Toshiba P25 laptop (1440x900 > screen resolution). > > With some generous help, I got the regular X server behaving perfectly: > My real and virtual desktops are both 1440x900, and it looks gre

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-13 Thread Christian Convey
to have a Monitor-->ModeLine defined with that name. Thanks for any ideas you have. I really appreciate it. - Christian > > Subject: Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals > > Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 11:55:15 -0700 (PDT) > > From: Mark Vojkovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> &

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-13 Thread Mark Vojkovich
lling to take a look. > > I didn't quite understand why I got the error I got: > > (II) VESA(0): Not using mode "1440x900" (no mode of this name) > > because in my config file I do seem to have a Monitor-->ModeLine defined with that > name. > > Thanks

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-13 Thread Andy Goth
On Sunday, July 13, 2003 8:34 pm, Christian Convey wrote: > (II) VESA(0): Not using mode "1440x900" (no mode of this name) > > because in my config file I do seem to have a Monitor-->ModeLine defined > with that name. vesa works by calling your BIOS to set modes. ModeLines have no effect (right?

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-14 Thread Christian Convey
using mode "1440x900" (no mode of this name) because in my config file I do seem to have a Monitor-->ModeLine defined with that name. Thanks for any ideas you have. I really appreciate it. - Christian Subject: Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-14 Thread Christian Convey
I got: (II) VESA(0): Not using mode "1440x900" (no mode of this name) because in my config file I do seem to have a Monitor-->ModeLine defined with that name. Thanks for any ideas you have. I really appreciate it. - Christian Subject: Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals Da

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-14 Thread Mark Vojkovich
e terminals look great. > >> > >>However, X won't start. > >> > >>I've attached the config and log files, in case you're willing to take a look. > >> > >>I didn't quite understand why I got the error I got: > >> >

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-14 Thread Christian Convey
quot; (no mode of this name) because in my config file I do seem to have a Monitor-->ModeLine defined with that name. Thanks for any ideas you have. I really appreciate it. - Christian Subject: Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 11:55:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark Vojk

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-14 Thread Mark Vojkovich
Mark. > >>> > >>>On Sun, 13 Jul 2003, Christian Convey wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Hey Mark, > >>>> > >>>>As you suggested, I switched to using the "vesa" driver rather than the "nv" &

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-14 Thread Andy Goth
On Monday, July 14, 2003 6:31 pm, Christian Convey wrote: > With files this time :/ ---//--- XFree86.0.log: (II) LoadModule: "nv" ---//--- XF86Config: Section "Device" Identifier "device1" #Driver "nv" Driver "vesa" Option "DPMS" Option "FlatPanel" Option "CrtcNumber" "1" E

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-15 Thread Christian Convey
Hey Andy, D'oh. Sorry about the file mismatch. Let's just say I'm "between non-crashing versions of XF86" right now :) But I've made myself a note to send you the list of VESA modes once it works again. What's the best way - just send you XFree86.0.log file resulting from a "vesa" run of XF

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-15 Thread Andy Goth
On Tuesday, July 15, 2003 4:30 am, Christian Convey wrote: > What's the best way - just send you XFree86.0.log file resulting from a > "vesa" run of XF86? That'll do. I don't care if it's a crash or not. I just want to see the mode list (plus the rest of the file, if it's convenient). -- Andy

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-16 Thread Christian Convey
ig and log files, in case you're willing to take a look. I didn't quite understand why I got the error I got: (II) VESA(0): Not using mode "1440x900" (no mode of this name) because in my config file I do seem to have a Monitor-->ModeLine defined with that name. Thanks for a

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-16 Thread Andy Goth
On Wednesday, July 16, 2003 10:05 am, Christian Convey wrote: > Also, I stopped using xfs, based on a recommendation from Andy Goth, > just to take one more potential problem out of the situation. I now > explicitely use font paths, and I verified they work ok before I started > installing the new

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-16 Thread Christian Convey
Andy Goth wrote: On Wednesday, July 16, 2003 10:05 am, Christian Convey wrote: Also, I stopped using xfs, based on a recommendation from Andy Goth, just to take one more potential problem out of the situation. I now explicitely use font paths, and I verified they work ok before I started installi

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-16 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Christian Convey wrote: > Hi Mark, > > OK, I build XFree86 from CVS (pulled this morning). The build itself > went cleanly, but I had several problems. > > Also, I stopped using xfs, based on a recommendation from Andy Goth, > just to take one more potential problem out o

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-16 Thread Christian Convey
Mark Vojkovich wrote: On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Christian Convey wrote: IIRC, however, the main reason you had me pull a new version of XF86 from CVS was to see if it fixed the problem where on my virtual consoles, the last half of the last line is below the bottom of the screen. Unfortunately, I do

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-16 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Christian Convey wrote: > Mark Vojkovich wrote: > > > > On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Christian Convey wrote: > > > > > >>IIRC, however, the main reason you had me pull a new version of XF86 from CVS was > >>to see if it fixed the problem where on my virtual consoles, the last half

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-16 Thread Christian Convey
Thanks for the info. Comments below... Mark Vojkovich wrote: [snip] I would normally suggest trying NVIDIA's binary Linux drivers, but it is my understanding that the last NVIDIA binary Linux driver release (4363) didn't support GeForceFX laptops but the next release will, though it has not y

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-16 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Christian Convey wrote: > > And for the framebuffer-restoration issue, do you think it's telling > that I get this problem with the "nv" driver but not with the "vesa" > driver? I.e., does that point to a possible problem in the nv driver's > code that we should look at?

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-17 Thread Christian Convey
Mark Vojkovich wrote: On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Christian Convey wrote: And for the framebuffer-restoration issue, do you think it's telling that I get this problem with the "nv" driver but not with the "vesa" driver? I.e., does that point to a possible problem in the nv driver's code that we shou

install problem (was: Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals)

2003-07-17 Thread David Dawes
On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 11:16:46AM -0700, Mark Vojkovich wrote: >On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Christian Convey wrote: >> Problem 1: When I first ran "make install", there was some hp keyboard >> config thing that was a file, where the installer wanted it to be a >> directory. I renamed that file from