On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 09:27:54AM +1000, John Griffiths wrote: > At 04:19 PM 8/22/2000 -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > >> a) change the colour depth. do i need to re-run XF86Setup? or is there a > >> better way? > > > > $ startx -- -bpp <colordepth> > > > >...where color depth is 1, 8, 16, 24 (generally deprecated), 32. > > > >Or in /etc/X11/XF86Config, change the value of "Depth" under 'SubSection > >"Display"'. > > okies... thats what i wanted to know.... > > > > >> b) fix helix-gnome. I downloaded helix-gnome... on reboot i get the > >> gnome login manager but an attempt to login to gnome makes the monitor > >> go "clunk" and then returnms to the login manager... it will let me log > >> into WMaker so its not the end of the world. > > > >Launch X from the command prompt (startx) and look at your error output. > > > > problem with the GDM starting itself up on boot... > > would "linux 3 " from lilo get me to a level i could then statx from?
<alt>F[1-12] should have the desired effect, where "F[1-12]" is one
of the F-keys from F1 - F12.
You can also generally disable gdm for the current session by issuing:
/etc/init.d/gdm stop
...assuming you can get to a command line.
I prefer *not* using an X display manager for local sessions, instead
launching X with 'startx'. If you think about it, most of what a
display manager does is guarantee you the requirment and overhead of
running an X session when you *don't* need one, while introducing more
opportunities to foul things up.
> >> c) sound.... i scavenged the sound card so make and model is a
> >> mystery... the Rhat sndconfig always used to sort it out for me... will
> >> alsaconf do the same?
> >
> >What were your RedHat configurations for this card?
> >
>
> i have no clue.. it did it for me and it worked.... a lesson learned
> perhaps...
Yeah. Generally, if you've got a funky bit of hardware and a working
config in some manifestation that you plan on changing, find out what
made it work before destroying the data.
There are a number of sound configuration tools for Debian. You might
try "apropos sound" or the Sound-HOWTO. Try some stuff and tell us how
it breaks.
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