HD probs

Reply-To: I'm getting some hard drive errors. Here is an example: hdb: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error } hdb: read_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=657663, sector=657600end_request: I/O error, dev 03:41 (hdb), sector 657600 Can you tell me if thi

Re: Default Fonts of X Window

On Sat, May 27, 2000 at 11:07:17AM +0800, Alex Kwan wrote: > Hi! Eric, > > It was because after I have installed X window 3.3.6 on my > laptop, (not yet install any Window Manager and Application), > I found that the fonts of xterm is big and ugly (titlle of the xterm > window and display what I t

sound crashes system .. more info

Reply-To: I forgot to include a few things in my mail. I noticed 2 new errors in my logs that I haven't noticed before. Here they are: modprobe: can't locate module sound-slot-1 modprobe: can't locate module sound-service-1-3 Also a "cat /proc/interupts" shows no conflicting IRQs. I tried recompil

sound crashes system

Reply-To: Hiya. I'm having problems playing sounds on my pc. First I'll explain the problem then I'll give some background data. I can play music cds fine, but if I try to use play, xmms or mpg123, it freezes my system and I have to reboot. This problem just started today when I upgraded my mother

Re: Putting applications in Xwindows

On Sun, May 21, 2000 at 05:43:47PM -0400, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > Yes I do. I have installed several of them: icewm, fvwm, enlightenment, > afterstep,etc Try this. vim ~/.xinitrc add the following line exec save it then "startx" > Pollywog wrote:

root tries to automatically log in

I reinstalled my 2.1 debian base last week. When it got to the point where the box reboots then asks me to set a root password, it rejected every password I tried. I tried various combinations of numbers and letters but everything was rejected. So I rebooted, and then my box logged in root automa