Re: X-windows copy/paste mess [SOLVED]

2011-03-22 Thread Steve Kleene
On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:13:01 + (UTC), I wrote: > I'm running testing (Wheezy) and am failing to get copy/paste working cleanly > among my most common windows, namely: > > several xterms > virtualbox running a virtual XP client > iceweasel > ... > Is there any way to get all of these program

Re: X Windows not installed

2006-06-26 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 00:29:01 -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Michael M. wrote: > > Florian Kulzer wrote: > > >Make sure you have the packages "discover1" (for 2.6 kernels) or > > >"discover" (for 2.4 kernels) installed, as well as "xresprobe", > > > > Oh, so *that's* the difference between 'discover

Re: X Windows not installed

2006-06-25 Thread Joey Hess
Michael M. wrote: > Florian Kulzer wrote: > >Make sure you have the packages "discover1" (for 2.6 kernels) or > >"discover" (for 2.4 kernels) installed, as well as "xresprobe", > > Oh, so *that's* the difference between 'discover' and 'discover1'! I No, neither discover1 nor discover 2 are kern

Re: X Windows not installed

2006-06-25 Thread Michael M.
Florian Kulzer wrote: Make sure you have the packages "discover1" (for 2.6 kernels) or "discover" (for 2.4 kernels) installed, as well as "xresprobe", "mdetect", "read-edid" and, if applicable, "laptop-detect". Then run (as root) dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and you should get a proper confi

Re: X Windows not installed

2006-06-25 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sun, Jun 25, 2006 at 16:58:14 +0800, Dr Bean wrote: > On Sun, 25 Jun 2006, Thibaut Paumard wrote: > > > Le dimanche 25 juin 2006 ? 09:28 +0800, Dr Bean a ?crit : > > > > > Also give some details about your system (video hardware). > > > > Where would I get that. dmesg says just: > > > Console

Re: X Windows not installed

2006-06-25 Thread Dr Bean
On Sun, 25 Jun 2006, Thibaut Paumard wrote: > Le dimanche 25 juin 2006 ? 09:28 +0800, Dr Bean a ?crit : > > > Also give some details about your system (video hardware). > > Where would I get that. dmesg says just: > > Console: colour VGA+ 80x25 > The sources of information for that would be: ..

Re: X Windows not installed

2006-06-24 Thread Thibaut Paumard
Le dimanche 25 juin 2006 à 09:28 +0800, Dr Bean a écrit : > On Thu, 22 Jun 2006, Thibaut Paumard wrote: > > > Le jeudi 22 juin 2006 ? 20:03 +0800, Dr Bean a ?crit : > > > I don't think I have X Windows installed. How do I now install > > > it? > > [...] > > > I have now a perfectly good console-ba

Re: X Windows not installed

2006-06-24 Thread Dr Bean
On Thu, 22 Jun 2006, Thibaut Paumard wrote: > Le jeudi 22 juin 2006 ? 20:03 +0800, Dr Bean a ?crit : > > I don't think I have X Windows installed. How do I now install > > it? > [...] > > I have now a perfectly good console-based linux system, but exec > > startx doesn't give me X Windows. This i

Re: X Windows not installed

2006-06-22 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 20:03:33 +0800, Dr Bean wrote: > I don't think I have X Windows installed. How do I now install > it? > > Installing sid with installer-i386, I was given a choice about what > kind of setup I wanted, eg a personal workstation, an Internet > server, etc. > > With the cursor

Re: X Windows not installed

2006-06-22 Thread Thibaut Paumard
Le jeudi 22 juin 2006 à 20:03 +0800, Dr Bean a écrit : > I don't think I have X Windows installed. How do I now install > it? [...] > I have now a perfectly good console-based linux system, but exec > startx doesn't give me X Windows. But you do have startx? Do you get a "command not found" error,

Re: X-Windows Problems - Solved

2006-05-28 Thread Thomas H. George
On Sat, May 27, 2006 at 01:20:17AM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 10:20:08 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > > On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 12:34:45PM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > > [...] > > > That all sounds like there are some configuration problems in your > system. May

Re: X-Windows Problems - Wacom

2006-05-26 Thread Thomas H. George
Tangled thread; one of yesterday's postings just showed up. A later posting reported editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf as per linuxwacom.sf.net manual. I now have the following situation: The stylus moves the cursor, the mouse does not. The mouse buttons and scroll wheel work. Tom George -- To UNS

Re: X-Windows Problems - Puzzled

2006-05-26 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 10:20:08 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 12:34:45PM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: [...] > > I now have all the lines in sources.list commented out except those for > > testing. I ran "apt-get install -f" followed by "apt-get update" then > > "apt

Re: X-Windows Problems, xorgcfg error

2006-05-26 Thread Thomas H. George
The thread is tangled because some of my previous posting have not shown up as yet. Continuing to try to get the Wacom mouse to work, ran xorgcfg. The program runs but with output to stderror "Failed to initialize module list". strace xorgcfg shows it is looking in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers

Re: X-Windows Problems - Puzzled

2006-05-26 Thread Thomas H. George
On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 12:34:45PM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 03:09:39PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 14:04:57 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > > > On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 11:30:37AM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > > On Mon, May 22, 2006

Re: X-Windows Problems - Progress

2006-05-26 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Thomas H. George wrote: On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 02:04:57PM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 11:30:37AM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 16:41:09 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: I am stumbling through the move from Sarge to testing. I have managed to ge

Re: X-Windows Problems

2006-05-25 Thread Thomas H. George
On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 03:09:39PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 14:04:57 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > > On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 11:30:37AM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 16:41:09 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > > > > I am stumbling through

Re: X-Windows Problems - Progress

2006-05-25 Thread Thomas H. George
On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 02:04:57PM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 11:30:37AM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 16:41:09 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > > > I am stumbling through the move from Sarge to testing. I have managed > > > to get gdm to s

Re: X-Windows Problems

2006-05-24 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 14:04:57 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 11:30:37AM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 16:41:09 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > > > I am stumbling through the move from Sarge to testing. I have managed > > > to get gdm to sta

Re: X-Windows Problems

2006-05-24 Thread s. keeling
Thomas H. George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 03:30:43AM +, s. keeling wrote: > > Thomas H. George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I am stumbling through the move from Sarge to testing. I have managed > > > > There are reasons why Sarge is called stable. Stay with > > Sarge/s

Re: X-Windows Problems

2006-05-23 Thread Thomas H. George
On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 03:30:43AM +, s. keeling wrote: > Thomas H. George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I am stumbling through the move from Sarge to testing. I have managed > > There are reasons why Sarge is called stable. Stay with > Sarge/stable. Testing is meant for those who *know* Debia

Re: X-Windows Problems

2006-05-23 Thread Thomas H. George
On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 11:30:37AM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 16:41:09 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > > I am stumbling through the move from Sarge to testing. I have managed > > to get gdm to start but if I switch to a console I lose the window and > > must restart

Re: X-Windows Problems

2006-05-23 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 16:41:09 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > I am stumbling through the move from Sarge to testing. I have managed > to get gdm to start but if I switch to a console I lose the window and > must restart gdm. Equally frustrating, my Wacom tablet mouse is not > recognized t

Re: X-Windows Problems

2006-05-23 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
s. keeling wrote: > Thomas H. George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> I am stumbling through the move from Sarge to testing. I have managed > > > There are reasons why Sarge is called stable. Stay with > Sarge/stable. Testing is meant for those who *know* Debian well > enough to not stumble, not fo

Re: X-Windows Problems

2006-05-23 Thread s. keeling
Thomas H. George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I am stumbling through the move from Sarge to testing. I have managed There are reasons why Sarge is called stable. Stay with Sarge/stable. Testing is meant for those who *know* Debian well enough to not stumble, not for those who want newer software.

Re: X Windows Fonts with Symbols? - Thanks

2006-03-30 Thread Thomas H. George
On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 09:12:42PM -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 08:50:10PM -0500, Thomas H. George wrote: > > I would like to write some text which includes the symbols for Spades, > > Hearts, Diamonds and Clubs. I know that some years ago I had a word > > processor with fo

Re: X Windows Fonts with Symbols?

2006-03-28 Thread Kevin Mark
On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 08:50:10PM -0500, Thomas H. George wrote: > I would like to write some text which includes the symbols for Spades, > Hearts, Diamonds and Clubs. I know that some years ago I had a word > processor with fonts which included these symbols but now I can't find > any. I use

Re: x-windows on compaq v2000

2005-09-22 Thread MJD
Could you post the contents of your XF86Config-4 please.On 9/22/05, Marko Sarunac <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:trying to get xwin running on the v2000 Here is the latest log file from X.having problems with libGLcore. I have tried booting with 2.6.8 and 2.6.8-amd64 Same results. Your help is

Re: X windows libraries??

2005-09-05 Thread Pablo Bullian
Thanks a lot for your recomendation about qemu, i can compile it and it works grate and also i can run the bochs virtual disk with the OS inside. Pablo E. Bullian

Re: X windows libraries??

2005-09-04 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sun, Sep 04, 2005 at 07:06:05PM -0300, Pablo Bullian wrote: > Hi!, I'm new in this and i have a problem trying to compile some programs. > I try the ./configure with bochs and it give me this error the same i > think that the compilation of aMsn give me. > First of all, there is already a bochs

Re: X-windows Problems with firefox install connections???

2005-08-09 Thread Will Ness
Hello!! My apt source list points to unstable currently. As much I don't want to admit it, I guess I will reinstall Windows 98 on it (the original OS). The current state of affairs is way too much trouble and time consuming for me as of right now. As much as I like Linux, I am still too much of a

Re: X-windows Problems with firefox install connections???

2005-07-30 Thread Bill Marcum
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 12:36:35PM -0400, Will Ness wrote: > Hello! > > Here is the breakdown, yes I am using 2.2 idepci kernel on my laptop. > However when I do the apt-get command, it claims that the newer kernel > image is not been found. Have you done apt-get update? If you are using a 2.2 ke

Re: x-windows-system package

2005-07-29 Thread Kevin B. McCarty
Hi Paolo, Paolo Pantaleo wrote: > I just installed the x-windows-system package, and i found some > unpleasant things: > > 1)xdm is installed and no question is done about it during configuration This is by design. x-window-system depends upon all programs that are traditionally part of an X r

Re: x-windows-system package

2005-07-29 Thread hacker (of golf)
On 7/29/05, Paolo Pantaleo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just installed the x-windows-system package, and i found some > unpleasant things: > > 1)xdm is installed and no question is done about it during configuration > 2)the keyboard doesn't work properly as said in a previous message ALT > GR +

Re: X-windows Problems with firefox install connections???

2005-07-28 Thread Will Ness
Hello! Here is the breakdown, yes I am using 2.2 idepci kernel on my laptop. However when I do the apt-get command, it claims that the newer kernel image is not been found. Not sure what to do next. Perhaps at this point, should I consider a reinstall? I know that x-windows worked the first time a

Re: X-windows Problems with firefox install connections???

2005-07-23 Thread MJD
You are probably using 2.2, which I have no experience with.  Try upgrading to 2.4 if possible, with the following command: apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18-1-386 (You will need to reboot.) That will bring you up to 2.4, and then you may want to upgrade to sarge, the latest stable, and get 2.6. 

Re: X-windows Problems with firefox install connections???

2005-07-22 Thread Will Ness
Hello! I am using the standard 'safe' kernal installation on the woody cds. No customization invovled. I believe the kernal is 2.2 or 2.4 but I will get back to you on that. What other modules should I try? -Will

Re: X-windows Problems with firefox install connections???

2005-07-21 Thread MJD
That's alright, try the other modules, and then ty starting x. Are using the stock kernel, or are you using  custom kernel?  And what kernel.On 7/21/05, Will Ness <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:Hello!Thank you again for the help! Please know that I truly appreciate it! Anyways,I tried what you suggeste

Re: X-windows Problems with firefox install connections???

2005-07-21 Thread Will Ness
Hello! Thank you again for the help! Please know that I truly appreciate it! Anyways,I tried what you suggested and all I got for each input was : "Can't locate module (input)" What happens now? -Will

Re: X-windows Problems with firefox install connections???

2005-07-21 Thread MJD
First of all, this isn't a pain.  This is what mailing lists are for. Second, to see if it works, in a console run: modprobe input modprobe psmouse modprobe usbhid modprobe mousedev. Then start x. If that works, then add input, psmouse, usbhid, and mousedev to /etc/modules.  That will load them on

Re: X-windows Problems with firefox install connections???

2005-07-21 Thread Will Ness
Hello! Cool, so now I know for sure its the mouse driver. How do I go about adding the psmouse or event modules? Do I go in and edit the x-config file to say "psmouse/usbhid/mousedev" in the device or Protocol section? Or not that at all? I am very much a newbie when it comes to installing/modify

Re: x-windows configuration in woody/sarge

2004-10-18 Thread Carl Fink
On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 09:44:03AM +, Alexis Huxley wrote: > If you cannot get the X server running, or it just didn't start on its > own at boot-time, then post the output from running 'X' from the console > - all of it, exactly as it appears. Or the more common "startx". -- Carl Fink

Re: x-windows configuration in woody/sarge

2004-10-18 Thread Clive Menzies
On (18/10/04 09:40), Paul E Condon wrote: > On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 12:39:47PM +0530, Vikas Rawal wrote: > > I have been trying to install debian on a Compaq Deskpro EN for last one > > week. I have tried both woody (stable) and sarge (testing). In both, the > > x-windows configuration does not w

Re: x-windows configuration in woody/sarge

2004-10-18 Thread Paul E Condon
On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 12:39:47PM +0530, Vikas Rawal wrote: > I have been trying to install debian on a Compaq Deskpro EN for last one > week. I have tried both woody (stable) and sarge (testing). In both, the > x-windows configuration does not work. In woody, installation went fine > except th

Re: x-windows configuration in woody/sarge

2004-10-18 Thread Harshal
why did it take 13 hours for you to download??? is JNU part of ernet? if yes then, use the debian mirror at IIT Madras. here from university of pune i downloaded the sarge in 20 mins at 625 Kb/s. the ernet is really fast. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscr

Re: x-windows configuration in woody/sarge

2004-10-18 Thread Alexis Huxley
> at the end nothing worked. I think the problem is again with x-windows. > > What does one do? Start by explaining in a lot more detail what "nothing worked" means: what commands did you run which didn't work? If you cannot get the X server running, or it just didn't start on its own at boot-t

Re: x-windows configuration in woody/sarge

2004-10-18 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > I have been trying to install debian on a Compaq Deskpro EN for last one > week. I have tried both woody (stable) and sarge (testing). In both, the > x-windows configuration does not work. In woody, installation went fine > except that none of the vi

Re: X Windows security

2004-10-15 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 "Sherman, Michael (GE Energy)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a quick question. I know that a machine is much less secure when X > Windows is running. Does it apply in the same way when X stuff is installed, > but the desktop is not actually run

Re: X Windows security

2004-10-15 Thread Don Parris
Sherman, Michael (GE Energy) wrote: Hi all. I have a quick question. I know that a machine is much less secure when X Windows is running. Does it apply in the same way when X stuff is installed, but the desktop is not actually running? How secure are vncserver sessions and X over ssh? Thanks in adv

Re: X Windows security

2004-10-15 Thread Don Parris
Sherman, Michael (GE Energy) wrote: Hi all. I have a quick question. I know that a machine is much less secure when X Windows is running. Does it apply in the same way when X stuff is installed, but the desktop is not actually running? How secure are vncserver sessions and X over ssh? Thanks in adv

Re: X-Windows startup issue!

2004-09-02 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 11:18:58PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: > On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 09:31:29PM +, Will Ness wrote: > > Sweet it worked!!! You are my hero!!! I have been trying to get this to > > work, like FOREVER!! One more quick question: Where in the x-windows setup > > do you tell it t

Re: X-Windows startup issue!

2004-09-02 Thread Thomas Adam
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 09:31:29PM +, Will Ness wrote: > Sweet it worked!!! You are my hero!!! I have been trying to get this to > work, like FOREVER!! One more quick question: Where in the x-windows setup > do you tell it to start kde instead of gnome? update-alternatives --config x-window-

Re: X-Windows startup issue!

2004-09-02 Thread Will Ness
Sweet it worked!!! You are my hero!!! I have been trying to get this to work, like FOREVER!! One more quick question: Where in the x-windows setup do you tell it to start kde instead of gnome? _ Don’t just search. Find. Check out th

Re: X-Windows startup issue!

2004-09-02 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 04:23:52PM +, Will Ness wrote: > Whew!! It was tough but I finally figured it out! Anyways here is a copy of > the error file that X-Windows created when it couldn't start up. If anyone > could help me, that would awesome. TIA!! > > -Will > > Hardware Info: > > Ati

Re: X windows

2004-01-22 Thread Jan Minar
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 08:28:10PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Modules supplied with the driver (agpgart.o and i830.o) are only supported > for SUSE and Red Hat Linux distributions. | % modinfo agpgart | filename:/lib/modules/2.4.24-jan/kernel/drivers/char/agp/agpgart.o | description: |

Re: X-windows on Sony PCV RX360DS (updated XF86Config-4)

2004-01-20 Thread Kent West
Matthew Kokidko wrote: Great suggestions. I've got xwindows starting up with "vesa" as a driver, "vga" didn't work. the screen cuts about an inch and a half off the top and leaves shadows of windows when they are moved (sometimes the top bar appears at the bottom of the screen). I'm pretty

Re: X-windows on Sony PCV RX360DS (updated XF86Config-4)

2004-01-20 Thread Matthew Kokidko
eed will be welcomed. Thank You again. ps (and completely unrelated). Is there something similar to Msoft's "path" statement where I wouldn't have to type "mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/win -t vfat" every time I reboot. Matthew Kokidko [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Kent West <[EMA

Re: X-windows on Sony PCV RX360DS

2004-01-19 Thread Kent West
Matthew Kokidko wrote: I've just downloaded and installed the Current debian install (as of 4 days ago) and I believe it was packaged with the latest X Server but after installing on my system I've been unable to get the xwindows system to display. I have intel i810 graphics, most likely onboa

Re: X Windows System will not start

2003-10-26 Thread Hoyt Bailey
I have gathered some additional information. The following is the output of lspci: File: lspci-out 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 3189 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device b168 00:0b.0 Communication controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 1040 00:

Re: X Windows : Newbie

2003-03-19 Thread Ernst-Magne Vindal
Van Wyk Leroux, Mr wrote: If I run XF86config as root, will the file that it creates be used by all other users as well? I have just finished configuring the XF86Config.X Windows now starts up as root.As soon as I change to another user and try to start x (startx), I get an error and X Windows

Re: X Windows : Newbie

2003-03-19 Thread Jeffrey L. Taylor
Quoting Van Wyk Leroux, Mr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > If I run XF86config as root, will the file that it creates be used > by all other users as well? Yes > I have just finished configuring the XF86Config. X Windows now > starts up as root.As soon as I change to another user and

Re: X Windows has strange color scheme

2003-02-21 Thread Eric G. Miller
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 11:25:32PM +0100, Robert Ewald wrote: > It might be just a wild guess, but could it be that you hit CTRL-ALT-+ at some > point and switched the color depth to 8? Then strange colors like this, which > turn normal on clicking in the window would be explainable. > just hit

Re: X Windows has strange color scheme

2003-02-21 Thread Robert Ewald
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Card0" > Monitor"Monitor0" > DefaultDepth 16 > #SubSection "Display" > #Depth 1 > #EndSubSection > #SubSection "Display" > #Depth 4 >

Re: X Windows has strange color scheme

2003-02-20 Thread Robert Storey
>On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 04:17:22AM -0800, Phil Newcombe wrote: > >I can't seem to change color depths either. No matter what I do - use I know this is cheating, but what happens when you boot the machine with a Knoppix CD? - Robert Storey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

Re: X Windows has strange color scheme

2003-02-20 Thread Kent West
Phil Newcombe wrote: I can't seem to change color depths either. No matter what I do - use -bpp on the command line or change the color depth line in XF86Config-4 manually - nothing changes. And when I click on xsetroot in the window menu it changes to a kind of coarse gray (from the lime-

Re: X Windows has strange color scheme

2003-02-20 Thread Phil Newcombe
Nathan E Norman wrote: On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 04:17:22AM -0800, Phil Newcombe wrote: I can't seem to change color depths either. No matter what I do - use -bpp on the command line or change the color depth line in XF86Config-4 manually - nothing changes. And when I click on xsetroot in

Re: X Windows has strange color scheme

2003-02-20 Thread Kent West
Paul Johnson wrote: On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 01:21:30PM +, Glyn Millington wrote: Have you tried pressing the Degauss button on your monitor? Glyn Huh? Speak up, man! Some monitors have a degauss button to manually degauss (demagnetize) the picture tube. Newer monitors ge

Re: X Windows has strange color scheme

2003-02-20 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 04:17:22AM -0800, Phil Newcombe wrote: > Hi all - I'm kind of new to this list but I've been using Debian since > 2.0 and now I've got a problem I can't figure out. I was running > unstable up until last month with no noticeable problems but I decided, > because I didn't

Re: X Windows has strange color scheme

2003-02-20 Thread Paul Johnson
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 01:21:30PM +, Glyn Millington wrote: > > Have you tried pressing the Degauss button on your monitor? > Glyn Huh? Speak up, man! -- .''`. Baloo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than

Re: X Windows has strange color scheme

2003-02-20 Thread Glyn Millington
Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 04:17:22AM -0800, Phil Newcombe wrote: >> Well everything works - I've got the 2.4.20 kernel and it runs and X >> runs - but, it has this really weird 'rainbow' like color scheme running >> through everything. The root window co

Re: X Windows has strange color scheme

2003-02-20 Thread Paul Johnson
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 04:17:22AM -0800, Phil Newcombe wrote: > Well everything works - I've got the 2.4.20 kernel and it runs and X > runs - but, it has this really weird 'rainbow' like color scheme running > through everything. The root window comes up lime-green with the window > borders a

Re: X windows w/ no screen error

2003-02-11 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 11:03:38AM -0700, Cameron Matheson wrote: > On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 11:06:50AM -0500, iggy wrote: > > I tried running it several times. > > I think I know what my error is. > > I'm probably inputing the > > incorrect address for the > > video card. lspci -vv states > > tha

Re: X windows w/ no screen error

2003-02-11 Thread Cameron Matheson
On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 11:06:50AM -0500, iggy wrote: > I tried running it several times. > I think I know what my error is. > I'm probably inputing the > incorrect address for the > video card. lspci -vv states > that the address of the video > card is 01:00.0 > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 wants > t

Re: X windows w/ no screen error

2003-02-10 Thread iggy
Scott Henson wrote on 2/9/03 10:41 pm: >On Sun, 2003-02-09 at >17:30, iggy wrote: >> Hi all. My fresh install of >debian will not allow me to >use gnome as i'm getting >errors with x windows. My >question is, what file do I edit >to configure screen 0? Thank >you for your time and >c

Re: X windows w/ no screen error

2003-02-10 Thread Hugo Portela
On 9 Feb 2003 at 17:30, iggy wrote: > Hi all. My fresh install of debian will not allow me to use gnome as i'm getting >errors with x windows. My question is, what file do I edit to configure screen 0? Thank you for your time and consideration. -iggy > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [

Re: X windows w/ no screen error

2003-02-09 Thread Scott Henson
On Sun, 2003-02-09 at 17:30, iggy wrote: > Hi all. My fresh install of debian will not allow me to use > gnome as i'm getting errors with x windows. My question is, > what file do I edit to configure screen 0? Thank you for your > time and consideration. -iggy Generally dpkg-reconfigure xser

Re: X windows w/ no screen error

2003-02-09 Thread iggy
Cameron Matheson wrote on 2/9/03 6:26 pm: >Hi, > >On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at >05:30:36PM -0500, iggy >wrote: Hi all. My fresh install >of debian will not allow me to >use gnome as i'm getting >errors with x windows. My >question is, what file do I edit >to configure screen 0? Thank >you f

Re: X windows w/ no screen error

2003-02-09 Thread Cameron Matheson
Hi, On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 05:30:36PM -0500, iggy wrote: > Hi all. My fresh install of debian will not allow me to use gnome as i'm getting >errors with x windows. My question is, what file do I edit to configure screen 0? >Thank you for your time and consideration. -iggy /etc/X11/XF86Confi

Re: X Windows and Gnome Problem - HELP!!

2002-11-02 Thread Fred Little
Try /dev/ttyS0. That's what I had to use. (Actually I use /dev/mouse but made that a link to /dev/ttyS0.) Tim wrote: > Thanks for your help. I still have the problem of my mouse being disabled. I > have tried using a serial mouse and a PS/2 mouse but neither of them work. > When i use xf86config,

Re: X Windows and Gnome Problem - HELP!!

2002-11-02 Thread Tim
of them work. Any suggestions? - Original Message - From: "Oyvind A. Holm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tim Woodward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 8:42 PM Subject: Re: X Windows and Gnome Problem - HELP!!

Re: X Windows and Gnome Problem - HELP!!

2002-11-01 Thread Oyvind A. Holm
On 2002-11-01 16:49-0500 Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > On Fri, 2002-11-01 at 15:42, Oyvind A. Holm wrote: > > On 2002-10-30 22:33- Tim Woodward wrote: > > > If i knew how to bypass X Windows upon boot-up i could re-run the > > > XF86Config which may solve the problem. Can anyone help me sort > > > it?

Re: X Windows and Gnome Problem - HELP!!

2002-11-01 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Fri, 2002-11-01 at 15:42, Oyvind A. Holm wrote: > On 2002-10-30 22:33- Tim Woodward wrote: > > > I have installed Debian 2.2r4 on my system and have so far got to the > > point where X Windows is running with the Gnome version that comes > > with the Debian pack. The problem i have now is t

Re: X Windows and Gnome Problem - HELP!!

2002-11-01 Thread Oyvind A. Holm
On 2002-10-30 22:33- Tim Woodward wrote: > I have installed Debian 2.2r4 on my system and have so far got to the > point where X Windows is running with the Gnome version that comes > with the Debian pack. The problem i have now is that i have changed > my graphics card and installed the XF86_

Re: X Windows and Gnome Problem - HELP!!

2002-10-30 Thread Craig Dickson
Gary Hennigan wrote: > "Craig Dickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Tim Woodward wrote: > > > > > I have installed Debian 2.2r4 on my system and have so far got to the > > > point where X Windows is running with the Gnome version that comes with > > > the Debian pack. The problem i have now

Re: X Windows and Gnome Problem - HELP!!

2002-10-30 Thread Michael Jinks
On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 05:43:35PM -0500, Seneca wrote: > > When you boot up, it goes to X. Try pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1 (with the Ctrl > and Alt being the left ones) to get to a console. Note that you will not be able to run xf86cfg or XF86Config while the X session is still running on vt7. To stop

Re: X Windows and Gnome Problem - HELP!!

2002-10-30 Thread Gary Hennigan
"Craig Dickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Tim Woodward wrote: > > > I have installed Debian 2.2r4 on my system and have so far got to the > > point where X Windows is running with the Gnome version that comes with > > the Debian pack. The problem i have now is that i have changed my > > gra

Re: X Windows and Gnome Problem - HELP!!

2002-10-30 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Tim Woodward ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [021030 14:33]: > screen. If i knew how to bypass X Windows upon boot-up i could re-run > the XF86Config which may solve the problem. Can anyone help me sort it? From X, hit Ctrl+Alt+F1 to switch to the first text console. From a text console, use Alt+F? (wher

Re: X Windows and Gnome Problem - HELP!!

2002-10-30 Thread Seneca
On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 10:33:10PM +, Tim Woodward wrote: > I have installed Debian 2.2r4 on my system and have so far got to the > point where X Windows is running with the Gnome version that comes with > the Debian pack. The problem i have now is that i have changed my > graphics card and

Re: X Windows and Gnome Problem - HELP!!

2002-10-30 Thread Craig Dickson
Tim Woodward wrote: > I have installed Debian 2.2r4 on my system and have so far got to the > point where X Windows is running with the Gnome version that comes with > the Debian pack. The problem i have now is that i have changed my > graphics card and installed the XF86_SVGA server, and when

Re: X Windows Wont Accept New Font Path

2002-10-03 Thread Claudio Bley
On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 20:47, Thomas H. George,,, wrote: > I created the directory /usr/local/share/fonts/ttfonts, move the fonts > from /c/windows/fonts to this directory, ran python mkfontalias.py, grep > 'iso8859-1"' fonts.alias > new.alias, and ran mv new.alias fonts.alias > . Then I purg

Re: X-windows + Mouse issue

2002-02-05 Thread ben
On Tuesday 05 February 2002 12:30 pm, Craig Dickson wrote: [snip] > > Unless you really have a need for the mouse in console mode, it's best > to get rid of gpm entirely. X's responsiveness to mouse events is > hindered by interposing an extra, unnecessary user process. There was > some interesting

Re: X-windows + Mouse issue

2002-02-05 Thread Craig Dickson
begin ben quotation: > not sure if this will help, as i don't use a scroll-mouse--though the > erratic mouse motion is exactly the problem i had--and i don't even > understand why or how this solution works, but it does work for me, so > you might want to try it. > > in /etc/gpm.conf, do > > r

Re: X-windows + Mouse issue

2002-02-05 Thread ben
On Tuesday 05 February 2002 08:59 am, Greer, Darren (MED) wrote: > Lo all, I just installed the latest x-window-system-core from > "unstable". > > I have configured it to my system, and am having some issues with my > Mouse in X-windows. I have configured it with and without scroll > enabled with

RE: X-windows + Mouse issue

2002-02-05 Thread Greer, Darren \(MED\)
-windows + Mouse issue You might try with gpm and without. I usually had problems with gpm and pointing your mouse to /dev/gmpdata -Original Message- From: Greer, Darren (MED) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 12:10 PM To: 'Kurc, Marcin A.' Subject: RE:

RE: X-windows + Mouse issue

2002-02-05 Thread Greer, Darren \(MED\)
7; Subject: Re: X-windows + Mouse issue begin Greer, Darren (MED) quotation: > Lo all, I just installed the latest x-window-system-core from > "unstable". > > I have configured it to my system, and am having some issues with my > Mouse in X-windows. I have co

Re: X-windows + Mouse issue

2002-02-05 Thread Craig Dickson
begin Greer, Darren (MED) quotation: > Lo all, I just installed the latest x-window-system-core from > "unstable". > > I have configured it to my system, and am having some issues with my > Mouse in X-windows. I have configured it with and without scroll > enabled with the same problem. > >

Re: X windows Problem

2002-01-22 Thread Oki DZ
On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, Ihab Mohsen wrote: > When I try to run xdm, it says, “only root wants to > run xdm”; but when I su from this same account > everything seems to run fine. xdm is supposed to be run by root, but once you get the login panel, anybody would be allowed to do the login process. Whe

Re: X windows access problem

2002-01-22 Thread Shawn Lamson
--- ICON ICON <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How can I get x windows to run under any user other > than root or su? When I logon as a normal user and try > to run my x windows (using startx) the xserver starts > and then it exits because “No valid modes found”. > When I try to run xdm, it says, “on

Re: X-windows hosed! Solved

2001-09-11 Thread Erik Steffl
Dale Morris wrote: > > On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Erik Steffl wrote: > > > Dale Morris wrote: > > > > > > Yesterday I built the 2.4-9 kernel. The box crashed for no apparent > > > reason and now I just did an apt-get upgrade and destroyed Xwindows. > > > Here's what I think is wrong. I was trying to ge

Re: X-windows hosed! Solved

2001-09-10 Thread Dale Morris
On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Erik Steffl wrote: > Dale Morris wrote: > > > > Yesterday I built the 2.4-9 kernel. The box crashed for no apparent > > reason and now I just did an apt-get upgrade and destroyed Xwindows. > > Here's what I think is wrong. I was trying to get true type fonts > > working a whi

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