Re: pls help or i will switch to other distro

2002-10-04 Thread Kent West
John Joe wrote: >sound finally works! > >i compile sound as module and use sndconfig, it's OK. >Surely Debian is hard to use. > > Excellent! I'm glad you got that working! >but X still does not work. > >though only 1M, it support 800x600 with 16bit color in >Win95. i could afford a new old ca

Re: pls help or i will switch to other distro

2002-10-04 Thread Kent West
> > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >>Thanks again! >> >>when i play sound file, i'm root. i run sndconfig, it says sound module not present. >> >>as to X, i'd rather return Debian 2.2(which use X 3.3) and upgrade kernel to 2.4 >> >> Kent wrote: >Same goes for X; I'm pretty sure you can dow

Re: pls help or i will switch to other distro

2002-10-03 Thread Kent West
> > >>Thanks for your reply! >> >>i have SB16 and Woody and upgrade kernel to 2.4 but >>when i play sound file it says, can't open /dev/audio. >>in early kernel(2.0 and 2.2) "make config" asks sound >>card IRQ and DMA number, but 2.4 doesn't do that. >>could this be a problem? below is sound part

Re: (X 4.0 problem )Re: pls help or i will switch to other distro

2002-10-03 Thread Tom Cook
On 0, David Pastern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes I totally agree with Kent there. A 1mb card will have severe > limitations as to maximum resolution and screen depth. I'd say you'd be > lucky to run 800*600 at 16 bit, if that. According to my calculator, 800*600*2 = 960 000, so that's ab

RE: (X 4.0 problem )Re: pls help or i will switch to other distro

2002-10-03 Thread David Pastern
2002 12:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; David Pastern Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: (X 4.0 problem )Re: pls help or i will switch to other distro John Joe wrote: >Thanks for your reply! > >i have Trident 9680 and Woody and upgrade kernel to >2.4 but still can't use X 4.0 &

Re: pls help or i will switch to other distro

2002-10-03 Thread Kent West
John Joe wrote: >Thanks for your reply! > >i have SB16 and Woody and upgrade kernel to 2.4 but >when i play sound file it says, can't open /dev/audio. >in early kernel(2.0 and 2.2) "make config" asks sound >card IRQ and DMA number, but 2.4 doesn't do that. >could this be a problem? below is soun

Re: (X 4.0 problem )Re: pls help or i will switch to other distro

2002-10-03 Thread Kent West
John Joe wrote: >Thanks for your reply! > >i have Trident 9680 and Woody and upgrade kernel to >2.4 but still can't use X 4.0 > >when i enter xinit, the X background seems OK, but the >xterm is divided, irregularly. i use no window >manager. below is XF86Config-4 and output of xinit: > >(please

(X 4.0 problem )Re: pls help or i will switch to other distro

2002-10-03 Thread John Joe
Thanks for your reply! i have Trident 9680 and Woody and upgrade kernel to 2.4 but still can't use X 4.0 when i enter xinit, the X background seems OK, but the xterm is divided, irregularly. i use no window manager. below is XF86Config-4 and output of xinit: (please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: pls help or i will switch to other distro

2002-10-03 Thread John Joe
Thanks for your reply! i have SB16 and Woody and upgrade kernel to 2.4 but when i play sound file it says, can't open /dev/audio. in early kernel(2.0 and 2.2) "make config" asks sound card IRQ and DMA number, but 2.4 doesn't do that. could this be a problem? below is sound part of .config of ker

Re: pls help or i will switch to other distro

2002-10-03 Thread jeff
> i install woody but X and sound do not work. > i have used Debian 1.2/2.0/2.1/2.2, but never have > these problems. > ok... > Woody's default kernel is 2.2, but X 4.0 don't work, > so i upgrade kernel to 2.4.18. still it don't work. > what kernel were you using with your last installation? >

Re: pls help or i will switch to other distro

2002-10-03 Thread D. J. Bolderman
On Thu, 03 Oct 2002, Klaus Imgrund wrote: > On Thu, 03 Oct 2002 11:16:44 -0500 > "Keith G. Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > John Joe wrote: > > > i install woody but X and sound do not work. > Get a x-box and read the topic in this list on how to install debian on an x-box ? :) -- D.

Re: pls help or i will switch to other distro

2002-10-03 Thread Klaus Imgrund
On Thu, 03 Oct 2002 11:16:44 -0500 "Keith G. Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Joe wrote: > > i install woody but X and sound do not work. > Get a x-box Prost, Klaus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: pls help or i will switch to other distro

2002-10-03 Thread Keith G. Murphy
John Joe wrote: > i install woody but X and sound do not work. I have the exact answer, but won't yield it, because I'd like you to go to another distro. -- "Buy this magazine or we'll shoot this dog." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: pls help or i will switch to other distro

2002-10-03 Thread Kent West
John Joe wrote: >i install woody but X and sound do not work. >i have used Debian 1.2/2.0/2.1/2.2, but never have >these problems. > >i use Trident 9680 video card/SB 16 sound card(ISA). >could you send me XF86Config-4 and related .config of >kernel for sound setting? > > Deal with one problem

Re: pls help or i will switch to other distro

2002-10-03 Thread Jamin W. Collins
WRT to your subject, you're more than welcome to switch to another distro. Threatening to do so will most likely not help you fix your problems. On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 04:52:07AM -0700, John Joe wrote: > i use Trident 9680 video card/SB 16 sound card(ISA). For sound, take a look at the ALSA p

Re: pls help or i will switch to other distro (use a decent subject !)

2002-10-03 Thread D. J. Bolderman
On Thu, 03 Oct 2002, John Joe wrote: > i install woody but X and sound do not work. > i have used Debian 1.2/2.0/2.1/2.2, but never have > these problems. > Woody's default kernel is 2.2, but X 4.0 don't work, > so i upgrade kernel to 2.4.18. still it don't work. > i use Trident 9680 video card

Re: pls help or i will switch to other distro

2002-10-03 Thread Matthias Szupryczynski
On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 21:52, John Joe wrote: > i install woody but X and sound do not work. > i have used Debian 1.2/2.0/2.1/2.2, but never have > these problems. > > Woody's default kernel is 2.2, but X 4.0 don't work, > so i upgrade kernel to 2.4.18. still it don't work. > > i use Trident 9680

Re: pls help or i will switch to other distro

2002-10-03 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 04:52:07AM -0700, John Joe wrote: > i install woody but X and sound do not work. Just saying "don't work" doesn't give any information whatsoever - in order to fix your problem, you need to describe the symptoms. I politely suggest that you have a read of: http://www