Re: Limited X setup

2010-02-28 Thread Freeman
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 02:24:05PM -0800, joseph lockhart wrote: > Hello, been a while since I posted, working on setting up a partition which > will run mainly console programs, however, I was interested in setting up X > to run a few programs (or maybe the framebuffer) a quick search of the web

Re: Limited X setup

2010-02-28 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
putting this back on-list... On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 08:03:54PM -0800, joseph lockhart wrote: > > > --- On Sat, 2/27/10, Andrew Sackville-West > wrote: [...] > > 1. just install only X (package xorg, or even manually pick > > out > > packages) without a DE. You don't even need a window > > m

Re: Limited X setup

2010-02-28 Thread Jari Fredriksson
On 28.2.2010 0:24, joseph lockhart wrote: > Hello, been a while since I posted, working on setting up a partition which > will run mainly console programs, however, I was interested in setting up X > to run a few programs (or maybe the framebuffer) a quick search of the web > yielded no help. An

Re: Limited X setup

2010-02-27 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 02:24:05PM -0800, joseph lockhart wrote: > Hello, been a while since I posted, working on setting up a partition > which will run mainly console programs, however, I was interested in > setting up X to run a few programs (or maybe the framebuffer) a quick > search of th

Re: Limited X setup

2010-02-27 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 02:24:05PM -0800, joseph lockhart wrote: > Hello, been a while since I posted, Hi Joe! > working on setting up a partition which will run mainly console > programs, however, I was interested in setting up X to run a few > programs (or maybe the framebuffer) a quick search

Limited X setup

2010-02-27 Thread joseph lockhart
Hello, been a while since I posted, working on setting up a partition which will run mainly console programs, however, I was interested in setting up X to run a few programs (or maybe the framebuffer) a quick search of the web yielded no help. Any suggestions on where to look. Running lenny fr

Re: how to configure users X setup?

2007-06-20 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello *, Am 2007-06-13 08:47:56, schrieb Tom Furie: > On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 05:04:14PM +, M-L wrote: > > > #!/bin/sh ~/.xsession does NOT NEED the above line but MUST BE EXECUTABLE. > > # > > # My creation .Xsession file > > # > > # To remove the cursor after a short break > > unclutter

Re: how to configure users X setup?

2007-06-13 Thread M-L
On Thursday 14 June 2007 09:04, Andrew Sackville-West shared this with us all: >--} On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 04:33:53AM +1000, M-L wrote: >--} > On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:47:56 +0100 >--} > Tom Furie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >--} > >--} > > On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 05:04:14PM +, M-L wrote: >--} >

Re: how to configure users X setup?

2007-06-13 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 04:33:53AM +1000, M-L wrote: > On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:47:56 +0100 > Tom Furie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 05:04:14PM +, M-L wrote: > > > > > #!/bin/sh > > > # > > > # My creation .Xsession file > > > # > > > # To remove the cursor after a

Re: how to configure users X setup?

2007-06-13 Thread M-L
On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:47:56 +0100 Tom Furie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 05:04:14PM +, M-L wrote: > > > #!/bin/sh > > # > > # My creation .Xsession file > > # > > # To remove the cursor after a short break > > unclutter -idle 1 & > > # To get up the Rox panel > > rox

Re: how to configure users X setup?

2007-06-13 Thread Tom Furie
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 05:04:14PM +, M-L wrote: > #!/bin/sh > # > # My creation .Xsession file > # > # To remove the cursor after a short break > unclutter -idle 1 & > # To get up the Rox panel > rox -b=MyPanel & > # Have gkrellm working > gkrellm & > # Start Fluxbox, maybe it should be up t

Re: how to configure users X setup?

2007-06-13 Thread M-L
Subject: Fwd: Re: how to configure users X setup? Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:13:27 +1000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 this to reply too -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: how to configure users X setup? Date: Wednesday 13 June 2007 15:42 From: Liam O'Toole <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: how to configure users X setup?

2007-06-12 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:29:25 +1000 M-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > In much the same situation, on an old Toshiba laptop, 64 MB RAM and > 10 GB hard drive, Etch installed, using fluxbox window manager and I > created an ~/.Xsession just as your example above. With is file the > machine boot

Re: how to configure users X setup?

2007-06-12 Thread M-L
On Tuesday 12 June 2007 18:59, Liam O'Toole shared this with us all: >--} On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:07:42 -0400 >--} Zach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >--} >--} > On 6/12/07, Liam O'Toole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >--} > > >--} > > Both of those files influence what clients (e.g. window managers) >--}

Re: how to configure users X setup?

2007-06-12 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:07:42 -0400 Zach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/12/07, Liam O'Toole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Both of those files influence what clients (e.g. window managers) > > are run when the user starts an X server. They do not set up X > > itself. Just what setting up do

Re: how to configure users X setup?

2007-06-12 Thread Zach
On 6/12/07, Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: There are also a few ways to start X: from a display mananger, from the console with startx, from a special program like startkde and a few other. Which one do you want to use? I start X different ways: if I am gonna do a lot of desktop-ish stu

Re: how to configure users X setup?

2007-06-12 Thread Zach
On 6/12/07, Liam O'Toole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Both of those files influence what clients (e.g. window managers) are run when the user starts an X server. They do not set up X itself. Just what setting up do you want to achieve? Right. I want certain programs run when I start X such as xs

Re: how to configure users X setup?

2007-06-11 Thread Kevin Mark
On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 07:21:46AM +0100, Liam O'Toole wrote: > On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:37:35 -0400 > Zach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > i looked in /home/foo and /root (i hav 2 users: 1 regular and root) > > neither has a .xinitrc or .Xclients > > i am running Debian testing release > > Both

Re: how to configure users X setup?

2007-06-11 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:37:35 -0400 Zach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i looked in /home/foo and /root (i hav 2 users: 1 regular and root) > neither has a .xinitrc or .Xclients > i am running Debian testing release Both of those files influence what clients (e.g. window managers) are run when the

how to configure users X setup?

2007-06-11 Thread Zach
i looked in /home/foo and /root (i hav 2 users: 1 regular and root) neither has a .xinitrc or .Xclients i am running Debian testing release thx! zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: X Setup Question

2004-07-28 Thread Wim De Smet
On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 18:55:53 -0700, Raquel Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 13:09:17 -0700 > Raquel Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [..] > > -- > > Raquel > > It's working! Now, I just have to find a window manager which Gnome > will work with. :( > Just install metacity

Re: X Setup Question

2004-07-27 Thread Kent West
Raquel Rice wrote: I've gotten the Gnome login screen to come up. I can even login. Thank you everyone for your help. There's a problem though. The screen is way too large. I've edited configuration using dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86, but it doesn't change what the screen looks like. I've

Re: X Setup Question

2004-07-27 Thread Greg Folkert
On Tue, 2004-07-27 at 16:09, Raquel Rice wrote: > I've gotten the Gnome login screen to come up. I can even login. > Thank you everyone for your help. There's a problem though. > > The screen is way too large. I've edited configuration using > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86, but it doesn't c

Re: unusable X setup after new install....

2003-08-14 Thread Rob Weir
On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 11:44:40AM +0200, Bruno Boettcher wrote: > Hello, > > i just boostrapped a machine into debian to show how nice this is in > confront to suse, and am loosing some face here :( > > it took some time to get X to start, that part is now a little bit > solved, but now when

unusable X setup after new install....

2003-08-14 Thread Bruno Boettcher
Hello, i just boostrapped a machine into debian to show how nice this is in confront to suse, and am loosing some face here :( it took some time to get X to start, that part is now a little bit solved, but now when i log in with gdm it starts up a gnome env but without a windowmanager!!! str

Quest for intelligent remote x setup with laptop

2003-03-02 Thread Mario Vukelic
Hi, I have a shiny new desktop machine, so I thought I'm gonna use my old laptop as a X terminal to the desktop. I tried remote session logins via XDMCP, VNC and a local X session at the laptop with some apps started remotely (ssh-tunneled from the desktop). Each of these solutions seems to have

Re: X setup problem

2003-02-12 Thread Rob Weir
On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 07:07:36AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 03:58:00PM -0300, GBV wrote: > > send you config file, please > > Realise you have a real good chance of damaging your monitor if you > use his config without changing it for your monitor. That's highly unlike

Re: X setup problem

2003-02-11 Thread Paul Johnson
On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 03:58:00PM -0300, GBV wrote: > send you config file, please Realise you have a real good chance of damaging your monitor if you use his config without changing it for your monitor. -- .''`. Baloo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian admin and user `. `'` `-

Re: X Setup problem

2003-02-11 Thread Gemini
Le Mardi 11 Février 2003 07:47, Rudmins a écrit : > Okay, you say you needed to add support for the wheel of your house. > I'm not quite sure what that means. It just means that I added in my config file, under the mouse section, the line : Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" and to change the protocol

Re: X setup problem

2003-02-10 Thread Gemini
Le Lundi 10 Février 2003 17:57, Michael Rudmin a écrit : > Hi, >I've got what I think is a common problem with > setting up X, but I can't find the solution. Some > help would be appreciated. > >We have current debian, xdm, X. The card is an > NVIDIA GEFORCE2MX; (NV driver). The monitor

Re: X setup problem

2003-02-10 Thread GBV
send you config file, please - Original Message - From: "Michael Rudmin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 2:57 PM Subject: X setup problem > Hi, >I've got what I think is a common problem with > setting

X setup problem

2003-02-10 Thread Michael Rudmin
Hi, I've got what I think is a common problem with setting up X, but I can't find the solution. Some help would be appreciated. We have current debian, xdm, X. The card is an NVIDIA GEFORCE2MX; (NV driver). The monitor is an ImageQuest v570, slightly offbeat monitor. http://www.image

Re: Woody NVIDIA X Setup

2002-06-12 Thread Peter Whysall
on Wed, Jun 12, 2002, Ed Cogburn ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Bedford, Donald T. wrote: > > >When I upgraded/build a new kernel, I had a problem w/ the nvidia driver > >and > >ended up changing back to 'Driver "nv"' (see step 6). Not optimal but > >it works... > > > > That's not really a

Re: Woody NVIDIA X Setup

2002-06-12 Thread Ed Cogburn
Bedford, Donald T. wrote: When I upgraded/build a new kernel, I had a problem w/ the nvidia driver and ended up changing back to 'Driver "nv"' (see step 6). Not optimal but it works... That's not really a solution, because all you're doing is returning to the old, limited nvidia hardwa

RE: Woody NVIDIA X Setup

2002-06-11 Thread Bedford, Donald T.
PM To: DEBIAN-USERS Subject: Woody NVIDIA X Setup I have had Debian installed two times and have not yet been able too get X working right. I found a mini how to but have not tried it out yet. At http://games.luv.asn.au/lsd/nvidia-mini-howto.html Is this up to date? Any help would be appreciate

Re: Woody NVIDIA X Setup

2002-06-11 Thread Andreas Eichner
Am Dienstag, 11. Juni 2002 08:08 schrieb B. L. Jilek: > There are only four things you have to do. Download the two tar files > from nvidia's site. make install both of them. Edit the XF86Config-4 > file and restart X. You should better use apt-get install nvidia-kernel-src nvidia-glx-src in

Re: Woody NVIDIA X Setup

2002-06-11 Thread Fabian Dortu
> > I have had Debian installed two times and have not yet been able too get X > working right. I found a mini how to but have not tried it out yet. At > http://games.luv.asn.au/lsd/nvidia-mini-howto.html Is this up to date? Any > help would be > appreciated. I have decided to move over to Debia

Re: Woody NVIDIA X Setup

2002-06-11 Thread B. L. Jilek
Hi Rusty! On Mon, 10 Jun 2002, Rusty Minden wrote: > > I have had Debian installed two times and have not yet been able too get X > working right. I found a mini how to but have not tried it out yet. At > http://games.luv.asn.au/lsd/nvidia-mini-howto.html Is this up to date? Any > help would b

Re: Woody NVIDIA X Setup

2002-06-10 Thread Robert Ian Smit
On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 08:19:12PM -0700, Rusty Minden wrote: > > I have had Debian installed two times and have not yet been able too get X > working right. I found a mini how to but have not tried it out yet. At > http://games.luv.asn.au/lsd/nvidia-mini-howto.html Is this up to date? Any > hel

Woody NVIDIA X Setup

2002-06-10 Thread Rusty Minden
I have had Debian installed two times and have not yet been able too get X working right. I found a mini how to but have not tried it out yet. At http://games.luv.asn.au/lsd/nvidia-mini-howto.html Is this up to date? Any help would be appreciated. I have decided to move over to Debian after work

RE: Gnome/X setup problems

2002-06-08 Thread Andrew Fowler
and the light goes on !!! That was it. I Really feel stupid now ! Thanks, Andz -Original Message- From: Colin Watson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Colin Watson Sent: 08 June 2002 02:07 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Gnome/X setup problems On Fri, Jun 07

Re: Gnome/X setup problems

2002-06-07 Thread marshal
> "Andrew" == Andrew Fowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Andrew> Hi ! Just started with Debian (woody). I'm by no means Andrew> an expert so need the online help. Unfortunalty, Gnome Andrew> help doesn't seem to be installed (Clicking on the ? in Andrew> the Gnome panel just b

Re: Gnome/X setup problems

2002-06-07 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 08:31:42PM +0200, Andrew Fowler wrote: > Just started with Debian (woody). I'm by no means an expert so need the > online help. Unfortunalty, Gnome help doesn't seem to be installed > (Clicking on the ? in the Gnome panel just brings up a browser with the > msg: Could not l

Re: Gnome/X setup problems

2002-06-07 Thread Andrew Fowler
dpkg -l gnome-help produces the following: Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name VersionDescript

Re: Gnome/X setup problems

2002-06-07 Thread Glyn Millington
Andrew Fowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi ! > > Just started with Debian (woody). I'm by no means an expert so need the > online help. Unfortunalty, Gnome help doesn't seem to be installed > (Clicking on the ? in the Gnome panel just brings up a browser with the > msg: Could not load default

Gnome/X setup problems

2002-06-07 Thread Andrew Fowler
Hi ! Just started with Debian (woody). I'm by no means an expert so need the online help. Unfortunalty, Gnome help doesn't seem to be installed (Clicking on the ? in the Gnome panel just brings up a browser with the msg: Could not load default TOC). I've installed all gnome doc packages I can f

Re: X setup problem? connection to ":0,0" refused by server

2002-01-02 Thread Brian Nelson
Paul Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When I attempt > emacs /etc/init.d/networking > from xterm I get > connection to ":0,0" refused by server > > It works from a virtual terminal. Are you trying that as root in the xterm? If so, either run emacs with the -nw switch (emacs -nw /etc/init.d/ne

Re: X setup problem? connection to ":0,0" refused by server

2002-01-01 Thread Paul Scott
Paul Scott wrote: Shawn Lamson wrote: From: "Paul Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: X setup problem? connection to ":0,0" refused by server When I attempt emacs /etc/init.d/networking from xterm I get connection to ":0,0" refused by server It

Re: X setup problem? connection to ":0,0" refused by server

2002-01-01 Thread Paul Scott
Paul Scott wrote: Shawn Lamson wrote: From: "Paul Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: X setup problem? connection to ":0,0" refused by server When I attempt emacs /etc/init.d/networking from xterm I get connection to ":0,0" refused by server It works fro

Re: X setup problem? connection to ":0,0" refused by server

2002-01-01 Thread Paul Scott
Shawn Lamson wrote: From: "Paul Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: X setup problem? connection to ":0,0" refused by server When I attempt emacs /etc/init.d/networking from xterm I get connection to ":0,0" refused by server It works from a virtual

X setup problem? connection to ":0,0" refused by server

2002-01-01 Thread Shawn Lamson
>From: "Paul Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: X setup problem? connection to ":0,0" refused by server >When I attempt >emacs /etc/init.d/networking >from xterm I get >connection to ":0,0" refused by server >It works from a virtual t

X setup problem? connection to ":0,0" refused by server

2002-01-01 Thread Paul Scott
When I attempt emacs /etc/init.d/networking from xterm I get connection to ":0,0" refused by server It works from a virtual terminal. I have found this error discussed in the various archives but haven't found a simple enough answer yet. TIA, Paul Scott

Re: Help with X setup

2001-07-24 Thread Joel Mayes
"Alex Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Have got potato installed my system, but typing startx starts tvm. Which file > do I edit to have > startx start gnome using sawmill? > >   > > Thanks in advance for any help. try (as root) update-alternatives --config x-window-mannager Cheers Joe

Re: Another Question regaring X setup

2001-07-24 Thread Miguel Griffa
At 02:32 p.m. 24/07/01 -0500, Alex Thomas wrote: Thank you for all the help, but as I am a refuge from NT please give me the complete path as ~/.xsession or ~/.xinitrc does not make much sense to me at this point. ~ is a sort of alias of the username of the current user try cd ~ the same AFAIK

Re: Another Question regaring X setup

2001-07-24 Thread Adam Bell
From: Alex Thomas To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 3:32 PM Subject: Another Question regaring X setup Thank you for all the help, but as I am a refuge from NT please give me the complete path as ~/.xsession or ~/.xinitrc does not make much

Re: Another Question regaring X setup

2001-07-24 Thread Kalle Hasselström
On Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 02:32:27PM -0500, Alex Thomas wrote: > Thank you for all the help, but as I am a refuge from NT please give me the > complete path as ~/.xsession or ~/.xinitrc does not make much sense to me at > this point. > > Again Thank You for your help > > Alex ~ is just another n

Re: Another Question regaring X setup

2001-07-24 Thread Scott Adair
Okey :-) Here we go.. Let's assume that you have a user on the linux system, called alex. What you need to do, is open /home/alex/.xinitrc, and add the line 'gnome-session' to it (without the quotes). When you start x it will look at this file and execute whatever you have in it. If there is no

Re: Another Question regaring X setup

2001-07-24 Thread Craig Dickson
Alex Thomas wrote: > Thank you for all the help, but as I am a refuge from NT please give > me the complete path as ~/.xsession or ~/.xinitrc does not make much > sense to me at this point. That _is_ a complete path. The ~ means your personal home directory -- so if your account is "alex", then i

Another Question regaring X setup

2001-07-24 Thread Alex Thomas
Thank you for all the help, but as I am a refuge from NT please give me the complete path as ~/.xsession or ~/.xinitrc does not make much sense to me at this point.   Again Thank You for your help   Alex

Re: Help with X setup

2001-07-24 Thread Scott Adair
You should just need to put 'gnome-session' in your ~/.xession (or ~/.xinitrc) and it should launch gnome+sawfish for you (if they are properly installed) * Miguel Griffa ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > At 01:42 p.m. 24/07/01 -0500, Alex Thomas wrote: > >Have got potato installed my system, but typi

Re: Help with X setup

2001-07-24 Thread Miguel Griffa
At 01:42 p.m. 24/07/01 -0500, Alex Thomas wrote: Have got potato installed my system, but typing startx starts tvm. Which file do I edit to have startx start gnome using sawmill? Thanks in advance for any help. try editing ~/.xsession

Help with X setup

2001-07-24 Thread Alex Thomas
Have got potato installed my system, but typing startx starts tvm. Which file do I edit to have startx start gnome using sawmill?   Thanks in advance for any help.   Alex

Re: X setup, continued.

2001-05-17 Thread Steve Gran
On Mon, 14 May 2001, Ilya Martynov wrote: > > > A> Is there some similar way to change the color depth (with > A> some keyboard shortcuts), or the only way is to kill the > A> server an then restart it in the desired color depth? > > AFAIK it is not possible to chanage color depth. At least wit

Re: X setup

2001-05-15 Thread Derya PALANCI
thaks so much cameron cause i had the same problem and god damn xserver-svga was not installed... so i found my answer thanks everybody who knows something and helps someone... derya

Re: X setup, continued.

2001-05-14 Thread Ilya Martynov
A> Is there some similar way to change the color depth (with A> some keyboard shortcuts), or the only way is to kill the A> server an then restart it in the desired color depth? AFAIK it is not possible to chanage color depth. At least with keyboard shortcuts. A> And another question, is the col

Re: X setup, continued.

2001-05-14 Thread AtiZ
> You can also switch between resolutions using Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Plus and > Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Minus. Is there some similar way to change the color depth (with some keyboard shortcuts), or the only way is to kill the server an then restart it in the desired color depth? And another question, is the c

Re: X setup, continued.

2001-05-14 Thread Craig Holyoak
> 1. I actually have a desktop diplayed now. Unfortunately unless I > manually set the resolution to "640x480", by editing XF86config, only > the top left corner of the desktop is displayed. > > from XF86config > > Section "Screen" > Driver "svga" > Device "NVIDIA Riva TNT2 (generic)

X setup, continued.

2001-05-14 Thread David Underwood
Thankyou kindly Cameron. Indeed XF86-SVGA was not intalled. So far so good. Two more problems have arisen since that I cannot seem to get a handle on. 1. I actually have a desktop diplayed now. Unfortunately unless I manually set the resolution to "640x480", by editing XF86config, only the top l

Re: X setup

2001-05-13 Thread Cameron Matheson
Hey, Make sure that XF86_SVGA is installed (it might not be, that's often happened to me). Try 'apt-get install xserver-svga' Cameron Matheson On Sun, May 13, 2001 at 10:16:31PM +1000, David Underwood wrote: > Greetings Debian folk, > > I have a problem that I hope that you may be able to hel

X setup

2001-05-13 Thread David Underwood
Greetings Debian folk, I have a problem that I hope that you may be able to help me with. I am not entirely new to Linux having run both Redhat and Mandrake over the last year or so. Having said that I am no guru either! However I am totally new to Debian. I have just recently installed 2.2r3

x setup problems - garbled interface

2001-05-04 Thread the auroran sunset
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 a few details to start:- monitor: tatung tm3401 graphics: onboard (dell dimension p120) vertrefresh: 50-87 horizsync: 31.5-35.5 x server: svga os: debian 2.2r3 (potato) the problem: i've been trying to get the above lot in some sort of working order,

Re: X setup in Woody

2001-04-28 Thread Andrea Vettorello
Hans wrote: > Upgraded a fresh Potato install to Woody. Came with XFree4, but XF86Setup > is gone. So is xf86config, anXious and there is no dexter, which I > understand is the replacement. Now I understand why people say setting up X > is so hard :-) > > How to use debconf or other tools to set u

X setup in Woody

2001-04-27 Thread Hans
Upgraded a fresh Potato install to Woody. Came with XFree4, but XF86Setup is gone. So is xf86config, anXious and there is no dexter, which I understand is the replacement. Now I understand why people say setting up X is so hard :-) How to use debconf or other tools to set up X? Or can I dump Xfree

Re: X Setup

2001-03-04 Thread Kent West
is a fresh install of debian 2.2r2 with only the base installed (ie no extra packages). I've installed 4.0.1 before without any trouble. Debconf came up without a hitch (much better than XF86Setup). Any idea on how I can get X setup?? any help or ideas are greatly appreci

Re: X Setup

2001-03-03 Thread Bob Nielsen
dpkg-reconfigure. XF86Setup and XF86Config do not exist. This is a fresh > install of debian 2.2r2 with only the base installed (ie no extra packages). > I've installed 4.0.1 before without any trouble. Debconf came up without a > hitch (much better than XF86Setup). > > Any idea o

X Setup

2001-03-03 Thread Jesse Lee
ll of debian 2.2r2 with only the base installed (ie no extra packages). I've installed 4.0.1 before without any trouble. Debconf came up without a hitch (much better than XF86Setup). Any idea on how I can get X setup?? any help or ideas are greatly appreci

Re: X setup help, please

2000-11-18 Thread Alson van der Meulen
On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 06:39:28PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: > On Sat Nov 18 18:10:07 2000 Alson van der Meulen wrote... > > > >On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 05:59:50PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: > >>Seting up a recycled machine for Dabian Potato. Superprobe returns: > >> > >>First video: Super-VGA

Re: X setup help, please

2000-11-18 Thread Stan Brown
On Sat Nov 18 18:10:07 2000 Alson van der Meulen wrote... > >On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 05:59:50PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: >> Seting up a recycled machine for Dabian Potato. Superprobe returns: >> >> First video: Super-VGA >> Chipset: Trident GUI 9680 (PCI Probed) >> Memory: 102

Re: X setup help, please

2000-11-18 Thread Alson van der Meulen
On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 05:59:50PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: > Seting up a recycled machine for Dabian Potato. Superprobe returns: > > First video: Super-VGA > Chipset: Trident GUI 9680 (PCI Probed) > Memory: 1024 Kbytes > > RAMDAC: Trident Built-In 15/16/24-bit DAC

X setup help, please

2000-11-18 Thread Stan Brown
Seting up a recycled machine for Dabian Potato. Superprobe returns: First video: Super-VGA Chipset: Trident GUI 9680 (PCI Probed) Memory: 1024 Kbytes RAMDAC: Trident Built-In 15/16/24-bit DAC (with 6-bit wide lookup tables (or in 6-bit mode))

Re: X setup

2000-09-20 Thread David Z Maze
Ray Percival <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: RP> Thanks to the thread from a couple of days ago my mouse is now RP> working. Thanks all. One more question. Does anyone have an RP> example xsession file from 2.2 that launches X with Gnome and E or RP> how to build one? Thanks very much all. My .xsessio

X setup

2000-09-20 Thread Ray Percival
Thanks to the thread from a couple of days ago my mouse is now working. Thanks all. One more question. Does anyone have an example xsession file from 2.2 that launches X with Gnome and E or how to build one? Thanks very much all. Ray

RE: X setup with SiS 6236

2000-05-25 Thread Paul McHale
> > Has anyone had success parametrising X with an SiS 6236 AGP? I I doubt it is helpful, but I have the SiS 6326 (PCI) running under Storm. Let me know if you want some of the configuration files and I will send them. BTW> Storm did not recognize it in the first step of the installation. There i

Re: X setup with SiS 6236

2000-05-25 Thread Roso Giuseppe \(Beppe\)
On Thu, 25 May 2000, Tony wrote: > Hello, > > Has anyone had success parametrising X with an SiS 6236 AGP? I can't run > XF86Setup without the screen hanging before it has found an appropriate > graphical mode. Is there a script version of XF86Setup? > > > > Thanks > > Tony XF86Setup c

X setup with SiS 6236

2000-05-25 Thread Tony
Hello, Has anyone had success parametrising X with an SiS 6236 AGP? I can't run XF86Setup without the screen hanging before it has found an appropriate graphical mode. Is there a script version of XF86Setup? Thanks Tony

Re: X setup

2000-05-14 Thread Marshal Wong
> "Jay" == Jay Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello. I was wondering if anyone knows the setting (ie clock > speed, etc.) for a Diamond Multimedia Vodoo2000 video card. Im > trying to get it to working in X and am not sure the settings. I > am also confused about the moni

X setup

2000-05-14 Thread Jay Kelly
Hello. I was wondering if anyone knows the setting (ie clock speed, etc.) for a Diamond Multimedia Vodoo2000 video card. Im trying to get it to working in X and am not sure the settings. I am also confused about the monitor settings, Im using a Veiwsonic 17E. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Re: HP Pavillion 6355 X setup

1999-04-24 Thread EdDown
Thanks for the reply from Alec - got a nearly usable X system now. Last problem is some nasty distortion on any vertical lines (Windows, desk top menus, etc) in the right hand potion of the screen. The standard wide weave background seems fine, and any graphic windows seem OK (I was playing wit

HP Pavillion 6355 X setup

1999-04-24 Thread EdDown
I've tried for the last couple of weeks to set up X through Debian on this computer. All the setup/probing tools lead me to the Mach64 server, but I cannot get it up (!). I have succeeded with the vga16 server, but this is only a stopgap. The same screen values that work with the vga server don'

Re: Trouble updating (trashed my X setup)

1999-03-04 Thread Peter Karlsson
> Just for grins, I note you're in .se. Do you happen to have the LANG or > any of the LC_* variables set? If so, try unsetting them and PLEASE let > me know if that fixes the problem or changes nothing. That solved the problem... I had LC_TYPE=iso_8859_1 and LC_ALL=sv_SE.ISO8859-1 set, and whe

Re: Trouble updating (trashed my X setup)

1999-03-03 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Mar 03, 1999 at 06:00:10PM +0100, Peter Karlsson wrote: > I was doing a "apt-get dist-upgrade" to update to the latest versions, when > installing the xserver-common package didn't work. This has now trashed my > X installation completely, so it doesn't work at all. > > This is what happen

Trouble updating (trashed my X setup)

1999-03-03 Thread Peter Karlsson
I was doing a "apt-get dist-upgrade" to update to the latest versions, when installing the xserver-common package didn't work. This has now trashed my X installation completely, so it doesn't work at all. This is what happens when I try to install it: # dpkg --install /tmp/xserver-common_3.3.2.3a

Re: ATI Xpert98 x setup

1998-10-09 Thread Damir J. Naden
Hi M.C. Vernon; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > Dear all, > > I'm trying to get this setup properly, with only limited success > ATM. Here is the devices section: > > Section "Device" >Identifier "Primary Card" >VendorName "Unknown" >BoardName "ATI Pro Turb

ATI Xpert98 x setup

1998-10-08 Thread M.C. Vernon
Dear all, I'm trying to get this setup properly, with only limited success ATM. Here is the devices section: Section "Device" Identifier "Primary Card" VendorName "Unknown" BoardName "ATI Pro Turbo+PC2TV, 3D Rage II+DVD" VideoRam8192 Is this right for

Diamond stealth 2500 & X setup

1997-11-20 Thread Rick Hawkins
My new video card has arrived, a diamond stealth video 2500. I've tried to run XF86Setup, but am not getting anything usable. I tell it which card, and for monitor have tried both the "can do 1280x1024 at 60hx", and actually entering the ranges for my machine, 30-66 and 55-130. It successfull

Re: More X setup fun!

1997-10-21 Thread Daniel Martin
On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Shaul Peleg wrote: > I am having trouble getting X windows to run. I am *nix illiterate. The > documentation that I found did not help. My system is fairly simple - I > have a simple Trident Providia 9865 based board with 2 megs. After I > setup using generic VGA / VGA16 base

More X setup fun!

1997-10-20 Thread Shaul Peleg
I am having trouble getting X windows to run. I am *nix illiterate. The documentation that I found did not help. My system is fairly simple - I have a simple Trident Providia 9865 based board with 2 megs. After I setup using generic VGA / VGA16 base / afterstep I run startx and the screen goes blan

Re: 1.1 X setup default: bs/del don't work with motif apps.

1996-05-13 Thread Oliver Schoett
> The subject says it: none of these keys work with Motif apps on a > fresh installation. I'm sure some xmodmap commands (though I'm not > sure which ones, if you can help) would do the trick, but I wonder > what neither of them is usable by default? In the TU Munich Computer Science Department, t

Re: 1.1 X setup default: bs/del don't work with motif apps.

1996-05-12 Thread Brian C. White
> > The subject says it: none of these keys work with Motif apps on a > > fresh installation. I'm sure some xmodmap commands (though I'm not > > sure which ones, if you can help) would do the trick, but I wonder > > what neither of them is usable by default? > > I did a ln -s /usr/X11R6 /usr/X386

Re: 1.1 X setup default: bs/del don't work with motif apps.

1996-05-11 Thread Stephen Early
On Fri, 10 May 1996, Martin Konold wrote: > I did a ln -s /usr/X11R6 /usr/X386 > in order to get the motif application netscape running. > This way it will find the > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XKeysymDB > for wihich netscape looks at > /usr/X386/lib/X11/XKeysymDB > > May the debian team will include th

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