Re: Mail; how to do remote... (was Re: need help getting X server running...)

1998-10-26 Thread Michael B. Taylor
On Sun, Oct 25, 1998 at 05:11:28PM -0800, Jesse Evans wrote: > Now, on to the next item... How do I deal with mail? I've got a dial-up > connection through > an ISP, so I need to somehow configure linux to connect to my POP account. > Where do I look and what do I do? > You could instal

Mail; how to do remote... (was Re: need help getting X server running...)

1998-10-26 Thread Jesse Evans
Hi, again Folks!       Well, so far you people have been a big help. I finally managed to get X working; turns out I needed to use the SVGA server. Thanks again for all your advice.       Now, on to the next item... How do I deal with mail? I've got a dial-up connection through an ISP, so I

Re: need help getting X server running...

1998-10-25 Thread M.C. Vernon
On Sat, 24 Oct 1998, Jesse Evans wrote: > Folks, > > Thanks for the tips, but so far still no joy. > > Regarding posting all the messages, I can't even read them all. > As the messages start to scroll up, the display blinks (trying to go into > graphics mode, I suspect,) then comes back

Re: need help getting X server running...

1998-10-24 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "JE" == Jesse Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JE> How can I capture these messages into a file so that I JE> may be able to see what's going on? I've tried looking in /var/log JE> to see if anythere seems related, but haven't found anything. JE> I think what I want to do is redirect stderr i

Re: need help getting X server running...

1998-10-24 Thread DinosauR MinG
file, but > > I'm new to linux and don't know how to make that happen. > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Jesse Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Debian User Mail List > > >

Re: need help getting X server running...

1998-10-24 Thread Kent West
-Original Message- > From: Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Jesse Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Debian User Mail List > > Date: Thursday, October 22, 1998 7:54 AM > Subject: Re: need help getting X server running... > > > >At 09:06 PM 10/21/1998 -0700, J

Re: need help getting X server running...

1998-10-24 Thread Jesse Evans
w to linux and don't know how to make that happen. -Original Message- From: Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Jesse Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Debian User Mail List Date: Thursday, October 22, 1998 7:54 AM Subject: Re: need help getting X server running... >At

Re: need help getting X server running...

1998-10-22 Thread Kenneth Scharf
What I don't really understand is why XF86Setup was able to function just fine with the S3 setup, but the actual S3 X server package failed... But I'm just trying not to think about it too much. = That's because XF86Setup doesn't use the S

Re: need help getting X server running...

1998-10-22 Thread Jack Nutting
> Folks, > > I've recently installed debian on my PC and can't get the X server > working. I've run the XF86Setup app and it completed sucessfully, telling > me I had established a properly working server, but when I quit, saving > the config to XF86Config, and run startx, I get the followi

Re: need help getting X server running...

1998-10-22 Thread Kent West
At 09:06 PM 10/21/1998 -0700, Jesse Evans wrote: > > Folks, > > I've recently installed debian on my PC and can't get the X server working. > I've run the XF86Setup app and it completed sucessfully, telling me I had > established a properly working server, but when I quit, saving the config to

need help getting X server running...

1998-10-22 Thread Jesse Evans
Folks,     I've recently installed debian on my PC and can't get the X server working. I've run the XF86Setup app and it completed sucessfully, telling me I had established a properly working server, but when I quit, saving the config to XF86Config, and run startx, I get the following: