Re: questions about fvwm config, XF86Setup, fonts

2002-03-10 Thread Simon Hepburn
xucaen wrote: > > I would purge all of your X3.3.6 packages and install > > x-window-system-core to ensure you have the essential X4 packages. > > quick question; is there a simple way to purge my X 3.3.6 packages or will > I have to remove them all one by one? and does X4 still use the same file

Re: questions about fvwm config, XF86Setup, fonts

2002-03-09 Thread Simon Hepburn
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Hi all, now that I have X running again, I notice a few things. > >> XF86Setup no longer works. when I select it from my fvwm menu nothing > >> happens. no errors no screen flashing, nothing. > > >

Re: questions about fvwm config, XF86Setup, fonts

2002-03-09 Thread xucaen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Hi all, now that I have X running again, I notice a few things. XF86Setup >> no longer works. when I select it from my fvwm menu nothing happens. no >> errors no screen flashing, nothing. >You seem to have started more than one thread on this,

Re: questions about fvwm config, XF86Setup, fonts

2002-03-09 Thread Simon Hepburn
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, now that I have X running again, I notice a few things. XF86Setup > no longer works. when I select it from my fvwm menu nothing happens. no > errors no screen flashing, nothing. You seem to have started more than one thread on this, so forgive me if I&

questions about fvwm config, XF86Setup, fonts

2002-03-08 Thread xucaen
Hi all, now that I have X running again, I notice a few things. XF86Setup no longer works. when I select it from my fvwm menu nothing happens. no errors no screen flashing, nothing. My fonts are different. I think some font packages didn't get installed. What are the names of the default

Trouble with XF86Setup

2001-11-20 Thread ChadGSimpkins
I am running the current stable release that I downloaded two days ago. I did a base install and now I am trying to get X to work. I have installed all of the packages that I need. When I try to run XF86Setup I get an error stating that it can't find the file libXaw.so.6. This fil

Re: Segmentation Fault w/ XF86Setup

2001-11-19 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
Rafe B. wrote: I just tried to upgrade my "potato" box with XFree86 from "unstable." Bad idea? Not the best. This yields Segmentation Fault when I run XF86Setup. So my questions are: 1. Was it dumb to install XF86 4.1 on top of a 2.2r3 base (kernel 2.2.18pre

Re: Segmentation Fault w/ XF86Setup

2001-11-17 Thread Frank Zimmermann
I just tried to upgrade my "potato" box with XFree86 from "unstable." Bad idea? Yes! This yields Segmentation Fault when I run XF86Setup. Mildly chaotic "update" process, since I was a bit confused about the Deb packages to get. I started with: xfree86

Segmentation Fault w/ XF86Setup

2001-11-16 Thread Rafe B.
I just tried to upgrade my "potato" box with XFree86 from "unstable." Bad idea? This yields Segmentation Fault when I run XF86Setup. Mildly chaotic "update" process, since I was a bit confused about the Deb packages to get. I started with: xfree86-common

XF86Setup

2001-11-07 Thread Jason Machacek
Sorry to keep hitting you guys with newbie questions, but when I run XF86Setup, I can get my mouse working and set everything up. However, my Radeon isn't listed in the list of cards because it's not supported by my current version of XFree86. When I use the "generic VGA"

Re: XF86Setup for woody?

2001-11-01 Thread George Karaolides
On 31 Oct 2001, Brian Nelson wrote: > I don't know about a card database, but you want the "nv" driver. Thanks, got that from xfree86.org. I seem to be on the right track now, thanks to everyone who helped. Best regards, George Karaolides 8, Costakis Pantelides St., tel: +35 79 68 08

Re: XF86Setup for woody?

2001-10-31 Thread George Karaolides
ation screens > > for XFree86-4 > > HTH > > Don > On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, George Karaolides wrote: > Thanks, > > Have done as above. The configuration screens ask me to choose a driver. > Where can I find info on which driver to choose for my card? (Nvidia > TNT2 w

Re: XF86Setup for woody?

2001-10-31 Thread Brian Nelson
ring up a set of > >configuration screens for XFree86-4 HTH Don > > Thanks, > > Have done as above. The configuration screens ask me to choose a > driver. Where can I find info on which driver to choose for my card? > (Nvidia TNT2 w.32MB RAM). xf86config and xf86setup us

Re: XF86Setup for woody?

2001-10-31 Thread George Karaolides
gt; Don Thanks, Have done as above. The configuration screens ask me to choose a driver. Where can I find info on which driver to choose for my card? (Nvidia TNT2 w.32MB RAM). xf86config and xf86setup used to show a card database so you could choose, but not here. Best regards, George K

Re: XF86Setup for woody?

2001-10-30 Thread D.
--- George Karaolides <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm having my first go at woody on a spare machine. > I have installed X, > but not configured it yet. > > I have had no joy so far from xf86config. > > Pointers, anyone? > > Best regards, George if when you did the dist-upgrade y

Re: XF86Setup for woody?

2001-10-30 Thread nate
George Karaolides said: > > Hi, > > I'm having my first go at woody on a spare machine. I have > installed X, but not configured it yet. > > Is there a way to run XF86Setup on woody? apt-get install > xf86setup returns an error: what version of X? if your running a

XF86Setup for woody?

2001-10-30 Thread George Karaolides
Hi, I'm having my first go at woody on a spare machine. I have installed X, but not configured it yet. Is there a way to run XF86Setup on woody? apt-get install xf86setup returns an error: phobos:~# apt-get install xf86setup Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree...

Re: Re: XF86Setup Error

2001-08-26 Thread Hereward Cooper
> They suggest using either xf86cfg or XFree86 -configure, but > both of these > caused my machine (a dell dimension) to crash as (i think) > they are > essentially the same program. xf86cfg runs XFree86 -configure to generate a settings file, or so I read somewhere (manpage?) when i run xf86c

Re: XF86Setup Error

2001-08-26 Thread R1nso13
phreaking, yea! anyway... i had the same problem: as it turns out the XFree86 organization has temporarily phased out XF86Config with XFree86 4.0 (the x server included in debian's testing distribution). They suggest using either xf86cfg or XFree86 -configure, but both of these caused my machi

XF86Setup Error

2001-08-26 Thread Hereward Cooper
Hi, I'm trying to reconfigure my X, when I run XF86Setup the following appears: ### Warning CHIPSET specification missing in Card database entry S3 Savage4 (line 1442). Warning SERVER specification missing in Card database entry Trident TGUI9420 (generic) (line 2186). Warning S

Re: XF86Setup problem

2001-08-23 Thread Jeff Maxson
hic > > processor Rage 128). I didn't find it in the list of cards of > XF86Setup. > > Are you running Xfree86 4.1.0? > > The advise below infers NO WARRANTY; use at your own risk. > > I have an ATI Rage Fury Pro which as far as I can tell is practically >

Re: XF86Setup problem

2001-08-23 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 11:16:06AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello everybody, > I'm a newbie in Potato installing: the problem is my Graphic card > configuration on Athlon 900 with ATI XPERT 200 32MB AGP (graphic > processor Rage 128). I didn't find it in the list

Re: XF86Setup problem

2001-08-23 Thread Bruce Mobarry
montesheba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everybody, I'm a newbie in Potato installing: the problem is > my Graphic card configuration on Athlon 900 with ATI XPERT 200 32MB > AGP (graphic processor Rage 128). I didn't find it in the list of > cards of XF86Setup.

Re: XF86Setup in Woody?

2001-08-23 Thread Stephen Gran
Thus spake [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > so then i guess those guys keyboards don't have a shift key, huh? : ) (forget > who kept making the keyboard : program analogies) > > anyway, good! i'm getting somewhere, however i'm getting kind of tired of > the debian dpkg approach. however, i'm going to make

XF86Setup problem

2001-08-23 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello everybody, I'm a newbie in Potato installing: the problem is my Graphic card configuration on Athlon 900 with ATI XPERT 200 32MB AGP (graphic processor Rage 128). I didn't find it in the list of cards of XF86Setup. I tried a conf file with VGA/Monitor generic but the screen is al

Re: XF86Setup in Woody?

2001-08-22 Thread Jason Majors
I just started reading this thread, but...I think I can help. Install the package xbase-clients then run xf86config It's the best X config utility I've seen. And make sure xbase-clients, xfree86-common, and xserver-xfree86 are all version 4.0.3-4. The config file will be /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. On

Re: XF86Setup in Woody?

2001-08-22 Thread R1nso13
so then i guess those guys keyboards don't have a shift key, huh? : ) (forget who kept making the keyboard : program analogies) anyway, good! i'm getting somewhere, however i'm getting kind of tired of the debian dpkg approach. however, i'm going to make one more attempt to get a configuration

Re: XF86Setup in Woody?

2001-08-20 Thread Daniel Farnsworth Teichert
I could be wrong (it's happened before) but I think that in the newer version of X, XF86Setup has kind of been retired--I haven't seen it, anyway. There are several other options for X configuration that *weren't* there before, though (which may be considered replacements, I don&#

XF86Setup "segmentation fault"

2001-08-19 Thread R1nso13
I'm working on upgrading to woody, and here's my latest x windows problem: I'd installed xdm and xbase-clients (with all the dependent files and stuff) then i ran XF86Setup, which worked fine at this point. Afterwards, I finished my x installation by dpkg ing xserver-common, a

Re: XF86Setup in Woody?

2001-08-18 Thread R1nso13
i've re-installed the xf86setup packages and all the packages that depend on it however, i'm still getting errors such as "Warning Server spcification missing in card database entry for " or "Warning Chipset spcification missing in card database entry for " perhap

Re: XF86Setup in Woody?

2001-08-18 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 02:19:47AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > does woody have XF86Setup, Yes. Does your keyboard have a key? > i searched for XF86Setup on the packages list but it only returned a potato > package (the one i currently have) Packages d

XF86Setup in Woody?

2001-08-18 Thread R1nso13
does woody have XF86Setup, or do you just assume that whoever's running woody can handle xf86config? b/c after getting my x window system working (more or less) i decided i needed to reconfigure things a bit (because it was only more or less running). i searched for XF86Setup on the pac

Re: XF86Setup Problem with ATI Rage 128 Pro AGP 4x

2001-06-27 Thread D-Man
On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 01:37:22PM -0400, Christopher W. Aiken wrote: | On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Shivakumar Patil wrote: | | | I selected ATI rage 128 Pro generic, chipset as generic, memory as 16 meg | I have ATI Rage Pro with 4MB ram. I use the mach64 driver, with 1024x768 FYI the Rage Pro and the

Re: XF86Setup Problem with ATI Rage 128 Pro AGP 4x

2001-06-27 Thread Christopher W. Aiken
On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Shivakumar Patil wrote: :)Hi, :) :) I am new to debian and installed debian potato 2.2r3 on my 866Mhz, 128 :)MB RAM Dell Machine. I have xserver-svga as my X driver. I used XF86Setup :)gui tool to create a XF86Config file. :) I selected ATI rage 128 Pro generic

XF86Setup Problem with ATI Rage 128 Pro AGP 4x

2001-06-27 Thread Shivakumar Patil
Hi, I am new to debian and installed debian potato 2.2r3 on my 866Mhz, 128 MB RAM Dell Machine. I have xserver-svga as my X driver. I used XF86Setup gui tool to create a XF86Config file. I selected ATI rage 128 Pro generic, chipset as generic, memory as 16 meg and monitor as a SVGA

Re: XF86Setup problem

2001-06-10 Thread Joel Mayes
On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 10:14:01PM +0200, Jeroen Valcke wrote: > > The xserver-svga package is installed. > On another note now. I'm having trouble figuring out what kind of XFree > version I'm running. I'm a confused by this contradiction > > Tomsk:~# X -version > XFree86 Version 3.3.6 / X Windo

Re: XF86Setup problem

2001-06-09 Thread Jeroen Valcke
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 01:48:21PM +1000, Joel Mayes wrote: > if you installed this with "apt-get install xserver-sgva" and try to > configure X again it should work, You probably want the RIVATNT2 driver. The xserver-svga package is installed. On another note now. I'm having trouble figuring out

Re: XF86Setup problem

2001-06-09 Thread Jeroen Valcke
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 04:15:19PM +, Nick wrote: > I assume you're using server ver. 4.x > try apt-get install xserver-XFree86 then install the client -> "apt-get > install xbase-clients / xclients-base ?? > do xf86config.. your RIVA TNT2 card will be listed there. Actually the xbase-clients

Re: XF86Setup problem

2001-06-08 Thread Nick
ld like to reconfigure X windows on my machine. Especially the > > grafical settings need some finetuning. I would like to change > > resolutions and add virtual screen. So I start XF86Setup as root, but I > > get this error: > > Tomsk:~# XF86Setup & > > [1] 23274 >

Re: XF86Setup problem

2001-06-07 Thread Joel Mayes
the > grafical settings need some finetuning. I would like to change resolutions > and add virtual screen. So I start XF86Setup as root, but I get this > error: > Tomsk:~# XF86Setup & > [1] 23274 > Tomsk:~# Error in database, invalid reference: ET4000/W32 (generic). > Erro

XF86Setup problem

2001-06-07 Thread Jeroen Valcke
virtual screen. So I start XF86Setup as root, but I get this error: Tomsk:~# XF86Setup & [1] 23274 Tomsk:~# Error in database, invalid reference: ET4000/W32 (generic). Error in database, invalid reference: ET4000/W32 (generic). Error in database, invalid reference: ET4000/W32 (generic). Erro

Re: xf86Setup

2001-03-28 Thread Jason Majors
am now trying to configure the X server. When I run > xf86Setup, it attempts to start the GUI configuration, > but then just stops at a gray screen. If I > cntrl>alt>backspace then I get the message: > > "Program is running on a different virtual terminal > Please switch t

xf86Setup

2001-03-28 Thread Tim Boring
Hello! I've successfully installed Debian 2.2r2 but am now trying to configure the X server. When I run xf86Setup, it attempts to start the GUI configuration, but then just stops at a gray screen. If I cntrl>alt>backspace then I get the message: "Program is running on a d

XF86Setup Server Error

2001-03-18 Thread Arlo White
I have a Diamond Stealth S540 AGP card. I've just installed Debian 2.2r2 and during the installation process it said that my card was undetected and not on the debian lists, but I figured I could just set it up later. So anyway when XF86Setup was run I went through the steps, set up the

Re: IMPS/2 mouse protocol and XF86Setup

2001-03-01 Thread Matthew Sackman
On Thu, 1 Mar 2001 17:29:10 +0100 Raffaele Sandrini > wrote: > Hi all, > > My problem is, that my mouse is working with gpm but not with X11. > i use the gpm flags: -m /dev/psaux -t imps2 (i have an IntelliMouse) > Thats working fine. Now im entering into XF86Setup to configure

Re: IMPS/2 mouse protocol and XF86Setup

2001-03-01 Thread Rob VanFleet
ut not with X11. > i use the gpm flags: -m /dev/psaux -t imps2 (i have an IntelliMouse) > Thats working fine. Now im entering into XF86Setup to configure various > things... I chose at the mouse tab IMPS/2 and apply the changes. But the > mouse is just going into the right upper corner

Re: IMPS/2 mouse protocol and XF86Setup

2001-03-01 Thread Ilya Martynov
> "JF" == Jay Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JF> /etc/X11/XF86Config (excerpt)___ JF> Section "Pointer" JF> Device "/dev/gpmdata" JF> Protocol "imps/2" JF> ZAxisMapping 4 5 JF> Buttons 7 JF> EndS

Re: IMPS/2 mouse protocol and XF86Setup

2001-03-01 Thread Jay Ford
On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > My problem is, that my mouse is working with gpm but not with X11. > i use the gpm flags: -m /dev/psaux -t imps2 (i have an IntelliMouse) > Thats working fine. Now im entering into XF86Setup to configure various > things... I chose at t

IMPS/2 mouse protocol and XF86Setup

2001-03-01 Thread Raffaele Sandrini
Hi all, My problem is, that my mouse is working with gpm but not with X11. i use the gpm flags: -m /dev/psaux -t imps2 (i have an IntelliMouse) Thats working fine. Now im entering into XF86Setup to configure various things... I chose at the mouse tab IMPS/2 and apply the changes. But the mouse

Re: Xfree86 4.0.2 problems when using XF86Setup on testing distribution

2001-02-27 Thread Ray Percival
Don't use XF86Setup to setup X 4. Use xf86config instead. The graphical tools have never worked very well with X 4. You might want to take a look at http://www.xfree86.org/4.0.2/RELNOTES1.html#1. While they no longer say that the graphical tools won't work you will notice that XF86set

Re: Xfree86 4.0.2 problems when using XF86Setup on testing distribution

2001-02-27 Thread Walter Tautz
to take the source package ? > Xfree version 4 is different kettle of fish from X 3.3. I am currently having difficulty getting it work as the XF86Setup program claims it succeeds but when I run startx I get errors (looks like it's time to read the manpage): (NOTE. when XF86Setup tries th

Re: runlevels and XF86Setup??

2001-01-11 Thread Xucaen
to > > runlevel 3. > > > > (note that /etc/rc2.d and /etc/rc3.d have the > > same symlinks.) > > > > in /etc/rc3.d I canged the symlink of S99xdm > from > > ../init.d/xdm to /dev/null > > > > > This successfully keeps X from starting > > auto

Re: runlevels and XF86Setup??

2001-01-07 Thread Kent Nyberg
I find it much easier to mess with the initscript with the update-rc.d script. To remove for example xdm from the initscript you enter: 'update-rc.d xdm remove' If do do that, then xdm wont start from init any more. I dont know the exact command but you can do it the other way to, that is, you ca

Re: runlevels and XF86Setup??

2001-01-06 Thread Xucaen
gt; as you leave one symlink > > > in one of the rc?.d dirs, upgrades of xdm > will > > > never modify these > > > settings. > > > > > > > Are you saying that pointing S99xdm to > /dev/null > > caused XF86Setup to hang the system? >

Re: runlevels and XF86Setup??

2001-01-06 Thread Eric G . Miller
null > > > > Aargh! Don't do that. Just remove the symlink > > S99xdm and XDM will not > > be run at boot for the given runlevel. As long > > as you leave one symlink > > in one of the rc?.d dirs, upgrades of xdm will > > never modify these > > s

Re: runlevels and XF86Setup??

2001-01-06 Thread Xucaen
l not > be run at boot for the given runlevel. As long > as you leave one symlink > in one of the rc?.d dirs, upgrades of xdm will > never modify these > settings. > Are you saying that pointing S99xdm to /dev/null caused XF86Setup to hang the system?

Re: runlevels and XF86Setup??

2001-01-06 Thread Eric G . Miller
ings. > > This successfully keeps X from starting > automatically when I reboot the system. > > The I use startx to start XFree. > > Inside X, I try to run XF86Setup and the system > hangs. > > I changed the symlink of S99xdm from /dev/null > back to ../init.d/x

runlevels and XF86Setup??

2001-01-06 Thread Xucaen
t the system. The I use startx to start XFree. Inside X, I try to run XF86Setup and the system hangs. I changed the symlink of S99xdm from /dev/null back to ../init.d/xdm This makes X start automatically when I reboot the system. XF86Setup runs without any problems. comments? suggestions? X

Re: XF86Setup

2000-10-26 Thread Andreas Hetzmannseder
On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 03:51:25PM -0500, Paul T. McNally wrote: > [...] > I suspect XF86Setup and xvidtune will pop up but are not really doing > anything. You have to be root to make changes via xvidtune effective. > If I select the option to start from scratch I get the errno=

Re: XF86Setup

2000-10-25 Thread Paul T. McNally
g from the output of xvidtune. just look for the same numbers. > > don't forget to click auto, cause it rocks. > > when you're happy with what you see, make the appropriate changes in your > config file. I suspect XF86Setup and xvidtune will pop up but are not really do

Re: XF86Setup

2000-10-25 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
numbers. don't forget to click auto, cause it rocks. when you're happy with what you see, make the appropriate changes in your config file. pete On Wed, 25 Oct 2000, Paul T. McNally wrote: > With my current settings XF86Setup gives me only 2 options to choose > from > in Mo

XF86Setup

2000-10-25 Thread Paul T. McNally
With my current settings XF86Setup gives me only 2 options to choose from in ModeSelection. I even went as far as editing the X86Config file and when I ran XF86Setup again it only gave me the 2 options and removed the 2 I added in the config file. I'm not much of an XF86Config expert an

Re: Newbie warning: XF86Setup help needed

2000-10-20 Thread Timo Benk
hi, On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, Jan Erik Moström wrote: > I'm trying to install Debian and everything seems to work except that I'm not > able to get the xerver up and running. I run XF86Setup and setup things the > best > I can but when I quit,I see the message "start

Newbie warning: XF86Setup help needed

2000-10-20 Thread Jan Erik Moström
running. I run XF86Setup and setup things the best I can but when I quit,I see the message "starting server" and after a few seconds the screen goes black ... and stay that way. I suppose that my problem is that I'm not setting up the correct configuration, but I don't know what I s

Re: XF86Setup Mouse Problems

2000-09-29 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 09:29:39PM -0400, Daniel Stehm wrote: ... > after selecting that protocol. To make a long story short, ive tried > everything, yet my mouse STILL does not respond after applying changes and > selecting a mouse protocol. Hoping to get some help with this if anyone can, > appr

Re: XF86Setup Mouse Problems

2000-09-29 Thread Willy Lee
--- > From: "Daniel Stehm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 > 21:29:39 -0400 >> Ahhh if its not one thing its another! :P Anyways, got on as root, >> did a XF86Setup, and read all the popup stuff, then it goes to >> Mouse Protocol or what not. A

Re: XF86Setup Mouse Problems

2000-09-28 Thread Ray Percival
ing its another! :P >Anyways, got on as root, did a XF86Setup, and read all the popup stuff, then >it goes to Mouse Protocol or what not. Anyways, I have a MS IntelliMouse >1.1A PS/2 Compat. mouse, I figured I should select the Protocol >'IntelliMouse' and hit A to apply, but

XF86Setup Mouse Problems

2000-09-28 Thread Daniel Stehm
Ahhh if its not one thing its another! :P Anyways, got on as root, did a XF86Setup, and read all the popup stuff, then it goes to Mouse Protocol or what not. Anyways, I have a MS IntelliMouse 1.1A PS/2 Compat. mouse, I figured I should select the Protocol 'IntelliMouse' and hit A to

[hugovdm@mail.com: Re: XF86Setup: how are the Modelines generated?]

2000-09-16 Thread Branden Robinson
I forwarded the initial question to debian-user, I might as well send this as well. - Forwarded message from Hugo van der Merwe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: Hugo van der Merwe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: XF86Setup: how are the Modelines generated? D

[hugovdm@mail.com: XF86Setup: how are the Modelines generated?]

2000-09-15 Thread Branden Robinson
Would someone like to help this gentleman, or instruct him on bug-filing procedures? - Forwarded message from Hugo van der Merwe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: Hugo van der Merwe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: XF86Setup: how are the Modelines generated? Date:

XF86Setup - it's hiding somewhere.....

2000-09-02 Thread Glyn Millington
Just graduated to Debian Potato from Mandrake - it's a challenge! Now I'm having fun with X... It works but the resolution is dire. I want to run XF86Setup to sort it out.So as root I type in the command and I get a vertically striped box on the screen, then a blank box, th

Re: XF86Setup

2000-08-07 Thread Simon Law
Try apt-get install xf86setup Dale Morris wrote: > > I just did an ftp installation of 2.2.17 potato debian and I can't run the > XF86Setup program. It doesn't seem to be on my machine. I do have a working > XF86Config file that was generated by the installation scrip

Re: XF86Setup

2000-08-07 Thread staf
On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Dale Morris wrote: > I just did an ftp installation of 2.2.17 potato debian and I can't run > the XF86Setup program. It doesn't seem to be on my machine. I do have a > working XF86Config file that was generated by the installation script, > but I would s

Re: XF86Setup

2000-08-07 Thread Dale Morris
Thanks for the reply, I used apt-get to install the vga-16 server and ran the setup program, it works pretty good now. On Mon, Aug 07, 2000 at 10:19:44AM -0700 81, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > you need the package 'xf86setup' > > potato als

Re: XF86Setup

2000-08-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
you need the package 'xf86setup' potato also seems to have a new X tool called anXious, part of the xviddetect package, works pretty good provided it can detect your video card if it can't it exits. nate On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Dale Morris wrote: dlm >I just did an ftp inst

Re: XF86Setup

2000-08-07 Thread Morten Liebach
On 7, aug, 2000 at 03:24:04 -0700, Dale Morris wrote: > Thanks! X is working great. Sorry about the long lines, I'm using > VI to edit in mutt. I don't know what to put in the muttrc to make > vi wrap at 72 lines. Easy solution? In my ~/.muttrc I have: set editor="vim -c 'se tw=72'" Wraps lines

Re: XF86Setup

2000-08-07 Thread Dale Morris
Thanks! X is working great. Sorry about the long lines, I'm using VI to edit in mutt. I don't know what to put in the muttrc to make vi wrap at 72 lines. Easy solution? thankyou

Re: XF86Setup

2000-08-07 Thread Morten Liebach
On 7, aug, 2000 at 08:42:46 -0700, Dale Morris wrote: > I just did an ftp installation of 2.2.17 potato debian and I can't run the > XF86Setup program. It doesn't seem to be on my machine. I do have a working > XF86Config file that was generated by the installation script,

XF86Setup

2000-08-07 Thread Dale Morris
I just did an ftp installation of 2.2.17 potato debian and I can't run the XF86Setup program. It doesn't seem to be on my machine. I do have a working XF86Config file that was generated by the installation script, but I would sure like to be able to use the XF86Setup program. What pa

Re: XF86Setup with ATI Rage Pro 128

2000-07-24 Thread paul
James said, > Hi, > > I'm having trouble using XF86Setup to configure my > system - namely because the graphics card is not > included in the card list. I'm using an older version > of XF86Setup, I guess, but I was wondering if there > was a relatively easy way o

XF86Setup with ATI Rage Pro 128

2000-07-24 Thread James Polson
Hi, I'm having trouble using XF86Setup to configure my system - namely because the graphics card is not included in the card list. I'm using an older version of XF86Setup, I guess, but I was wondering if there was a relatively easy way of creating an XF86Config file without having to i

Re: intellimouse/XF86Setup

2000-04-11 Thread Peter Ross
so much time with little things like catching and > > configuring my Microsoft Intellimouse in the XF86Setup. And quess what!! > It > > just doesn't work. It's a normal Intellimouse for PS/2 standard. It > doesn't > > work in /dev/psaux, nor in any of the oth

intellimouse/XF86Setup

2000-04-11 Thread Nuno Almeida
> I'm a complete idiot in the Linux world, and I feel worst when I get myself > involved and spending so much time with little things like catching and > configuring my Microsoft Intellimouse in the XF86Setup. And quess what!! It > just doesn't work. It's a normal Int

Re: XF86Setup

2000-04-07 Thread kmself
On Wed, Apr 05, 2000 at 11:45:15PM -0400, Steve White wrote: > Greetings, > > I have an ATI Rage 128 XPERT 2000 video card and the XF86Setup program > does not seem to be able to start x after I finish the configuration. It > says it is attempting to, then the screen goes dark and

Re: XF86Setup

2000-04-06 Thread Chanop Silpa-Anan
Once upon a time, I heard Steve White say > Greetings, > > I have an ATI Rage 128 XPERT 2000 video card and the XF86Setup program does > not seem to be able to start x after I finish the configuration. It says it > is attempting to, then the screen goes dark and stays that w

Re: XF86Setup

2000-04-06 Thread Kent West
> Steve White wrote: > > Greetings, > > I have an ATI Rage 128 XPERT 2000 video card and the XF86Setup program > does not seem to be able to start x after I finish the configuration. > It says it is attempting to, then the screen goes dark and stays that > way until

XF86Setup

2000-04-06 Thread Steve White
Greetings,   I have an ATI Rage 128 XPERT 2000 video card and the XF86Setup program does not seem to be able to start x after I finish the configuration. It says it is attempting to, then the screen goes dark and stays that way until reboot. Any suggestions?   Best Regards, Steve    

Re: Can't find XF86Setup, and other dselect questions..

2000-04-05 Thread Chanop Silpa-Anan
Once upon a time, I heard Gregory Guthrie say > I have an old (pre-2.x) system, upgraded to 2.0, then 2.1, 2.1R4. > > 1) I wanted to move into X GUI, and have a lot of X11 stuff under > /usr/X11R6/... > but do not have XF86Setup. Use xf86config instead. > I ran dselec

Can't find XF86Setup, and other dselect questions..

2000-04-05 Thread Gregory Guthrie
I have an old (pre-2.x) system, upgraded to 2.0, then 2.1, 2.1R4. 1) I wanted to move into X GUI, and have a lot of X11 stuff under /usr/X11R6/... but do not have XF86Setup. I ran dselect from my 2.1 disk (Essential Debian), and from both of my 2.1R4 disks, but found no X11 stuff on any of

Re: Mouse and XF86Setup

2000-04-05 Thread Andrei Ivanov
As a wild guess , aside from gpm, do you have mouse support (ps/2) in kernel? Should be there by default, but just in case.. Andrei - Andrei S. Ivanov [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Mouse and XF86Setup

2000-04-05 Thread Peter Ross
On Tue, Apr 04, 2000 at 11:21:43PM -0400, Steve White wrote: > I have tried all sensible combinations I can think of in trying to get > movement out of the mouse while using XF86Setup. I have a Microsoft > mouse which was identified as PS/2 under Windows, but which I also > think

Mouse and XF86Setup

2000-04-05 Thread Steve White
Greetings,   I have tried all sensible combinations I can think of in trying to get movement out of the mouse while using XF86Setup. I have a Microsoft mouse which was identified as PS/2 under Windows, but which I also think might be an Intellimouse as I had to disable the Intellimouse

RE: XF86Setup & apt-get

2000-03-24 Thread Ross Boylan
You need to get a server for your card for XFree to work. XF86Setup additionally requires the vanilla vga (svga?) server to run, but you can avoid this by using the console based configuration (XF86config--not the configuration file, but a script). It may be a bug that the configuration depends

Re: XF86Setup & apt-get

2000-03-24 Thread Bob Nielsen
apt-get install xserver-svga On Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 07:05:04AM -0800, Michael Zielinski wrote: > I set my sources.list to: > > http://www.debian.org/~vincent/ xfree-update main > > I did an apt-get update then apt-get upgrade. Everything went fine > until I tried to run XF86

Re: XF86Setup & apt-get

2000-03-24 Thread Ron Rademaker
e > until I tried to run XF86Setup, this wasn't installed. I then did an > apt-get update XF86Setup and then an apt-get install XF86Setup. Once > again everything appeared fine. > > I then ran XF86Setup, when I got to the configuring the card the bottom > of the screen stated

XF86Setup & apt-get

2000-03-24 Thread Michael Zielinski
I set my sources.list to: http://www.debian.org/~vincent/ xfree-update main I did an apt-get update then apt-get upgrade. Everything went fine until I tried to run XF86Setup, this wasn't installed. I then did an apt-get update XF86Setup and then an apt-get install XF86Setup. Once

XF86Setup segfaults (using XFree86 3.3.6-2.99.slink.1)

2000-03-16 Thread Mark Small
Hi all, I'm mailing this to vincent because it involves his non-official packages, and I'm posting it to debian user to get general feedback on tracking down a segfault. Last week I installed the slink version of Xfree 3.3.6 from Vincent's site. Now when I run XF86Setup, it

Re: Intellimouse configuration in XF86Setup

1999-11-30 Thread aphro
On Sun, 28 Nov 1999, dan sampsel wrote: sampse >Am doing a new install & can't get mouse to work. It is an Intellimouse sampse >Trackball (PS/2), BUT, I have it connected through an adaptor to the sampse >serial port. I've tried tried ps/aux with "Intellimouse" sampse >highlightednothing. I've

Re: Intellimouse configuration in XF86Setup

1999-11-30 Thread Quietman
dan sampsel wrote: > Am doing a new install & can't get mouse to work. It is an Intellimouse > Trackball (PS/2), BUT, I have it connected through an adaptor to the > serial port. I've tried tried ps/aux with "Intellimouse" > highlightednothing. I've tried it with "PS/2" > highlightednothin

Re: Intellimouse configuration in XF86Setup

1999-11-30 Thread dan sampsel
Am doing a new install & can't get mouse to work. It is an Intellimouse Trackball (PS/2), BUT, I have it connected through an adaptor to the serial port. I've tried tried ps/aux with "Intellimouse" highlightednothing. I've tried it with "PS/2" highlightednothing. Any & all assistance will b

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