changing the default colour depth?

1999-12-05 Thread Nelson Little
Hi, Whenever I start X it always starts up with a depth of 8, how do I change it to 16 or 32? I know there is a host of entries in /etc/X11/XF865Config and I have played with it. I thought X would look at the first entry in the file which has a depth of 16, however its using the information from

Changing Resolutions + Installing Windowmaker

1999-12-03 Thread Nelson Little
Hi, I set up rh6.1 with gnome and enlightment, but the resolution is so small. How do I change the resolution? Also, should I just stick with using enlightenment, or could I change to WindowMaker? I know my rh cd comes with the windowmaker rpms - but I am a newbie and terrified that I will screw

rh6.1 installation problem

1999-12-01 Thread Nelson Little
Hi,, I just got the rh6.1 CD and I proceeded to do the install, everything went fine and then it just stopped! It had about 81 packages left to install but it just stopped. I am installing rh on my second HDD (IDE) my primary HDD contains win98. Has anyone had this problem? Can anyone offer a s

Some basic installation questions

1999-11-30 Thread Nelson Little
Hi, As I wait for my rh6.1 cd to arrive in the mail I have a few questions about the installation. I have decided to use my second IDE drive which is 1.6 GB in space for redhat, but I am unsure on how I should partition it up. Do I just stick everything into one partition and have a separate one