RE: [XFree86] Graphics interface problem
Just wanted to add some 'newbie instructions' on to that :0) To make it always boot in runlevel 3 (non-graphical mode) instead of your current runlevel 5, edit the file '/etc/inittab' -You'll find an entry with 'initdefault' on the end. Change the 5 to a 3 and save. You don't need to reboot at this stage...use 'telinit 3' to switch runlevels. You're now in text-mode. Now run 'startx', you'll get the same result, except now you'll have lots of info -hopefully describing what went wrong- printed on the console where you ran 'startx'. Once you've got to that stage, write back to the list with the new info you've found and attach your logfile :0) You might find searching through the list archives for the last few weeks helpfull-somebody else has recently had a problem with a black screen, seems to be something to do with the refresh rate they had set for their monitor making it go to sleep. -Oli = Original Message From Sebastian Schneider [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Hi, you were trying to start the X server, which has already been started (thats why the _XSERVTransSocketINETCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running errors arouse) Maybe your X display stuff isnt properly configured. So check out the appropriate config file in your /etc directory or start in runlevel 3 and run xf86config SES On Thursday, August 7, 2003, at 01:39 PM, Marco Pelizzari wrote: Hi, I have installed Linux Mandrake 9.1 on the following computer: HP Vectra VE 6/xxx Series 8 (Model number: D6546av) with an AGP Matrox G100 Productiva (Model number D5064-6048) video card During the installation the Mandrake installer detected correctly my video card so I went on happy. I decided to boot my system in graphical mode becouse I have not yet a linux expert user and so I help myself with the GUI interface. Unfortunately when the system statup, after detecting everything correct (lan, disk, module dependences etc...), I got a black screen !!! At this point I type CTRL + ALT + F1 to enter into a text tty1 terminal. I tried to star X and the output was: Fatal server error: Server is already active for display 0 If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock and start again. I removed /tmp/.X0-lock and tried again typing X, but I got the following error output that I sent also in attachment _XSERVTransSocketINETCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running Fatal server error: Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't already running What I can do to solve this problem ? I thank you in advance Marco Pelizzari XFree86.0.log ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
RE: [XFree86] (no subject)
= Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] = I got the link to the sourceforge site for ATI mach64 cards off of Divx.com. Some guy claimed 'if you have older mach64 based graphics cards, I can help you.' Anyway, the link he supplied was to the GATOS page/project. It sounded to me like it was supporting ATI graphics cards, although for linux. So I hit the links, and ended up subscriping to XFree or whatever. Thought it was for ATI and Linux users. Am pretty confused as you can tell. Yep, this is Linux Only, sorry. Though I'm sure they'll be somebody here who can point you in the right direction, if there is one. Unfortunately, that someone's not me! For clarity, I have an older ATI mach64(264vt2) graphics card on an OEM system with windows 95. ATI's support of their products suck, as the last updated driver for this card was made the year I bought this computer new.(97). I was under the impression the GATOS project was a group of homebrews who made drivers for ATI cards past ATI's poor support. Yeah, they are - for Linux, I'm afraid. Thanks for the link though - didn't know about this, looks like I might be able to get Xv working now :0) If anyone can clear things up for me. I'd be grateful. Speak slowly and clearly please, as I am a moron. Thank you. You may find some joy on driverguide.com (standard login of 'drivers/all') If not, try googling for the EXACT make/model of the card, as reported by your current driver. Make sure you put in in inverted commas, and maybe add +win95 as a searchterm. Hope somebody else can give you a more positive response! :0) -Oli ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
RE: [XFree86] help me - startx no run
I'm afraid I don't speak Spanish, at least, I think that's Spanish! :0) Anyway... From your logfile, X is complaining you don't have a mouse. Or at least, you don't have a mouse on /dev/psaux. If you actually, physically, don't have a mouse, try using the option allowmouseopenfail in your xf86config-4 file (look at 'man XF86Config') Also noticed that you're missing the SIS kernel module for DRI, I wonder if you haven't got kernel support for a PS2 mouse either? -Oli = Original Message From Edison [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Nota: correo sin tildes para evitar posibles incompatibilidades entre los diferentes sistemas de correo ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
RE: [XFree86] permedia3 card crash
Hello chaps, Apologies for leaving it so long before following this up - I followed your advice below, Måns, but unfortunately I couldn't spot anything particularly wierd in the X or Kernel logs. However, I've just been reading the Framebuffer Howto at Ibiblio, which states in several places that there can be a conflict between the Vesa framebuffer device and Permedia cards. As I'm running the Redhat 7.3 Distribution kernel (not for much longer, though, soon as I have the time... ;) ) I imagine I've got VesaFB support compiled in, and FB modules for other cards lying around. Could this be the problem? For completeness, I would be compiling in PM3FB and setting the 'usefbdev' option in X, but will this solve the problem here? If this is the problem, how does bootstrapping it with 'X -configure' get around it? Intregued, -Oli = Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Måns Rullgård) = Oliver Comber [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We installed a dual headed Appian Permedia3 card recently, and all was going well - both heads up and running and the decent config recorded in /etc/xf86config - until we rebooted. Basically, the whole machine freezes the first time X is started UNLESS X is first 'bootstrapped' by starting with X -configure. After this, switch to runlevel 5 and all is well. I imagine that the probing X does to autoconfigure must set some things on the card which the standard X driver doesn't do. That isn't the case. The probing is done by the standard drivers. Has anyone else come across this, and is there a fix? Can you try to obtain a log file? Mount the filesystem where your /var is with option sync, typically something like mount -o remount,sync /var Then try to start X. Reboot and post /var/log/XFree86.0.log here. Also look for anomalies in the kernel logs. -- Måns Rullgård [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
RE: [XFree86] Xfree86 problem after installing PHP, MySQL
You're missing an 'EndSection' directive after the 'FontPath' line (ie, for the 'files' section) No idea why installing MySQL etc would do anything with your X config file! If you still want to generate a new one, use 'xf86config' or (better, IMHO) 'X -configure' -Oli = Original Message From Wim Wauters [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Hi, I was trying to setup PHP, Apache, MySQL...all with sucess yesterday evening. When starting up my server this morning, I could not get my graphical user interface (which is a disaster for me). During booting, it complains about parsing the XFree86Config file. Anyone can send me a sample XFree86Config file that I can use on my server? Anyone has an idea why it goes wrong with Xfree86 after installing PHP and MySQL? Here is the log file, I'm getting: XFree86 Version 4.2.0 (Red Hat Linux release: 4.2.0-72) / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) Release Date: 23 January 2002 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (See [url]http://www.XFree86.Org/[/url]) Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.18-11smp i686 [ELF] Build Host: daffy.perf.redhat.com Module Loader present OS Kernel: Linux version 2.4.18-14 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 3.2 20020903 (Red Hat Linux 8.0 3.2-7)) #1 Wed Sep 4 13:35:50 EDT 2002 Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: /var/log/XFree86.0.log, Time: Mon Aug 11 11:51:58 2003 (==) Using config file: /etc/X11/XF86Config Parse error on line 26 of section Files in file /etc/X11/XF86Config Section is not a valid keyword in this section. (EE) Problem parsing the config file (EE) Error from xf86HandleConfigFile() Fatal server error: no screens found When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages. This can be found in the log file /var/log/XFree86.0.log. Please report problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED]/email]. and here is my XFree86Config file: # File generated by anaconda. Section ServerLayout Identifier Anaconda Configured Screen 0 Screen0 0 0 InputDeviceMouse0 CorePointer InputDevice Mouse1 SendCoreEvents InputDeviceKeyboard0 CoreKeyboard EndSection Section Files # The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the # file minus the extension (like .txt or .db). There is normally # no need to change the default. RgbPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc Section Module Load dbe Load extmod Load fbdevhw Load dri Load glx Load record Load freetype Load type1 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard0 Driver keyboard # Option AutoRepeat500 5 # when using XQUEUE, comment out the above line, and uncomment the # following line # Option Protocol Xqueue # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1)) # Option Xleds 1 2 3 # To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable. # Option XkbDisable # To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the # lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S. # keyboard, you will probably want to use: # Option XkbModel pc102 # If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use: # Option XkbModel microsoft # # Then to change the language, change the Layout setting. # For example, a german layout can be obtained with: # Option XkbLayout de # or: # Option XkbLayout de # Option XkbVariant nodeadkeys # # If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and # control keys, use: # Option XkbOptions ctrl:swapcaps Option XkbRulesxfree86 Option XkbModel pc102 Option XkbLayout be #Option XkbVariant #Option XkbOptions EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse0 Driver mouse Option Protocol PS/2 Option Device /dev/psaux Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 Option Emulate3Buttons no EndSection Section InputDevice IdentifierMouse1 Drivermouse Option Device /dev/input/mice Option Protocol IMPS/2
RE: [XFree86] Error startx
Your font server isn't running. Start it with '/etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs start' and try again. If this doesn't work, check back in the xfree86.org list archives for info on how to set manual font paths. As you're probably not interested in serving fonts to other machines, I think you'll find it a lot easier to use standard font paths instead of the fontserver. Best of Luck :0) -Oli = Original Message From Fernanda Emanuella Silveira [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Hello, Can anybody help me, please? Thank you, FERNANDA EMANUELLA SILVEIRA [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
RE: [XFree86] HELP with XF86Config-4 file on DEll Inspiron 5000e with ATI RAGE 128 Mobility running MDK 9.1
Hopefully other people can be a lot more help than me, but for the moment you could try commenting out the refresh rates in the 'screen' section. The server will use a safe default, which wont be a fantastic rate, but at least you might be able to see something. The server is basically complaining that none of the modes it knows about (including the modelines specified explicitly in your xf86config) fit the refresh rate specified. -Oli = Original Message From Mr. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Hi there, I need some help to configure my Dell Inspiron 5000e so I will be able to start the X. I have been surfing so many internet sites and read so many suggestion, tried many things, and now I had had it. Are there any chance that you can help me out on this. I have enclosed my XF86Config-4 file and the XFree86.log file... I really hope you can help me out on this stupid case, so I can start to sleep again. BR James [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
RE: [XFree86] How to config xfree to use it without mouse
I think you might have a few problems running X without a mouse! If you really want to do this, you could probably do something like: 1. Run GPM with gpm -m /dev/null -R raw -GPM will become a repeater, creating a mouse device /dev/gpmdata, although not converting the data (='raw') 2. Specify /dev/gpmdata in your XF86Config-4 Can somebody confirm if this would work? Would it be necessary to run GPM, or would X be as happy with /dev/null as the mouse? -Oli = Original Message From xavier [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Hi, I don't know which version I used but it should be the same method for many version (I tried to know with xfree86 -version but doesn't work, I tried to watch the file sf86config but I didn't find the version). But anyway. I made a config but when I run it, it's written :Fatal server error: Cannot open mouse (No such file or directory). To say the truth, I know there isn't mouse and there will never be a mouse. I tried to make a config without no mouse with xconfigurator and sf86setup but there isn't any options 'no mouse'. So how to config xfree for no mouse? Xavier ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
RE: [XFree86] How to config xfree to use it without mouse
Sorry, ignore this post - use the 'allowmouseopenfail' in the 'serverflags' section, like Craig suggested :0) -Oli = Original Message From Oli Comber [EMAIL PROTECTED] = I think you might have a few problems running X without a mouse! If you really want to do this, you could probably do something like: 1. Run GPM with gpm -m /dev/null -R raw -GPM will become a repeater, creating a mouse device /dev/gpmdata, although not converting the data (='raw') 2. Specify /dev/gpmdata in your XF86Config-4 Can somebody confirm if this would work? Would it be necessary to run GPM, or would X be as happy with /dev/null as the mouse? -Oli = Original Message From xavier [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Hi, I don't know which version I used but it should be the same method for many version (I tried to know with xfree86 -version but doesn't work, I tried to watch the file sf86config but I didn't find the version). But anyway. I made a config but when I run it, it's written :Fatal server error: Cannot open mouse (No such file or directory). To say the truth, I know there isn't mouse and there will never be a mouse. I tried to make a config without no mouse with xconfigurator and sf86setup but there isn't any options 'no mouse'. So how to config xfree for no mouse? Xavier ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
RE: [XFree86] (no subject)
I don't think I understand the question...Are you asking if the card works
with win95 or with linux? Which drivers are you talking about? What have you
tried so far? If it doesn't work, do you have logfiles?
I assume, as this is the xfree86 list, you must be asking if this card is
supported by Linux. Try using the 'ati' driver. You'll see if your card is
supported from the manual page ('man ati')
My stock answer: run 'X -configure' to get a base config, then RTFM and work
from there :0)
The FM's you want to read are 'man XF86Config', 'man ati', 'man X', 'man
XFree86', and the main docs on xfree86.org.
-Oli
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Alright, I'm going to try this one more time. I get no response in a couple
days. I'm unsubscribing. I have an older pc with an ATI MACH64 (264vt2)
graphics card. Do these drivers work with this card and windows 95 or is this
only
for Linux people?
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RE: [XFree86] Newbie question - Using XFree86 with no graphics or monitor
By Hummingbird, you mean 'Reflections', ie an Xserver on a PC? Its important to remember that the bit that displays everything, even though its the remote end that you're sitting at, is the _server_. The machine hosting the xterm/openoffice/gnome session and sending it to you is the _client_. You shouldn't have any/many problems with that: start your Reflections session, telnet in, export your display (export DISPLAY=PC IP address:0) and run the appropriate Xclient. If you're using another unix box instead of reflections, dont forget to 'xhost + suse host' on it to allow the client to use the display. If you're feeling cheeky, run Xnest and start Gnome inside it, to get that 'computer in a window' feel ;) -Oli = Original Message From Yann E. MORIN [EMAIL PROTECTED] = On Wednesday 30 July 2003 18:25, you (Greg Peter) wrote : I might be missing something simple. Here is my scenario: Hardware IBM RS/6000 7043-150 workstation Software SUSE SLES 8.0 XFree86 Version 4.2.0 The graphics card I was using was not supported so I removed it before doing the SuSe install. I wanted to know if I can just get the server portion up and then export my display to a hummingbird client on another system?? I don't know the best answer, but why not use the kernek virtuale framebuffer and run your server on top of it? Regards, Yann. -- .-..--.-- --. | Yann E. MORIN | Real-Time Embedded | /\ ASCII RIBBON | Erics' conspiracy: | | +0/33 662376056 | Software Designer | \ / CAMPAIGN | ___ | | --== °_° ==-- °---.: X AGAINST | \e/ There is no | | web: ymorin.free.fr | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1833 | / \ HTML MAIL| v conspiracy. | °-°°--°-- --° \__ np: Frederick Rousseau - The Prayer _/ ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
RE: [XFree86] Monitor Configuration help
lol, I wouldn't joke about it exploding (well, breaking...) if you get the sync really wrong! Have you tried googling for the serial number? That can be quite usefull. -Oli = Original Message From Fernan Bolando [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Hi Is anybody familliar with the samsung syncmaster 7G. I checked the samsung tech support and there web site, they no longer have any info on the monitor. I am not sure if it is sold as another manufacturer number or it is just too old. I think it was manufactured during 1993-1994 so it probably doesn't have edid capability, even so I tried read-edid and it diddn't work. I was able to make it work using a safe default sync. frequency, I was just wondering if anyone has any info or suggestion to allow me to push it's limit. Can I just incriment the sync frequencies untill I find the perfect settings( or explode )? thanks for any info ,Fernan ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
RE: [XFree86] Monitor Configuration help
Sorry, obviously I meant the model number from the back, not any personal serial number it had! -Oli = Original Message From Oli Comber [EMAIL PROTECTED] = lol, I wouldn't joke about it exploding (well, breaking...) if you get the sync really wrong! Have you tried googling for the serial number? That can be quite usefull. -Oli = Original Message From Fernan Bolando [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Hi Is anybody familliar with the samsung syncmaster 7G. I checked the samsung tech support and there web site, they no longer have any info on the monitor. I am not sure if it is sold as another manufacturer number or it is just too old. I think it was manufactured during 1993-1994 so it probably doesn't have edid capability, even so I tried read-edid and it diddn't work. I was able to make it work using a safe default sync. frequency, I was just wondering if anyone has any info or suggestion to allow me to push it's limit. Can I just incriment the sync frequencies untill I find the perfect settings( or explode )? thanks for any info ,Fernan ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
RE: [XFree86] [Solved] Monitor Configuration help (syncmaster 7g modelines/sync)
Just had a quick google for syncmaster 7g (with the quotes) came up with these two: http://www.driversearch.com/forums/monitor/1970.html http://www1.vobis.de/bbs/support/brett50/samlinux.cfg The first shows one set of values for vh sync, the second is a full xf86config file with all sorts of different modelines for it (!) Good Luck :0) -Oli ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
RE: [XFree86] Cannot open X server
Looks like it can't connect to your font server. I've had a similar problem recently myself with xfs not wanting to stay running. This has been after /tmp gets full, though I clear it out and xfs still wont stay up: Check this list in case anyone can help, as I posted a question yesterday on this topic, asking how I can debug/get a log from xfs. In the meantime, 1. Make sure xfs is running - restart it. 2. If it doesn't stay running (check with ps-ef | grep xfs), add manual fontpaths to your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 The easiest way to do this is run X -configure (as root) to generate an xf86config.new file in root's home directory, then copy the fontpaths listed in there to your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. -Oli = Original Message From Reena Hans [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Hi I had my linux system working just fine when suddenly one day it is not able to open the X server. Attached is the complete log file. Can someone please help me this. Thanks Reena Hans _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
RE: [XFree86] Editing XF86Congfig.new from scratch
Hi Wilson, Look at the manual page for XF86Config (not xf86config!) Play with your xf86config.new file, start X with startx -- -xf86config ./xf86config.new Once you're happy with it, copy it to the config directory: cp xf86config.new /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 'startx' to check all is well Also try a 'telinit 5', to make the switch to the Xwindows runlevel When you're happy, edit /etc/inittab and change the 'initdefault' line to something like: id:5:initdefault: (where before it would have been something like 'id:3:initdefault:') and make sure there's a line near the bottom like: x:5:respawn/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon look at man pages for inittab! (of course, if there wasn't a line like this, your 'telinit 5' wouldn't have worked ;) ) -Oli = Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Hello My name is Wilson, I had a debian machine but it gave me a Kernel panic error so I formated it, this computer which was running debian is from spain and does not have a cdrom nor a floppy drive it is a usb computer only and it took me a long time to open because the crews are not from the U.S. Anyhow I manage to open it and had to swap the Hard Drive to one of my other machine and I formated it to Mandrake, now my problem is that when I swaped it back to the orginal machine it did not boot with graphical mode like I set it up with the other machine so I ran the command XFree86 -configure so that Xfree86 can detect the video card so I know that once I run that command that I have to edit XF86Config.new. I dont know how to edit that file so I was wondering if you guys can help me and tell me with details how to edit it and how to edit the USB mouse also if it isn't to much I would be really thankful if you need more details about my machine then let me know thank you for your wiling ness to read this mail take care and god bless Wilson ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
[XFree86] xfs wont stay running
Hi, I've had this problem a couple of times on a particular machine, both times after I'd had to clean it up because /tmp had got full (Don't ask - I work in a QA lab ;) ) xfs wont stay up when started with the standard -nodaemon -droppriv flags. It is fine if started and left in foreground. I get no logs or errors, just a complete lack of xfs process. I'm not too concerned - I've fixed it up with manual font paths, and its not like it's my personal machine - but I'm intregued. Whats the best way to get some logs out of xfs? Cheers, -Oli ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
RE: [XFree86] remote X
How about a small wrapper program which can setuid to the currently logged on user and run the browser? Or, assuming the hotplug scripts take care of removing the module when the device is removed, a cron/otherwise timed script to run every few seconds checking for the presence of your memory stick module? Or look for an entry under /proc/bus/usb? (and of course, create/remove a lockfile according to this state!) I thought root was able to open a client on any users' server? -Oli = Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] = hello, i wanna open a browser-window when the USB-Memory-Stick is inserted. execution of any program on insert works as well as opening a browser-window. the problem is, that the hotplug script runs under root and i can't tell the users x-server to open the browser. how do i manage that? uli -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging more http://www.gmx.net +++ Jetzt ein- oder umsteigen und USB-Speicheruhr als Prämie sichern! ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
RE: [XFree86] remote X
What would be better than using cron or anything 'timed', would be a 'post_install' option in modules.conf to run a 'SETUID' script (owned by the user in question, and only executable by them and, of course, root) to open the browser when the usb/mem stick module pops up. -Oli = Original Message From Oli Comber [EMAIL PROTECTED] = How about a small wrapper program which can setuid to the currently logged on user and run the browser? Or, assuming the hotplug scripts take care of removing the module when the device is removed, a cron/otherwise timed script to run every few seconds checking for the presence of your memory stick module? Or look for an entry under /proc/bus/usb? (and of course, create/remove a lockfile according to this state!) I thought root was able to open a client on any users' server? -Oli = Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] = hello, i wanna open a browser-window when the USB-Memory-Stick is inserted. execution of any program on insert works as well as opening a browser-window. the problem is, that the hotplug script runs under root and i can't tell the users x-server to open the browser. how do i manage that? uli -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging more http://www.gmx.net +++ Jetzt ein- oder umsteigen und USB-Speicheruhr als Prämie sichern! ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
RE: [XFree86] Using multiple device sections
I'm having issues getting to the documentation for this (linux-fbdev.org) - I think maybe my firewall here at work hasn't been patched for ECN - but could it be done with use fbdev option and the fbset util? One piece of doc I can get to at the mo: http://i810fb.sourceforge.net/howto/x411.html seems to suggest that you can change modes on the fly, although this is aimed at virtual consoles, not X... -Oli = Original Message From Mark Vojkovich [EMAIL PROTECTED] = On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, [iso-8859-1] Gareth wrote: All, Does anyone have a Flatscreen working, both in Portrait mode and Landscape mode under XFree86 and Linux? If so, I'd really appreciate some help. I have an NVidia graphics card, and can set an option in the XFree86 config file to rotate the screen to portrait mode, but can not work out how to enable the same sort of functionallity as Windoze, where you can just rotate the screen at the click of a button... is there a way of doing this under XFree86 ? There is not. I think that it may be possible be setting up multiple screens (and devices), one being in Portrait mode, and one in landscape, then switch between the 2 in some way. Am I on the right lines? You could have multiple servers and VT switch between them. I don't see a way to have multiple screens on the same server and switch between them. Mark. ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
RE: FWD: RE: [XFree86] read directly from the video card framebuffer
There doesn't seem to be any info out there on the output format of an FB dump, apart from people saving the files with a .raw extension. Maybe do this and try it in gimp? Came across this, may be of use: http://www.sfires.net/fbshot/ -Oli = Original Message From james amen atayi [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Am Freitag, 11. Juli 2003 14:16 schrieben Sie: [EMAIL PROTECTED] well, The thing is that I know it must be possible to do it. Commercial products do the same job. Camtasia for example records on windows the screen. I can allready do it using xwd or other tools to make the screenshots. The problem is that with these tools the mousepointer disappears when a screenshot is made. The user can no more work properly. So I'm thinking in the way to do it as the VESA driver refresh the screen.Just send the framebuffer output, in this case not to the display but into a file with a very simple command like cp framebuffer file. I want to use for this example the VESA framebuffer that is fb0. (path /dev/fb0). But it is not working properly. The file I create is very big a can't be displayed. here how I'm processing. [begin of code] [EMAIL PROTECTED] cp /dev/fb0 t1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] dir t1 -rw-r-1 userusers33554432 2003-07-11 14:35 t1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] display t1 display: Incorrect image header in file (t1). [end of code] Any idea or comment? thanks James ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
RE: [XFree86] Hide mouse pointer under XF86-4.3.0
What about having a very small, 'always on top', background-colour, transparent cursor window in the corner, and (periodically?) set the mouse coords to it..? -Oli = Original Message From Peter \Firefly\ Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] = On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Michael Heydon wrote: That still has the problem that it only stays as that image while over the root window (iirc). is there any way to force the cursor to stay the same when it is over other windows? Have a program walk the tree of windows regularly and force the cursor for all the windows to be transparent. It's a hack but it sorta works. Once in a while a mouse cursor will be visible briefly -- and some programs may become confused. Perhaps you can live with that? Otherwise you'll have to hack the X server -- or write an X proxy that translates the requests that set the mouse cursor shape :) -Peter Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day; Give him a religion, and he'll starve to death while praying for a fish ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
