Re: [XFree86] Problem with Xserver

2004-01-29 Thread Bob Lockie
On 01/20/04 04:54 Chetandeep Singh spoke thuslybr Hi, There is a problem with my Xserver, which i am unable to understand. i am using Red Hat Linux 9.0. it behaved in a strange way. it was working totally fine. and suddenly when i opened a folder(of mounted windows drive), it gave some

[XFree86] no xdm but startx works as a non-root user

2003-07-05 Thread Bob Lockie
I can run startx as a non-root user but I can't login to xdm or kdm. Authentication fails for a user other than root. Nothing in /var/log shows an ownership problem but that is what I think it is. I even added the user to the 'root' group with no effect. I maxed the xdm debugging (255) and that

Re: [XFree86] Help me please!!!!!!

2003-06-20 Thread Bob Lockie
On 06/19/03 19:27 Emilio Bustos spoke thusly I need a solution My Video card is a Diamond Stealth 64 Video 3200 with 2Mb Is that an S3 chipset? The configuration is ok but the Xfree86 no start. Here's the log file from /var/log/xfree86.log Please reply and let me know if you can provide some

Re: [XFree86] 256 colors

2003-06-18 Thread Bob Lockie
On 06/18/03 17:04 Brad Goodyear spoke thusly Can you have the display output 256 colors instead of thousands or millions? -Brad Yes, the Screen section of your /etc/X11/XF86Config* file specifies a default depth. Section Screen DefaultDepth 24 --

Re: [XFree86] wrong list?

2003-06-18 Thread Bob Lockie
On 06/18/03 12:20 Bryan Koschmann - GKT spoke thusly On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Bob Lockie wrote: I missed your question. You want to set up short-cut keys? That is configurable by your window manager so see the documentation for that. Yes, but they aren't recognized when I try to grab them

Re: [XFree86] question on modules

2003-06-17 Thread Bob Lockie
On 06/17/03 00:37 Miles Roper spoke thusly Hi, Several times the project I'm working on has had queries regarding what are all the libraries used in XFree. Is there, or can, we get a description of all the modules. The ones below are the ones we are most interested. We are interested in this

Re: [XFree86] ati probs

2003-06-17 Thread Bob Lockie
On 06/16/03 13:40 Frank spoke thusly does someone know why it doesn´t work? i´m a real newbie with Xfree so please slow :) thx frank - Using authority file /root/.Xauthority Writing authority file /root/.Xauthority Using authority file /root/.Xauthority Writing authority file

Re: [XFree86] wrong list?

2003-06-17 Thread Bob Lockie
On 06/17/03 18:59 Bryan Koschmann - GKT spoke thusly Yann, Thanks for the reply. You're wrong. It's the correct place to ask your question. Most if not all people here are volunteers. If they can't help (no time, no answer), don't blame them. Maybe someone will answer you in a short time.

Re: [XFree86] what can be done with the new matrox millenium p750?

2003-06-16 Thread Bob Lockie
On 06/16/03 13:47 Josh Brooks spoke thusly (Hi - I tried to post this last night, but it obviously didn't make it to the list) I am a somewhat new xfree86 user, and am trying to use a new matrox millenium p750 on FreeBSD 5.1. It is an AGP card, and I have two monitors connected, both by the DVI

Re: [XFree86] I want to Post a message about X-windows

2003-06-16 Thread Bob Lockie
On 06/16/03 17:04 Samuel N Mathew(L) spoke thusly I have run a shell script under X-windows. It is currently running fine under HP-UX xwindows.I am trying to tranport it into Linux. I would like to know how do I enable X-windows on Linux and run this shell script under it, Anybody can offer

Re: [XFree86] [Documentation] Driver Status for XFree86 4.2.1

2003-06-16 Thread Bob Lockie
On 06/16/03 17:55 Mark Vojkovich spoke thusly 4.3 supports more cards than those. Personally, I'd like to see the status page go away and get replaced with the man page which is up-to-date. The man page says: RIVA 128 NV3 RIVA TNT NV4 RIVA TNT2

Re: [XFree86] Please help me understand conceptually how xfree86drivers work

2003-06-16 Thread Bob Lockie
On 06/16/03 18:06 Josh Brooks spoke thusly Hello, I have purchased a new matrox p750. I have tried to make it work using: driver=mga and that does not work at all - I have only been successful in starting X and working in X by using: driver=vga -- Now, tell me if I understand how all