Hi All, 'specially Steve;
My Linux X problems were fixed by installing the SVGA rpm.
This turned out to be extremely easy. I elected to use a slightly
modified form of the instructions supplied by Steve, so this might
be of some use to someone.
In Midnight Commander I went to /mnt/CDROM (which I had automounted
in fstab) and was lucky enough to have someone around who suggested
I look under Redhat for RPMS and there they were. I wouldn't have
guessed that myself. Trolled down the list and found all the video
drivers (is that what they are called in Linux ?) and there was
XF86_SVGA something and there was only one so I felt mistakes were
unlikely at this point. <G>
Here is the easy bit: Hightlight that RPM
Hit enter.
Something happens. (I dunno - this is Linux) <g>
The display panel changes and now we see some new stuff - the most
important of which is the word *INSTALL in green.
So I slide down to that and hit it. (enter) Could it hurt ?
Text screen shows hash marks "#" as Steve said it would and it's done !
I exited MC and typed Xconfigurator and this time it ran correctly and
I was able to immediately startx. :))
Thanks, Steve. I will try the other suggestions (query and de-install)
at the command prompt to gain that experience.
*
Next problem. <G>
I read the Net3Howto in hopes of getting my box on line.
I followed the suggested method for setting up the network interface
with and without variation and had no luck.
I am assuming now that there is some prior setup required before I can
successfully setup a connection to the network. ??
This was the suggestion: (I typed it enuf times to remember it)
ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
The result was: (Something like)
ISCGOBLEDEGOOK:IPADDR Operation not supported by device
ISCMOREDEGOOK:NETMASK Operation not supported by device
Since the Dlink router is 192.168.0.1,
I changed the IPADDR to 192.168.1.100. No luck.
Same error messages.
I tried ifconfig by itself and it seemed to be telling me that it
was working fine in Loopback mode and there was a local address like
127.xxx. something.
I'm sure the problem is as obvious to a Linux user as being out of gas
might be to me if my car wouldn't start, but I don't know where the
fuel gauge is in Linux. Heck, I don't even know where the dashboard is.
Where do I look now, Steve ?
Thanks.
- Clarence Verge.
-- Using Arachne 1.66 on DSL.
