On Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 02:52:02AM +0200, Giovanni A.D. wrote: > first of all .. X11 .. if I use XFree86 it doesn't works, so .. no way > to have 3D support. I have to use Xpmac .. if I use XFree86 I get only a > black screen. And I had to reinstall to change it .. no Xconfigurator .. > i've > found only a xf86cfg or something like that, but no way to make it > works..
Not sure what video card your machine has but I think it should work with XFree86. However, what you need to keep in mind is that in many cases the technical details for Apple machines are sketchy... so the support for hardware can be equally sketchy. But in most cases video cards are identicaly to the PC versions and are supported fine. But there are always exceptions to the rule. Xconfiguratior is a RedHat tool. It has been phased out over the past several Mandrake versions and replaced with Mandrake's X Configuration tool: XFdrake. > > I've an iMac 400 DV SE with 128mb of ram, and an old iMac style italian > keyboard. > I set it as an US keyboard cause I can use it better: also if I set it > as a IT keyboard > I get the PC keyboard, not the mac one. But .. it works very fin in the > shell.. but not > in X11 .. all the keymap is wrong, and the only way to make it works is > set up it in the > kde control panel. it works fine but if i press space once it still > pressed until i press > backspace or another letter .. (ie: "cd /") > > if i use the arrows i get some numbers (the keypad ones, hmm.. i should > try to press block num :p) but.. > i can't use any game or go up and down in the command history of xterm .. No idea here. > i've an usb modem that is supported by 2.4 kernel : Draytek > isdnVigor128 .. > on the hardware list of mandrake control center i see it good under > "isdn devices" > but, how to use it with kppp ?? I would imagine your modem will show up as a USB tty device. tail the /var/log/messsages file while the modem isn't plugged into the machine. Then plug it in. Many times the driver will tell you the path to the device that it's installed the USB modem as. But I don't personally have any of this hardware so I don't have any experience with USB modems just other USB hardware. > > sometimes by default I can't mount the cd using the kde desktop link > cause my user haven't the privileges > to do it .. > > i try to use: userconf, userdrak, mandrake control center (mount > points/dvd) but, nothing to do! No idea. > for PPP connection, is DNS needded ? the installer say "optional" .. > but .. before on linux ppc I had > to setup them. In most cases DNS servers are assigned automatically via DHCP. If they are then they are optional. If they are not assigned via DHCP then you need to enter them. > oh, about linux ppc .. can I install the linux ppc rpms on mandrake > ppc ? I'd like to have the matrix > screensaver and xevil .. Probably not a great idea but I believe they are still binary compatable in 8.2/ppc. But I wouldn't count on that in future versions as soon as Mandrake releases a PPC version using the newer gcc. -- Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://ben.reser.org We tend to see all wars through the lens of the current conflict, and we mine history for lessons convenient to the present purpose. - Brian Hayes
