Linux-Misc Digest #447, Volume #21 Wed, 18 Aug 99 10:13:24 EDT
Contents:
Re: Help! AWE 32 doesn't works! (Michael McConnell)
Re: e2fsck question (Mircea)
/usr/sbin/in.identd ("Kurt V. Hindenburg")
Re: Cracks for Linux? (Michael McConnell)
Re: Looking for comparable apps in Linux from OS/2 (Csaba Raduly)
Re: "serial line is looped back"? (John Hasler)
Re: /usr/sbin/in.identd ("Cedric Blancher")
Re: Cracks for Linux? (Lawrence Troxler)
Re: /usr/sbin/in.identd (Michael McConnell)
Finding module parameters? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Finding parameters for modules? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: /dev/linux (juergen leeb)
Re: Cracks for Linux? (Lew Pitcher)
XWindows Emulators ("RA")
Re: Finding module parameters? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: compression on DAT tapes ("Dan Cave")
Re: Why did RMS adopt Unix? (and other questions) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Quake II under Linux (Jason)
Re: Cracks for Linux? (Lew Pitcher)
Re: accessing windows files under linux (Jim Chaney)
Re: Formating dos partition for Linux and removing LILO (Jayan M)
Re: Can't use 1152x864 in X since upgrade from RH5.2 to RH6.0 (Jayan M)
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From: Michael McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help! AWE 32 doesn't works!
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 11:34:14 +0100
On 18 Aug 1999, Dirk Wei=DFer wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Daniel Berrettoni) writes:
>=20
> > I'm installing Linux 6, but I can put the sound card Sound Blaster AWE
> > 32 to make any single sound, and in Windows works all very well. What
> > can I do?
> >=20
> > Irq 10
> > low DMA 3
> > High DMA 6
> > address: 280
>=20
> Have you already read /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/AWE32?
> This manual was helping me getting my AWE32 running.=20
Or you can use ALSA (www.alsa-project.org). You mentioned something abuot
ualking to your friend over the Net - ALSA supports full duplex on SB cards=
;
last time I looked the OSS/lite drivers couldn't.
You say you extracted those values from Windows... is it a PnP card? If so,
you may need to use isapnptools to configure the card. In which case it
doesn't have to use the same settings as Windows uses.
A final word of warning: if your BIOS is set to autoconfig your ISA cards f=
or
you, you'll have real problems getting it to work. I almost gave up until
that dawned on me. Tell the bios you have a PnP-aware OS installed.
-- Michael "Soruk" McConnell
Eridani Star System -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat Linux CDROMs Available
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.amush.cx/linux/ Fax: +44-8701-600807
=09=09Eridani: Your PC doesn't need Windows or Gates.
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From: Mircea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: e2fsck question
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 07:15:59 -0400
Kevin Paul wrote:
>
> As my linux system has expanded, I have added several partitions. At bootup I
> am told that I am mounting unchecked file systems. How can I configure my system
> to check all partitions at bootup?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Kevin Paul
In fstab, for each partition that you mount at boot time, you have a
line that reads generally like this (that's an actual line from my
fstab):
/dev/hdb6 /home ext2 defaults 1 1
The last "1" is the one that tells the system to check the partition
before mounting it.
For read-only devices, such as cd-rom, and partitions from other
operating systems that you want mounted, fsck would make no sense, and
so you would use:
/dev/hdd /cdrom iso9660 defaults,user 1 0
MST
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From: "Kurt V. Hindenburg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: /usr/sbin/in.identd
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 10:55:40 GMT
I'm running stock RH6.0, in /etc/inetd.conf I the following:
# Authentication
#
auth stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/sbin/in.identd in.identd -l -e -
o
#
I don't have a /usr/sbin/in.identd
Any ideas? It's rather odd, since I just installed RH6.0 from scratch.
Kurt
PS: I don't have a in.identd anywhere on my system.
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From: Michael McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Cracks for Linux?
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 11:30:35 +0100
On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Sean wrote:
> Hi I think free software is the best. Especially Open Source Software.
> Linux is supposed to be fre isn't it. So why do I have to pay 20$ to get
> sound? I have the OSS/Linux demo. That stops working after 20 minutes.
> Does anyone have a crack for this? Or does anyone know of a crack page
> that has cracks for linux (like OSS/Linux maybe). Astalaviata.box.sk
> doesn't have it and I don't know where to look. If so e-mail me at
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Try the ALSA sound drivers. What soundcard do you have?
-- Michael "Soruk" McConnell
Eridani Star System -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat Linux CDROMs Available
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.amush.cx/linux/ Fax: +44-8701-600807
Eridani: Your PC doesn't need Windows or Gates.
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From: Csaba Raduly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Looking for comparable apps in Linux from OS/2
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 11:54:31 +0100
Alex Taylor wrote:
>
> On Tue, 17 Aug 1999 20:38:32 GMT, Zephyr Q <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I'm making the switch from OS/2 to Linux, and *really*
> >would like some similar functionality with the following
> >apps:
>
[mail client recommendations snipped]
Or you can try the mail component of Netscape (if desperate enough)
>
> > A news client as good as ProNews (sigh, I know this one
> >might be a long shot...)
>
> Heh. I'm afraid the newsreader pickings are pretty sparse. slrn is
> pretty decent but it's console only, which limits it somewhat. knews is
> (minimally) graphical, and also good, but has some annoying limitations
> (doesn't multithread well, for one thing). Netscape's reader is available,
> of course, if you like it (which I don't).
>
> I think xemacs includes a newsreader.
(X)Emacs includes everything :-)
[more recommendations snipped]
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: "serial line is looped back"?
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 03:51:27 GMT
Robert Kiesling writes:
> I suppose the message could also mean that another, different program is
> using the serial port.
No.
> Probably not related to /etc/hosts though, unless neither you nor your
> ISP are providing DNS services. Those entries are set in
> /etc/resolv.conf.
Pppd has no interest whatsoever in DNS.
> I'm not sure that pppd would try to connect to localhost if it can't
> connect to a remote host.
Of course not.
"Serial line is looped back" means that pppd is seeing its own LCP packets
coming back. Usually this means that a login process is still running at
the other end, echoing the packets as it looks for some sort of string.
Sometimes it means that the modem is echoing the packets. On rare
occasions the serial line actually is looped back.
--
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From: "Cedric Blancher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: /usr/sbin/in.identd
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 13:18:40 +0200
Kurt V. Hindenburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit dans le message
: Miwu3.12$[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I'm running stock RH6.0, in /etc/inetd.conf I the following:
> # Authentication
> #
> auth stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/sbin/in.identd
in.identd -l -e -
> o
> #
>
> I don't have a /usr/sbin/in.identd
Try a "locate identd".
On my Debian box, it's /usr/sbin/identd
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From: Lawrence Troxler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Cracks for Linux?
Date: 18 Aug 1999 12:10:39 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc Kaz Kylheku <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: On Wed, 18 Aug 1999 06:21:24 GMT, Wendell Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>> I got it to work by typing in (as root):
:>>
:>> cd /
:>> rm -rf *
:>>
:>> After that I didn't have any problems with OSS/Linux asking me to register it.
:>> I think that it removes the nagware config file or something.
:>>
:>> Good Luck,
:>> Jason
:>
:>Now THAT's mean! (Understandable, though! ;)
: My experience with the proprietary OSS drivers has also led me to use rm -rf,
: but only on the downloaded materials rather than the whole filesystem.
: The first thing that their binary-only piece of digital trash did was promptly
: lock up my kernel as soon as I opened the device. If I'm going to pay for
: garbage, I might as well install Windows and use the drivers that came with the
: sound card.
I have nothing against commercial software on Linux, but this OSS effort
is giving it a bad name. C'mon, OSS/Free includes source code. Pay $20,
and now the source code is taken away???
I too have been having problems after a kernel/OSS upgrade. MPU-401 input
driver locks the machine. Left email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] over the
weekend. It is now Wedensday morning and I've heard nothing.
Not the best $20 I've ever spent!
Larry
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From: Michael McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: /usr/sbin/in.identd
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 12:54:43 +0100
On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Kurt V. Hindenburg wrote:
> I'm running stock RH6.0, in /etc/inetd.conf I the following:
> # Authentication
> #
> auth stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/sbin/in.identd in.identd -l -e -
> o
> #
>
> I don't have a /usr/sbin/in.identd
>
> Any ideas? It's rather odd, since I just installed RH6.0 from scratch.
> Kurt
>
> PS: I don't have a in.identd anywhere on my system.
Install the pidentd RPM from your CD (or RH mirror FTP site).
-- Michael "Soruk" McConnell
Eridani Star System -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat Linux CDROMs Available
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.amush.cx/linux/ Fax: +44-8701-600807
Eridani: Your PC doesn't need Windows or Gates.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Finding module parameters?
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 11:22:12 GMT
How do I find out what parameters that are valid
for different modules? Do I have to look at the
source or is there some more userfreindly
documentation?
Right now I'm struggling with an old 3C503 but
this is a general problem for me.........
/Johan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Finding parameters for modules?
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 11:24:51 GMT
Where can one find a description of the parameters for a certain module
(kernel loadable)?
/Johan
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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 14:02:58 +0200
From: juergen leeb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: /dev/linux
Waldemar Kocjan wrote:
> I've got on my computer one partion running Windows98 and one running
> RH6. It's not a problem to access files on Win partition from Linux but
> I would like to make it to work also other way around : access files on
> Linux partion from Windows98. Anyone got an idea how to do it ???
>
> W.
it is possible to access the linux filesystem with win95 or 98.
at home i have a cdrom (came with a magazin) on which is such a programm.
if you want to have it easy contact me.
and i will send it to you via email.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Cracks for Linux?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 11:47:02 GMT
One word...
Looser!
On Tue, 17 Aug 1999 23:31:15 GMT, Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi I think free software is the best. Especially Open Source Software.
>Linux is supposed to be fre isn't it. So why do I have to pay 20$ to get
>sound? I have the OSS/Linux demo. That stops working after 20 minutes.
>Does anyone have a crack for this? Or does anyone know of a crack page
>that has cracks for linux (like OSS/Linux maybe). Astalaviata.box.sk
>doesn't have it and I don't know where to look. If so e-mail me at
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>------------------ Posted via CNET Linux Help ------------------
> http://www.searchlinux.com
Lew Pitcher
System Consultant, Integration Solutions Architecture
Toronto Dominion Bank
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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From: "RA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: XWindows Emulators
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 12:55:57 +0100
Hi all,
Iam looking for XWindows Emulators to run Xwindows from my Linux box on NT.
If anyone knows of any I would be gratefull of any info / links.
Thanks
Ronnie
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Finding module parameters?
Date: 18 Aug 1999 12:03:59 GMT
For network hardware modules, see /usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/
net-modules.txt
It contains parameters for those network drivers that can be modularised.
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From: "Dan Cave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: compression on DAT tapes
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 13:05:15 +0100
Gustavo
cd /whereuwanttobackup ; tar cvzf /dev/st0 .
or
tar cvzf /dev/st0 /path
The second option should preserve the pathname in your archive.
the tar 'cvzf' option tells tar to Create, Verbose, pipe through gZip and
output to File {where the device/filename preceeds }
to list archive, replace cvzf, with tvzf, and to extract, xvzf.
Kind Regards
Daniel Cave,
SGI Consulting,
1530 Arlington Business Park
Theale, Reading, RG7 4SB.
DDI: 0118 925 7584
Fax: 0118 925 7680
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I have a SDT-S9000 Sony's DAT unit, and I'm running Red Hat 5.2,
>kernel 2.2.10. I just want to made compressed backups. I've tried
>mt -f /dev/st0 defcompression 1
>and
>mt -f /dev/st0 compression 1
>but it didn't work.
>
>Has someone a suggestion?
>
>--
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>Nutec Informatica S/A +55 51 218.8226
>Rua Silveiro, 1111 - Porto Alegre - RS - Brasil
>
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>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: Why did RMS adopt Unix? (and other questions)
Date: 18 Aug 1999 12:10:59 GMT
Answers:
1. Yes, they did indeed have their own OSes, MIT for example had ITS.
3. AFAIK, GCC and emacs were developed before HURD because HURD is being written
with them.
4. Yes. To find more information, see "The New Hacker's dictionary".
( I think you can get it at www.ccil.org somewhere).
5. I'm not 100% sure, but HURD is still not finished (at least I haven't
heard it was in beta).
6. GNU is a project spawned by the FSF. The FSF is the foundation behind
GNU.
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From: Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Quake II under Linux
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 06:54:42 -0500
I run both linux and Windows 98 on seperate partitions and have installed quake II
on both to see the differances. Current hardware is an Intel P II 350, 96MB RAM,
ATI Xpert@Play 98 and a Monster 3D II Voodoo2 12MB.
Ping time is generally 10% better to any server I connect to under Linux, and the
Frame Rate is slightly lower at 52fps (windows runs around 57fps). In reality,
they kinda even eachother out, but there is one advantage to linux... Quake 3 was
1. Easier to install, 2. Gave a much better fps than windows did, and 3. Was
easier to maintain.
Nicholas Pappas wrote:
> It depends a lot on what you are running. Processor, Video, RAM. Just
> like in Win95, the game can run find on 1 computer and run like crap on
> another.
> Install it and find out -- that is the best way.
>
> Nick
>
> patti00 wrote:
> >
> > What is the game-speed difference between QII under Win95 and Linux?
>
> patti00 wrote:
> >
> > What is the game-speed difference between QII under Win95 and Linux?
>
> --
> /*********************************************************************
> Nicholas Pappas Hey, life is pretty stupid.
> Lucent Technologies With lots of hub-bub to keep you busy,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] But really not amounting to much.
> 1D-185N - Shakespeare
> *********************************************************************/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Cracks for Linux?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 13:23:48 GMT
speling waz nefer mi best subjict
On Wed, 18 Aug 1999 23:05:13 +1000, Simon Pallister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I think you mean loser :)
>
>Lew Pitcher wrote:
>
>> One word...
>>
>> Looser!
>>
>> On Tue, 17 Aug 1999 23:31:15 GMT, Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> >Hi I think free software is the best. Especially Open Source Software.
>>
>> >Linux is supposed to be fre isn't it. So why do I have to pay 20$ to get
>>
>> >sound? I have the OSS/Linux demo. That stops working after 20 minutes.
>>
>> >Does anyone have a crack for this? Or does anyone know of a crack page
>>
>> >that has cracks for linux (like OSS/Linux maybe). Astalaviata.box.sk
>>
>> >doesn't have it and I don't know where to look. If so e-mail me at
>>
>> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >
>> >------------------ Posted via CNET Linux Help ------------------
>> > http://www.searchlinux.com
>>
>> Lew Pitcher
>> System Consultant, Integration Solutions Architecture
>> Toronto Dominion Bank
>>
>> ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>>
>> (Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
>
Lew Pitcher
System Consultant, Integration Solutions Architecture
Toronto Dominion Bank
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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From: Jim Chaney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.mandrake,athome.users-unix,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: accessing windows files under linux
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 14:02:05 +0100
Christopher Lu wrote:
> 2) Can someone offer some advice on the 539680446 gazillion packages
> available when doing a custom installation in redhat or mandrake? I know
> it's impossible to cover every one but most of that stuff I have no idea
> what it's used for.
After installing RH Linux for the umpteenth time (the best thing to do IMHO when
you cant find which one of 60 files you just edited broke the bootstrap...) I
found that i really needed a minimal installation, and to install packages one
by one to know what they all did.
Of course, some are necesary, but RH's install prog sorts this out. Then all
you need is how to find 'wish' when another install script calls it...
Solution:
Go to the RPMS directory
Type rpm -qlip *.rpm > \var\log\rpmquery
This lists all packages, by name, description and file list into a file
rpmquery
To find the 'wish' executable, try
Type cat /var/log/rpmquery |less
Type /wish (when inside cat|less)
This isn't ideal, I suppose a grep command would be better (but the syntax looks
nasty in the man page). what is does allow is for a _slow_ introduction to the
workings behind each package.
Jim Chaney
======================================================================
jchaney AT nortelnetworks DOT com The views of this post are not
necessarily those of Nortel Networks
======================================================================
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From: Jayan M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Formating dos partition for Linux and removing LILO
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 13:09:10 GMT
That was some great explanation!
Cameron, you are one of the best posters I have seen
on this newsgroup. Keep up the good work!
Jayan
"Cameron L. Spitzer" wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Warren Bell wrote:
> >"Cameron L. Spitzer" wrote:
> >>
> >> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Warren Bell wrote:
> >> >I was thinking going into /etc/lilo.conf and removing the second option
> >> >and the time delay, but I don't want to do it where it's a hack or
> >> >somthing.
> >>
> >> Delete the "other=" stanza from /etc/lilo.conf and run lilo.
> >> Test your boot.
> >
> >How does the system know to boot if lilo isn't installed, if Linux is
> >the only os?
>
> You need some kind of boot loader. LILO is available and will do what
> you need done. You can turn off the "LILO boot:" prompt and
> get rid of that delay, but LILO is still doing the work of copying
> your bootimage from blocks on your hard drive into memory.
>
> > Can I set up my system to boot direct without lilo
>
> Yes. Make a small partition inside the first 1024 cylinders of
> the first hard drive. Copy your bootimage there with cat, dd, or cp.
>
> Reasons why nobody does this:
> 1. It wastes a whole partition on something you could do with
> a few files if you used LILO, Syslinux, System Commander, etc.
> 2. You can't give the kernel any command line options
> 3. It doesn't boot noticeably faster than LILO.
> 4. You only get one choice of kernel.
> 5. cp and dd don't warn you if you're writing someplace BIOS can't read.
>
> >as if
> >lilo was never installed?
>
> Before there was a boot loader on the drive, either Microsoft's or Linux'
> or a third party's, the drive was not bootable. If you tried booting it,
> the BIOS would say "BASIC in ROM Missing" or "Operating System not Installed"
> or some similar message.
>
> > Or once lilo is installed you have to use it?
>
> You need some boot loader if you want BIOS to be able to launch
> an operating system and you don't want to dedicate a disk partition or
> the floppy drive to a single bootimage.
>
> Cameron
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From: Jayan M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't use 1152x864 in X since upgrade from RH5.2 to RH6.0
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 13:26:39 GMT
Is this resolution supported by your video card?
Some of them only support 640x480, 800x600,
1024x768 and (maybe) 1280x1024, not the 1152x864.
You should probably try fewer no. of colors too (8 bit?)
If you give the name of your video card and the amount of
video ram, it might be easier to figure out..
Jayan
simon wrote:
> Hi,
> earlier in the week I upgraded my system from RH5.2 to RH6.0.
> I had my 5.2 system setup to boot into KDE for other users, and the standard
> X for root (fvwm2 ?).
> I figured it would be nice to try out gnome with RH6.0, but this has caused
> some problems. Although i do like the look of gnome, and it seems to be
> happy to let me use kde whenever I want, I can no longer run my desktop at
> 1152x864.
> I have tried running Xconf and adding 1152x864 as a supported reolution, but
> that seems to screw up some part of gnome, as it starts complaining about
> gdm having been murdered or something weird.
> I have also tried directly editing the /etc/X11/XF86Config but that seems to
> upset gnome too... in fact if all I do is add the extra resolution in the
> list of supported modes, then the system takes a long time to login, and
> when I get in I find it has deleted the settings I added.
>
> How can I change my resolution ?!
>
> Thanks,
> Simon
>
> p.s. I run X at 1152x864, as I dual-boot my system with Win98, and it lets
> my monitor differenciate the two... that way I don't have to play with
> picture position settings all the time.
>
> system info:
> Abit BX6 r2.0 motherboard USBSupp.exe, setupex.exe
> Celeron 300 @450
> 128M SDRAM (10ns)
> Diamond Viper 330 AGP (Nvidia 2.77 build drivers) Nvidia reference drivers
> NxR 12MB Voodoo2 3Dfx reference drivers
> Creative Labs AWE64 Gold (Latest Drivers) Latest 'Labs drivers
> Internal U.S. Robotics Winmodem 33.6 (56K upgrade) V.90 upgrade
> CTX1792UA monitor
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