Linux-Misc Digest #837, Volume #21 Thu, 16 Sep 99 18:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: Screen Resolution.... (Ilya)
Re: modem operates slow (Bill Unruh)
Re: AutoPPP and assigning ip numbers based on port! (Dustin Puryear)
Re: Netscape 4.6 + JAVA + *xdm* -> freezes (btoc)
Re: REQ: The fastest Window Manager for a slow Laptop? (Eduard Bloch)
VFS problem! (Stephane Ricard)
Re: I've got a PCI Winmodem... (wanda)
How do you shutdown X and get back to the command prompt. ("Raterus")
Re: I don't understand Linux graphics modes! (Adrian Hands)
Re: I WANT TO DITCH WINDOZE BUT I CANT!!! (Spike!)
Re: CodeWright (Constantin Wiemer)
Re: Can't mount CDROM (Richard L. Gabriel)
Re: Can I set up /dev/floppy to be mounted by non-root? ("Alan Sparks")
Re: Are tar tapes OS dependent? (Leslie Mikesell)
Happy Birthday, Linux! (Phil Hunt)
Re: Alert: AMD K6-2 350 Mhz processor (Robert Heller)
Re: I don't understand Linux graphics modes! (Robert Heller)
Re: VFS problem! (Adrian Hands)
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From: Ilya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Screen Resolution....
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 18:52:58 GMT
Greg Steckman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Good point. When I run Xconfigurator it always crashes when it starts
> "detecting" video modes...and I never actually get to the point where it
> asks you about resolutions (I didn't even know it had that feature!). Boy
> did I get a crash course in XF86Config writing when I installed (first time
> installing linux...btw this was with Red Hat 6.0 and a Mach 64 card in case
> anyone wants to try to fix this (bug?)...). I always backup the config files
> before the automated programs start messing with them.
Yep, I often get the same thing! Core dumps.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: modem operates slow
Date: 16 Sep 1999 18:55:27 GMT
In <7rn74i$a5l$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh) writes:
>Well, you do not tell us how you use your modem-- what commands, etc.
>Note the the default rate is 9600 bd, and tht is what you will get
>unless you use one of recognised serial port rates
>1200,4800,9600,14400,28800 57600 115200
Oops. I must have been thinking about modem speeds or something.
The speeds supported by pppd are
50 75 110 134 150 200 300 600 1200 2400 3600 4800 7200
9600 19200 38400 57600 115200
9600 is the default if either no speed is specified to pppd or if a
speed not in this list is specified.
In addition 230400 and 460800 are defined but very few serial cards can
support these rates. (of course not many support a speed of 50 either).
>In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> rken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>I bought a new 56K modem and it only operates at about 14,4k in my LINUX
>>system.
>>I had no trouble using a 58k modem with Windows, so I know it is with my
>>present system.
>>I seems to me the trouble is that my LINUX thinks I have a 386 as my as
>>my cpu.
>This has nothing to do with it. Why do you think it thinks that?
>Remember that the default compilation for Linux is for a 386.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dustin Puryear)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: AutoPPP and assigning ip numbers based on port!
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 19:49:43 GMT
On 15 Sep 1999 19:22:50 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh) wrote:
>In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dustin Puryear) writes:
>
>>where aa.bb.cc.dd is the server and ww.xx.yy.zz is the client. But how
>>does this work with AutoPPP? I can only specify one options file for
>>AutoPPP to call when bringing up pppd, so how can I assign an ip
>>address to each port?
>
>AutoPPP does not call options files, pppd does.
>man pppd
>Options Files section
>e, set up
>/etc/ppp/options.ttyS1
That was my mistake. I was using /usr/sbin/pppd file ../options for
the AutoPPP command line.
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Dustin Puryear
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From: btoc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,netscape.public.mozilla.java
Subject: Re: Netscape 4.6 + JAVA + *xdm* -> freezes
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 14:39:50 -0400
Nils Bluethgen wrote:
> Hello out there,
>
> I have a question about NETSCAPE 4.6 / 4.61 and JAVA. On some (not on
> all!) of our computers (we run linux-RH6.0) Netscape freezes when I open
> the URL
>
> I also upgraded to Netscape 4.61, which gave the same result. Has someone
> an idea?
>
> Nils
hi,
i have added the fonts as suggested, but my prob is on my xterminal with
xdm. java runs on the console just
fine, but as soon as java starts on my xterminal the window disappears! any
ideas?
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Marietta, GA 30064 home 770/422-9355 www.compuwork.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eduard Bloch)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,de.comp.os.unix.linux.newusers,de.comp.os.unix.linux.misc
Subject: Re: REQ: The fastest Window Manager for a slow Laptop?
Date: 16 Sep 1999 19:21:43 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Am Thu, 16 Sep 1999 10:57:35 -0400 schrieb/wrote/a �crit
William Firkser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in de.comp.os.unix.linux.misc:
>You might want to look into more ram. Linux needs at least 32mb to run
>at a reasonable speed - 64mb would make a big difference.
Bullshit. Linux runs good with 16MB - what you mean are probably bloated
software like KDE and Star-Office. Don't use them and you will feel the
difference.
mfG
Eduard.
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From: Stephane Ricard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: VFS problem!
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 12:20:22 -0400
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Hi!
I shutdown my computer the hard way ( push the button off ) without
prealably unmounted my CDROM.
When i try to reboot, the last lines it shows are
scsi: 0 hosts
scsi: detected total .
Partition check:
hda: hda1 hda2 < hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8 hda9 hda10 hda11 >
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly
and then it stops and do nothing.
I red that VFS problems are caused when it can recognize a media or the
media is corrupt. With that message i'm not sure it's that worst but
anyway how can i correct it ??
Thank's in advance
--
Stephane Ricard
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Hi!
<BR>I shutdown my computer the hard way ( push the button off ) without
prealably unmounted my CDROM.
<BR>When i try to reboot, the last lines it shows are
<P><I>scsi: 0 hosts</I>
<BR><I>scsi: detected total .</I>
<BR><I>Partition check:</I>
<BR><I>hda: hda1 hda2 < hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8 hda9 hda10 hda11 ></I>
<BR><I>VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly</I>
<P>and then it stops and do nothing.
<P>I red that VFS problems are caused when it can recognize a media or
the media is corrupt. With that message i'm not sure it's that worst but
anyway how can i correct it ??
<P>Thank's in advance
<BR>--
<P>
Stephane Ricard
<BR> </HTML>
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From: wanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I've got a PCI Winmodem...
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 20:31:20 GMT
It's true that people working at CompUSA and Best Buy are usually
brainless morons, but to blame them for road construction, detour, getting
lost and deers is a little bit too far fetched *g*
Michel Catudal wrote:
> Bill Guenthner wrote:
> >
> > You can buy Quake for Linux and CivII for Linux at CompUSA. And keep in
> > mind: Would a intelligent and highly motivated person be working as a
sales
> > clerk at Best Buy (or CompUSA)? I don't think so.
> >
>
> There are a couple of them at the CompUSA in Grand Rapids. Unfortunately
there
> are more morons. When SuSE 6.2 came out my wife called CompUSA to
confirm that
> there were arrived. She repeated a few times "Are you sure it's SuSE 6.2
and was
> told yes. So we drove to Grand Rapids that Friday night. We found out
that it
> was SuSE 6.1 that they had and not SuSE 6.2. I was pissed! Grand Rapids
is about
> 75 miles from here and we were back home way past midnight. To make
things more
> interesting, the exit ramp to North US 131 was closed for reasons of
construction.
> With darkness and poor visibility missing a turn in an unknown area is
an easy
> thing and after a couple circles of 10-15 miles + detour one becomes
somewhat
> irritated. Luckily I missed the deers ... I wasn't in the mood for deer
hunting with
> the car that night.
>
> My wife found SuSE 6.2 at http://www.chumbo.com for $29.95
> I ordered 3 copies and since they wrongly claimed that it was in stock
when it
> wasn't on they apologized and sent the packages federal express at no
additional
> cost. I had it the following thursday.
>
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From: "Raterus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How do you shutdown X and get back to the command prompt.
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 16:09:35 -0400
I'm running redhat 6.0 and noticed they inconveniently left out how to
shutdown X and go back to the command prompt. How do you do this and if
possible how can I add this to an option on my logoff window?
Rat
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From: Adrian Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I don't understand Linux graphics modes!
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 13:33:30 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Station wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> After a lifetime of being spoonfed M$ OSs, I've got myself a RedHat 5.1
> CD. I successfully (I think) installed it on my PII350 with a Matrox
> G200. I have *never* used any form of UNIX (I'm only 20...) and am
> still fairly confused.
>
> What I nedd help with is setting the graphics mode. With my clean,
> fresh install, I'm trying to get XFree86 going (using "startx").
> Problem is, it runs in 320�200�8, and there doesnt seem to be a thing I
> can do about it. I know I can do 1600�1200�24 with my card and monitor,
> but I can't persuade it do do anything but 320�200�8. WHat should I be
> doing?
>
> TIA,
>
> Russ
Why you type "startx" the X server will start and switch you to
ctrl-alt-f7.
Press ctrl-alt-f1 to go back to the screen where you typed startx.
There should be bunch of messages from the X server, including stuff
like:
...
(--) SVGA: PCI: S3 Trio32/64 rev 83
(--) SVGA: ET6100: Using built-in programmable Clock Chip/RAMDAC
(ID=0x96)
(--) SVGA: ET6100: Detected 2304 kb of multi-bank DRAM
(--) SVGA: Ramdac: et6000
(--) SVGA: ET6100: MClk: 97.16 MHz, R/C: 0x14
(--) SVGA: chipset: ET6100
(--) SVGA: videoram: 2304k
(**) SVGA: Option "linear"
(**) SVGA: Using 16 bpp, Depth 16, Color weight: 565
(--) SVGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 140.000 MHz
(**) SVGA: Mode "1024x768": mode clock = 100.000
(**) SVGA: Mode "640x480": mode clock = 61.000
(**) SVGA: Mode "800x600": mode clock = 78.000
(**) SVGA: Virtual resolution set to 1024x768
...
make sure it's recognizing your chipset.
You'll probably need a way to capture the messages as there's too many
to fit on one screen. I use emacs to enable me to scroll back through
the messages. You could also capture the messages to a file with
something like:
# startx > /tmp/startx.log 2>&1
I think the SVGA driver will fall back to 320 row mode if it doesn't
recognize your chipset.
If it's not recognizing your chipset, you need to figure out why.
Probably the next step should be to upgrade to XFree86 3.3.5 which you
can download from any of the mirrors of www.xfree86.org or
www.redhat.com.
3.3.5 recognizes several chips that 3.3.3 does not, including the Trio3D
and the Voodoo3 card.
RH 6.0 originally shipped with 3.3.2, I don't remember what version was
on RH5.1.
If it IS recognizing your chipset, you need to work on your settings in
XF86Config.
Probably the settings for the maximum sync frequencies for the monitor
are too restrictive and are causing X to reject all the modes for higher
resolutions.
Also, if don't have much video RAM you might try starting X with a lower
color depth.
Try to get it working at 8bpp (256 color) first, and then move up.
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From: Spike! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: I WANT TO DITCH WINDOZE BUT I CANT!!!
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 18:59:55 +0100
And verily, didst Paul 'Z' Ewande� <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> eloquently scribe:
> Nicolas De Rico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit dans le message :
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Windows is like heroine. You have to flush it out of your system. You
>> do that by formating your hard drive and installing Linux. Keep your
> Which kind of drug is Linux [nevermind all the other OSes in existance],
> since you have to switch from one alleged drug [Windows] to the apparently
> another one, which seems to be The One True Way of Computing ?
Vitamin C perhaps?
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From: Constantin Wiemer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CodeWright
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 13:00:17 -0400
David,
as far as I know, there is no clone of CodeWright for Linux. An editor
which is quite close to CodeWright (in my opinion) is Nedit.
http://www.fnal.gov/fermitools/abstracts/nedit/abstract.html
Constantin Wiemer
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From: **gabriel**@twave.net (Richard L. Gabriel)
Subject: Re: Can't mount CDROM
Reply-To: **gabriel**@twave.net
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 16:04:19 GMT
Chin Yew Tuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>When I type :" mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom"
>Redhat 5.2 returned the error msg : "mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block
> device"
>I tried mounting the floppy drive, it worked. Can anybody help me to solve
>this problem ? Thank you.
>regards
>Chin
Chin, I am a novice at this myself, but had a real hard time getting
Linux to recognize my CD also. Mine was mounted for years on my Sound
Blaster card and worked just fine in DOS/WIN. However, Linux thought
that this location was "hdh", that is as slave on a "quaternary" IDE
port. It would not mount it from there. I had to move it to the
slave position on the secondary IDE port, which was "hdd" in
Linux-talk :-). If this is not your problem, you still should have a
"symbolic link" to the CD. For my new setup this would be established
with:
# ln -s /dev/hdd /dev/cdrom
(as indicated, this must be done from root)
Just substitue the proper virtual drive for "hdd" and give it a try.
And check out your fstab to see if it is correctly entered there.
Hope that this helps, Richard
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From: "Alan Sparks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can I set up /dev/floppy to be mounted by non-root?
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 09:18:06 -0700
Read up on fstab and mount in the man... then look at adding 'user' as a
mount option in the /dev/floppy fstab entry.
-Alan
>On Mon, 13 Sep 1999 20:50:24 -0500, Kurt & Amy Johnson wrote:
>>Using RH6.0 and I like KDE best.
>>
>>Can I (and should I, for that matter) set permissions for /dev/floppy to
>>allow all users to mount it?
>>
>>What is the level of permissions that I should use?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leslie Mikesell)
Crossposted-To:
comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.admin,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.misc,alt.solaris.x86
Subject: Re: Are tar tapes OS dependent?
Date: 16 Sep 1999 11:33:50 -0500
In article <7rq8ck$i9t$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>If you ever feel inspired to add more features it would be nice to
>>have another option for amanda besides dump and GNUtar. GNUtar
>>has a special feature (besides --listed-incremental) for amanda's
>>sake. If it detects that the output device is /dev/null, it doesn't
>>actually read the files but will still report the total size. Amanda
>>uses this for an estimate to compute the dump level it can make for
>>each partition without running out of tape.
>I implementd such option by request of the amanda people more than
>2 years ago.
>
>Use
>star -nullout
Thanks, but after deciding the incremental level it still has to
process the run as reliably as --listed-incremental, detecting
files under new or moved directories, and it needs a way to
delete the intermediate files as a chain of incrementals is
restored so you end up with the filesystem state as of the
latest incremental.
Les Mikesell
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Phil Hunt)
Crossposted-To: gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Happy Birthday, Linux!
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 99 19:56:45 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The world's best operating system -- Linux -- is 8 years old
on the 17th September (this Friday).
>From a lone hacker's bedroom in Finland, to the brink of usurping
a $500 billion monopoly today, it's come a long way!
Happy Birthday Linux, and thanks to all those who've helped make
it great!
THe Linux Birthday website is at:
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From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Alert: AMD K6-2 350 Mhz processor
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 20:18:07 GMT
Ted Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
In a message on 16 Sep 1999 05:53:59 GMT, wrote :
TB> "Cameron L. Spitzer" wrote:
TB>
TB> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, fred smith wrote:
TB> > >Jim Shaffer, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
TB> > >: There is a well-known problem with particular versions of Windows 95 and the
TB> > >: K6-2 and K6-3 at 350 MHz or above. Apparently, some sequence of instructions
TB> > >: peculiar to that version of W95 result in an internal timing problem.
TB> >
TB> > In other words, there is a race condition bug in Microsoft's OS,
TB> > and AMD's instruction pipelining is efficient enough to expose it.
TB> >
TB>
TB> What is a race condiditon?
When some program gets into a state where is 'trips over itself',
usually because some code is running faster than some other code expects
it to.
TB>
TB> >
TB> > >: On the other hand, I've heard for a long time that K6 processors run hotter
than
TB> > >: Intels, so maybe the problem lies there instead.
TB> > >
TB> > >I have no high-end Intel for comparison, but my K6-2/350 doesn't get hot.
TB> > >True, it's got a big hairy heatsink with fan, but the heatsink never
TB> > >even gets warm to the touch.
TB> >
TB> > FWIW I have been using AMD's microprocessors on and off since 1979.
TB> > (I started with a board-level CPU built around the Am2901 4-bit
TB> > processor slice and the Am2911 and 29811 microsequencer...)
TB> > and whatever other faults they may have, I have never seen one with thermal
TB> > problems.
TB> >
TB> > Cameron
TB>
TB> <Insert history> We have a pair of K6-233s. Running Win95 the heat sink is
painfully
TB> hot to the touch, and these are *not* little heat sinks. One of the computers gets
TB> up(?)graded to Win98. While playing a game of Total Annihilation (rough on
TB> processors) that machine crashes, from that point on *no* video game would run on
that
TB> machine for more than 2 or 3 minutes. I blew out Win98 and reinstalled 95, same
TB> thing. Traded processors, and as long as I keep it cool the twitchy one works
TB> fine.<end history>
TB>
TB> FWIW, under Linux the heat sink on the twitchy processor is cool to the touch,
unless
TB> I'm running at capacity. The only thing I can think of is that the load monitor
under
TB> 95 doesn't tell the whole story.
Win95 and Win98 don't make use of the 'halt' instruction, where the
processors 'stops' and waits for an interrupt. Instead, Win95 and Win98
enter idle 'busy loops' (ala 'here: jmp here'). Linux uses the halt
instruction instead. The busy loop uses the CPU (heats it up), the halt
instruction does not (the CPU 'freezes' until interrupted). ALL
processors (including Intel processors) run hotter under Win9x than
under Linux. Really, Linux *really is* cool...
(There are cases where the CPU fan was dieing and the problem was only
noticed under Win9x.)
TB>
TB> I am convinced that the K6 line (not necessarily K62 or the K63) has heat problems.
TB> Every machine I ever built with them ran hot, and I used to assemble machines for a
TB> living.
TB>
TB>
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From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I don't understand Linux graphics modes!
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 20:18:08 GMT
Station <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
In a message on Fri, 17 Sep 1999 12:15:00 +0100, wrote :
S> Dear all,
S>
S> After a lifetime of being spoonfed M$ OSs, I've got myself a RedHat 5.1
S> CD. I successfully (I think) installed it on my PII350 with a Matrox
S> G200. I have *never* used any form of UNIX (I'm only 20...) and am
S> still fairly confused.
S>
S> What I nedd help with is setting the graphics mode. With my clean,
S> fresh install, I'm trying to get XFree86 going (using "startx").
S> Problem is, it runs in 320�200�8, and there doesnt seem to be a thing I
S> can do about it. I know I can do 1600�1200�24 with my card and monitor,
S> but I can't persuade it do do anything but 320�200�8. WHat should I be
S> doing?
This is a XFConfig / XConfigurator stupidity.
There is a file, named /etc/X11/XF86Config, that controls this. I
believe that *by default* XFConfig / XConfigurator list the graphics
resolutions from lowest to highest and X11 starts up with the *first*
resolutions that works with the sensed dot clock that is in the
monitor's scan ranges.
What you should do is this:
Using a plain text editor, (eg emacs, vi, etc.) edit /etc/X11/XF86Config
and look for your video card setup. It should look *something* like:
# The accelerated servers (S3, Mach32, Mach8, 8514, P9000, AGX, W32, Mach64
# I128, and S3V)
Section "Screen"
Driver "accel"
Device "My Video Card"
Monitor "My Monitor"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "320x200" "640x400" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024" "1600�1200"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "320x200" "640x400" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024" "1600�1200"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "320x200" "640x400" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024" "1600�1200"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "320x200" "640x400" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024" "1600�1200"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
Anyway, you need to reverse the order of the (various) 'modes' lines.
By default, it will start up in 8-bit mode (the first display subsection
listed). I *guess* you can swap the order of the display subsection,
but you can also specify the depth on the startx command line:
% startx -- -bpp 24
(or)
% startx -- -bpp 32
S>
S> TIA,
S>
S> Russ
S>
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From: Adrian Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VFS problem!
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 13:54:10 -0400
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Stephane Ricard wrote:
>
> Hi!
> I shutdown my computer the hard way ( push the button off ) without
> prealably unmounted my CDROM.
> When i try to reboot, the last lines it shows are
>
> scsi: 0 hosts
> scsi: detected total .
> Partition check:
> hda: hda1 hda2 < hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8 hda9 hda10 hda11 >
> VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly
>
> and then it stops and do nothing.
>
> I red that VFS problems are caused when it can recognize a media or
> the media is corrupt. With that message i'm not sure it's that worst
> but anyway how can i correct it ??
I don't know if this will help, but mine comes up like this:
...
scsi : 0 hosts.
scsi : detected total.
md.c: sizeof(mdp_super_t) = 4096
Partition check:
hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4
hdb: hdb1 hdb2 hdb3 hdb4
autodetecting RAID arrays
autorun ...
... autorun DONE.
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
Freeing unused kernel memory: 60k freed
Adding Swap: 60476k swap-space (priority -1)
ne.c:v1.10 9/23/94 Donald Becker ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
NE*000 ethercard probe at 0x240: 00 00 e8 3f 06 00
eth0: NE2000 found at 0x240, using IRQ 4.
...
I'm running RH6.0 with kernel 2.2.5-22
Maybe there's a problem with your swap partition ?
Can you boot single user (type "linux 1" at the LILO: prompt).
If so, maybe you can fix it from there.
I'd try deleting and re-adding the swap partition and running fsck on
the root partition.
Also, check /lost+found, you may find some important files got moved to
there.
Maybe re-install the boot and kernel rpms.
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