Ray Olszewski wrote:
>
> For a PPP connection (which you need to run Netscape - I can't tell from
> your message if the "communication terminal package" you've used is seyon,
> which doesn't use ppp, or xterm, which does), you need to create a script
> that will run pppd. The PP HowTo (probably on your system, and on the Web at
> URL http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/PPP-HOWTO.html) describes the general
> procedure better than I can here, and you can post again if you have any
> specific questions after reading it.
Will check that. And yes, I used Seyon. Actually I looked for a package that looks
like a dial-up networking that is easy to setup :-) but, tastes may differ :-)
>
> >The next thing is to use my 17" monitor Samsung SyncMaster 700p and S3Virge
> video
> >card. I went so far until now, to get 1024x768 resolution, but the visible
> part of
> >XWindows is only cca 75% large of the monitor capabilities. I am not sure
> if it is
> >possible to download some up-to-date drivers in order to make better setup
> for the
> >video sub-system (monitor and/or card)?
>
> You haven't told us enough to be sure of whta your problem is. The easy (to
> fix) problem is that you have a larger resolution configured as well as
> 1024*768. Whatever monitor resolution X uses, it makes it a window onto a
> virtual desktop that is (at least) as large as your largest resolution. If
> this is the problem, you should be able to move the monitor's "window" on
> the desktop by dragging the mouse to the edges of the monitor. You can also
> use ALT+ and ALT- to change among resolutions. The real solution, though, is
> to edit /etc/XF86Config (using whatever tool Caldera provides - I myself use
> xf86config, supplied by the XFree Consortium itself so always available) to
> remove the high resolutions you don't want.
>
Ok, tnx for the info. I tested that and it seems to work. Actually, I have both
Linux and WinNT on the same computer and would like to use both of them. Earlier, I
managed to get the best resolution within Windows and to get the maximum possible
visible part of the monitor. When I tried to do so within Linux, I got some smaller
picture (about 1 inch less from top, bottom, left and right). Well, I tried to
resize the picture, using monitor's controls, but whenever I switch from NT to Linux
and vice versa, I have to resize the picture. I suppose there should be a way to
make a "common" video configuration, regardless of an OS in use, ok? In order to
make that setup good as much as possible, I could find and download some WinXX
drivers (both for video card and monitor), but could not find them for Linux, so I
had to use those included in linux package. I suppose there might be something to
upgrade video performance, but don't know where to find it.
Misko
