On Sat, 10 Jun 2000, Samuel E. Clark wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I hope this is the right list. I was referred here by a different list
> that told me this would be better for me as a newbie.
>
Sure. This is a nice "miscallaneous" list.
> I'm running stormix 2000 but I'm having trouble changing my
> resolution. Would it be because stormix isn't supporting my video
> card?(Diamond Monster Fusion)
>
I'm not familiar with your distribution, but the standard is ctrl-alt-+
and ctrl-alt-- (plus/minus). That is if you do have several resolutions
available. See /etc/X11/XF86Config (this is a RedHat location for the
file) for a list of resolutions in the screen section towards the end of
the file.
> Also, I keep getting a text login screen as opposed to a xwindows one.
>
This is best changed in linuxconf: look for something like "default boot
mode: text & network vs graphic & network". I can't check now where it is
excactly
> Finally, I have a CD with a bunch of apps on it, so I put it in and had no
> trouble mounting it. Then I tried installing things and I couldn't, so I
> tried to unmount it and take out the CD but it wouldn't let me
> unmount. It said device busy, bu tI couldn't figure out what it was
> doing.
>
Some program is still using the CD: open a process manager - "top",
"ktop" (KDE), "gtop" (Gnome) - whatever you have in this Stormix and try
to find it. Kill! kill! (but be careful, be sure of what you kill). All
installing via various rpm, deb, yast tools must be done as root,
btw. Beware: this advice (about killing apps from "top" is potentially
dangerous!
> And lastly, when I boot into X I see a message that says:
> /dev/hda5 was not cleanly unmounted, check forced
> and then it seems like it is doing a windows scan disk sort of
> thing. What is causing this and how do I prevent it?
>
This means you did not shut down gracefully. No shutdowns by "ye olde
reset button" or power switch are allowed. Do a shutdown -h now (or
halt) or shutdown -r now (or reboot), or use ctrl-alt-del. If you're doing
this right, the problem is elsewhere.
J. Siltala
> Thanks,
>
>
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