On Wed, 07 Jul 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> ok, got the boot all set up and xwin working right, but now I have two new
> big problems. number 1 I can only run in 600 x 480 resolution. If I try
> anything else I get a bunch of errors and the screen starts blinking and
> printing cryptic remarks over and over on the screen. A real mess. This
> isn't all that bad except that I can't see the whole of all the windows. Eg.
> I can't hit the ok button for some windows cause I can't see it!
Are you absolutely sure that your monitor and video card can handle a res
higher than 640x480 resolution? What color depth are you using? With most
video cards and monitors, the lower color depth you use, the higher the res you
can use, and vice versa. So if you are using a 24 bit color depth, and you
think you should be able to use a 800x600 resolution, try it with 16 bit color
depth, and then 8 bit if 16 bit doesn't work.
If that doesn't help you get a higher resolution, you can handle the overly
large windows in KDE (I'm not sure if other window managers have a feature
similar to this) by using the ALT key with the mouse. i.e. Hold the ALT key
down, and drag the window with the left mouse button, just like you would by
clicking in the title bar except with ALT held down you can drag from
anywhere in the window, not just from the title bar... so you can drag the
window up until the buttons you need are on screen, then drag it back down even
though the title bar isn't available to click on.
Some might also suggest setting a higher virtual resolution in
/etc/X11/XF86Config, but personally I think that is pretty irritating,
especially when you want to 'Maximize' a window that otherwise not cause
problems in a 640x480 resolution..
> Also, my modem doesn't work under linux. It's on comm2 which should be tty2
> or whatever that is, but if I select it, I always get a "modem is busy" or
> "modem didn't respond" does this with all settings. I have a U.S. Robotics
> winmodem is there a way I can use this in linux?
Well, for future reference, numbers of devices in Linux start at 0 instead of 1,
so com2 is actually ttyS1 (and com1 is ttyS0).
Also, there is no way to use a winmodem with Linux. They lack hardware that is
essential for a modem and are instead driven by software which is specifically
written for Windows. So a winmodem is basically a piece of junk without its
Windows software.
So you'll have to buy a new modem if you want to use Linux. The good news is
that modem prices have dropped a lot lately; I bought my VERY reliable internal
Diamond SupraExpress for around $90 at buycomp.com just six months ago and now
the price on buycomp.com is only $58.95. Get that modem, or one that's just as
good, and I think you will notice a pleasant performance increase over your
winmodem (at least, the one winmodem I've witnessed performs very poorly in
comparison to mine, with a computer of comparable speed and the same ISP).
-Tom
