Hi; I have just installed Suse 7.3 Pro on a P200 with 80 Mb Ram. The Linux Swap partition is on hdc2 (200 Mb), while the two others are on boot, hda5, ext2, 2.4 Gb, and root, hda4, ext2, with 3.7 Gb. The Graphic Card is a Cirrus CL-GD5446 with 2 Mb RAM (PCI), the monitor an Escom 1503B1 corresponding obviously to a DAEWOO manufactured screen of the same name. I found it has hor. 30 - 64 and vert. 47 to 120. I do have an .inf-File for it, so I could correct the monitor name and indicate the resolution. Still, the test did not show a proper test picture, only parts of a much too big picture were seen in the lower half of the screen. This happened with all tested resolutions and refresh rates. The graphic card was NOT recognized during the installation procedure /YAST2). So I continued without X. Question one: It seems the graphic card is included both in 3.3.6 and 4.1.0 - but what does an ABSOLUTE NEWCOMER to Linux now have to do? I do have internet access from a Win98-machine and wonder if, in case I have to download something, I can transfer this via diskette to the Linux machine (there is also Win98 on that machine, but it is not connected to the Internet or a network at all yet.)
Question two: how do I close down my system, while in text mode? The 'logoff' command, which I have found, will only lead to a new login possibility, but not close the computer down. Is it correct to just power it off? Question 3: My soundcard, a Highscreen Sound Boostar 16 3D, was recognized and configured. Still, the TEST button did not lead to any sound. Is there a command which would lead to a sound being transmitted to the speakers, so that I could still test it this way? I DO have the nice big book by Michael Kofler in its newest edition - but that seems QUITE DIFFICULT to help in the first steps... I would appreciate some tips - but bear in mind that today is really my very first day with Linux, and ALL seems new. So please keep your explanations like when you talk to your grandpa... Hope somebody finds a moment to put me on the right road... Regards, Rup (Hamburg, Germany) _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
