I seem to have similiar problem to #753: After trying to change theme in Gnome X crashed and I started getting:
hcppc0:~] isalive% X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). GLib-CRITICAL **: file ghash.c: line 138 (g_hash_table_lookup): assertion `hash_table != NULL' failed. GLib-CRITICAL **: file ghash.c: line 152 (g_hash_table_insert): assertion `hash_table != NULL' failed. Gtk-WARNING **: gtk_arg_type_new(): argument class in "GtkScale::digits" is not in the `(null)' ancestry Gtk-WARNING **: gtk_arg_type_new(): argument class in "GtkScale::draw_value" is not in the `(null)' ancestry Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkobject.c: line 939 (gtk_object_add_arg_type): assertion `arg_type > GTK_TYPE_NONE' failed. [1] Done exec AbiWord [dhcppc0:~] isalive% exec xeyes & [1] 828 [dhcppc0:~] isalive% X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). messages. I no longer can launch applications from terminal. I'm completely new and have been frustratingly installing stuff to try to get a usable GUI. I Xtools as well as XFree on my Mac OSX.1 which I've heard is a no-no. However, these fatal errors seem to related to Gnome and editing /etc/hosts . I need more explicit instructions for example-how exactly do I determine if there's a line in /etc/hosts specifying current hostname (what is this (an IP address?, name) how do I set mode to single user? etc. How do I edit /etc/inittab default runlevel to 3? Sorry for this but I got myself totalled? Is there a simple way to un-install system and start fresh without wiping out my Mac OS (on same partition/) On Monday, December 10, 2001, at 03:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Send Newbie mailing list submissions to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Newbie digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Introduction (Greg Black) > 2. Re: Graphical Slowdown When Running Slightly 3D Intensive Games > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > 3. Acer Travelmate 612TX (Markus J. R.) > 4. Re: configuration problem with X (Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom) > 5. supported monitors (‰Õ…‘“… Û…◊¡fi≈ŒÀœ) > 6. dual monitors (Jeremy Kevin West) > 7. Re: Graphical Slowdown When Running Slightly 3D Intensive Games > (Lionel Lecoq) > 8. Re: DEKEBO (TD - Sales Int'l Holland B.V.) > 9. Re: Introduction (Dexter Filmore) > 10. Re: looking for advice (TD - Sales Int'l Holland B.V.) > > --__--__-- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 06:18:07 +1000 > From: Greg Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Newbie]Introduction > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Dexter Filmore wrote: > > | And maybe it should be mentioned that FreeBSD really ain't for > beginners, not > | to speak of installing it on a laptop. > > What nonsense. I watched somebody at a user group install > FreeBSD on the first computer he had ever bought the day after > he bought it just a few days ago. He installed OpenBSD on day 1 > and then decided to try FreeBSD on day 2. Neither installation > gave him any problem at all. I've watched plenty of beginners > install various BSD's, including FreeBSD, on laptops. > > This doesn't mean that you won't ever have a problem if you > happen to have unsupported hardware, but that's not restricted > to the BSD offerings. > > --__--__-- > > Message: 2 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 16:58:38 EST > Subject: Re: [Newbie]Graphical Slowdown When Running Slightly 3D > Intensive Games > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Thanks for the help, but it didn't seem to work - when I run glxinfo i > get: > > display: :0.0 screen:0 > direct rendering: Yes > ... > > So far nothing's changed. > > In a message dated 12/9/2001 11:02:41 AM Pacific Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << > You may already be aware of this, but it sounds like you have software > rendering enabled for your pc, however dri is not enabled correctly. > Run glxinfo, and see if at the top it says direct rendering enabled. > This sounds simple, but if it's not enabled games like the ones you > mentioned (which use opengl) will run really slow. I have the same > problem, and am trying to get dri enabled on my machine, however I'm > using a voodoo card, and so the setup will be different than yours with > the nvida. Good luck, hope this wasn't a repeat of what you already > know > > Jeremy >> > > --__--__-- > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 20:30:49 +0000 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: "Markus J. R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Newbie]Acer Travelmate 612TX > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi, > > I got some mails about my acer travelmate 612tx in the last few days. > It's a quite new laptop > > technical information: > mhz: 900/700(with speedstep) > ram: 128 (i upgraded to 256) > graphicchip: i815m (i had to patch the driver but now everything seems > to work alright) > sound: i810 (it works with the alsa driver, the kernel driver is > quite crappy for now 2.4.16 the kernel driver also slows down the movie > player(mplayer)!) > USB: works fine! (i tested it with my logitech quickcam + aiptek pc > tablet (the docs about how to install that pctablet aren't really good > you mustn't load the usbmouse module otherwise it acts but doesn't work > alright) > battery: between 2-3 hours depends on what you are doing, movies < 1h i > think > IrDA: supported but i haven't tested it with linux (4 mbit) > nic: eepro100 > smartcardreader: not supported > > X works fine without any problem i use patched driver it corrects that > overlay problem (shell.dnload.com:55555/overlay.jpg) (driver > shell.dnload.com:55555/i810_drv.o .. of course no warranty i lost > the sources after a crash just look at the mailing list i mailt the > changings in the i810_driver.c) > the i815m graphicchip supports only 24bit > > The laptop is 3 cm thin (2cm main computer 1cm display) > > I like the natural design of the keyboard > > Markus > > --__--__-- > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 00:17:20 -0600 > From: Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Newbie]configuration problem with X > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> I have Linux 7.0 on a Pentium II 400 processor, using the X windows >> packages. After using it for several months without any problem, I >> changed some of my display settings, as root, from the GNOME Control >> Center, during which session I also looked at various Window >> Managers. Now, when I reboot the machine, all I get is the >> following, >> ad nauseum, in a perpetual loop, so that the boot sequence never >> finishes: > > hmmm. first off; boot to single-user mode (type 'linux -s' at the LILO > prompt at boot time); and edit /etc/inittab. change your default > runlevel to > 3, instead of 5, so it won't try to start GDM. > > then take a look at your /etc/hosts file. is there an entry in there for > your current hostname? there needs to be; or else a DNS record for it; > or > GDM will crap out. (another reason I distrust GDM). > > Carl Soderstrom. > -- > Network Engineer > Real-Time Enterprises > (952) 943-8700 > > --__--__-- > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 11:24:04 +0300 > From: ‰Õ…‘“… Û…◊¡fi≈ŒÀœ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: Demos-Internet > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Newbie]supported monitors > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hello! > > Where can I find the list of monitors supported by X version 4? > I specifically interested in the list of supported TFT (LCD) monitors. > > Thank you in advance, > --mitya > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 04:23:50 -0500 > From: Jeremy Kevin West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: NC State University > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Newbie]dual monitors > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hello, > I'm trying to set up my linux box with two monitors, and need a pci > graphics card,and an agp. I would like 3d apps to run well on each. > What's the best cards, and setup for this? > > Thanks > > Jeremy West > > --__--__-- > > Message: 7 > Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 01:33:34 -0800 (PST) > From: Lionel Lecoq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Newbie]Graphical Slowdown When Running Slightly 3D > Intensive Games > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I do assume you have > Section "DRI" > Mode 0666 > EndSection > in you XF86Config > Lionel > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Thanks for the help, but it didn't seem to work - when I run glxinfo i >> get: >> >> display: :0.0 screen:0 >> direct rendering: Yes >> ... >> >> So far nothing's changed. >> >> In a message dated 12/9/2001 11:02:41 AM Pacific Standard Time, >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> >> << >> You may already be aware of this, but it sounds like you have software >> rendering enabled for your pc, however dri is not enabled correctly. >> Run glxinfo, and see if at the top it says direct rendering enabled. >> This sounds simple, but if it's not enabled games like the ones you >> mentioned (which use opengl) will run really slow. I have the same >> problem, and am trying to get dri enabled on my machine, however I'm >> using a voodoo card, and so the setup will be different than yours >> with >> the nvida. Good luck, hope this wasn't a repeat of what you already >> know >> >> Jeremy >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Newbie mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: >> http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > http://greetings.yahoo.com > > --__--__-- > > Message: 8 > charset="iso-8859-1" > From: "TD - Sales Int'l Holland B.V." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: Sales International Holland B.V. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Newbie]DEKEBO > Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 12:02:17 +0100 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Wednesday 05 December 2001 16:34, you wrote: > > Well I think it would be fairly cheap to set it up so: > > HTML Mail will be denied (this will kill most virii) > any attachment that isn't a plain text file without vbscript/jscript is > stripped out. This will safe the cost of a virii scanner, will get most > of > the virii (if not all) and will safe a lot of bandwidth. I've never > done it > though so I don't know whether it's possible or not, but from the > things I've > seen for somebody with experience with SMPT services on linux it should > prove > a fairly easy task I think. > > Frankly I don't see the need to send HTML mail to this list and > anything but > text files isn't need here either.... > > Just some ideas.... > > regards > > >> TD - Sales Int'l Holland B.V. wrote: >>> On Saturday 01 December 2001 23:53, you wrote: >>> how nice... another virii on the list. perhaps it's time someone >>> installed >>> a virii scanner on the mailserver? >> >> Maybe instread that >> 1. People stopped using crappy email program so they get affected by >> viruses. >> 2. All who scan for viruses on their own (which is good) stopped >> spamming those bloody warning >> messages. I am not running windows, this is not a list for windows >> related questions, >> and maybe people dont want to hear it over and over again when it >> doesnt >> relate to them? >> 3. Only reason to block viruses in the list as I see it is to save >> bandwith for the site hosting it, >> in all other aspect it is a huge "cost" to run an antivirus program. >> >> Regards >> Roger Abrahamsson >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Newbie mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: >> http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > > --__--__-- > > Message: 9 > Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 14:28:10 +0100 > From: Dexter Filmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Newbie]Introduction > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If you never been into Unix/Linux before? I seriously doubt that. Not > until you > read every FM, every man page word by word. > > > Greg Black schrieb: > >> Dexter Filmore wrote: >> >> | And maybe it should be mentioned that FreeBSD really ain't for >> beginners, not >> | to speak of installing it on a laptop. >> >> What nonsense. I watched somebody at a user group install >> FreeBSD on the first computer he had ever bought the day after >> he bought it just a few days ago. He installed OpenBSD on day 1 >> and then decided to try FreeBSD on day 2. Neither installation >> gave him any problem at all. I've watched plenty of beginners >> install various BSD's, including FreeBSD, on laptops. >> >> This doesn't mean that you won't ever have a problem if you >> happen to have unsupported hardware, but that's not restricted >> to the BSD offerings. >> _______________________________________________ >> Newbie mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: >> http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > > -- > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version: 3.12 > GCM d-(--)@ s-:+ a-- C++ UL>+++ P>++ L+>++ E- W++ N- o? K? w--(---) !O > M-- V? PS+ PE+++(++) Y+ > PGP- t+(++) 5 X+(++) R++(+++) tv--@ b++ DI+++ D+ G(--) e* h(+) r%>* !y+ > ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ > > Nothing fights like the opposition > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 10 > charset="iso-8859-1" > From: "TD - Sales Int'l Holland B.V." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: Sales International Holland B.V. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Newbie]looking for advice > Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 17:29:23 +0100 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Wednesday 05 December 2001 20:40, you wrote: > > Forgot those sorry. With matrox I instantly think of business > markets/people > where those cards for 2D are THE brand to buy. Like you say, mostly for > the > detailed, crisp and excellent pictures it produces. I believe this is > due to > the excellent RF filters (RF filters take noise signal out of the > signal, > don't ask me more... I just read that somewhere) they have.... > > regards > >> For very good 2D I prefer Matrox: not many problems with drivers and >> excellent picture (I do image processing) >> Lionel >> >> --- "TD - Sales Int'l Holland B.V." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On Monday 03 December 2001 05:45, you wrote: >>>> i'm going to be getting a new video card soon. i'm running >>>> freebsd/Xfree-4. what card could you guys recommend? i'm not into 3D >>>> gaming, but i do like the "extras". like transparent menus, fade- >>>> in's, >>>> etc, etc. i run KDE as my desktop enviroment. >>> >>> In my eyes it's a waiste of cpu cycles.... but it's all 2D so you >>> don't >>> need a 3D accelerated card, just a fast 2D one. If you aren't gonna >>> play >>> any games with it I'd recommend a nVidia TNT2 M64 or the likes. Those >>> are >>> really cheap now and probably have enough 2D power for the rest of >>> your >>> lifetime, since 2D can't be much fancier than it is already. >>> >>>> basically i want something that won't be out dated next week, but i >>>> don't need a ati-radeon 8500 either. is there anything that is being >>>> actively developed with open-source drivers? what about cards that >>>> have tv-tuners? is there any in paticalar that with linux/bsd better >>>> than the others? thanks. and please cc me any replies >>> >>> nVidia has closed source drivers for the X server if you are looking >>> for >>> 3D support. X has opensource drivers which only support 2D as well. I >>> have ran the opensource drivers for a little while and had no problems >>> with them. If you want 3D you need to get the closed source drivers >>> from >>> nVidia. I believe they want to release them open source but can't >>> because >>> of some pieces of code that are patented and thus can't be released to >>> the public. I'm not too sure about that tho', check the website if you >>> want the details. nVidia actively works on their closed source drivers >>> tho' so that's a plus. Ofcourse old cards like an AGP S3 Trio3D or >>> something would do fine probably but I haven't seen those for >>> ages..... >>> The cheapest cards we supply are nVidia TNT2 M64's with 32MB of >>> memory. I >>> don't have any experience with Ati cards... but seeing the lists there >>> are still some issues with those >>> >>> >>> regards >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Newbie mailing list >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: >>> http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! 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