gnome-session problems

2001-11-17 Thread Jacob I. Stowell
Hi All, I am having trouble with gnome-session and was hoping someone might be able to help me out. The problem is that I cannot get gnome-session to start. When I have gnome-session in my .xinitrc, X crashes. X will run when gnome-session is removed from .xinitrc, but when I try to start

Re: xdm questions; resolution?

2000-12-08 Thread Jacob I. Stowell
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still no X

2000-11-08 Thread Jacob I. Stowell
Hi again, Today I moved /etc/X11 and /usr/X11R6 and I apt-get --reinstall all of the packages associated with X 4.0.1. However, I still received the error cannot open fonts (the one I posted yesterday). I was so hopeful when I updated this afternoon and all of the packages had been updated.

mouse problems

2000-07-08 Thread Jacob I. Stowell
hello group, i was wondering if someone could help me get a scrolling mouse to function properly. i read some various suggestions on how to get such a device to work in x which suggest that it is important to make changes in the XF86Config file, so I did the following: in the Pointer Section i

mouse problems

2000-07-08 Thread Jacob I. Stowell
hello group, i was wondering if someone could help me get a scrolling mouse to function properly. i read some various suggestions on how to get such a device to work in x which suggest that it is important to make changes in the XF86Config file, so I did the following: in the Pointer Section i

rm -R /usr/

2000-06-10 Thread Jacob I. Stowell
hello i am a new debian user and i just learned a hard lesson. I guess it is a bad idea to issue the following command: rm -R /usr/ i try to look at the bright side, you know make lemonade and all that, so at least i get a new system as a result of my bonehead mistake. Hopefully i will make

loading sound modules

2000-05-31 Thread Jacob I. Stowell
Hello, I am trying to get the sound modules to load during the login, but I am having problems. I added a sound file to my /etc/init.d directory and updated the modules using the command update-rc.d sound defaults. However, during login I get the following command: /etc/init.d/rc:

permssions

2000-05-20 Thread Jacob I. Stowell
Hello, I am new at this, so this may be a simple question. I recently installed potato on my home computer, and have sound working. However I am only able to listen to cds when I am logged in as root. When I try to listen as user, I get a message that says I cannot access the cdrom because

sound-problems

2000-05-19 Thread Jacob I. Stowell
Hello, I am a brand new to the world of linux. I have potato installed on my system at home, and I am now trying to set up sound modules. I am stuck and was wondering if anyone could help me. I will be as detailed as possible, so please forgive any redundant information: 1. using xconfig, I