libre fan wrote:
libre fan wrote:
Last Friday I updated Debian (lot of xorg stuff was updated) and when I
rebooted I got this message on the screen: out of scan range
I reconfigured several times trying to correct errors, and I compared the
original Xfree config file with the
libre fan wrote:
Last Friday I updated Debian (lot of xorg stuff was updated) and when I
rebooted I got this message on the screen: out of scan range
I reconfigured several times trying to correct errors, and I compared the
original Xfree config file with the present xorg.config. I really
libre fan wrote:
Hello,
I have a Debian Etch+Sid and Xubuntu Dapper dual-boot.
Last Friday I updated Debian (lot of xorg stuff was updated) and when I
rebooted I got this message on the screen: out of scan range
Though X is started (I typed startx on a terminal) Wdm (my display
manager)
Jos? Alburquerque-3 wrote:
libre fan wrote:
Last Friday I updated Debian (lot of xorg stuff was updated) and when I
rebooted I got this message on the screen: out of scan range
Sounds to me like the error your getting is because your monitor
settings are not correct in your
Could have found what's causing the issue. I have no idea what he's
talking about though...
Looking in to it now, but any help is appreciated.
Jeroen
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Framebuffer/X notes
New - I managed to replace the atyfb code of 2.4.27 with the one of
2.4.16. This means
This is starting to look like a blog ;)
I installed the kernel found on the previously mentioned page (http://
gefechtsdienst.de/uman/c1ve-general.html).
It doesn't look really nice. Full screen console is built in but is
shifted (not placed correctly, with white band down the screen).
continuing blog
i installed the x-server from woody, x starts up fine now, jeej!
i guess this issue is closed, unless this was a bad idea.
Thx for reading my ramblings,
Jeroen
On 06 Sep 2005, at 21:06, jeroen wrote:
This is starting to look like a blog ;)
I installed the kernel found on the
jeroen wrote:
Hello all,
--intro
I'm trying (finally) to get debian to work on my Vaio PCG-C1VE.
Using the latest version of the installer (floppy images) i succeeded
in installing 3.1 on the little b*st*rd. Previous versions didn't
support USB disks (at least not on a noob level) so
jeroen wrote:
I used apt to get me the files i needed during the installation (i
did have to do an 'ifup -a' to get the network up - and still have to
after every reboot - but that's slightly OT here).
Take a look at /etc/network/interfaces (also man interfaces for
examples). Once
Kent West wrote:
jeroen wrote:
With my limited knowledge i though i could have forgotten to add a
window manager
I don't think so; this looks like a video sync -type issue.
You can double-check this possibility by installing another wm
(aptitude install icewm, etc), or make sure
On 05 Sep 2005, at 22:19, Oliver Lupton wrote:
I'm a newbie too, but try running 'gdm' (GNOME Display Manager, I
think) instead of 'startx' and see how that works.
#gdm
returns a command not found
On 05 Sep 2005, at 22:25, Kent West wrote:
jeroen wrote:
I used apt to get me the
Sorry if this came in double, the resend i did might have tricked
your mail rules (it did trick mine)
Jeroen
On 05 Sep 2005, at 22:19, Oliver Lupton wrote:
I'm a newbie too, but try running 'gdm' (GNOME Display Manager, I
think) instead of 'startx' and see how that works.
#gdm
returns
Hello
cfk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Thank you very much for the tip. I did do a 'apt-get install
x-window-system', and a number of good things happened. I can now do a
startx and get twm. I can also right-click and get a tclsh8.4.
Thats the good news. Unfortunately, being unfamiliar with
On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 04:00:12 +0100, cfk wrote:
after a search of archives and it seems to be working. After that, I wonder
what the incantation is to start kde and perhaps more importantly, where I
can go to figure out a few steps after that, other then googling.
tasksel helps a lot with
On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 06:59:01PM -0800, cfk wrote:
On Saturday 18 December 2004 18:14, Sam Watkins wrote:
Dear Sam:
Thank you very much for the tip. I did do a 'apt-get install
x-window-system', and a number of good things happened. I can now do a startx
and get twm. I can also
On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 12:18:14PM +0100, Sebastian Kapfer wrote:
Since you're into KDE, I suggest kdm. Though, being a GNOME geek, I
also have to point out that GDM is much better ;-)
maybe we need an uber-display manager that lets the user choose what
display manager they want to use before
On Saturday 18 December 2004 5:44 pm, cfk wrote:
Gentlemen:
Its my turn to be a newbie to Debian, although I have used Red Hat
for a few
years. Please bear with me and suggest how I may get my newly
installed
Sarge to start X.
Searching through the archives would have told you you need
cfk wrote:
Gentlemen:
Its my turn to be a newbie to Debian, although I have used Red Hat for a few
years. Please bear with me and suggest how I may get my newly installed
Sarge to start X.
I try the incantation startx from either a user or root command prompt and
get command not found.
On Saturday 18 December 2004 17:42, Robert Vangel wrote:
cfk wrote:
Gentlemen:
Its my turn to be a newbie to Debian, although I have used Red Hat for a
few years. Please bear with me and suggest how I may get my newly
installed Sarge to start X.
I try the incantation startx
startx is not part of the X server, it is in the package x-base-clients.
You should:
apt-get install x-window-system-core
or probably:
apt-get install x-window-system
you can look at what each of these meta packages depends on with:
apt-cache show x-window-system-core
you can see
Sam Watkins wrote:
startx is not part of the X server, it is in the package x-base-clients.
You should:
apt-get install x-window-system-core
or probably:
apt-get install x-window-system
you can look at what each of these meta packages depends on with:
apt-cache show x-window-system-core
you
On Saturday 18 December 2004 18:14, Sam Watkins wrote:
startx is not part of the X server, it is in the package x-base-clients.
You should:
apt-get install x-window-system-core
or probably:
apt-get install x-window-system
you can look at what each of these meta packages depends on
On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 12:08:39AM +0100, Steven Satelle wrote:
On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 20:28:56 +0300, Micha Feigin wrote:
Same behavior (I am using wdm and no xdmcp and the no listen on tcp
switch). It seems like /usr/X11R6/bin/X is whats causing the trouble,
running tcpdump when X startx
On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 01:49:29AM +0100, Steven Satelle wrote:
On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 17:58:40 +0300, Micha Feigin wrote:
BTW I got the following reply after I tried reporting a bug on netbase
on this:
[...] this is how it's supposed to work. host(1) is an
interface to the resolver
On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 20:28:56 +0300, Micha Feigin wrote:
Same behavior (I am using wdm and no xdmcp and the no listen on tcp
switch). It seems like /usr/X11R6/bin/X is whats causing the trouble,
running tcpdump when X startx shows the name lookup BTW:
you know, I think we're barking up the
On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 12:06:41AM +0100, Steven Satelle wrote:
Ping uses the hosts file but host seems to ignore it. So if the
nameserver is not reachable then ping hostname works but
host hostname returns
192.168.0.1 connect: Network is unreachable
Nameserver not reachable
On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 17:58:40 +0300, Micha Feigin wrote:
BTW I got the following reply after I tried reporting a bug on netbase
on this:
[...] this is how it's supposed to work. host(1) is an
interface to the resolver library, which does not use /etc/hosts by design.
The problem is that
Incoming from Steven Satelle:
On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 17:58:40 +0300, Micha Feigin wrote:
[...] this is how it's supposed to work. host(1) is an
interface to the resolver library, which does not use /etc/hosts by design.
The problem is that it seems that a few other things seem to be
--- Micha Feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm not sure yet on what package to report this bug, but was wondering
if anyone else experiences it too.
Have a look at the bugpage for 'xserver-xfree86'. If it isn't listed
there, then maybe consider filing one.
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On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 20:18:19 +0100, Thomas Adam wrote:
--- Micha Feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm not sure yet on what package to report this bug, but was wondering
if anyone else experiences it too.
Have a look at the bugpage for 'xserver-xfree86'. If it isn't listed
there, then
On Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 08:33:15PM +0100, Steven Satelle wrote:
On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 20:18:19 +0100, Thomas Adam wrote:
--- Micha Feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm not sure yet on what package to report this bug, but was wondering
if anyone else experiences it too.
Have a look
On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 22:53:09 +0200, Otto Wyss wrote:
On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 20:18:19 +0100, Thomas Adam wrote:
no, its caused by the machine trying to resolve its name over eth0
AFAIR. If the network is up. If you've configured the network, you've
set a hostname, so it is trying to
Ping uses the hosts file but host seems to ignore it. So if the
nameserver is not reachable then ping hostname works but
host hostname returns
192.168.0.1 connect: Network is unreachable
Nameserver not reachable
litshi.luna.local A record not found, try again
my /etc/hosts has the following
On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 04:26:09PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote:
it seems weird to me that i'm in the group 'nori' and not 'users', but
Debian creates a new user for each group by default. I think it's
possible to change that, but I've never felt the need...
the permissions on my homedir are
On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 02:35:35AM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote:
however, it's segfaulting and refusing to do much once it gets to the
'WindowMaker' line in my ~/.xsession. ~/.xsession-errors tells me
it's because i can't create a GNUstep directory, and tells me to run
wmaker.inst:
why can't
hey nori,
hope your computer has thawed off a bit :)
anyways, iirc this is provided by xserver-xfree86. the easy way to
make sure you have everything installed that you need for x is to
run tasksel and check the box for x windows.
sean
On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 06:01:17PM -0500, Nori
On Thursday 02 January 2003 06:40 pm, sean finney wrote:
hey nori,
hope your computer has thawed off a bit :)
anyways, iirc this is provided by xserver-xfree86. the easy way to
make sure you have everything installed that you need for x is to
run tasksel and check the box for x windows.
On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 01:31:48PM +1000, Russell wrote:
Tom Cook wrote:
[snip]
In this line, I have recently (this morning) discovered the joys of
x2x to link two X displays. I have two p2/333s on my desk, and until
today I had two keyboards and mice, too. Now I'm writing this on one
On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 01:36:42PM +1000, Russell wrote:
Hi all,
When using xdm, there's no where to enter
command line parameters to startx or initx (0:1 etc)
for using a second monitor, so is there an option
for this in .Xsession or some other file?
I'm not using XDM at the moment, but
On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 07:52:24PM +1000, Rob Weir wrote:
On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 01:36:42PM +1000, Russell wrote:
Hi all,
When using xdm, there's no where to enter
command line parameters to startx or initx (0:1 etc)
for using a second monitor, so is there an option
for this in
On 0, Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Tom Cook wrote:
How would you start multiple screens using startx? 'startx -- :0.1'
doesn't work for me, but then I don't have multiple screens.
I believe this would attempt to start X on the Virtual Desktop #1 on the
first (:0) display; what
Tom Cook wrote:
On 0, Michael Heironimus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 07:52:24PM +1000, Rob Weir wrote:
On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 01:36:42PM +1000, Russell wrote:
Hi all,
When using xdm, there's no where to enter
command line parameters to startx or
On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 11:54:14AM -0400, Stephen Gran wrote:
I suppose the other way to go about doing this is through inittab. X
takes an argument for user, IIRC, and so you could have inittab start X
for a specific user at a specific runlevel (say 2, the Debian default).
This would
On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 02:15:39PM +0200, Julio Merino wrote:
Hi all,
how can I setup my desktop system to directly boot into X and do login?
That is, like some distros (i.e. mdk) do, that they boot directly into
KDE without asking to log in.
Thanks.
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Julio Merino wrote:
Hi all,
how can I setup my desktop system to directly boot into X and do login?
That is, like some distros (i.e. mdk) do, that they boot directly into
KDE without asking to log in.
Thanks.
apt-get install gdm
or
apt-get install kdm
hth
joerg
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On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 02:21:50PM +0200, Danie Roux wrote:
On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 02:15:39PM +0200, Julio Merino wrote:
Fiddle around with /etc/kde/kdmrc
There are settings in there to let you log in as a default password and
user.
Well, I guess this is a security hole...?
Thanks.
On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 02:52:41PM +0200, Julio Merino wrote:
On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 02:21:50PM +0200, Danie Roux wrote:
On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 02:15:39PM +0200, Julio Merino wrote:
Fiddle around with /etc/kde/kdmrc
There are settings in there to let you log in as a default password
What I meant as security hole... I wanted to say if that kdm autologin
is a security hole exploitable remotely?
Thanks.
PS: This is not a real reply... I've erased all topic threads :p
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On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 03:36:59PM +0200, Julio Merino wrote:
What I meant as security hole... I wanted to say if that kdm autologin
is a security hole exploitable remotely?
No, it's only a problem if you have evil people who have physical access
to the machine so that they could reboot it and
On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 03:36:59PM +0200, Julio Merino wrote:
What I meant as security hole... I wanted to say if that kdm autologin
is a security hole exploitable remotely?
Thanks.
No, but don't quote me on that.
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On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 11:55:27PM +1000, Tom Massey wrote:
On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 03:36:59PM +0200, Julio Merino wrote:
What I meant as security hole... I wanted to say if that kdm autologin
is a security hole exploitable remotely?
No, it's only a problem if you have evil people who have
Hi HawkY,
under /root or your home directory create a file called .xinitrc (be careful!
there's a dot before the 'x') and put in it simply:
gnome-session
In so doing, when you issue startx a gnome session will be run. This is a
powerful way of customizing your desktop.
For instance I have a
On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 02:04:27PM +0200, HawkY wrote:
Where can I define what I want to launch at startup? (I don't want X to be
started at startup.)
Your default runlevel is specified in /etc/inittab (it's probably 2),
and the programs that are launched for each runlevel are specified in
its
On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 06:22:00PM +0200, Raffaele Sandrini wrote:
Hi all
Until now i start X with the startx command. I'd like to set it up that init
X starts with the kdm interface. How do i do this on debian. I think that has
somethiing to do with the alternatives System...
Do i have
On Monday 07 May 2001 18:55, ktb wrote:
On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 06:22:00PM +0200, Raffaele Sandrini wrote:
Hi all
Until now i start X with the startx command. I'd like to set it up that
init X starts with the kdm interface. How do i do this on debian. I think
that has somethiing to do
David B Harris writes:
dbh Check /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config .
Changing allowed_users from rootonly to console
had the desired effect.
Thx, Bernd.
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using
/dev/saux
works fine!
thankx for all the replies everyone
thankx A. Sullivan
On Fri, Mar 17, 2000 at 06:17:26PM -0800, Beavis wrote:
Detected PS/2 Mouse Port.
i am using the /dev/ttyS01 during config. my systems says
ttyS01 at
do u think it could be the mouse? Using
In xf86config when it asks where your mouse is, default /dev/mouse, try
/dev/psaux. Also tell it youhave a ps/2 mouse when it asks what kind of
mouse you have. you can also do this in XF86Setup.
Erik Ryberg
Beavis wrote:
hello, i am slowly coming along in terms of setting up x.i have gotten
my mouse doesn't move and the tab keys don't do anything either. My pointer
just sits in the middle of the screen.
dmesg reads:
Detected PS/2 Mouse Port.
i am using the /dev/ttyS01 during config. my systems says
ttyS01 at
If you are using PS/2 mouse, your mouse is located on
Robert Vollmert [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
is there a comfortable way of starting programs as root when I'm logged
in as a normal user?
Look into the sudo package.
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http://www.diku.dk/students/makholm
I have a Diamond Sonic Impact sound card. Which driver should I use? My system
is
Debian 2.0.
On Sat, 25 Apr 1998, Alain Toussaint wrote:
i think i found the problem,if i do a cat /etc/init.d/xdm,there's nothing
who's writen on screen but if i do a cat /etc/init.d/xdm.dpkg-dist,then i
have this output (it will be shown after my message),does it's possible
that dpkg failed to update
Actually, I've had this happen before to me too. I don't remember what the
exact circumstances were, so I didn't submit a bug report. Can you
describe the exact procedure that led to this situation?
i don't know,it's just that i looked in the boot sequence (to be exact,in
the /etc/init.d/
On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, Alain Toussaint wrote:
Actually, I've had this happen before to me too. I don't remember what the
exact circumstances were, so I didn't submit a bug report. Can you
describe the exact procedure that led to this situation?
i don't know,it's just that i looked in the
i think i found the problem,if i do a cat /etc/init.d/xdm,there's nothing
who's writen on screen but if i do a cat /etc/init.d/xdm.dpkg-dist,then i
have this output (it will be shown after my message),does it's possible
that dpkg failed to update the /etc/init.d/xdm ???
Alain
it work !! i copied the xdm.dpkg-dist file over xdm and now,i boot with X
enabled !!
Alain
p.s.something to check next time that a user run into this problem.
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What version of grep do you have there? Version 2.1-7 is broken, that
might also be the cause. In any case, you can always look at
/var/log/xdm-errors
i dont even have this file ( /var/log/xdm-error) and grep is version 2.0
thanks for your help.
Alain
Cheers,
Joost
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On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Alain Toussaint wrote:
i was surfing on the internet and viewed some comments on enabling X at
boot,i tried the trick down there ( modify /etc/X11/config so the line
no-start-xdm look like start-xdm,backup /etc/inittab and modify so when
booting,it load into runlevel 5)
On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Alain Toussaint wrote:
i was surfing on the internet and viewed some comments on enabling X at
boot,i tried the trick down there ( modify /etc/X11/config so the line
no-start-xdm look like start-xdm,backup /etc/inittab and modify so when
booting,it load into runlevel 5)
Have you guys already tried Debian's xbase-configure yet? It is
normally run during the xbase package install, but I believe that it will
setup xdm to start at boot if you haven't already done so.
-Ossama
__
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# xbase and xserver configuration scripts.
:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X
---cut---
Look at the last line, I bet it is missing on your system. It tells xdm
which xserver to run on what display. If there is no such line, xdm will
still be running, you'll just not notice anything you would
Have you guys already tried Debian's xbase-configure yet? It is
normally run during the xbase package install, but I believe that it will
setup xdm to start at boot if you haven't already done so.
-Ossama
i'll check into this.
Alain
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On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Alain Toussaint wrote:
i think there other thing to play as well but dont know what.
Oh. Too bad that it didn't help you then.
What version of grep do you have there? Version 2.1-7 is broken, that
might also be the cause. In any case, you can always look at
Can anyone tell me how to start X-Windows at greater than 8bpp. I am
using XFree86 and using an X Server which is capable of this.
Try the following from the user account that you want to use
for X windows viewing.
cd
touch .xserverrc
[Then use the editor of your choice to edit
Take a glance at xinit or startx's man page. It boils down to a -bpp
option.
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I created the file /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc
and it is a text file saying
X -bpp 16
and it works,
and I think this came from the XFree86 documentation, so perhaps it isn't
the debian way of doing things, which is what you asked for,
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On Sep 9, Ricardo Muggli wrote
What is the debian whay of starting X in 16 bpp? I can do this:
startx -- -bpp 16
but I would like to be able to do just startx.
Any information as to what file(s) I need to modify would be greatly
appreciated.
Put
DefaultColorDepth 16
in Section
Ricardo Muggli wrote:
What is the debian whay of starting X in 16 bpp? I can do this:
startx -- -bpp 16
but I would like to be able to do just startx.
First, in your .profile or .login or whatever assure that your bin is
first.
For a .profile with sh or bash or ksh ...
export
On Thu, 19 Jun 1997, BG Lim wrote:
What is the command to open a separate display instead of VT7?
For startx, it's
exec startx -- :1
but I don't know about xdm.
...RickM...
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On Thu, 19 Jun 1997, BG Lim wrote:
What is the command to open a separate display instead of VT7?
For startx, it's
exec startx -- :1
but I don't know about xdm.
This is, if you have another screen attached to your computer. But
I suppose you want to run another X server. I had
On Thu, 19 Jun 1997, Ciccio wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 1997, BG Lim wrote:
What is the command to open a separate display instead of VT7?
For startx, it's
exec startx -- :1
but I don't know about xdm.
This is, if you have another screen attached to your computer. But
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