Re: X problems after upgrade

2001-02-27 Thread Sven Gaerner
Hi, to solve the problem of the error message X: cannot stat /etc/X11/X (No such file or directory), aborting. giving up. xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. create a link to XFree86 in /etc/X11. $ cd

Re: X problems after upgrade

2001-02-27 Thread David Wright
Quoting Sven Gaerner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): to solve the problem of the error message X: cannot stat /etc/X11/X (No such file or directory), aborting. giving up. xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. create

AW: X problems after upgrade

2001-02-27 Thread Walther, Christoph
. Good luck and greetings Christoph Walther mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Sven Gaerner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet am: Dienstag, 27. Februar 2001 14:20 An: debian-user@lists.debian.org Betreff: Re: X problems after upgrade Hi, to solve the problem

Re: X problems after upgrade

2001-02-25 Thread Christopher W. Aiken
On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, Nathan wrote: -I recently upgraded to 4.0.2 from 3.3.6 using dselect so all dependencies -should be OK and now X won't start at all. I ran xf86config and created the -new XF86Config-4 file in /etc/X11 and every time I try to run X, it gives me -this error msg: - -X: cannot

Re: X problems after upgrade

2001-02-25 Thread mike polniak
Nathan wrote: I recently upgraded to 4.0.2 from 3.3.6 using dselect so all dependencies should be OK and now X won't start at all. I ran xf86config and created the new XF86Config-4 file in /etc/X11 and every time I try to run X, it gives me this error msg: X: cannot stat /etc/X11/X (No such

X problems after upgrade

2001-02-24 Thread Nathan
I recently upgraded to 4.0.2 from 3.3.6 using dselect so all dependencies should be OK and now X won't start at all. I ran xf86config and created the new XF86Config-4 file in /etc/X11 and every time I try to run X, it gives me this error msg: X: cannot stat /etc/X11/X (No such file or directory),

Re: X problems after upgrade

2001-02-24 Thread Ross Boylan
See Mirek Kwasniak's message of 18 Feb. Weird: I did about the same upgrade, but never had this problem. Had a number of others. I did apt-get dist-upgrade; maybe it's because dselect brings in different packages. On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 04:17:47PM +1100, Nathan wrote: I recently upgraded to

X-Problems

2001-02-12 Thread andreas
Hallo Debian Support, I've got a Problem here!My X-Server just won't work with Debian!I can't fix it!I have allround Hardware here but doesn't work! My Hardware: 1.Intel 740 PCI 2.Soundblaster 16 PnP 3.Voodoo II 4.Haupauge PCI 5.Logitech Mouse M-BE58 (First/Pilot Wheel Mouse) 6.4,2 GB IDE

Re: X-Problems

2001-02-12 Thread virtanen
On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, andreas wrote: I can't complete any Install. within Debian.I checked any Config. (about one week!) I'm no Newbie,but whats the Point?An old XFconfig Package? No compatible Hardware (Shure,I'm not thinking in that way...It's just Standard Hardware) Do You have any

RE: X-Problems

2001-02-12 Thread Joris Lambrecht
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 11:12 AM To: andreas Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: X-Problems On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, andreas wrote: I can't complete any Install. within Debian.I checked any Config. (about one week!) I'm

Re: X-Problems

2001-02-12 Thread Ian Lee
I'm trying to think where you 2D card is. Please tell me if i am wrong but Voodoo II's were 3D only. Therefore X should be configured with the 2D card (if supported) and then the glide/glut/opengl etc... packages should be installed for 3dfx support. You may also need the 3dfx kernel module to go

RE: X-Problems

2001-02-12 Thread pankaj
when you run gpm with X your mouse will NOT work i allways do a gpm -k i think it's not true. My am running X and following is the status of gpm. $ /etc/rc.d/init.d/gpm status gpm (pid 310) is running... btw, i am running a redhat system.. -pankaj

RE: X-Problems

2001-02-12 Thread Joris Lambrecht
Subject: RE: X-Problems when you run gpm with X your mouse will NOT work i allways do a gpm -k i think it's not true. My am running X and following is the status of gpm. $ /etc/rc.d/init.d/gpm status gpm (pid 310) is running... btw, i am running a redhat system.. -pankaj

Re: X-Problems

2001-02-12 Thread Osamu Aoki
Yes we can have gpm and X in a same bed for Debian too. Following scheme works. Run gpm with following. (/etc/gpm.conf) Set gpm to read your real mouse device like /dev/psaux. Set gpm repeater mode to ms3 which is default. Set-up X Read mouse from /dev/gpmdata or /dev/mouse which is link to

X Problems

2001-02-11 Thread andreas
Hallo Debian Support, I've got a Problem here!My X-Server just won't work with Debian!I can't fix it!I have allround Hardware here but doesn't work! My Hardware: 1.Intel 740 PCI 2.Soundblaster 16 PnP 3.Voodoo II 4.Haupauge PCI 5.Logitech Mouse M-BE58 (First/Pilot Wheel Mouse) 6.4,2 GB IDE

Re: X Problems

2001-02-11 Thread Osamu Aoki
I think for Voodoo, SVGA should be the one, but not sure. Anyway, if you do not even identify problem clearly, no one will help you. You must be in potato. Are you??? What is error message? What configuration utility used. Debian is easier than compiling yourself but it ain't Red Hat. No

X problems

2000-12-11 Thread Ken Weingold
Sorry if this is obvious or in a FAQ somewhere, and if it is, please feel free to point me to it. I am asking here because I have a sort of working X system. It is running Window Maker. First of all, the keyboard is messed up. When I exit X, I see why I guess. It is looking for xkbcomp in

Re: Installation X problems

2000-11-01 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, Not much help, but I got that issue as well and loaded it up. It worked without a hitch. If I can help any, let me know. In the new Task Selector I picked the Complete X Window system and the C/C++ options. I did run XF86SEtup after and tweaked my video card installation. Also, has anyone

Installation X problems

2000-10-31 Thread Moah
Hi all, I tried to install the debian version i got in a french magazine. I booted up the non us CD and used it as a replacement for CD 1. I choose to do a custom install and have question asked of medium and higher priority. Most of it installed, however a few packages had problems that weren't

X Problems...

2000-08-02 Thread Troy Telford
OK, I've been having an... interesting problem... I'm using XF86 4.0.1, and have had no problems with it at all until about two days ago... Here's the list of the symptoms: In GNOME - desktop objects (Namely Icons) have a grey background - rather than showing the desktop bitmap underneath as

Re: X Problems...

2000-08-02 Thread Kjetil Ødegaard
* Troy Telford [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, I've been having an... interesting problem... I'm using XF86 4.0.1, and have had no problems with it at all until about two days ago... Here's the list of the symptoms: In GNOME - desktop objects (Namely Icons) have a grey background - rather than

IMPORNTANT FIX: Having weird X problems? Wheel mouse or xterm keys not working right?

2000-06-02 Thread Branden Robinson
Okay, okay, half a dozen bug reports about this is enough. The reading in of X resource files got broken in 3.3.6-7. Sorry. And I offer an apology to Lars Wirzenius. Yes, sometimes the damnedest things DO happen... :) Please stop filing bugs about this. I know about the problem and the fix

New to Debian, X problems

2000-05-29 Thread adam.edgar
Im new to Debian, though I have been using redhat for about a year. the way I installed was to use a cd i purchased(slink) and then use apt to get the frozen version available online. having given background I will present my problem. I used xf86config to set up X but ran into

Re: New to Debian, X problems

2000-05-29 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
Instead of # ** # Pointer section # ** Section Pointer ProtocolPS/2 Device /dev/psaux Write #

Re: New to Debian, X problems

2000-05-29 Thread Oki DZ
On Mon, 29 May 2000, adam.edgar wrote: Im new to Debian, though I have been using redhat for about a year. the way I installed was to use a cd i purchased(slink) and then use apt to get the frozen version available online. having given background I will present my problem. I

X problems

2000-04-22 Thread Kovacs Istvan
Hello! I cannot some X programs, as they need libx6, which depends on libc5, and I couldn't find a libc5 package in potato's list. (Actually, I installed slink rev4, removed almost everything, let dselect know where my potato packages are, and selected whatever I thought was useful. I'm fairly

Fatal X problems....

2000-01-27 Thread jimk
Hello again. After upgrading to potato, I have been suffering from severe problems with X. Right now I am faced with one I cannot make go away with the knowledge that I have. When I try to startx, I get the following error message: Fatal server error: could not find default font 'fixed' Any

RE: Fatal X problems....

2000-01-27 Thread Paul Kallstrom
Check and see if xfstt is running, (ps x | grep xfstt). If it is, check the /etc/X11/XF86Config file for the proper FontPath statement, either: FontPath unix:/7101 FontPath inet/127.0.0.1:7101 This is a possible reason. Paul On 27-Jan-2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello again. After

X problems after upgrade to frozen!

2000-01-27 Thread Tom Herrmann
I've noted a few messages from people with X problems after upgrading to potato. I'm having one also. I have upgraded from slink to potato (frozen) via apt-get and dselect after a lot of effort. All files are current according to apt-get. But I cannot run an X-terminal, with either xdm or wdm

X problems HELPPPP

2000-01-06 Thread Steve Winston
I am having terrible troubles with X in Debian, and worse, I can't escape from the X server so that I can get into the command line and fix things. When I boot up, linux goes straight into a graphic log-in screen that is too large for my 17-inch monitor. When I log in, I get a blank, green

Re: X problems HELPPPP

2000-01-06 Thread Alisdair McDiarmid
On Mon, Feb 11, 2036 at 11:38:31PM -0800, Steve Winston wrote: I am having terrible troubles with X in Debian, and worse, I can't escape from the X server so that I can get into the command line and fix things. When I boot up, linux goes straight into a graphic log-in screen that is too large

Re: X problems HELPPPP

2000-01-06 Thread Howard Mann
Steve Winston wrote: I am having terrible troubles with X in Debian, and worse, I can't escape from the X server so that I can get into the command line and fix things. When I boot up, linux goes straight into a graphic log-in screen that is too large for my 17-inch monitor. When I log

Re: X problems HELPPPP

2000-01-06 Thread aphro
what i would do (can't say if its the best way but it works) 1) boot off the cd 2) mount the root file system 3) delete the file /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm off the newly mounted file systme 4) umount the file system 5) reboot 6) logon to the 'net 7) add deb http://www.debian.org/~vincent/ xfree-update

Still have X problems, was Re: Compaq Presario 1245 Touchpad , interface problems

1999-07-15 Thread Dale Scheetz
Thanks for everyone who supplied information on my problem. The touchpad now works, but I still can't get an XF86Config file that will run the screen in any mode higher than the built-in 320X220 resolution. The strange thing about this, is that XF86Setup seems to be able to get the hardware into

gnome session-panel X problems

1999-07-04 Thread Brendon Baumgartner
I installed gnome and e. The session panel doesn't seem to load up. All i can do is right click and middle click. Also, another problem i'm having with X: When I Log out, the window manager closes, (the borders and such disapear) but the system doesn't return to gdm. It sits in X till i

Re: gnome session-panel X problems

1999-07-04 Thread Morgoth3
In a message dated 7/3/99 8:02:36 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I installed gnome and e. The session panel doesn't seem to load up. All i can do is right click and middle click. What does your .xsession file say? You might not have panel listed as booting up. Also,

Re: gnome session-panel X problems

1999-07-04 Thread Didi Damian
Brendon Baumgartner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I installed gnome and e. The session panel doesn't seem to load up. All i can do is right click and middle click. I have the same problem. Whenever I try to start the gnome panel and/or gmc they fail with this error: [EMAIL

Re: gnome session-panel X problems

1999-07-04 Thread Matthew Gregan
On Sun, Jul 04, 1999 at 12:35:52AM -0400, Didi Damian wrote: Whenever I try to start the gnome panel and/or gmc they fail with this error: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/.enlightenment/cached/pager/ panel ** WARNING **: Could not get name service! ** ERROR **: file goad.c: line 606

Re: gnome session-panel X problems

1999-07-04 Thread Matthew Gregan
On Sat, Jul 03, 1999 at 05:59:29PM -0700, Brendon Baumgartner wrote: I installed gnome and e. The session panel doesn't seem to load up. All i can do is right click and middle click. Also, another problem i'm having with X: When I Log out, the window manager closes, (the borders and

RE: gnome session-panel X problems

1999-07-04 Thread Brendon Baumgartner
] Sent: Saturday, July 03, 1999 8:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: gnome session-panel X problems In a message dated 7/3/99 8:02:36 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I installed gnome and e. The session panel doesn't seem to load up. All i

Re: gnome session-panel X problems

1999-07-04 Thread Morgoth3
If you're not starting gnome by hand, just create a new one using vi or whatever. type in : panel exec gnome-session. This'll start your panel and GNOME. I'm not familiar with e, i use ICE myself, so i can't help you there. Colin Winters

RE: gnome session-panel X problems

1999-07-04 Thread Brendon Baumgartner
Damian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 03, 1999 9:36 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: gnome session-panel X problems Brendon Baumgartner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I installed gnome and e. The session panel doesn't seem to load up. All i can do is right click and middle

X problems in Slink

1999-06-04 Thread JHarsh
---BeginMessage--- -FW: X problems in Slink- Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 13:10:46 -0700 (MST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: X problems in Slink Hi, I've been having problems with my system, It's a long story bugut to make it short I have a new mother

Re: X problems in Slink

1999-06-04 Thread Oleg Krivosheev
Hi, Jim just tried your routine on my debian potato system and looks like it works: before toplevel2 0 after toplevel2 134544432 after form and some window appears, no segfaults lesstif 0.88.1 egcs1.1.2 mesa 3.0 OK Hi, I've been having problems with my system, It's a long

X problems in Slink

1999-06-02 Thread harsh
Hi, I've been having problems with my system, It's a long story bugut to make it short I have a new mother board and have installed Slink on a freshly partioned drive. Every thing I've tested so far works except my routines that use Lesstif. I stripped the code to a minimun to demostrate the

X problems

1999-04-28 Thread Aaron Solochek
I'm running 2.2.6, potato, and attempting to run either accelerated X 4.2, or 5, neither are working. I had 4.2 working under slink. The problem is some terminal issue, I'm guessing a termcap thing, but I don't know anything about that. The error when I attempt to load Xsetup is Unsupport $TERM

updated X problems

1999-04-28 Thread Aaron Solochek
Ok... I fixed the termcap problem I was having in loading Xsetup. But now whenever I type Xsetup, I get a segmentation fault. This is no good. What could be wrong? This happens on two systems, both of which are basically simple slink floppy installs - potato via dselect. Nothing else has

Re: X problems

1999-04-27 Thread Jianbo Wang
Hi, You can edit your xf86config to get high resolution. When I try to use configuration software, it always set to default resolution. If you are satisfied with a certain configuration, you can copy the xf86config to your disk for your furture use. I use the same xf86config file for debian and

X problems

1999-04-25 Thread Chris Mayes
Hello. Well, I fixed my DMA problems with the BIOS upgrade. Now, I am having problems getting X to display properly at 1024x768. XF86Setup will make a proper file for 800x600, but there are problems with 1024x768. So, I used xf86config, but that one made errors, as well. So I took the

X problems after an update

1999-02-03 Thread William Schwartz
Well, I used dselect to update the available packages from SLINK (frozen). And it listed a bunch as updated required. So, I let it install them, but I didn't really look at what they were. My X was working before all this, but now after doing the update, it no longer works. The error I'm getting

Re: X problems after an update

1999-02-03 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, William Schwartz wrote: Well, I used dselect to update the available packages from SLINK (frozen). And it listed a bunch as updated required. So, I let it install them, but I didn't really look at what they were. My X was working before all this, but now after doing the

Re: X problems after an update

1999-02-03 Thread William Schwartz
I just upgraded myself and have run into quite a few problems. First see if the file ~/.xsessions_errors (?) is produced. For me there was a shell programming error in /etc/X11/Xsession that needed to be corrected. Yep. There are some reported. It says: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc:

Re: X problems after an update

1999-02-03 Thread Shaleh
On 03-Feb-99 William Schwartz wrote: I just upgraded myself and have run into quite a few problems. First see if the file ~/.xsessions_errors (?) is produced. For me there was a shell programming error in /etc/X11/Xsession that needed to be corrected. Yep. There are some reported. It says:

Re: X problems after an update

1999-02-03 Thread William Schwartz
That worked GREAT. Thank you very much. will -Original Message- From: Shaleh [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: William Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Wednesday, February 03, 1999 2:20 PM Subject: Re: X problems after an update On 03

RE: Potato X problems

1999-02-02 Thread Jon Burchmore
Let me guess, you're using wdm? Version 1.0-6? There's a typo towards the bottom of /etc/X11/Xsession: Correction, that should be /etc/X11/wdm/Xsession. Otherwise everything else applies: if [ -x $sshagent ]; then $realstartup kill -TERM $SSH_AGENT_PID else exec $realstarup

Potato X problems

1999-02-01 Thread Randy Edwards
I had X break on two systems which both are running potato. The X login comes up, allows a login, but the window manager immediately closes and throws one back out to the login prompt. However, I haven't had any problems with slink systems. My guess is it's something in the new gnome or perhaps

RE: Potato X problems

1999-02-01 Thread Jon Burchmore
I had X break on two systems which both are running potato. The X login comes up, allows a login, but the window manager immediately closes and throws one back out to the login prompt. However, I haven't had any problems with slink systems. My guess is it's something in the new gnome or

X problems

1999-01-16 Thread Andrew Ivanov
This just started happening tonight: I was running X, and needed to restart the Afterstep, so I did. Instead of restarting Afterstep Xdm restarted. And would not let me login as a user anymore ( I can login as root and run everything fine). So I took xdm out of startup. Now I can login into shell

Solved: [Offtopic] SSH X problems.

1999-01-07 Thread Alexander Kushnirenko
Hi, Hamish! You are actually right. It turned out that that particular user filled all his disk quota and .Xauthority was not created right. Well, all kinds of strange errors happens when you out of quota :) Sasha. On Mon, Jan 04, 1999 at 02:20:33PM -0600, Alexander Kushnirenko wrote: Hi,

Re: [Offtopic] SSH X problems.

1999-01-06 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Jan 04, 1999 at 02:20:33PM -0600, Alexander Kushnirenko wrote: Hi, One user on our computer can not start X windows one's she uses SSH to login. Message is like: X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication at Mon Jan 4 14:10:40 1999. a Rejected connection at Mon

[Offtopic] SSH X problems.

1999-01-04 Thread Alexander Kushnirenko
Hi, One user on our computer can not start X windows one's she uses SSH to login. Message is like: X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication at Mon Jan 4 14:10:40 1999. a Rejected connection at Mon Jan 4 14:10:40 1999: X11 connection from pc781b.fnal.gov port 1171 X

more x problems (xf86setp).

1998-11-14 Thread Adam Shand
i am trying to get XF86Setup to work and have come across a whole series or errors which have slowly been getting fixed. the first was problems with kbd-data not being a current enough version (it must be -8 for things to be in the correct place so the dependencies must be updated). then it

Re: Fonts in X and other X problems

1998-10-14 Thread Frank Barknecht
Alexander Gutfraind hat gesagt: // Alexander Gutfraind wrote: A am a newbie. Not completely, but I have the following newbie problem: In netscape 4.06 and any other netscape I had on my Debian system, I have a _very_ limited selection of very poor fonts. How do I install/configure new fonts?

Re: Fonts in X and other X problems

1998-10-13 Thread M.C. Vernon
Console programs I run in X, have two major problems: They often appear monochrome (like Midnight Commander) instead of colour and have weird characters appear when I use shortcut keys like ALT-H. Help.! What colour depth are you using? Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of

Fonts in X and other X problems

1998-10-12 Thread Alexander Gutfraind
Hello fellow users! A am a newbie. Not completely, but I have the following newbie problem: In netscape 4.06 and any other netscape I had on my Debian system, I have a _very_ limited selection of very poor fonts. How do I install/configure new fonts? I heard one can even import windows fonts.

X problems

1998-10-11 Thread M.C. Vernon
Dear all, I got X setup OK (using XF86Setup), and then set start-xdm in the config file, but xdm dies horribly (from the error log): (--) Mach64: Mode 1024x768 needs hsync freq of 35.57 kHz. Deleted. a bit later (--) Mach64: There is no mode definition named 1024x768 Fatal server error: No

Re: X problems

1998-10-11 Thread M.C. Vernon
On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, M.C. Vernon wrote: Dear all, I got X setup OK (using XF86Setup), and then set start-xdm in the config file, but xdm dies horribly (from the error log): (--) Mach64: Mode 1024x768 needs hsync freq of 35.57 kHz. Deleted. a bit later (--) Mach64: There is no mode

mkfsk.ext2 and X problems

1998-09-28 Thread Person, Rod
Hey, First, I'm at work and I had typed a nice long e-mail about my problems and before I mailed it. My workstation crashed -- didn't I hear a rumor that NT was stable. Only mine crashed and all I was doing was typing e-mail Anyway. I attempted to created a linux partition from a 40mb

Re: X problems

1998-09-13 Thread Ed Cogburn
Hamish Moffatt wrote: I have two boxes here which I upgraded (buzz to rex to) bo to hamm. On both boxes, users without .xsession files just get an xterm window with no window manager. /etc/X11/window-managers lists a valid window manager (/usr/X11R6/bin/fvwm2) first, and /etc/X11/Xsession

X problems

1998-09-10 Thread Hamish Moffatt
I have two boxes here which I upgraded (buzz to rex to) bo to hamm. On both boxes, users without .xsession files just get an xterm window with no window manager. /etc/X11/window-managers lists a valid window manager (/usr/X11R6/bin/fvwm2) first, and /etc/X11/Xsession exists and is the default.

X problems on TI travelmate 5200

1998-09-09 Thread F.P. Schuurmans
Hi, I've problems configuring X on a TI travelmate 5200: 1. Screen too far (+/- 40 pixels) to the right 2. Switching to textmode (quitting X or switching to another VT) results in a black screen. XF86config: Section Monitor Identifier tft VendorName tft ModelName tft

X problems on TI travelmate 5200

1998-09-03 Thread F.P. Schuurmans
Hi, I've problems configuring X on a TI travelmate 5200: 1. Screen too far (+/- 40 pixels) to the right 2. Switching to textmode (quitting X or switching to another VT) results in a black screen. XF86config: Section Monitor Identifier tft VendorName tft ModelName tft

Re: X problems (fwd)

1998-08-23 Thread Zini Enrico
On Sat, Aug 22, 1998 at 12:30:24AM -0500, Nathan E Norman wrote: When startx works, I get a flash, a quick screen with some junk, and then a grey screen which changes to blue (my root window color). When I execute startx the second time, I get a quick flash and the system is gone. I

X problems

1998-08-22 Thread Nathan E Norman
First off, I know jack about X. Having said that, I have an STB Velocity 3D with 4 MB of RAM ... I installed xbase and xserver-svga, as well as fvwm2, olvwm, wmaker, and afterstep. I chose Virge/VX as my board type when I ran XF86Setup. Here's the problem. If I try to run afterstep or wmaker,

X problems (fwd)

1998-08-22 Thread Nathan E Norman
E Norman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Debian User List debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: X problems First off, I know jack about X. Having said that, I have an STB Velocity 3D with 4 MB of RAM ... I installed xbase and xserver-svga, as well as fvwm2, olvwm, wmaker, and afterstep. I chose Virge/VX

Thanks and X problems

1998-05-09 Thread G.Dale Miller
Thanks to all of your who helped with the Symbios disk problems I had. I was choosing the first option 7xx,8xx and not seeing the proper one. Now I have a second problem. I am trying to get Xwindows to work. I fire up X with startx and it core dumps and gives the following message. [EMAIL

Re: Thanks and X problems

1998-05-09 Thread Ossama Othman
I think your problem was caused by compiling the kernel with gcc 2.8.1. This is a known issue. Don't use gcc 2.8.1. Either use a bug fixed release later or use an earlier release such as gcc 2.7.2.x. I believe some versions of egcs cause this bug to appear, too. I know that this doesn't seem

Video Modes in X (problems 2)

1998-04-19 Thread Pierre Dupuis
Hello, i'm expecting some problems : When i want to change X video mode typing CTRl+ALT+num+ , nothing append :,(( It may came from my keyboard cause it's a be/windows key ! I would like to know if there was another mean of changing video mode. Bye -- Pierre Dupuis [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: X problems

1998-03-15 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
Peter Shtinkov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have debian 1.3. box and I can't set mouse sensitivity in X. Can you help me ? Did you tried the xset command? For example, I use the following line: xset m 4 4 the first number is the acceleration, the second one the number of pixels the

X problems

1998-03-14 Thread Peter Shtinkov
I have debian 1.3. box and I can't set mouse sensitivity in X. Can you help me ? thanks. -- E-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: upgrade to hamm == X problems

1998-01-22 Thread Joost Kooij
On Wed, 21 Jan 1998, David Gaudine wrote: Are you sure you can't switch virtual consoles? I have the same problem in all other respects. I have to use ctrl-alt-f1 instead of alt-f1 to switch virtual consoles since X is running, did you forget about that? My power save light comes on and my

upgrade to hamm == X problems

1998-01-21 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Yesterday i upgraded from bo to hamm. That went pretty well, but X broke. I ran out of disk space during the X upgrade, and i thought maybe that was the problem. I removed all the X packages and reinstalled on a roomier disk, hoping that would fix things. It didnt, X still doesnt work.

Re: upgrade to hamm == X problems

1998-01-21 Thread David Gaudine
On Wed, 21 Jan 1998, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: It worked fine with bo but when i start the server under hamm, my machine switches to video mode, blanks the screen, and stops talking to the console. The server output looks normal (looks like it's not aware there's a problem). I cant

Re: upgrade to hamm == X problems

1998-01-21 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
David Gaudine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ] Are you sure you can't switch virtual consoles? I have the same problem ] in all other respects. I have to use ctrl-alt-f1 instead of alt-f1 ] to switch virtual consoles since X is running I tried both Ctrl-Alt-F? and the regular Alt-F?. Neither

misc X problems

1997-12-31 Thread Aaron Brick
I have just gotten the SVGA X server working on my machine, and I have a couple of problems with it. One is that the desktop is much bigger than the screen area, and the screen moves around when the mnouse approaches the edges. Does this have to do with switching around hte resolutions in the

X problems

1997-10-24 Thread G. Kapetanios
Hi, I have tried to upgrade to the libc6 X. All was going alright apart from some ldso warnigs when I upgraded xlib6, most of which went away when I installed xlib6-altdev and installed xlib6g and xlib6g-dev. I upgraded all the other stuff and all seemed fine. Then I tried running X -query

Re: X problems

1997-10-24 Thread Rick Hawkins
I have tried to upgrade to the libc6 X. All was going alright apart from some ldso warnigs when I upgraded xlib6, most of which went away when I installed xlib6-altdev and installed xlib6g and xlib6g-dev. I upgraded all the other stuff and all seemed fine. Then I tried running X -query

Re: X problems

1997-10-24 Thread Dale Scheetz
G. Kapetanios (I think) asked: Additionally, I now get an xdm window whenever I boot up despite having the no-xdm-start-server in /etc/X11/config. You should also have a line that says 'no-start-xdm' (yours probably says 'start-xdm'). It is this line that controls what happens at boot. The

X Problems

1997-07-21 Thread Kevin J Poorman
Hi I just got a new video card (S3 86p805) and I would like to use X, like I did with my old video card (clgd5428) but after changing some small sections of my XF86Config file when I start X the highest resoultion I can get is 640X480 and it is set off to the right very very badly and when I try

Re: PCMCIA packages cause X problems and emacs problems

1997-07-10 Thread Dale Martin
Mark Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Any ideas, or things I can tell him to try? Hi. I don't really have any experience with the problem that your friend is having, but I was just reading the other day about using PCMCIA on Toshiba Notebooks (http://www.cck.uni-kl.de/misc/tecra710) and

PCMCIA packages cause X problems and emacs problems

1997-07-09 Thread Mark Phillips
Hi, I have recently installed Debian on a friend's laptop. To get his PCMCIA cards to work I had to create my own pcmcia-modules package using the pcmcia-source package (because the ones supplied with bo don't work). I did this and everything seemed to work. (I used the 2.9.6 version of

Re: PCMCIA packages cause X problems and emacs problems

1997-07-09 Thread Adam Shand
Hi My friend then deinstalled the pcmcia packages and everything worked fine again. (Except he then could no longer use his ethernet or pcmcia cards obviously.) I recently went through a similar process (I still haven't gotten my ethernet card to completely work) but I find that my computer

X problems

1997-06-09 Thread Will Lowe
I have a Diamond Stealth 3d 3400 (it's got 4 megs of ram) and I'm using an old 14 Tatung monitor which can only do 640x480 (I know it can handle this resolution fine because I'm running win95 on it sometimes). I've been using the SVGA server from XF3.2 because the Virge/VX chip isna't all

Re: X problems

1997-06-09 Thread Rick Jones
On Sun, 8 Jun 1997, Will Lowe wrote: Anyway, the only modeline in my XF86Config is 640x480, but the server insists on running in it's builtin 320x200 mode. Needless to say, this is unusable ... why would it do this? I've tried hitting CTRL-ALT-+ to cycle up one mode, but nothing

X problems solved

1996-11-13 Thread Hamish Moffatt
Fixed my X problem; the permissions on /tmp had become stuffed (only read/write/execute for root). Removing /tmp and reinstalling base fixed this. Seems I got quite a lot of permissions problems recently due to unclean shutdown. Mind you, even if I have no improper shutdowns between two forced

Debian 1.1 X problems with S3

1996-05-31 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Just installed Debian 1.1beta. It was pretty smooth, except for X, and i dont think the X problems are really Debians fault, but what the heck, i'll ask for help here anyway. I have two systems... System 1: motherboard: ASUS SP3G CPU: AMD 486 dx4 100MHz Graphics card

Re: Debian 1.1 X problems with S3

1996-05-31 Thread Stephen Masterman
... System 2: motherboard: ASUS P55TP4N CPU: Intel Pentium 166MHz Graphics card: Diamond Stealth64 VIDEO 2001 (PCI, S3 765 (Trio64V+), 2 MB) Linux: Debian 1.1beta ... System 2 runs svgalib programs fine, no problems. System 1 with the video card from System 2 also

Re: Debian 1.1 X problems with S3

1996-05-31 Thread Rick Macdonald
Stephen Masterman wrote: I seem to remember reading some comments in the XFree86 docs about how it does not support Diamond cards. I think its some political thing, since Diamond won't release the code freely to make the driver or something.. But this information may be obsolete now.

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