Re: Problem starting X-Windows !!!

1999-01-14 Thread Andrew Ivanov
is that SVGA X-Server is used, because there is no Matrox > based x-Server to select. > Now i try to start X-windows and get the error message that there is no > valid video mode selected. (Error 111 cannot not connect to x-Server) When you are configuring your xserver, at the end y

Problem starting X-Windows !!!

1999-01-14 Thread Franz . Skale
-Server to select. Now i try to start X-windows and get the error message that there is no valid video mode selected. (Error 111 cannot not connect to x-Server) But at the end of the the message another notification is shown. Something like, "Switching to VGA-16 Mode etc", but nothing happens

Re: X-windows (ATI 3D Rage II)

1998-12-16 Thread Martin Waller
>At the X-Free86 web site they said to run "X -showconfig" I did and it said >that I am using version 3.3.2.3 / window system (Protocol Version 11, >revision 0, vendor release 6300). The release date is July, 15 1998 it OK. > >I ran ls -a and didn't see any file for X. I tried dpkg --status

RE: X Windows

1998-12-16 Thread Sean
> > Which X Windows package would you suggest I load and install ? Are there any > special drivers I should load? > Beyond the standard X (x-base, fonts) tseng labs cards either run on the svga or the w32 server. Most use the svga, a few benefit from the w32.

Re: X-windows (ATI 3D Rage II)

1998-12-16 Thread Kent West
way. >> >> What version of X are you using? >> >> What's the output of: >> >> X > .txt > >> 2>&1 >> >> (e.g. X > myXerrors.txt > 2>&1) >> >> Whats your XF86Config file look like? >> >> Martin

Re: X-windows/Mouse

1998-12-15 Thread Mark Phillips
Hi Kent, Some others have given you some useful advice. It might be an idea to get gpm working before trying X. This is the program that gets the mouse working in console mode (text mode). Sounds like you are pretty new to Debian. It takes a little while to get the hang of things, but don't gi

Re: X-windows/Mouse

1998-12-15 Thread Oliver Elphick
KTB wrote: >You are right I don't have any mouse use when I am in normal test mode. I s >ee no >white block or anything when I move my mouse. So, I tried to run gmpconfig >as root >and it wasn't there. I searched in dselect but it wasn't listed. I found i >t listed >u

Re: X-windows/Mouse

1998-12-15 Thread KTB
You are right I don't have any mouse use when I am in normal test mode. I see no white block or anything when I move my mouse. So, I tried to run gmpconfig as root and it wasn't there. I searched in dselect but it wasn't listed. I found it listed under the directory, under "Console utilities

Re: X-windows (ATI 3D Rage II)

1998-12-15 Thread Richard Hall
One of the error messages that you supplied said that XF86Config was not created. When dselect tries to configure xbase, it is trying to create /etc/X11/XF86Config, and it appears to be failing on your system. So you don't have an XF86Config file yet. dselect runs some graphical X configuration

Re: X-windows (ATI 3D Rage II)

1998-12-15 Thread KTB
gt;&1) > > Whats your XF86Config file look like? > > Martin > > >Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 01:18:07 -0600 > >From: KTB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" > >Subject: Re: X-windows > > > >OK, I called IBM (I'm

Re: X-windows

1998-12-15 Thread Richard Hall
That grey screen with the 'X' is an X session starting up. The 'X' is your mouse cursor. The fact that it is active is encouraging, and it seems to me that when you've gotten that far, your graphics card settings are correct, though maybe not optimal. 'Ctrl-Alt-Backspace' should get you out of t

Re: X-windows (ATI 3D Rage II)

1998-12-15 Thread Martin Waller
the output of: X > .txt > 2>&1 (e.g. X > myXerrors.txt > 2>&1) Whats your XF86Config file look like? Martin >Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 01:18:07 -0600 >From: KTB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" >Subject: Re: X-windows

Re: X-windows

1998-12-15 Thread KTB
Hello, I ran the same command: $ dpkg --status xserver-svga and got the same readout as you did. I tried installing again using the Ati Mach 64 3D Rage II, Internal RamDac with the SVGA server. It didn't work so I used ctrl-Alt-F1 and Ctrl-Alt-Backspace as you suggested and got the following: Th

Re: X-windows

1998-12-15 Thread Mark Phillips
> OK, I called IBM (I'm using an Aptiva 2137-E24). My monitor is > SVGA, she said the chipset is ATI (I found more detailed info in > Windows, it is an ATI RAGE II + 3D graphic controller); I think you want the xserver-svga package then. See what I get if I do the following command: $ dpkg --s

Re: X-windows

1998-12-15 Thread KTB
OK, I called IBM (I'm using an Aptiva 2137-E24). My monitor is SVGA, she said the chipset is ATI (I found more detailed info in Windows, it is an ATI RAGE II + 3D graphic controller); the RamDac she said was 24MB but after looking at the drop down menu (while trying to configure x-windo

Re: X-windows

1998-12-15 Thread Mark Phillips
use you have. Is it a two button mouse or a three button mouse? Is it a serial mouse? What kind of monitor do you have? > the instillation program it tries to bring the the x-windows up but it > can't and says there was "errono=111" What other information does it tell you?

X-windows

1998-12-15 Thread KTB
Hi, I am trying to install the GUI for the first time. I have tried it twice and failed both times. I get through everything and at the end of the instillation program it tries to bring the the x-windows up but it can't and says there was "errono=111" It asks if I would

X Windows

1998-12-15 Thread Tey, Chui CG
Hi, I am new to debian (4 days old). I have Deb 2.0, running on a 85 Mb Partition with 50 Mb Swap, running on a P-166, with a Tseng Labs video card. Which X Windows package would you suggest I load and install ? Are there any special drivers I should load? Thanks. Chui Tey

Network/X-windows trouble

1998-11-04 Thread Stephan Engelke
Hi everyone, here's something strange I am chewing on right now: I am running a Debian 2.0 Hamm system. When using the Kernel 2.0.34-sources included in the distribution to create a custum kernel, I am not able to run X-Windows - the server simply quits without error message (at least wi

how to add libc5 versions of X windows libraries to Debian 2.0 (libc6) installation?

1998-10-26 Thread Daniel Barclay
How can libc5 version of X windows libraries be added to a Debian 2.0 system (which is based on libc6)? I've upgrading to Debian 2.0 (from Debian 1.3) by installing Debian 2.0 from scratch on a new root partition, and setting up pieces individually (e.g., PPP) to match my 1.3 system. I

Re: X windows Managers

1998-10-25 Thread M.C. Vernon
On Sun, 25 Oct 1998, Derek McCabe wrote: > Ive been able to boot X, but I would like to run a windows manager with it > like window maker, but I get a Xterm window, and when I try to manually run a > manager, I cannot click on the buttons. What did I do wrong? I dpkged the > files, and they see

X windows Managers

1998-10-25 Thread Derek McCabe
Ive been able to boot X, but I would like to run a windows manager with it like window maker, but I get a Xterm window, and when I try to manually run a manager, I cannot click on the buttons. What did I do wrong? I dpkged the files, and they seem to install correctly...     Is this common f

Re: Help re x windows

1998-10-23 Thread M.C. Vernon
On Thu, 22 Oct 1998, Derek McCabe wrote: > Hi, people! > I have a problem. I have tried to install Xwindows on my 486100, but > it 'cannot find the packages'. I've used dpkg to... de-package the files > but none of the resulting files run at all. What exactly are you trying to do? you should

Help re x windows

1998-10-23 Thread Derek McCabe
Hi, people!     I have a problem. I have tried to install Xwindows on my 486100, but it 'cannot find the packages'. I've used dpkg to... de-package the files but none of the resulting files run at all. I've tried doing it from my Win98 partition, but same result. I've used dselect, but agai

Re: One question about configure X windows, without found X font paths .

1998-10-14 Thread Michael Beattie
On Tue, 13 Oct 1998, ayin wrote: > Dear Sir: > > One question! > When I configure the X windows system , the script test the settings I > entered. But the program tell me that it can not find the font path. > But I have already installed the 9fonts packages. > > Which

One question about configure X windows, without found X font paths .

1998-10-13 Thread ayin
Dear Sir: One question! When I configure the X windows system , the script test the settings I entered. But the program tell me that it can not find the font path. But I have already installed the 9fonts packages. Which packages need I to make the X windows runing well ? Another fonts package

Re: vnc x-windows server looking for "xauth"

1998-10-12 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Mon, Oct 12, 1998 at 10:33:11AM -0400, Immanuel Yap wrote: > David Karlin wrote: > > > > vncserver: couldn't find "xauth" on your PATH. > > > Do you have X11 installed? > > ascus:~ $ dpkg -S xauth > xbase: /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth > xbase: /usr/X11R6/man/man1/xauth.1x.gz Noel is right, I'm mis

Re: vnc x-windows server looking for "xauth"

1998-10-12 Thread Immanuel Yap
David Karlin wrote: > > Hello, > I just installed the vnc x-windows server (.deb) and when I fire up > vncserver, > it says: > > vncserver: couldn't find "xauth" on your PATH. > > First I checked my hard-drive for "xauth" (find / -name &quo

vnc x-windows server looking for "xauth"

1998-10-12 Thread David Karlin
Hello, I just installed the vnc x-windows server (.deb) and when I fire up vncserver, it says: vncserver: couldn't find "xauth" on your PATH. First I checked my hard-drive for "xauth" (find / -name "xauth"); the file does not exist on my drive. Then I chec

running X windows

1998-10-09 Thread Bostjan JERKO
848 432 5 S16:45 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty root 187 0.0 0.6 848 432 6 S16:45 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty As it seems X windows is not running, any ideas ? Bostjan

RE: X Windows: Installation questions

1998-10-08 Thread Christian Lavoie
> > My relevant system specs are: > > > > Logitech FirstMouse 3buttons > > Logitech mice rule ;) There is something else? =) > > > S3 ViRGE 325 PCI video card > > Canopus Pure3D 3Dfx accelerator 3D card > > Azura JEN0B00 monitor > > > > Here are my questions: > > > > 1) Running xf86config, How ca

Re: X Windows: Installation questions

1998-10-08 Thread Stephen J. Carpenter
On Thu, Oct 08, 1998 at 09:47:35AM -0400, Christian Lavoie wrote: > I've just started initiating myself to Linux, and I have a few questions > installing the XWindows system. > > My relevant system specs are: > > Logitech FirstMouse 3buttons Logitech mice rule ;) > S3 ViRGE 325 PCI video card >

X Windows: Installation questions

1998-10-08 Thread Christian Lavoie
I've just started initiating myself to Linux, and I have a few questions installing the XWindows system. My relevant system specs are: Logitech FirstMouse 3buttons S3 ViRGE 325 PCI video card Canopus Pure3D 3Dfx accelerator 3D card Azura JEN0B00 monitor Here are my questions: 1) Running xf86con

Re: running X windows

1998-10-07 Thread Immanuel Yap
Bostjan JERKO wrote: > > I still have problem running X windows (Xfree86) on Debian 2.0 as ordinary > user. It works fine if I log on as root. > I use it on stand alone machine without network card and xdm is not running. > The messages I get are : > > _XSERVTransSoc

running X windows

1998-10-07 Thread Bostjan JERKO
I still have problem running X windows (Xfree86) on Debian 2.0 as ordinary user. It works fine if I log on as root. I use it on stand alone machine without network card and xdm is not running. The messages I get are : _XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ... Socket CreateListener() Failed

X windows

1998-09-28 Thread Bostjan JERKO
I have a problem starting X windows as ordinary user. It works as root, but it looks like I don't have sufficient permissions as ordinary user. Any suggestions ? Bostjan

Re: X Windows Startup

1998-09-18 Thread John Larkin
Andy Bierlair wrote > i wanted to install a few things including X WIndows. i can enter > the XWIN setup in the beginning and set up screen, graphic card, > etc... now debian wanted to launch X WINdows once again, and then i > got my problem ! The whole stuff is hanging. i can s

X Windows Startup

1998-09-18 Thread Andy Bierlair
Hello   I am a new Linux user in Debian 2.0   i wanted to install a few things including X WIndows. i can enter the XWIN setup in the beginning and set up screen, graphic card, etc... now debian wanted to launch X WINdows once again, and then i got my problem ! The whole stuff is hanging. i

Re: X Windows

1998-09-14 Thread Horacio M.G.
On 14 Sep 98, at 12:57, Micki Heyns wrote: > I am running bo and trying to set up my x windows but it does not like my > screen card "S3 Trio64V2". My card is a S3 Trio64V+, and it worked fine both with Debian 1.3.1 and now with 2.0, except a bit of a headache for configur

Re: X Windows

1998-09-14 Thread Peter Iannarelli
ect: X Windows I am running bo and trying to set up my x windows but it does not like my screen card "S3 Trio64V2". Can you tell me where I can download a driver ? Thanx !! Miki Heyns *+27 (021) 807 2271 (W) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

X Windows

1998-09-14 Thread Micki Heyns
I am running bo and trying to set up my x windows but it does not like my screen card "S3 Trio64V2". Can you tell me where I can download a driver ? Thanx !! Miki Heyns *+27 (021) 807 2271 (W) [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: X-Windows Mice

1998-09-10 Thread Ilya Ovchinnikov
On Wed, Sep 09, 1998 at 08:48:41AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Has anybody got any idea why I can get a serial mouse to work, in X, but not a > PS/2 mouse? > > I am using /dev/ttyS0 for the serial mouse, but when I use /dev/mouse for the > PS/2 mouse it doesn't work. > > Am I overly stupid?

Re: X-Windows Mice

1998-09-09 Thread Brian Sheehan
I think you should be using /dev/psaux for the ps2 mouse - that's what I use. /dev/mouse is just a link. See what its points to with ls -l /dev/mouse. I could be missing the point here too aswell, so sorry if I am! Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Has anybody got any idea why I can get a serial

Re: X-Windows Mice

1998-09-09 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, 9 Sep 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Has anybody got any idea why I can get a serial mouse to work, in X, but not a > PS/2 mouse? > > I am using /dev/ttyS0 for the serial mouse, but when I use /dev/mouse for the > PS/2 mouse it doesn't work. Either 'ln -s /dev/psaux /dev/mouse' or use /

Re: X-Windows Mice

1998-09-09 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, 9 Sep 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : Has anybody got any idea why I can get a serial mouse to work, in X, but not a : PS/2 mouse? : : I am using /dev/ttyS0 for the serial mouse, but when I use /dev/mouse for the : PS/2 mouse it doesn't work. /dev/psaux for PS/2 mice, eh. -- Natha

Re: X-Windows Mice

1998-09-09 Thread Shaleh
As I like to tell people, there is a difference between stupidity and ignorance. Ignorant is a lack of knowledge, stupidity is an inability to gain knowledge. Now for ps/2 support. The proper file is /dev/psaux ( pc auxillary port). You also need kernel support for ps/2 (aux). Link dev/mouse t

X-Windows Mice

1998-09-09 Thread Frankay666
Has anybody got any idea why I can get a serial mouse to work, in X, but not a PS/2 mouse? I am using /dev/ttyS0 for the serial mouse, but when I use /dev/mouse for the PS/2 mouse it doesn't work. Am I overly stupid? what am I doing wrong? Frankie [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: X Windows

1998-09-08 Thread Jutta Wrage
In [EMAIL PROTECTED] (spOOL) wrote: >1. Is there a different way to install packages while in X or should I >still be using dselect?? You may use apt or dpkg directly. But look that the installed packages have no reference to X. It is no good idea to update a package used the same time. >3

Re: X windows...

1998-09-08 Thread Ed Cogburn
David Warnock wrote: > > Noel Yap wrote: > > > > David Warnock wrote: > > > I suggest you look in the man pages for startx. You should see that the > > > default X server to start is X. On my system that was starting the wrong > > > server so I changed X to be a symbolic link to XF86_SVGA. > >

Re: X Windows

1998-09-07 Thread Michael Beattie
On Sat, 5 Sep 1998, Ken Westerback wrote: > 1. ... don't know (I'm still using dselect, haven't tried apt) Apt is good, and it is (apparently) the future to package installation, and It will (as I understand) have an X interface.. but it is still in the pipeline. > 3. ... haven't played with it

Re: X windows...

1998-09-05 Thread David Warnock
Noel Yap wrote: > > David Warnock wrote: > > I suggest you look in the man pages for startx. You should see that the > > default X server to start is X. On my system that was starting the wrong > > server so I changed X to be a symbolic link to XF86_SVGA. > ^^

Re: X Windows

1998-09-05 Thread Ken Westerback
1. ... don't know (I'm still using dselect, haven't tried apt) 2. Make sure you have fat/vfat & msdos support compiled in your kernel and then mount (manually or via some entry in fstab) your Win9x partition with the command 'mount -t msdos /dev/hdxx /mnt' where hdxx is replaced by you partition i

X Windows

1998-09-05 Thread spOOL
First of all, HUGE THANKS to everyone who has answered my questions over the past few weeks. Just to let you know, I actually have X running now. Now my ??? 1. Is there a different way to install packages while in X or should I still be using dselect?? 2. What/How/Where/Who/When do I

Re: X windows...

1998-09-05 Thread Noel Yap
David Warnock wrote: > I suggest you look in the man pages for startx. You should see that the > default X server to start is X. On my system that was starting the wrong > server so I changed X to be a symbolic link to XF86_SVGA. On a Debia

Re: X windows...

1998-09-05 Thread Ed Cogburn
Taylen wrote: > > hey, I recently got a new system, and decided that maybe this time my video > card(now an STB nVidia, Riva 128 chipset, with 8 megs of vram)...anyway, I > get it setup with XF86Setup and do startx, it starts, but in 320x240 > resolution, I tried doing alt+ctrl+ +or- but that woul

X windows

1998-09-05 Thread Kenneth Scharf
As X usually starts in the HIGHEST supported resolution, it appears that your config is broken for anything better than 320x240. This usually happens when the server thinks that it does not have access to enough video memory, or the proper clock rates. Run superprobe and see what it finds. You m

Re: X windows...

1998-09-05 Thread David Warnock
Taylen wrote: > > hey, I recently got a new system, and decided that maybe this time my video > card(now an STB nVidia, Riva 128 chipset, with 8 megs of vram)...anyway, I > get it setup with XF86Setup and do startx, it starts, but in 320x240 > resolution, I tried doing alt+ctrl+ +or- but that woul

X windows...

1998-09-05 Thread Taylen
hey, I recently got a new system, and decided that maybe this time my video card(now an STB nVidia, Riva 128 chipset, with 8 megs of vram)...anyway, I get it setup with XF86Setup and do startx, it starts, but in 320x240 resolution, I tried doing alt+ctrl+ +or- but that wouldn't work...after that I

Re: P/S2 Mouse can't move on X windows

1998-08-21 Thread Liran Zvibel
On Sat, 22 Aug 1998, Alex Kwan wrote: > Dear Fans, > > > I have install the Hamm on my laptop > Toshiba Libretto-60, Everything are o.k. > But only the mouse can't move on X-Windows, > (I have already configured it as P/S 2 type at > installation xf86config). Tel

Re: P/S2 Mouse can't move on X windows

1998-08-21 Thread Robert Ramiega
On Sat, Aug 22, 1998 at 01:36:28AM +0800, Alex Kwan wrote: > Dear Fans, > > > I have install the Hamm on my laptop > Toshiba Libretto-60, Everything are o.k. > But only the mouse can't move on X-Windows, > (I have already configured it as P/S 2 type at > installa

P/S2 Mouse can't move on X windows

1998-08-21 Thread Alex Kwan
Dear Fans, I have install the Hamm on my laptop Toshiba Libretto-60, Everything are o.k. But only the mouse can't move on X-Windows, (I have already configured it as P/S 2 type at installation xf86config). Would someone please give me some hints to solve this problem? Thanks & regards Alex

Re: X-windows

1998-08-18 Thread Eric Marsden
> "KW" == Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: KW> BTW: There may be a better way to find out what resolution KW> you're running once you're in X, but the only way I've found so KW> far is to run xvidtune; it'll tell you at the top what res KW> you're in. xdpyinfo gives lots of usefu

Re: X-windows

1998-08-18 Thread Kent West
At 05:54 PM 8/17/1998 +0100, you wrote: >> I really don't know what I'm talking about, but my understanding is that >> you need two things different in your XF86Config file. >> >> 1) A modeline in the monitor section for the resolution you want to run >> (not just 320x200), along with the correc

Re: Where's the mouse (in X-windows)?

1998-08-18 Thread M.C. Vernon
> > I did previously go to /dev and run MAKEDEV mouse. > > Even though this must be something very basic and obvious, can someone > please shed some light on what to do? Yes - but /dev/mouse needs to point to wherever your mouse really is - probably a serial port (try /dev/ttys0 or /dev/ttys1).

Where's the mouse (in X-windows)?

1998-08-18 Thread Hersh, Harry
In trying to start up the X server, I get the following error output: -- XF86Config: /etc/X11/XF86Config (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values (**) XKB: keymap: "xfree86(us)" (overrides other XKB settings) (**) Mouse: type: Micr

Re: X-windows

1998-08-17 Thread Kent West
On Thu, 1 Jan 1970, Roy Ayres wrote: [snip] > I tried alot of the modes given in the modes section (up as far as > 1024x) but I got the same resolution for all of them. I'm > guessing that it was 320x200, cos it looked so bad, and from looking at > the XF86Config file. In case it's any help here'

Re: X-windows

1998-08-16 Thread Roy Ayres
Michael Stenner wrote: > >My problem is that I can only get X running in 320x200 mode. I > >configured the XF86Config file using XF86Setup. My video card is an > OEM > >from Gateway - it's meant to be an STB Nitro DVD. I heard somewhere > that > >it has a riva128 chipset, and I know that it has 4

Re: X-windows

1998-08-15 Thread Michael Stenner
>My problem is that I can only get X running in 320x200 mode. I >configured the XF86Config file using XF86Setup. My video card is an OEM >from Gateway - it's meant to be an STB Nitro DVD. I heard somewhere that >it has a riva128 chipset, and I know that it has 4 megs RAM. In the >XF86Setup program

X-windows

1998-08-15 Thread Roy Ayres
Hello, This is my first time installing debian on this machine - a Gateway G6333. My problem is that I can only get X running in 320x200 mode. I configured the XF86Config file using XF86Setup. My video card is an OEM from Gateway - it's meant to be an STB Nitro DVD. I heard somewhere that it has a

Re: Windows95 programs and X-Windows

1998-08-13 Thread Darryl Cording
Only if you have an X-server for Win95. There are several commercial ones on the market of which 'XVision' is the best one I have come across. There is also another commercial one that is really good called 'Xwin' that has a free demo server for one machine per network. I got a copy from the '

Re: Windows95 programs and X-Windows

1998-08-12 Thread Shaleh
I no longer use Windows apps. However the newer the app the less chance it works. I hear word 6 is now rather functional. wabi is win3.x only. Never used or seen willows. No comment on that one. Wine is good for little apps that make you use windows. Also for many games. Big apps like Offic

Re: Windows95 programs and X-Windows

1998-08-12 Thread David B. Teague
> Rolando Manchado wrote: > > > > Can Windows95 programs run on X-Windows? On Wed, 12 Aug 1998, Shaleh wrote: > > The easy answer is no. Different binaries, libraries, Operating Sytems, > etc. > > HOWEVER there is a project called WINE. This is a project

Re: Mouse Fatality in X-Windows

1998-08-11 Thread Robert J. Alexander
Midgley John wrote: > > Hi all > > I'm just getting started with Linux, and I've had several goes at > installing the Debian 2.0 distribution. I'm getting tanatalisingly close > to a working X-Windows installation - much video card clicking and > flashi

Re: Windows95 programs and X-Windows

1998-08-11 Thread Shaleh
Rolando Manchado wrote: > > Can Windows95 programs run on X-Windows? The easy answer is no. Different binaries, libraries, Operating Sytems, etc. HOWEVER there is a project called WINE. This is a project to allow WinOS apps to on X. It is both an emulator for the binaries and a re

Windows95 programs and X-Windows

1998-08-11 Thread Rolando Manchado
Can Windows95 programs run on X-Windows? == Rolando Manchado == OBTENGA GRATIS SU CORREO ELECTRÓNICO EN http://www.mixmail.com

Re: Mouse Fatality in X-Windows

1998-08-11 Thread Jens Ritter
Midgley John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > As an aside, if I retrieve the whole Debian thing as a .raw file, to an > NT machine, how can I write it to a CD? (I have a CD Writer, obviously!) If you you retrieved the CD Images for Debian 2.0 from somewhere, just burn them to a CD using WinOnCD (or

Re: Mouse Fatality in X-Windows

1998-08-11 Thread Robert Ramiega
On Tue, Aug 11, 1998 at 10:16:42AM +0100, Midgley John wrote: > > flashing - but it objects to a line in the XF86Config file which says > '/dev/mouse'. > > I have a Compaq Deskpro with a mini-din-type mouse socket; W95 reports > it as a PS/2 Port Mouse. So my question is - what should the line re

Mouse Fatality in X-Windows

1998-08-11 Thread Midgley John
Hi all I'm just getting started with Linux, and I've had several goes at installing the Debian 2.0 distribution. I'm getting tanatalisingly close to a working X-Windows installation - much video card clicking and flashing - but it objects to a line in the XF86Config file which s

X windows blanks my monitor...

1998-06-15 Thread Rift
Setting up X windows, I have a problem. Anytime I run X -probeonly, my monitor goes blank, then the monitor's status LED changes to show that It's in standby or 'no-signal' mode. It doesn't seem to matter which X server I use to do this, unless I use XSuSE_El

Re: X-windows on a Valuepoint

1998-06-12 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
On Thu, 4 Jun 1998, Alain Toussaint wrote: > check that your /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers look like this: > > # /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers [snip comments in /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers] > :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X > > the last line is particularly important,also,check the location of X,it > may be different on

Re: X-windows on a Valuepoint

1998-06-04 Thread Alain Toussaint
check that your /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers look like this: # /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers # # This file should contain entries to start the servers on the # local machine; if you have more than one display (not screen), # you can add entries to the list (one per line). If you also # have some X terminals con

X-windows on a Valuepoint

1998-06-04 Thread Mary Pierce
pages etc.) using dselect. My problem is that X-windows doesn't want to run. I installed all the required packages for this, though in no particular order, and let the dselect configuration utility tell me what was missing. In the fullness of time, it stopped asking for any more modules;

Re: X windows?

1998-06-03 Thread Jens Ritter
Mikhali Mifsud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Can someone point me to a Xwindows Howto? thanks. install doc-linux-text, read /usr/doc/HOWTO/XFree* (screen /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini and unmaintained, too) HTH, Jens --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Key ID: 2048/E451C639 Jens Ritter Key finger

Re: X windows?

1998-06-03 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, 3 Jun 1998, Mikhali Mifsud wrote: > Can someone point me to a Xwindows Howto? thanks. $ dpkg -S XFree86-HOWTO.gz doc-linux-text: /usr/doc/HOWTO/XFree86-HOWTO.gz Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

X windows?

1998-06-03 Thread Mikhali Mifsud
Can someone point me to a Xwindows Howto? thanks. == On the plains of hesitation lies the bones of countless millions who, on the verge of victory, sat down to wait and in waiting died. _ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com a

Re: Installing X-Windows?

1998-05-27 Thread Doug Thistlethwaite
you a ton of questions that have to do with your video card, monitor, mouse, ... Well, I hope this helps... I'm pretty new at all of this, but the above worked for me! Doug Ben Szyc wrote: > I've just recently started using Debian and thought it's bout time I > instal

Re: X Windows, how to set up?

1998-05-27 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>>>>> "TP" == Tomas Petersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: TP> Hello, I have installed the base system and standard packages. TP> Can anyone me tell if this is enough for running X Windows? TP> If not, what do I need more, and where can I find documentat

Re: X Windows, how to set up?

1998-05-27 Thread Mike Acklin
On Wed, May 27, 1998 at 01:28:15PM +0200, Tomas Petersson wrote: > Hello, I have installed the base system and standard packages. > Can anyone me tell if this is enough for running X Windows? > If not, what do I need more, and where can I find documentation. > > /Tomas Pet

X Windows, how to set up?

1998-05-27 Thread Tomas Petersson
Hello, I have installed the base system and standard packages. Can anyone me tell if this is enough for running X Windows? If not, what do I need more, and where can I find documentation. /Tomas Petersson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe"

Re: Installing X-Windows?

1998-05-27 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>>>>> "BS" == Ben Szyc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: BS> I've just recently started using Debian and thought it's bout time I BS> installed X-Windows but I don't have much idea where to start. Can BS> someone please help me in detail if pos

Installing X-Windows?

1998-05-27 Thread Ben Szyc
I've just recently started using Debian and thought it's bout time I installed X-Windows but I don't have much idea where to start. Can someone please help me in detail if possible??? thanx in advance :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u

Re: X-windows and PPPD

1998-05-26 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, May 26, 1998 at 09:15:13AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >From memory I think that ttyS0 (com1) and ttyS3 (com 4) share the same > interrupt. That could be your problem. Go into your bios setup and insure > that these comm ports do NOT share interrupts. Usually interrupt 5 or 7 > ca

X-windows and PPPD

1998-05-26 Thread Kenneth . Scharf
>From memory I think that ttyS0 (com1) and ttyS3 (com 4) share the same interrupt. That could be your problem. Go into your bios setup and insure that these comm ports do NOT share interrupts. Usually interrupt 5 or 7 can be used for the third comm port. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PR

Re: X-Windows and PPPD

1998-05-25 Thread Norbert Veber
> While it appears from your post everything is correct, please confirm > that the modem and mouse are using different IRQs. ttyS0/ttyS2 and > ttyS1/ttyS3 share IRQs. Since you only have this problem with X (which > activates the mouse) you probably have IRQ contention somewhere. > > Try install

Re: X-Windows and PPPD

1998-05-25 Thread David A. Bandel
Corey Popelier wrote: > > Since I installed X , I can't get PPPD to work :-( > > Starting X kills my net connection, and trying to dial with/after > loading X results in the modem not even dialing the phone number (1 > light comes on, but the process freezes there). > > Now my mouse runs of ttyS

X-Windows and PPPD

1998-05-25 Thread Corey Popelier
Since I installed X , I can't get PPPD to work :-( Starting X kills my net connection, and trying to dial with/after loading X results in the modem not even dialing the phone number (1 light comes on, but the process freezes there). Now my mouse runs of ttyS0 , and the modem off ttyS3 , and I can

Re: X windows, Dselect, and then some...

1998-05-22 Thread Rev. Joseph Carter
On Thu, May 21, 1998 at 02:10:29PM -0500, Goetzke, Christopher L wrote: > > (1) What is the graphical configuration utility for Xfree86 > > called ( and > > where is it)? > > It's "XF86Setup". I don't recall where it lives offhand (and my > computer is in an odd state at the moment, needing re-i

RE: X windows, Dselect, and then some...

1998-05-21 Thread Goetzke, Christopher L
> -Original Message- > From: Athas Nikolakakos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 5:23 PM > To: Debian User LS > Cc: recipient list not shown > Subject: X windows, Dselect, and then some... > > > (1) What is the graphical configuration ut

Re: X windows, Dselect, and then some...

1998-05-21 Thread Greg Norris
> (2) I've tried to find graphics drivers for my AccelGraphics (permedia II > chip set) by 3d labs, but I have been unsuccessful. I did find one, but it > had .xqa files w/o no readme on how to install it. It kinda looked like a > windows .ini file listing all RAMDACs, Resolutions, megahertz. An

Re: X windows, Dselect, and then some...

1998-05-20 Thread Shaleh
I will take the easy one. Dselect (and apt) will compare your package list against the ftp site's package list and suggest updates. Simply start dselect in ftp mode, tell it to "update", then go to "select" at the top will be listed any new or changed packages. I use this almost nightly. -- -

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