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gregb
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response 102 of 257:
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Mar 30 22:25 UTC 1999 |
Well, it's only fun if it works. Otherwise, it's just frustrating.
Fortunately, there's a lot of non-graphic stuff to learn about. Today,
I've discovered the benefits of VC's, which makes applying things I'm
learing easier.
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mwg
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response 103 of 257:
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Apr 1 04:12 UTC 1999 |
If by VCs you mean Virtual Consoles, yes, they are handy things, I need to
set up more.
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gregb
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response 104 of 257:
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Apr 1 16:24 UTC 1999 |
Update on X problem (see previous msgs. for details):
I completely reinstalled RH 5.2, thinking that perhaps I was missing a
vital X file (no pun intended). Still got the same results. However,
when I started Netscape, what was black (except text) turned green. At
least I could any text that showed up. Fortunately, when I closed the
browser, the screen stayed green, enabling my to check out other apps,
like Gimp.
Running Gimp revealed some interesting info: 1) buttons don't always
show up, but the text does. 2) I can view images, with all colors
intact. So the question becomes, if I still have access to all my
colors (16-bit), why won't the everything else, like normal background,
window frames, etc. show up?
Back to the drawing board.
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shf
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response 105 of 257:
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Apr 1 23:41 UTC 1999 |
( like I said erlier, you need more video memory )
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mdw
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response 106 of 257:
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Apr 2 04:42 UTC 1999 |
You probably got scrambled color maps. You should run "startx" and save
the results of stderr in a file - it's possible (for instance) that you
are really using 8-bit color.
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larsn
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response 107 of 257:
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Apr 2 17:00 UTC 1999 |
Quick test to set a different color depth can be accomplished with
using the --bpp 16 (or whatever) option for startx. If that makes a
difference then you've found the problem.
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gregb
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response 108 of 257:
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Apr 5 20:36 UTC 1999 |
Re. 105: I don't think so. According to both Xconfigurator and
xf86config, I should be able to use 24-bit color; I'm only using 16.
No, I'm convinced it has something to do with either the screen itself,
or the driver being used. Since Fujitsu won't give out such info, I'll
have to focus on the driver.
Re. 106: Since I'm still new at this, could you tell me how to do
this? As for using 8-bit color, I'm pretty sure that's what I end up
with. When I exit X, I see various msgs. mentioning 8-bit color and
others saying such-and-such res. not loaded.
Re. 107: Thanks. I'll give that a try.
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kentn
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response 109 of 257:
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Apr 6 02:23 UTC 1999 |
Ran across this web site the other day and it has some tips for
setting up XFree86 on laptops. Dunno if it'll help or if you've
already seen it, but:
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/
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gregb
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response 110 of 257:
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Apr 7 03:59 UTC 1999 |
Re. 109: I'd seen this before, but discounted it 'cause the author was
using Debian instead of Red Hat. Now that I know a bit more, I'll take
another look at it. Thanks for the reminder.
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rtg
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response 111 of 257:
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Apr 10 05:08 UTC 1999 |
Here's a few other URL's to go for help:
http://www.linux.org/hardware/laptop.html
This is an index site, with links to specific case-histories people have
published as they work the kinks out of a specific installation. There are
specific links for the following Fujitsu models:
Fujitsu 635T
Fujitsu FM-V
Fujitsu Lifebook 280dx
Fujitsu Lifebook 420D
Fujitsu Lifebook 500
Fujitsu Lifebook 655TX
Fujitsu Lifebook 735Dx
Fujitsu Lifebook 790Tx
Fujitsu Milan
http://galt.cs.nyu.edu/students/fox/notebooks.html
This is a tech-reference which lists the specific PCMCIA and video
chipsets used in various laptops. A great help to me as I was shopping,
to make sure I didn't succumb to some 'great deal' that had an unsupported
video chipset.
There's also a linux-laptops mailing list where you can ask questions, and
share what you learn!
subscribe at majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu. If you don't know how to use
majordomo, e-mail me and I'll send you a help document.
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gregb
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response 112 of 257:
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Apr 15 00:33 UTC 1999 |
Re. 111: 'Tanks for the info, Rick. The first link I've been to, as
described in 110. I'll check into the second.
Right now, I'm diving into the numerous FAQ's and HOWTO's on the RH
CD's. That should keep me busy for awhile.
Although my laptop wasn't exactly a "great deal," It does apparently
have a supported chipset, according to XF86config.
Anybody know, off-hand, what the vertical/horizontal freqs. are for an
LCD screen at 800x600? I've been playing hit'n'miss with the settings
as the manual doesn't list them.
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wolfg676
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response 113 of 257:
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Apr 15 10:51 UTC 1999 |
I had some similar troubles with X and high-colour. after wracking my brain
over the problem, I discovered that for some reason, even after setting up
the SGVA server with XF86Config, that it was defaulting to using the VGA16
server. I finally cleared it up by installing the XSVGA server package, and
when it configured itself, it asked if I wanted it to be the default server.
said "yes" and it's been working happily at 800x600x16bpp. I'dlike to go
higher, but I don't think that the CT64300 VLB card that I have has enough
RAM to do that. KDE looks much better now...
and speaking of xearth, does anyone know of any clones of it for the Win16/32
platform. I've tried several other crappy world time proggies for Win9x, but
none of them do what Xearth or the KDE World Watch does.
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larsn
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response 114 of 257:
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Apr 15 15:20 UTC 1999 |
For XEarth on windows perhaps the following URL will do the trick:
http://www.softlab.ece.ntua.gr/~mario/projects.html
Haven't looked at it myself, so can't say whether it's worth the time
or not. Controlled by a tray icon apparently.
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gregb
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response 115 of 257:
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Apr 18 16:38 UTC 1999 |
Re. 113: I'd tell XF86config to use the SVGA server, but depending on
other settings, it would drop back to the 8-bit server.
I think the only chance of getting this worked out is if I actually
show what's happening to someone who knows Linux/Xfree, and right now I
don't know anybody who's into it in my area.
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remmers
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response 116 of 257:
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Apr 19 14:47 UTC 1999 |
Is /usr/bin/X11/X a symlink to something?
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eprom
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response 117 of 257:
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Apr 19 16:05 UTC 1999 |
usually to your server:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 22 Apr 6 19:05 /usr/X11R6/bin/X ->
/usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_S3
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gregb
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response 118 of 257:
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Apr 19 21:43 UTC 1999 |
Well, finally some good news (to me, anyway). I FINALLY got XFree86 up
and running! How'd I do it? Not sure myself, but I'm sure it had
something to do with using XF86Setup, instead of Xconfigurator or
XF86config.
When I first ran XF86Setup, I didn't expect anythng different from
before, but when an actual color, GUI came up, my hopes were raised.
But then, after a few attempts with dissapointing results, I figgered I
was right back where I started from. But why? After some more
fiddling about, I managed to get things working using the 16-color
server. Not exactly pretty, but it did work. After reveling in my
accomplishment (remember, I'm still a Linux newbie), I took a chance
and bumped it up to the SVGA server. And it worked! I now have 256
colors to play with. Now if I can get it up to 16-bit, I'll be content.
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pfv
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response 119 of 257:
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Apr 20 17:31 UTC 1999 |
I dunno... that "conifigurator" thang was a wash for me too..
Setup was the way I went as well..Go figure.
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gregb
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response 120 of 257:
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Apr 20 23:14 UTC 1999 |
This should be (hopefully) my last mention of XFree86: It's now fully
functional at 24-bit color...<sigh!>
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kentn
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response 121 of 257:
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Apr 20 23:28 UTC 1999 |
Yay!
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remmers
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response 122 of 257:
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Apr 21 00:51 UTC 1999 |
Congrats! Configuring X can be a frustrating task.
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shf
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response 123 of 257:
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Apr 21 09:11 UTC 1999 |
Caldera 2.2 is supposed to be as easy as windoze shrink-wraps to install. It
's install program runs from inside windoze, including the x86free stuff. all
hardware is autprobed, sound suposedly works(!). I'll know in a few days.
I've had good experience with caldera's 1.2 product, so I'm optimistic.
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gregb
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response 124 of 257:
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Apr 21 20:53 UTC 1999 |
Good luck, Steve. It certainly is a learning experience, though I must
say I had good luck with Red Hat's install program.
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darbha
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response 125 of 257:
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May 4 11:39 UTC 1999 |
Gentlemen! One of the IT magazines i had seen recently, gave away Redhat
Linux 5.2 CD with it's latest issue. And i got the idea to try and install
it. But i'm a bit weird case.....i'm on a network and the systems guys won't
accede to your requests to get it installed on your pc the direct way. And
when i read the Installation manual, I got pissed off about the danger it
might do to the Windows OS running already...since i can not take a backup
as the floppydrives are disabled usually. So if any of you guys can make
sense out of my need to get Linux installed on my machine...if there is a way
to do it with out major hitches..i would be thankful to you.
I can ask the lIBRARIAN here , who has the CD to load it in his computer and
i can access it via the company net...that's themaximum i can do...so if u
still have a way out ...please..help me.
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pfv
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response 126 of 257:
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May 4 15:27 UTC 1999 |
See "loadlin" - see the README.
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