[techtalk] VGA/PGA video and monitor?
Title: VGA/PGA video and monitor? I've finally obtained all of the pieces I need to build my new system. Hooray! One anomaly did come up while shopping for a new video cable. (The old one is flaky.) There were no video cables with a standard VGA adapter on one end (for the video card) and a male DB9 on the other end (for my Nanao F550i multisync monitor). They did have a cable with DB9's on both ends, one male and one female, and they had what they called a "VGA to PGA converter", which appears to convert VGA to a DB9 (albeit the wrong gender). So, what is PGA? Is my monitor a PGA monitor? Should I get a gender changer in addition to these cables? I *think* I also have RGB connectors on the back of the monitor, so the other option would be a VGA to RGB cable, which they also had (for the steep price of $32). Should I return these cables and go that route instead? I don't understand why there is so much confusion about video cables! --Cathy
[techtalk] TurboLinux Workstation Lite 4.0 install problems
I have a nice little TurboLinux 4.0 CD, so I'm attempting to put it on my machine. I'm using a floppy with the boot image and the extra hardware floppy, as my machine refuses to boot from CD-ROM. My system is a Cyrix-233 with 64 MB of RAM, a 1 gig hard drive, a Hitachi CDR-7730 CD-ROM drive, a Soundblaster 16 PnP, and an S3 Virge DX chipset video card. Motherboard is unknown, but if it seems necessary, I'll dig out its information. The install program regularly hangs in several places and under several conditions. TurboLinux calls its kernal image "install" rather than the more usual "linux", thus the following examples. 1. I fail to use "install hdc=cdrom", and the install hangs upon the first attempt to read from the CD. The error message here varies, but the gist is that it failed to read a header, and spits a header number at me. 2. I use "install hdc=cdrom", and the install hangs when it tries to set up packages with the following message "An error occured during the 'Install Packages' step of the install". 3. I use "install hdc=cdrom", and the install hangs after I've selected the packages I want because it can't read the source tree from the CD=ROM. The CD-ROM is dust free, but appears to have a few areas of visible pitting. It does not appear to be scratched. Other Linux distributions (notably Mandrake 6.0) have similar install problems. If you guys can't come up with anything, I may be able to get help via a local users group. There are other CD-ROM drives availible if you think swapping CD-ROMs might help. Emily [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
[techtalk] More on the TurboLinux troubles
Here's some nice hard data on the other big error. If the install manages to get to the point where you select the type of system and the packages you want, a nice little error comes up. Error cannot unpack base system archive. If I head over to the virtual console with the error log, it indicates that there's a /tmp/tlinux/TurboLinux/base/skeleton.cgz that is apparently the source of the problem. When I booted up with a dos disk and took a look, the file is present, and isn't empty. Emily [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Gimp...
I am running GIMP/Win on a Windows 2000 box. Runs great. The only problem I have found is that if I try to manipulate more than one graphic, whether concurrently or not, in the same session, that I get memory errors. Do not know if it is not interacting with Windows memory manager properly, or what. But if I shut the app down between graphics, it runs great! >I also dunno if there will be an MS-WIN GIMP. There already is. Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Gimp...
On Wed, 03 Nov 1999 20:32:35 GMT, "J B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >I am running GIMP/Win on a Windows 2000 box. Runs great. The only >problem I have found is that if I try to manipulate more than one >graphic, whether concurrently or not, in the same session, that I get >memory errors. Do not know if it is not interacting with Windows >memory manager properly, or what. But if I shut the app down between >graphics, it runs great! Have you reported this to the developers? Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org