x configuration

2002-08-01 Thread damon fasching
Hi, I've just installed debian on a Presario 721CL. The installation was fine, but as usual, I am having trouble configuring X. The linux How-to pages claim that this used to be a black art but is now trivial because "there are no longer separate servers for different kinds of cards, just module

Re: [Fwd: Re: Dell i8200 and GeForce2 Go]

2002-08-01 Thread Erich Schubert
> I don't have any Modeline in my XF86Config-4. Try this: I don't recommend changing the XF86Config-4 unnecessarily. >Modes "1400x1050" that certainly won't give the expected results... If he allows only modes "1600x1200" and "800x600", he certainly will get nicer resul

Re: X working on Thinkpad A31p, but is it safe?

2002-08-01 Thread Daniel Pittman
On Thu, 1 Aug 2002, Ivan Uemlianin wrote: > Downloading the XFree86 4.2 from the Net is not feasible for me, as I > have only a 56k modem. I had a go building the source code (which I > have from a magazine coverCD): this went well until I tried 'startx' > and was told, "/usr/X11/startx: no such fi

[Fwd: Re: Dell i8200 and GeForce2 Go]

2002-08-01 Thread Andreas Fromm
Original Message Subject: Re: Dell i8200 and GeForce2 Go Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 20:59:33 +0200 From: Andreas Fromm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Joseph W. Schlecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: The screen is not centered on my laptop

2002-08-01 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Michele said: > I've just installe debian woody on my athlon 1200 asus laptop, but during > the installation proces, after the boot prompt and a few init messages, as > soon as the penguin logo appeared, the text displayed on the screen moved > down about five lines,

X working on Thinkpad A31p, but is it safe?

2002-08-01 Thread Ivan Uemlianin
Thanks for all comments. Downloading the XFree86 4.2 from the Net is not feasible for me, as I have only a 56k modem. I had a go building the source code (which I have from a magazine coverCD): this went well until I tried 'startx' and was told, "/usr/X11/startx: no such file or directory". Inter

The screen is not centered on my laptop

2002-08-01 Thread Michele
I've just installe debian woody on my athlon 1200 asus laptop, but during the installation proces, after the boot prompt and a few init messages, as soon as the penguin logo appeared, the text displayed on the screen moved down about five lines, and the last line strated to appear, in smoller f

Re: Dell i8200 and GeForce2 Go

2002-08-01 Thread Erich Schubert
> Has anyone else run into this? If so, can I fix it? Can I get 1024x768 in the > whole viewable area without 'slurred' colors? The display has a physical resolution of 1600x1400 ONLY. Therefore it can display 1600x1400, 800x700 and so on "gracefully"; all other resolutions have either to be sca

Re: IBM T22 Hibernation

2002-08-01 Thread CaT
On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 05:23:46PM +0200, Philipp Hamer wrote: > I'm running Debian woody on my T22, but i can't enter the hibernation > mode in debian. In Win2k it works, but if i try it in linux, my > laptop just beeps. > Has anyone an idea why? I reckon Win2k is using a software suspend of its

IBM T22 Hibernation

2002-08-01 Thread Marc
Hello Philipp and others, I have had a IBM laptop too, with hibernation possibilities. The hibernation feature needs a file on the harddisk with the same size as your memory. This file is made by the IBM utility when you enable the hibernation feature. The problem is -- I think -- that this feat

Re: Dell i8200 and GeForce2 Go

2002-08-01 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
On Thu, 2002-08-01 at 02:49, Joseph W. Schlecht wrote: > Ugh... > > I think I've done everything I'm supposed to do in setting up the GeForce2 Go > in my new Dell i8200, but I have one problem: the only mode that really works > is 1600x1400. That is way too big! In my XF86Config-4 file I do have