Re: Help: Dell Inspiron 5000e X-Windows

2001-03-05 Thread Yang Shouxun
Thanks for everybody. I finally set up the X-windows. I upgrade it to XFree86 4.0.x. But while installing, I found myself in a evil circularity due to dpkg doing interdependency, because I installed locale-zh. While the 3.3.x was removed and 4.0.x installed, the config file remains to be the

Re: Help: Dell Inspiron 5000e X-Windows

2001-03-04 Thread Yang Shouxun
Thanks for everybody. I finally set up the X-windows. I upgrade it to XFree86 4.0.x. But while installing, I found myself in a evil circularity due to dpkg doing interdependency, because I installed locale-zh. While the 3.3.x was removed and 4.0.x installed, the config file remains to be the

Re: Help: Dell Inspiron 5000e X-Windows

2001-03-01 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach Yang Shouxun (on Fri, 02 Mar 2001 07:58:59AM +0800): > Thanks, this trick does it. Probably Debian GNU/Linux can adopt the > same strategy as used in Red Hat and ask the user whether to boot the > system in X-windows mode or not, even when the X-windows works. Not that this is part

Re: Help: Dell Inspiron 5000e X-Windows

2001-03-01 Thread Yang Shouxun
Heather wrote: Besides, Debian GNU/Linux automatically starts the X server at boot time also gave me a headache. take the symlink for xdm, kdm, gdm (any of these) out of your runlevel 2 area (/etc/rc2.d/). I like to create a disabled directory under there and move them in - makes them easy

Re: Help: Dell Inspiron 5000e X-Windows

2001-03-01 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach Yang Shouxun (on Fri, 02 Mar 2001 07:58:59AM +0800): > Thanks, this trick does it. Probably Debian GNU/Linux can adopt the > same strategy as used in Red Hat and ask the user whether to boot the > system in X-windows mode or not, even when the X-windows works. Not that this is part

Re: Help: Dell Inspiron 5000e X-Windows

2001-03-01 Thread Yang Shouxun
Heather wrote: >> Besides, Debian GNU/Linux automatically starts the X server at boot time >> also gave me a headache. > > > take the symlink for xdm, kdm, gdm (any of these) out of your runlevel 2 > area (/etc/rc2.d/). I like to create a disabled directory under there > and move them in - m

Re: Help: Dell Inspiron 5000e X-Windows

2001-03-01 Thread Andreas Mohr
On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 10:59:54AM +0800, Yang Shouxun wrote: > Dear friends, > > Can you help me bring up X-Windows on my Dell Inspiron 5000e notebook? > > I've been using GNU/Linux for almost two years, but this is my first > experience of installing it on a notebook. I could not set up > X-

Re: Help: Dell Inspiron 5000e X-Windows

2001-03-01 Thread Andreas Mohr
On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 10:59:54AM +0800, Yang Shouxun wrote: > Dear friends, > > Can you help me bring up X-Windows on my Dell Inspiron 5000e notebook? > > I've been using GNU/Linux for almost two years, but this is my first > experience of installing it on a notebook. I could not set up > X

Re: Help: Dell Inspiron 5000e X-Windows

2001-02-28 Thread Heather
> Dear friends, > > Can you help me bring up X-Windows on my Dell Inspiron 5000e notebook? > > I've been using GNU/Linux for almost two years, but this is my first > experience of installing it on a notebook. I could not set up > X-windows. When X-windows setup program (XF86Setup in potato or

Help: Dell Inspiron 5000e X-Windows

2001-02-28 Thread Yang Shouxun
Dear friends, Can you help me bring up X-Windows on my Dell Inspiron 5000e notebook? I've been using GNU/Linux for almost two years, but this is my first experience of installing it on a notebook. I could not set up X-windows. When X-windows setup program (XF86Setup in potato or Xconfigurat

Re: Help: Dell Inspiron 5000e X-Windows

2001-02-28 Thread Heather
> Dear friends, > > Can you help me bring up X-Windows on my Dell Inspiron 5000e notebook? > > I've been using GNU/Linux for almost two years, but this is my first > experience of installing it on a notebook. I could not set up > X-windows. When X-windows setup program (XF86Setup in potato o

Help: Dell Inspiron 5000e X-Windows

2001-02-28 Thread Yang Shouxun
Dear friends, Can you help me bring up X-Windows on my Dell Inspiron 5000e notebook? I've been using GNU/Linux for almost two years, but this is my first experience of installing it on a notebook. I could not set up X-windows. When X-windows setup program (XF86Setup in potato or Xconfigurat