Re: strange melting screen when X starts

2000-08-01 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, Chanop Silpa-Anan wrote: > > I installed xfree 4.0.1 deb (phase1 ~ alpha package). It seems to run > fine > except that I could not suspend/stand because when resume X would crash > the > machine completely. > many moons ago when I installed Xfree 4.0.0 it too would not suspend

Re: strange melting screen when X starts

2000-08-01 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, Chanop Silpa-Anan wrote: > > I installed xfree 4.0.1 deb (phase1 ~ alpha package). It seems to run > fine > except that I could not suspend/stand because when resume X would crash > the > machine completely. > many moons ago when I installed Xfree 4.0.0 it too would not suspen

Re: strange melting screen when X starts

2000-08-01 Thread Xiaolan Ling
~~ From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Aug 1 13:31:23 2000 From: Alexander Clouter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: name <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 01:15:09 +0100 Subject: Re: strange melting screen when X starts > 1) X can't be killed nicely. After ctrl-alt-backspace or

Re: strange melting screen when X starts

2000-08-01 Thread Chanop Silpa-Anan
Once upon a time, I heard Xiaolan Ling say > Thanks very much! I made some more progress in the weekend. I can login > as normal user after I deleted the .xsession file in the user's home > dir. I think I made a big mess when I was upgrading X. Hopefully, it > works now and my system hasn't hanged

Re: strange melting screen when X starts

2000-08-01 Thread Xiaolan Ling
~~ From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Aug 1 13:31:23 2000 From: Alexander Clouter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: name <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 01:15:09 +0100 Subject: Re: strange melting screen when X starts > 1) X can't be killed nicely. After ctrl-alt-backspace or

Re: strange melting screen when X starts

2000-08-01 Thread Chanop Silpa-Anan
Once upon a time, I heard Xiaolan Ling say > Thanks very much! I made some more progress in the weekend. I can login > as normal user after I deleted the .xsession file in the user's home > dir. I think I made a big mess when I was upgrading X. Hopefully, it > works now and my system hasn't hange

Re: strange melting screen when X starts

2000-07-31 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Mon, 31 Jul 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > About the floppy LED problem, I think I'll have to contact my laptop's > manufacturer. Probably it's mad after too many times hard restart. > This seems the only thing you can do. The actual problem sounds like a broken LED or loose wire/contact.

Re: strange melting screen when X starts

2000-07-31 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Mon, 31 Jul 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > About the floppy LED problem, I think I'll have to contact my laptop's > manufacturer. Probably it's mad after too many times hard restart. > This seems the only thing you can do. The actual problem sounds like a broken LED or loose wire/contact.

Re: strange melting screen when X starts

2000-07-31 Thread Xiaolan Ling
Thanks very much! I made some more progress in the weekend. I can login as normal user after I deleted the .xsession file in the user's home dir. I think I made a big mess when I was upgrading X. Hopefully, it works now and my system hasn't hanged up till now. About the floppy LED problem, I thin

Re: strange melting screen when X starts

2000-07-31 Thread Xiaolan Ling
Thanks very much! I made some more progress in the weekend. I can login as normal user after I deleted the .xsession file in the user's home dir. I think I made a big mess when I was upgrading X. Hopefully, it works now and my system hasn't hanged up till now. About the floppy LED problem, I thi

Re: strange melting screen when X starts

2000-07-30 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, Chanop Silpa-Anan wrote: > > Use framebuffer, you will get full screen console mode at 800x600. > With both 2.2 & 2.4 kernel, I pass vga=0x315 as a kernel parameter via > either grub or lilo. Check lilo/grub/kernel document for more info. BTW, > it > seems that current kernel s

Re: strange melting screen when X starts

2000-07-30 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, Chanop Silpa-Anan wrote: > > Use framebuffer, you will get full screen console mode at 800x600. > With both 2.2 & 2.4 kernel, I pass vga=0x315 as a kernel parameter via > either grub or lilo. Check lilo/grub/kernel document for more info. BTW, > it > seems that current kernel

problem of XFree4.0 and apm [WAS: strange melting screen when X starts]

2000-07-30 Thread Chanop Silpa-Anan
Since experimental XFree 4.0.1 deb is out, check x-strikeforce page. I just put it on my laptop which use trident cyber 9525dvd and have it run fine, mostly. The only problem I experienced is when I do apm stuffs wither suspend or standby then resume back, X would freeze up the whole machine, onl

problem of XFree4.0 and apm [WAS: strange melting screen when X starts]

2000-07-30 Thread Chanop Silpa-Anan
Since experimental XFree 4.0.1 deb is out, check x-strikeforce page. I just put it on my laptop which use trident cyber 9525dvd and have it run fine, mostly. The only problem I experienced is when I do apm stuffs wither suspend or standby then resume back, X would freeze up the whole machine, on

Re: strange melting screen when X starts

2000-07-30 Thread Chanop Silpa-Anan
Once upon a time, I heard name say > Thanks for everybody's help! > > I've done it. I found an option in my BIOS setup called 'resolution > expended', and it was enabled by default. I disabled it and the melting > screen never show again. But there is a trade off. I can only get 640x480 > small s

Re: strange melting screen when X starts

2000-07-30 Thread Chanop Silpa-Anan
Once upon a time, I heard name say > Thanks for everybody's help! > > I've done it. I found an option in my BIOS setup called 'resolution > expended', and it was enabled by default. I disabled it and the melting > screen never show again. But there is a trade off. I can only get 640x480 > small

Re: strange melting screen when X starts

2000-07-28 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, name wrote: > > I've done it. I found an option in my BIOS setup called 'resolution > expended', and it was enabled by default. I disabled it and the melting > screen never show again. But there is a trade off. I can only get 640x480 > small screen for text mode now. It's a bi

Re: strange melting screen when X starts

2000-07-28 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, name wrote: > > I've done it. I found an option in my BIOS setup called 'resolution > expended', and it was enabled by default. I disabled it and the melting > screen never show again. But there is a trade off. I can only get 640x480 > small screen for text mode now. It's a b

Re: strange melting screen when X starts

2000-07-28 Thread Heather
> Thanks for everybody's help! > > I've done it. I found an option in my BIOS setup called 'resolution > expended', and it was enabled by default. I disabled it and the melting > screen never show again. But there is a trade off. I can only get 640x480 > small screen for text mode now. It's a bit

Re: strange melting screen when X starts

2000-07-28 Thread Heather
> Thanks for everybody's help! > > I've done it. I found an option in my BIOS setup called 'resolution > expended', and it was enabled by default. I disabled it and the melting > screen never show again. But there is a trade off. I can only get 640x480 > small screen for text mode now. It's a bit

Re: strange melting screen when X starts

2000-07-28 Thread name
Thanks for everybody's help! I've done it. I found an option in my BIOS setup called 'resolution expended', and it was enabled by default. I disabled it and the melting screen never show again. But there is a trade off. I can only get 640x480 small screen for text mode now. It's a bit painful. Ca

Re: strange melting screen when X starts

2000-07-28 Thread name
Thanks for everybody's help! I've done it. I found an option in my BIOS setup called 'resolution expended', and it was enabled by default. I disabled it and the melting screen never show again. But there is a trade off. I can only get 640x480 small screen for text mode now. It's a bit painful. C

Re: strange melting screen when X starts

2000-07-27 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Thu, 27 Jul 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I installed the newest XFree86 4.0.1 on my Debian2.1 laptop recently, > and now it works. But there are still some problems. > > My laptop is Twinhead Slimnote VX3, Toshiba 12.1" TFT LCD, 800x600 SVGA, > 2560K VideoRAM, Trident Cyber 9525DVD chip. >

Re: strange melting screen when X starts

2000-07-27 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Thu, 27 Jul 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I installed the newest XFree86 4.0.1 on my Debian2.1 laptop recently, > and now it works. But there are still some problems. > > My laptop is Twinhead Slimnote VX3, Toshiba 12.1" TFT LCD, 800x600 SVGA, > 2560K VideoRAM, Trident Cyber 9525DVD chip.

Re: strange melting screen when X starts

2000-07-27 Thread Chanop Silpa-Anan
Once upon a time, I heard Xiaolan Ling say > Hi, > > I installed the newest XFree86 4.0.1 on my Debian2.1 laptop recently, > and now it works. But there are still some problems. I haven't tried Xfree86 4.0.1 on my laptop yet. I'm waiting for the deb package, so the big hassle should be taken out

strange melting screen when X starts

2000-07-27 Thread Xiaolan Ling
Hi, I installed the newest XFree86 4.0.1 on my Debian2.1 laptop recently, and now it works. But there are still some problems. My laptop is Twinhead Slimnote VX3, Toshiba 12.1" TFT LCD, 800x600 SVGA, 2560K VideoRAM, Trident Cyber 9525DVD chip. 1) After start up the X, I always get a unreadable

Re: strange melting screen when X starts

2000-07-27 Thread Chanop Silpa-Anan
Once upon a time, I heard Xiaolan Ling say > Hi, > > I installed the newest XFree86 4.0.1 on my Debian2.1 laptop recently, > and now it works. But there are still some problems. I haven't tried Xfree86 4.0.1 on my laptop yet. I'm waiting for the deb package, so the big hassle should be taken ou

strange melting screen when X starts

2000-07-27 Thread Xiaolan Ling
Hi, I installed the newest XFree86 4.0.1 on my Debian2.1 laptop recently, and now it works. But there are still some problems. My laptop is Twinhead Slimnote VX3, Toshiba 12.1" TFT LCD, 800x600 SVGA, 2560K VideoRAM, Trident Cyber 9525DVD chip. 1) After start up the X, I always get a unreadable