Re: x configuration

2002-08-02 Thread Brian May
On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 03:37:08PM +0200, Russell Coker wrote: > On Fri, 2 Aug 2002 14:31, Ditch, Derek P., MO-ARNG wrote: > > Using X version 3.x for that card is gonna be a pain. I'd suggest > > using 4.1 and get the custom Savage chip from here > > (http://www.probo.com/timr/savagemx.html)

Re: x configuration

2002-08-02 Thread Russell Coker
On Fri, 2 Aug 2002 14:31, Ditch, Derek P., MO-ARNG wrote: > Using X version 3.x for that card is gonna be a pain. I'd suggest > using 4.1 and get the custom Savage chip from here > (http://www.probo.com/timr/savagemx.html). They have a version for 3.x and > 4.x If you use the 4.x version

RE: x configuration

2002-08-02 Thread Ditch, Derek P., MO-ARNG
riginal Message- From: damon fasching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 9:59 PM To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: x configuration Hi, I've just installed debian on a Presario 721CL. The installation was fine, but as usual, I am havi

Re: x configuration

2002-08-02 Thread fbothamy
On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 07:59:02PM -0700, damon fasching wrote: > Hi, > > I've just installed debian on a Presario 721CL. The [...] > I chose advance package selection and then grabbed > only xfree-86common, xdm and fvwm (above and beyond > whatever is preselected). I also selected some of th

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: X configuration for Inspiron 4000

2001-06-12 Thread Alex Suzuki
On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 11:08:24AM +0100, Vivek Dasmohapatra wrote: > Ok, sounds like you don't have a screen defined in your serverlayout > section. Mine looks like this: Vivek, it was my fault all the way. Being my minimalistic self I didnt think that startx with nothing in .xinitrc would lead t

Re: X configuration for Inspiron 4000

2001-06-12 Thread Matthias Weiss
Just to be sure, do you have the "PS/2" protocol entry in your XF86Config and your kernel has ps2 support enabled? I had also problems after using my wheel mouse with "IMPS/2" protocol. If I didn't switch back to "PS/2" the mouse pointer did cracy things on the screen. An other idea might be that

Re: X configuration for Inspiron 4000

2001-06-12 Thread Vivek Dasmohapatra
On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Alex Suzuki wrote: > I removed it, and added AllowMouseOpenFail to ServerFlags section. > I also removed the reference to the mouse in the ServerLayout section. > However, it still comes up with: > > No Core pointer specified > unable to determine screen layout > Error from X

Re: X configuration for Inspiron 4000

2001-06-12 Thread Alex Suzuki
On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 10:21:48AM +0100, Vivek Dasmohapatra wrote: > On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Alex Suzuki wrote: > > > Hello friends, > > > > does anybody have a working XF86Config-4 for an Inspiron 4000? > > I have an Inspiron with the ATI Rage Mobility M3 card, I used > > a config I found on the w

Re: X configuration for Inspiron 4000

2001-06-12 Thread Vivek Dasmohapatra
On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Alex Suzuki wrote: > Hello friends, > > does anybody have a working XF86Config-4 for an Inspiron 4000? > I have an Inspiron with the ATI Rage Mobility M3 card, I used > a config I found on the web, but X crashes shortly after it > has started. I think it has something to do w

X configuration for Inspiron 4000

2001-06-12 Thread Alex Suzuki
Hello friends, does anybody have a working XF86Config-4 for an Inspiron 4000? I have an Inspiron with the ATI Rage Mobility M3 card, I used a config I found on the web, but X crashes shortly after it has started. I think it has something to do with the mouse. I have no /dev/mouse link, when I use

Re: X configuration for Inspiron 4000

2001-06-12 Thread Alex Suzuki
On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 11:08:24AM +0100, Vivek Dasmohapatra wrote: > Ok, sounds like you don't have a screen defined in your serverlayout > section. Mine looks like this: Vivek, it was my fault all the way. Being my minimalistic self I didnt think that startx with nothing in .xinitrc would lead

Re: X configuration for Inspiron 4000

2001-06-12 Thread Matthias Weiss
Just to be sure, do you have the "PS/2" protocol entry in your XF86Config and your kernel has ps2 support enabled? I had also problems after using my wheel mouse with "IMPS/2" protocol. If I didn't switch back to "PS/2" the mouse pointer did cracy things on the screen. An other idea might be tha

Re: X configuration for Inspiron 4000

2001-06-12 Thread Vivek Dasmohapatra
On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Alex Suzuki wrote: > I removed it, and added AllowMouseOpenFail to ServerFlags section. > I also removed the reference to the mouse in the ServerLayout section. > However, it still comes up with: > > No Core pointer specified > unable to determine screen layout > Error from

Re: X configuration for Inspiron 4000

2001-06-12 Thread Alex Suzuki
On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 10:21:48AM +0100, Vivek Dasmohapatra wrote: > On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Alex Suzuki wrote: > > > Hello friends, > > > > does anybody have a working XF86Config-4 for an Inspiron 4000? > > I have an Inspiron with the ATI Rage Mobility M3 card, I used > > a config I found on the

Re: X configuration for Inspiron 4000

2001-06-12 Thread Vivek Dasmohapatra
On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Alex Suzuki wrote: > Hello friends, > > does anybody have a working XF86Config-4 for an Inspiron 4000? > I have an Inspiron with the ATI Rage Mobility M3 card, I used > a config I found on the web, but X crashes shortly after it > has started. I think it has something to do

X configuration for Inspiron 4000

2001-06-12 Thread Alex Suzuki
Hello friends, does anybody have a working XF86Config-4 for an Inspiron 4000? I have an Inspiron with the ATI Rage Mobility M3 card, I used a config I found on the web, but X crashes shortly after it has started. I think it has something to do with the mouse. I have no /dev/mouse link, when I use

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

2001-03-16 Thread Eric Richardson
amael wrote: > > > > okay...it didn't work at first so i installed some more packages and > > > eventually tried XF86Setup and it basically worked fine (messed up > screen > > > though) so i used my config file instead -- didn't work. so i ran > XF86Setup > > > again, this time trying to more or l

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

2001-03-16 Thread amael
> amael wrote: > > > > okay, i just figured this out. if anyone experiences the same problem, make > > a symlink /etc/X11/X that points to your xserver (the one you want to use!) > > and another symlink /etc/XF86Config that points to /etc/X11/XF86Config > > > There is a file /etc/X11/Xserver. The f

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

2001-03-16 Thread Eric Richardson
amael wrote: > > > > okay...it didn't work at first so i installed some more packages and > > > eventually tried XF86Setup and it basically worked fine (messed up > screen > > > though) so i used my config file instead -- didn't work. so i ran > XF86Setup > > > again, this time trying to more or

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

2001-03-16 Thread Eric Richardson
"William F. Dowling" wrote: > > Eric Richardson writes: > > amael wrote: > > > > > > okay, i just figured this out. [...] > > There is a file /etc/X11/Xserver. The first line states the server name > > like XF86_SVGA. Please check this as you should not have to create a > > symlink. Your met

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

2001-03-16 Thread William F. Dowling
Eric Richardson writes: > amael wrote: > > > > okay, i just figured this out. [...] > There is a file /etc/X11/Xserver. The first line states the server name > like XF86_SVGA. Please check this as you should not have to create a > symlink. Your method circumvents the way it is suppose to wor

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

2001-03-16 Thread amael
> amael wrote: > > > > okay, i just figured this out. if anyone experiences the same problem, make > > a symlink /etc/X11/X that points to your xserver (the one you want to use!) > > and another symlink /etc/XF86Config that points to /etc/X11/XF86Config > > > There is a file /etc/X11/Xserver. The

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

2001-03-16 Thread Eric Richardson
amael wrote: > > okay, i just figured this out. if anyone experiences the same problem, make > a symlink /etc/X11/X that points to your xserver (the one you want to use!) > and another symlink /etc/XF86Config that points to /etc/X11/XF86Config > There is a file /etc/X11/Xserver. The first line st

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

2001-03-16 Thread Eric Richardson
"William F. Dowling" wrote: > > Eric Richardson writes: > > amael wrote: > > > > > > okay, i just figured this out. [...] > > There is a file /etc/X11/Xserver. The first line states the server name > > like XF86_SVGA. Please check this as you should not have to create a > > symlink. Your me

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

2001-03-16 Thread William F. Dowling
Eric Richardson writes: > amael wrote: > > > > okay, i just figured this out. [...] > There is a file /etc/X11/Xserver. The first line states the server name > like XF86_SVGA. Please check this as you should not have to create a > symlink. Your method circumvents the way it is suppose to wo

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

2001-03-16 Thread Eric Richardson
amael wrote: > > okay, i just figured this out. if anyone experiences the same problem, make > a symlink /etc/X11/X that points to your xserver (the one you want to use!) > and another symlink /etc/XF86Config that points to /etc/X11/XF86Config > There is a file /etc/X11/Xserver. The first line s

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

2001-03-16 Thread amael
okay, i just figured this out. if anyone experiences the same problem, make a symlink /etc/X11/X that points to your xserver (the one you want to use!) and another symlink /etc/XF86Config that points to /etc/X11/XF86Config that worked for me. however, my pcmcia-ethernet still isn't working. i i

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

2001-03-16 Thread amael
> > okay...it didn't work at first so i installed some more packages and > > eventually tried XF86Setup and it basically worked fine (messed up screen > > though) so i used my config file instead -- didn't work. so i ran XF86Setup > > again, this time trying to more or less reproduce my old config

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

2001-03-16 Thread amael
> > okay...it didn't work at first so i installed some more packages and > > eventually tried XF86Setup and it basically worked fine (messed up screen > > though) so i used my config file instead -- didn't work. so i ran XF86Setup > > again, this time trying to more or less reproduce my old config

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

2001-03-16 Thread amael
okay, i just figured this out. if anyone experiences the same problem, make a symlink /etc/X11/X that points to your xserver (the one you want to use!) and another symlink /etc/XF86Config that points to /etc/X11/XF86Config that worked for me. however, my pcmcia-ethernet still isn't working. i

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

2001-03-16 Thread amael
> > okay...it didn't work at first so i installed some more packages and > > eventually tried XF86Setup and it basically worked fine (messed up screen > > though) so i used my config file instead -- didn't work. so i ran XF86Setup > > again, this time trying to more or less reproduce my old config

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

2001-03-16 Thread amael
> > okay...it didn't work at first so i installed some more packages and > > eventually tried XF86Setup and it basically worked fine (messed up screen > > though) so i used my config file instead -- didn't work. so i ran XF86Setup > > again, this time trying to more or less reproduce my old config

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

2001-03-15 Thread Heather
[Charset iso-8859-1 unsupported, filtering to ASCII...] > okay...it didn't work at first so i installed some more packages and > eventually tried XF86Setup and it basically worked fine (messed up screen > though) so i used my config file instead -- didn't work. so i ran XF86Setup > again, this time

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

2001-03-15 Thread Eric Richardson
amael wrote: > > okay...it didn't work at first so i installed some more packages and > eventually tried XF86Setup and it basically worked fine (messed up screen > though) so i used my config file instead -- didn't work. so i ran XF86Setup > again, this time trying to more or less reproduce my old

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

2001-03-15 Thread amael
okay...it didn't work at first so i installed some more packages and eventually tried XF86Setup and it basically worked fine (messed up screen though) so i used my config file instead -- didn't work. so i ran XF86Setup again, this time trying to more or less reproduce my old config file with that s

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

2001-03-15 Thread Heather
[Charset iso-8859-1 unsupported, filtering to ASCII...] > okay...it didn't work at first so i installed some more packages and > eventually tried XF86Setup and it basically worked fine (messed up screen > though) so i used my config file instead -- didn't work. so i ran XF86Setup > again, this tim

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

2001-03-15 Thread Eric Richardson
amael wrote: > > okay...it didn't work at first so i installed some more packages and > eventually tried XF86Setup and it basically worked fine (messed up screen > though) so i used my config file instead -- didn't work. so i ran XF86Setup > again, this time trying to more or less reproduce my ol

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

2001-03-15 Thread amael
thanks a lot! i'll try to do that right away... > > hello. i just installed debian 2.2 on my sony vaio pcg-sr1k. installation > > was succesful and i can boot with lilo without any problems. i haven't been > > able to set up x though. i used to have suse7 on this computer and i've kept > > the con

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

2001-03-15 Thread amael
okay...it didn't work at first so i installed some more packages and eventually tried XF86Setup and it basically worked fine (messed up screen though) so i used my config file instead -- didn't work. so i ran XF86Setup again, this time trying to more or less reproduce my old config file with that

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

2001-03-15 Thread amael
thanks a lot! i'll try to do that right away... > > hello. i just installed debian 2.2 on my sony vaio pcg-sr1k. installation > > was succesful and i can boot with lilo without any problems. i haven't been > > able to set up x though. i used to have suse7 on this computer and i've kept > > the co

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

2001-03-15 Thread Heather
> hello. i just installed debian 2.2 on my sony vaio pcg-sr1k. installation > was succesful and i can boot with lilo without any problems. i haven't been > able to set up x though. i used to have suse7 on this computer and i've kept > the config file. back then i used the command-line program xf86c

x configuration on sony vaio

2001-03-15 Thread amael
hello. i just installed debian 2.2 on my sony vaio pcg-sr1k. installation was succesful and i can boot with lilo without any problems. i haven't been able to set up x though. i used to have suse7 on this computer and i've kept the config file. back then i used the command-line program xf86config t

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

2001-03-15 Thread Heather
> hello. i just installed debian 2.2 on my sony vaio pcg-sr1k. installation > was succesful and i can boot with lilo without any problems. i haven't been > able to set up x though. i used to have suse7 on this computer and i've kept > the config file. back then i used the command-line program xf86

x configuration on sony vaio

2001-03-15 Thread amael
hello. i just installed debian 2.2 on my sony vaio pcg-sr1k. installation was succesful and i can boot with lilo without any problems. i haven't been able to set up x though. i used to have suse7 on this computer and i've kept the config file. back then i used the command-line program xf86config