XFree Resolutions

1999-09-23 Thread Bryce Riner
Is there anyone who has tried to get resolutions other than 800x600 and 640x480 to work in X properly on a NeoMagic? I've gotten lower modes to work without being stretched to the whole screen. I know these modes can be stretched to the whole LCD because they work in Windows. Is this a proble

Re: XFree Resolutions

1999-09-23 Thread Chris Lawrence
On Sep 22, Bryce Riner wrote: > Is there anyone who has tried to get resolutions other than 800x600 > and 640x480 to work in X properly on a NeoMagic? I've gotten lower > modes to work without being stretched to the whole screen. I know > these modes can be stretched to the whole LCD because they

Re: XFree Resolutions

1999-09-23 Thread Jim Jensen
I have 1024x768 working with a Neomagic 256AV, Thinkpad i1472, Debian potato, xserver-svga 3.3.5-1 at 16 and 24 bpp. Seems to work fine. -Jim Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Upgrading slink kernel -> 2.2.12 -no pcmcia -Reply

1999-09-23 Thread CHRIS HOOVER
Ok, I just did this, and the pcmcia would not compile since I was compiling with 2.2.12. So I guess I need to get the package from potatoe. However, I was thinking of upgrading to potatoe, since that should provide the package and keep all of the dependencies clean and correct. Anyway, does anyo

RE: Upgrading slink kernel -> 2.2.12 -no pcmcia -Reply

1999-09-23 Thread Martyn Pearce
Au contraire: I'm running Potato on my Dell Inspiron 7000, from scratch (i.e., I didn't slink & upgrade); it works a treat. Mx. CHRIS HOOVER writes: | Ok, I just did this, and the pcmcia would not compile since I was com

RE: Upgrading slink kernel -> 2.2.12 -no pcmcia -Reply

1999-09-23 Thread Clint A. Brubakken
I compiled 2.2.12 with pcmia-cs source with no problem, I got it of from the http://www.debian.org/~joeyh/stable-update/ page. On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, CHRIS HOOVER wrote: > Ok, I just did this, and the pcmcia would not compile since I was compiling > with 2.2.12. So I guess I need to get the packag

[Debian-2.1.11.1 on VAIO 505 FX] X problems

1999-09-23 Thread Uwe Nestmann
So, after having followed yesterday's advice, I have a running linux system with kernel 2.2.12 and I have a working ethernet connection that allowed me to get loads of software in my Sony Vaio 505. Now, however I cannot get X to work properly. I am using xserver-neomagic-1.1.0-1-1 as it is su

Re: laptop "metapackage"

1999-09-23 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 09:46:27AM -0700, Matthew Guenther wrote: > I just keep thinking about how difficult it was to set up a mail server to > work properly over an intermittent connection. Maybe a special set of docs > for fetchmail, qmail, smail... ? And UUCP! Which I use and love on my lapt

Re: Laptop FAQ // Debian on Floppys??

1999-09-23 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Wed, Sep 22, 1999 at 10:28:21AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > found a pcmcia Network Card thats in my price range yet, Is there a way I > can do it without a network card. Yes, via the serial port. pppd is part of the base system. Once you installed the 6 or 7 floppies of the base system,

hd not reporting correctly on install

1999-09-23 Thread CHRIS HOOVER
I decided to go ahead and reinstall everything and use potato this time. This was prompted since I was told potato was fairly stable, plus there was a disk manager (western digitals dynamic disk overlay) running that my original install did not remove and it was preventing lilo from booting. Anyw

Re: Laptop FAQ // Debian on Floppys??

1999-09-23 Thread will
Ok, I think I've got the equipment, one debian server, two laptops that need debian, and a null modem serial cable. I think thats all I need, so if I hook up the cable between laptop and server, now what? Thanks this REALLY helps Will Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Stephane Bort

XFree Resolutions

1999-09-23 Thread Bryce Riner
Is there anyone who has tried to get resolutions other than 800x600 and 640x480 to work in X properly on a NeoMagic? I've gotten lower modes to work without being stretched to the whole screen. I know these modes can be stretched to the whole LCD because they work in Windows. Is this a proble

Re: XFree Resolutions

1999-09-23 Thread Chris Lawrence
On Sep 22, Bryce Riner wrote: > Is there anyone who has tried to get resolutions other than 800x600 > and 640x480 to work in X properly on a NeoMagic? I've gotten lower > modes to work without being stretched to the whole screen. I know > these modes can be stretched to the whole LCD because they

Re: XFree Resolutions

1999-09-23 Thread Jim Jensen
I have 1024x768 working with a Neomagic 256AV, Thinkpad i1472, Debian potato, xserver-svga 3.3.5-1 at 16 and 24 bpp. Seems to work fine. -Jim Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Upgrading slink kernel -> 2.2.12 -no pcmcia -Reply

1999-09-23 Thread CHRIS HOOVER
Ok, I just did this, and the pcmcia would not compile since I was compiling with 2.2.12. So I guess I need to get the package from potatoe. However, I was thinking of upgrading to potatoe, since that should provide the package and keep all of the dependencies clean and correct. Anyway, does anyo

RE: Upgrading slink kernel -> 2.2.12 -no pcmcia -Reply

1999-09-23 Thread Martyn Pearce
Au contraire: I'm running Potato on my Dell Inspiron 7000, from scratch (i.e., I didn't slink & upgrade); it works a treat. Mx. CHRIS HOOVER writes: | Ok, I just did this, and the pcmcia would not compile since I was com

RE: Upgrading slink kernel -> 2.2.12 -no pcmcia -Reply

1999-09-23 Thread Clint A. Brubakken
I compiled 2.2.12 with pcmia-cs source with no problem, I got it of from the http://www.debian.org/~joeyh/stable-update/ page. On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, CHRIS HOOVER wrote: > Ok, I just did this, and the pcmcia would not compile since I was compiling > with 2.2.12. So I guess I need to get the packag

[Debian-2.1.11.1 on VAIO 505 FX] X problems

1999-09-23 Thread Uwe Nestmann
So, after having followed yesterday's advice, I have a running linux system with kernel 2.2.12 and I have a working ethernet connection that allowed me to get loads of software in my Sony Vaio 505. Now, however I cannot get X to work properly. I am using xserver-neomagic-1.1.0-1-1 as it is su

Re: laptop "metapackage"

1999-09-23 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 09:46:27AM -0700, Matthew Guenther wrote: > I just keep thinking about how difficult it was to set up a mail server to > work properly over an intermittent connection. Maybe a special set of docs > for fetchmail, qmail, smail... ? And UUCP! Which I use and love on my lapt

Re: Laptop FAQ // Debian on Floppys??

1999-09-23 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Wed, Sep 22, 1999 at 10:28:21AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > found a pcmcia Network Card thats in my price range yet, Is there a way I > can do it without a network card. Yes, via the serial port. pppd is part of the base system. Once you installed the 6 or 7 floppies of the base system,

hd not reporting correctly on install

1999-09-23 Thread CHRIS HOOVER
I decided to go ahead and reinstall everything and use potato this time. This was prompted since I was told potato was fairly stable, plus there was a disk manager (western digitals dynamic disk overlay) running that my original install did not remove and it was preventing lilo from booting. Anyw

Re: Laptop FAQ // Debian on Floppys??

1999-09-23 Thread will
Ok, I think I've got the equipment, one debian server, two laptops that need debian, and a null modem serial cable. I think thats all I need, so if I hook up the cable between laptop and server, now what? Thanks this REALLY helps Will Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Stephane Bort