External Monitor on an Inspiron 5000

2000-10-05 Thread Florian Blaser
Hi everybody ! Has anybody ever tried to use an external monitor on an inspiron 5000 ? I'm trying it right now and I'm having problems with X. When I'm in text mode, I can see the same thing on both of my screens, but under X (I use a Mach64 Server with an ATI Rage Mobility), I can only see the

Re: External Monitor on an Inspiron 5000

2000-10-05 Thread Joel Kjellgren
Hello. On my Dell Latitude LS i have to give the X server parameters in order to get the external monitor working. Try "extern_disp" or something similar. further docs are available in /usr/share/doc/xserver-, atleast for the SVGA server. Joel Kjellgren On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Florian Blaser wrote:

Re: External Monitor on an Inspiron 5000

2000-10-05 Thread Florian Blaser
On Thu, 05 Oct 2000, Joel Kjellgren wrote: > Hello. > > On my Dell Latitude LS i have to give the X server parameters in order to > get the external monitor working. Try "extern_disp" or something > similar. further docs are available in /usr/share/doc/xserver-, > atleast for the SVGA server. Than

Re: External Monitor on an Inspiron 5000

2000-10-05 Thread Joel Kjellgren
On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Florian Blaser wrote: > On Thu, 05 Oct 2000, Joel Kjellgren wrote: > > Hello. > > > > On my Dell Latitude LS i have to give the X server parameters in order to > > get the external monitor working. Try "extern_disp" or something > > similar. further docs are available in /usr/

compaq presario 1244 Xfree

2000-10-05 Thread Cody Koeninger
I'm trying to install potato on a friend's compaq presario 1244. Unfortunately, i can't figure out what kind of graphics card it has, much less come up with an appropriate xfree config. Compaq 'support' doesn't even think the model exists; the Linux for laptops site has info on the presario 1247

Re: compaq presario 1244 Xfree

2000-10-05 Thread Joel Kjellgren
What does SuperProbe say? Can it find anything and does what it find sound probable? Have you tried Running XF86Setup? That should at least give you a working VGA16 server and possibly/hopefully a SVGA server. Joel Kjellgren On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Cody Koeninger wrote: > I'm trying to install potat

Re: Debian and compaq presario

2000-10-05 Thread Heather
> On Tue, 03 Oct 2000, George Wright wrote: > > Are there any card (pcmcia) type modems out there that anyone has had luck > > w/using > > the 2.2.17 kernel? Are any made that aren't so heavily "win"-driven? > > > > [much snippage, another person] > > > > N.B : if you dig in the archives of this

Re: compaq presario 1244 Xfree

2000-10-05 Thread Heather
Cody Koeninger: > > I'm trying to install potato on a friend's compaq presario > > 1244. Unfortunately, i can't figure out what kind of graphics card it > > has, much less come up with an appropriate xfree config. > > > > Compaq 'support' doesn't even think the model exists; the Linux for > > lap

cdrom "exec" permissions denied

2000-10-05 Thread J. R. S. Brownson
Hi all, I'm using a Targus Slim-Line cdrom via pc card interface on my NEC P75. The cdrom is mounted from /dev/hdc to /cdrom and works fine *except* for the fact that executable permission is denied. When I type "mount", the line for cdrom reads: /dev/hdc on /cdrom type iso9660 (ro,noexec,nosuid,no

External Monitor on an Inspiron 5000

2000-10-05 Thread Florian Blaser
Hi everybody ! Has anybody ever tried to use an external monitor on an inspiron 5000 ? I'm trying it right now and I'm having problems with X. When I'm in text mode, I can see the same thing on both of my screens, but under X (I use a Mach64 Server with an ATI Rage Mobility), I can only see th

Re: External Monitor on an Inspiron 5000

2000-10-05 Thread Joel Kjellgren
Hello. On my Dell Latitude LS i have to give the X server parameters in order to get the external monitor working. Try "extern_disp" or something similar. further docs are available in /usr/share/doc/xserver-, atleast for the SVGA server. Joel Kjellgren On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Florian Blaser wrote

Re: External Monitor on an Inspiron 5000

2000-10-05 Thread Florian Blaser
On Thu, 05 Oct 2000, Joel Kjellgren wrote: > Hello. > > On my Dell Latitude LS i have to give the X server parameters in order to > get the external monitor working. Try "extern_disp" or something > similar. further docs are available in /usr/share/doc/xserver-, > atleast for the SVGA server. Tha

Re: External Monitor on an Inspiron 5000

2000-10-05 Thread Joel Kjellgren
On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Florian Blaser wrote: > On Thu, 05 Oct 2000, Joel Kjellgren wrote: > > Hello. > > > > On my Dell Latitude LS i have to give the X server parameters in order to > > get the external monitor working. Try "extern_disp" or something > > similar. further docs are available in /usr

compaq presario 1244 Xfree

2000-10-05 Thread Cody Koeninger
I'm trying to install potato on a friend's compaq presario 1244. Unfortunately, i can't figure out what kind of graphics card it has, much less come up with an appropriate xfree config. Compaq 'support' doesn't even think the model exists; the Linux for laptops site has info on the presario 1247

Re: compaq presario 1244 Xfree

2000-10-05 Thread Joel Kjellgren
What does SuperProbe say? Can it find anything and does what it find sound probable? Have you tried Running XF86Setup? That should at least give you a working VGA16 server and possibly/hopefully a SVGA server. Joel Kjellgren On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Cody Koeninger wrote: > I'm trying to install pota

Re: compaq presario 1244 Xfree

2000-10-05 Thread Heather
Cody Koeninger: > > I'm trying to install potato on a friend's compaq presario > > 1244. Unfortunately, i can't figure out what kind of graphics card it > > has, much less come up with an appropriate xfree config. > > > > Compaq 'support' doesn't even think the model exists; the Linux for > > la

cdrom "exec" permissions denied

2000-10-05 Thread J. R. S. Brownson
Hi all, I'm using a Targus Slim-Line cdrom via pc card interface on my NEC P75. The cdrom is mounted from /dev/hdc to /cdrom and works fine *except* for the fact that executable permission is denied. When I type "mount", the line for cdrom reads: /dev/hdc on /cdrom type iso9660 (ro,noexec,nosuid,n