Hi List
I've just installed potato on my Toshiba 740CDT. When I open a console in
X, the fonts are horrible. Much like what it looks like in windows when you
have the incorrect screen resolution and or colour depth. I've not had this
problem before, but then again, this is the first laptop inst
On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 01:45:33PM +0100, Conry, Lance wrote:
> Hi List
>
> I've just installed potato on my Toshiba 740CDT. When I open a console in
> X, the fonts are horrible. Much like what it looks like in windows when you
> have the incorrect screen resolution and or colour depth. I've no
OK, I'm getting a little further here.
It turns out that It's not running the 1024x768 mode at all.
Here's an excerpt from the x Server output.
(--) SVGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 56.125 MHz
(**) SVGA: Mode "800x600": mode clock = 40.000
(**) SVGA: Mode "640x480": mode clock = 30.000
(--) SVGA:
Hey all,
YES! Debian Linux 2.2rev2 is FINALLY on my laptop AND (drumroll
please)...the mouse no longer registers as 3 inches to the right of where it
really is (do you have ANY idea how hard it is to navigate X that way?;)).
anyways, now I'm onto hurdle 2:
The network.
Here is th
Make sure the interface is there:
ifconfig eth0
Should show it existing. If not, then that's the next problem.
Once it's there, make sure you have one of the dhcp clients installed
(pump, dhcp-client, dhcpcd), and add this to your /etc/network/interfaces:
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
And y
Thanks to everyone for your input!
Some more details:
I had no problem with my PS/2 mouse till I
downloaded a bunch of additional packages from the
Debian CD-ROM's (I don't know which one could be the
suspect). Beside the mouse going crazy (erratically
jumping around at the slightest
Hi List
I've just installed potato on my Toshiba 740CDT. When I open a console in
X, the fonts are horrible. Much like what it looks like in windows when you
have the incorrect screen resolution and or colour depth. I've not had this
problem before, but then again, this is the first laptop ins
On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 01:45:33PM +0100, Conry, Lance wrote:
> Hi List
>
> I've just installed potato on my Toshiba 740CDT. When I open a console in
> X, the fonts are horrible. Much like what it looks like in windows when you
> have the incorrect screen resolution and or colour depth. I've n
OK, I'm getting a little further here.
It turns out that It's not running the 1024x768 mode at all.
Here's an excerpt from the x Server output.
(--) SVGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 56.125 MHz
(**) SVGA: Mode "800x600": mode clock = 40.000
(**) SVGA: Mode "640x480": mode clock = 30.000
(--) SVGA
Thanks to everyone for your input!
Some more details:
I had no problem with my PS/2 mouse till I
downloaded a bunch of additional packages from the
Debian CD-ROM's (I don't know which one could be the
suspect). Beside the mouse going crazy (erratically
jumping around at the slightest
Hey all,
YES! Debian Linux 2.2rev2 is FINALLY on my laptop AND (drumroll
please)...the mouse no longer registers as 3 inches to the right of where it
really is (do you have ANY idea how hard it is to navigate X that way?;)).
anyways, now I'm onto hurdle 2:
The network.
Here is t
Make sure the interface is there:
ifconfig eth0
Should show it existing. If not, then that's the next problem.
Once it's there, make sure you have one of the dhcp clients installed
(pump, dhcp-client, dhcpcd), and add this to your /etc/network/interfaces:
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
And
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