net connection problems

hi everyone, when i boot debian, my net connection is up, and i can browse the web fine, ping hosts,etc. after a few minutes, i lose the connection. i cant ping external ips i can only ping my router. i cant even acess the http server on my router. ipconfig reveals no clues as to what is going

net connection problems

hi everyone, when i boot debian, my net connection is up, and i can browse the web fine, ping hosts,etc. after a few minutes, i lose the connection. i cant ping external ips i can only ping my router. i cant even acess the http server on my router. ipconfig reveals no clues as to what is going

Re: problems starting x

Which XF86config file? When dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 is run, it writes to /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 You'll also notice that in /etc/X11/XF86Config there is only one entry, regarding naming the input device, but in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 there exists all t

virtual terminals become unusable when starting x on sid

hi, i boot up, and get command prompt login. can use all vitual termninals. then i start x, with "startx" (with login manager i get the same problem). x starts, then i try to go back to a virtual terminal, and all i see is messed up lines going down my screen. thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: problems starting x

navaja wrote: actually i just got x working. turns out that i had commented out InputDevice "Generic Mouse" this meant that it was using another profile for my mouse that didnt work. i noticed that dpkg-reconfigure didnt seem to update the XF86config file, even though i ran it sev

Compaq Armada virtual terminal messing up

ok that came out under another thread by accident so im reposting... hi, i'm running unstable, and xfree86 3.2.1-14 before starting x everything is fine. Then I start it and when i try to to got to one of the virtual terminal consoles, the screen is messed up. Even if I stop X they stay messed up

Compaq Armada and virtual terminals messing up

hi, i'm running unstable, and xfree86 3.2.1-14 before starting x everything is fine. Then I start it and when i try to to got to one of the virtual terminal consoles, the screen is messed up. Even if I stop X they stay messed up (ie loads of colors just garbage completely unreadeable) anyone h

Re: problems starting x

actually i just got x working. turns out that i had commented out InputDevice "Generic Mouse" this meant that it was using another profile for my mouse that didnt work. thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: problems starting x

Could you post the config file too? ok i installed a newer version of XF86config. now i get this http://www.ayni.co.uk/errormsgsx/XFree86.0.log heres my config file http://www.ayni.co.uk/errormsgsx/XF86Config-4 the config file was set up when installing the new xf86 with dpkg-configure thank

problems starting x

hi, im getting an error message that stops me from starting x http://www.ayni.co.uk/errormsgsx/XFree86.0.log anyone know what's wrong? thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

network not working

hi i just installed unstable on a machine. everything seems fine other than the fact that i cant access http or ping any hosts other than my router. is this perhaps because i have a http proxy installed? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Co

Problems starting KDE, X

hi, I recently tried installling xlibs/experimental from opendoorsoftware.com It didnt work, particularly, the virtual teminals stopped working and just showed up flickering garbage. Then I tried to apt-get the old version of xlibs and all the kde stuff. (I had removed the opendoorsoftware and ot

Problems starting KDE, X

hi, I recently tried installling xlibs/experimental from opendoorsoftware.com It didnt work, particularly, the virtual teminals stopped working and just showed up flickering garbage. Then I tried to apt-get the old version of xlibs and all the kde stuff. (I had removed the opendoorsoftware and

more virtual terminal problems

i have a compaq armada with debian installed x runs fine, but i when i switch to a virtual terminal ctrl alt f1, ctrl alt f2, etc , i get colored stripes down the screen, its just a mess. is this anything to do with my X settings? surely not? is there any setting that changes how the virtual te

Re: virtual terminal not working compaq armada

z> Try booting with the parameter vga=normal or vga=791, and see if it solves your problem. If it does, add it to your /etc/lilo.conf (or what boot loader you are using), and run /sbin/lilo. even thought that solved the problem, i seem to get the same problem again now... i have been installing ne

installing kde cvs packages on sid

hi im trying to apt-get the kde cvs packages, but i get conflicts which go down as far as xlibs (i found this out by apt-get install libarts1, and so on). this is the output i get when trying to update the packages. i have put the apt repositories mentioned on the opendoorsoftware website in my

[Fwd: [debian-kde-cvs] installing kde cvs]

Original Message hi im tring to apt-get the kde cvs packages, but i get conflicts which go down as far as xlibs (i found this out by apt-get install libarts1, and so on). this is the output i get when trying to update the packages. i have put the apt repositories mentioned o

Re: virtual terminal not working compaq armada

Try booting with the parameter vga=normal or vga=791, and see if it solves your problem. If it does, add it to your /etc/lilo.conf (or what boot loader you are using), and run /sbin/lilo. thanks, changing to vga=791 worked... what does it do? pete -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTE