Re: X server problems in Woody

2002-06-08 Thread Helgi Örn
Thank's for your reply. I fixet the whole thing by comparing with the file in my SuSE system and editing the XF86Config-4 file by hand. Cheers, Helgi Örn On Sat, 2002-06-08 at 13:17, Graham Williams wrote: > Hi, > > I've a similar but not identical Rage 128 video card. > > I simply used the deb

Re: X server problems in Woody

2002-06-08 Thread Helgi Örn
Thank's for the advice. On Sat, 2002-06-08 at 04:30, bill traynor wrote: > > You can try the xf86cfg tool, but I've better luck editing the > XF86Config-4 file by hand. > I've edited the file by hand comparing it to the one in my SuSE 8.0 box so now I'm going to give it a try One thing that sur

Re: X server problems in Woody

2002-06-07 Thread bill traynor
On Fri, 2002-06-07 at 18:49, Helgi Örn wrote: > Hello all! > > I've been trying to configure the X-server in my new Woody installation > on a box with only supported hardware. In the days of XFree86 3.3.6 the > configuration was as easy as apple pie, in Woody it's a real PITA. > My question is: wh

X server problems in Woody

2002-06-07 Thread Helgi Örn
Hello all! I've been trying to configure the X-server in my new Woody installation on a box with only supported hardware. In the days of XFree86 3.3.6 the configuration was as easy as apple pie, in Woody it's a real PITA. My question is: what is THE tool to configure the X-server in Woody? I've m

Re: X Server Problems

1999-07-06 Thread Sami Dalouche
On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 12:53:41PM +0100, Paulo J Matos aka PDestroy wrote: > Hi, I have a Diamond Stealth 2500 series graphics card and I'm having a > problem during X many time a fatal error occurs and I'm not able to get > back to it. Only restarting linux. I think I've read on this mailing list

X Server Problems

1999-07-05 Thread Paulo J Matos aka PDestroy
Hi, I have a Diamond Stealth 2500 series graphics card and I'm having a problem during X many time a fatal error occurs and I'm not able to get back to it. Only restarting linux. I think I've read on this mailing list a way to solve this but I can't remember. Can anybody help? Regards, Paulo Jorge

RE: X server problems

1998-10-02 Thread Paul
On Thu, 1 Oct 1998, Kenneth Scharf wrote: > I have always been able to get a virtural terminal by typing > once the xdm process started. > --- The problem is that when xdm cannot start, it keep retrying. may get you to a console, but as soon

Re: X server problems

1998-10-01 Thread servis
*- To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about "Re: X server problems" | *- Stefan Nobis wrote about "Re: X server problems" || Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: || || > Could Braden not simply try Ctrl-Alt-F2 to switch to a non-X virtual console? || > I'm too n

Re: X server problems

1998-10-01 Thread servis
*- Stefan Nobis wrote about "Re: X server problems" | Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | | > Could Braden not simply try Ctrl-Alt-F2 to switch to a non-X virtual console? | > I'm too new at Linux to know, but I'd at least try it. | | No. If the X-Server is

RE: X server problems

1998-10-01 Thread Kenneth Scharf
I have always been able to get a virtural terminal by typing once the xdm process started. --- Braden N. McDaniel writes: > Now when I boot the machine, my monitor goes to sleep as soon as the boot > sequence has completed. I *think* this is b

Re: X server problems

1998-10-01 Thread Stefan Nobis
Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Could Braden not simply try Ctrl-Alt-F2 to switch to a non-X virtual console? > I'm too new at Linux to know, but I'd at least try it. No. If the X-Server isn't configured yet and you start xdm, xdm starts the X-Server. The Server exits at once and returns

Re: X server problems

1998-09-30 Thread Ole J. Tetlie
*-"Stephen J. Carpenter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | On Wed, Sep 30, 1998 at 07:47:15AM -0400, Chris Fury wrote: | > Braden N. McDaniel wrote: | > > Now when I boot the machine, my monitor goes to sleep as soon as the boot | > > sequence has completed. I *think* this is because I elected to being xdm

RE: X server problems

1998-09-30 Thread Fred Yankowski
Kent West writes: > At 08:41 PM 9/29/1998 -0500, Fred Yankowski wrote: ... > >Anyway, I had to boot from a Debian Rescue floppy to get in. ... > Could Braden not simply try Ctrl-Alt-F2 to switch to a non-X > virtual console? I thought I tried that at the time and it didn't work, but perhaps I

RE: X server problems

1998-09-30 Thread Kent West
At 08:41 PM 9/29/1998 -0500, Fred Yankowski wrote: >Braden N. McDaniel writes: > > Now when I boot the machine, my monitor goes to sleep as soon as the boot > > sequence has completed. I *think* this is because I elected to being xdm up > > at bootup when I initially installed everything, and now t

Re: X server problems

1998-09-30 Thread Stephen J. Carpenter
On Wed, Sep 30, 1998 at 07:47:15AM -0400, Chris Fury wrote: > Braden N. McDaniel wrote: > > Now when I boot the machine, my monitor goes to sleep as soon as the boot > > sequence has completed. I *think* this is because I elected to being xdm up > > at bootup when I initially installed everything,

Re: X Server problems

1998-09-30 Thread Chris Fury
Martin Bialasinski wrote: > Actually it would be easier to edit /etc/X11/config and change > start-xdm to no-start-xdm and xdm-start-server to no-xdm-start-server. Yeah, but my option has less keystrokes... :P :) Elegence? What's that? -- balderdash.

Re: X server problems

1998-09-30 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "CF" == Chris Fury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: CF> This link in /etc/rc2.d is what causes xdm to be launched on startup. CF> Removing it from this directory will cause xdm NOT to be started on CF> boot. Actually it would be easier to edit /etc/X11/config and change start-xdm to no-start-xdm

Re: X server problems

1998-09-30 Thread Chris Fury
Braden N. McDaniel wrote: > Now when I boot the machine, my monitor goes to sleep as soon as the boot > sequence has completed. I *think* this is because I elected to being xdm up > at bootup when I initially installed everything, and now that setting is > kicking in. I suspect the problem may be t

RE: X server problems

1998-09-30 Thread Fred Yankowski
Braden N. McDaniel writes: > Now when I boot the machine, my monitor goes to sleep as soon as the boot > sequence has completed. I *think* this is because I elected to being xdm up > at bootup when I initially installed everything, and now that setting is > kicking in. I suspect the problem may

RE: X server problems

1998-09-29 Thread Braden N. McDaniel
> -Original Message- > From: Fredrik Ax [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 1998 8:42 AM > To: Braden N. McDaniel > Cc: Debian User Mailing List > Subject: Re: X server problems > You must install the VGA server in order to use it. > > dpkg

Re: X server problems

1998-09-29 Thread Robert Wilderspin
On 29 Sep 98 07:12:15 GMT, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: >I've just installed Debian 2.0. While I have some rather superficial >familiarity with Linux in general (have played with a few distributions), >this is my first crack at Debian. > >This is what I get when I run startx: > >X: exec of /usr/

Re: X server problems

1998-09-29 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, Braden N. McDaniel wrote: > I've just installed Debian 2.0. While I have some rather superficial > familiarity with Linux in general (have played with a few distributions), > this is my first crack at Debian. > > This is what I get when I run startx: > > X: exec of /usr/bin/

X server problems

1998-09-29 Thread Braden N. McDaniel
I've just installed Debian 2.0. While I have some rather superficial familiarity with Linux in general (have played with a few distributions), this is my first crack at Debian. This is what I get when I run startx: X: exec of /usr/bin/X11/XF86_NONE failed _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect