Re: Some Problems with (X)Emacs

2006-05-01 Thread Bill Wohler
"Norbert Grün" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > GNU Emacs 21.4 has some problems when customising a large number of > options, probably there is a hidden limit to the size of the .emacs file. Not in Emacs. > Also there is no migration tool for importing GNU Emacs 20.7 .emacs files, > Emacs 21.4 com

Some Problems with (X)Emacs

2006-05-01 Thread Norbert Grün
Dear Madam or Sir! This is Debian 3.1r0a "Sarge" from LOB.de Machine is an old AMD K6II/500 with 448 MB. X11 is done remote via CygWin X11 6.8.1.0-11 because the graphics card of the K6 has a thermic problem locking up the machine after half an hour and also because the remote machine has a bigg

Re: Hi, i'm having problems with X

2006-03-09 Thread Kent West
asd87 wrote: > > > - Original Message - > *From:* asd87 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* debian-user@lists.debian.org > <mailto:debian-user@lists.debian.org> > *Sent:* Friday, March 10, 2006 12:58 AM > *Subject:* Hi, i'm

Re: Hi, i'm having problems with X

2006-03-09 Thread asd87
  - Original Message - From: asd87 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 12:58 AM Subject: Hi, i'm having problems with X When i do startx (i have Xorg, but tried also Xfree86) i retrieve the error: No screen found. My Gr

RE: Problems with X window system

2006-02-10 Thread Ken Walker
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Problems with X window system > > > On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 08:11:59 -0600 > Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ManuP wrote: > > > > >I just installed Debian 3.0 from CD. > > >Because I only had a text-b

Re: Problems with X window system

2006-02-07 Thread Shawn Lamson
On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 08:11:59 -0600 Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ManuP wrote: > > >I just installed Debian 3.0 from CD. > >Because I only had a text-based system, I typed apt-get install kde (or > >kde2, don't know). > >Because kde requires X, I thougt it would be installed with kde. It

Re: Problems with X window system

2006-02-07 Thread Kent West
ManuP wrote: x-window-system as well as kdm is installed. So that should not be the problem. Maybe i should start from the beginning: I have a text-based linux. What do I need to get eg. kde? Is apt-get install kde not enough? No; as mentioned, KDE does not depend on X, so simply installing

Re: Problems with X window system

2006-02-07 Thread ManuP
x-window-system as well as kdm is installed. So that should not be the problem. Maybe i should start from the beginning: I have a text-based linux. What do I need to get eg. kde? Is apt-get install kde not enough? ### ManuP -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsu

Re: Problems with X window system

2006-02-07 Thread Matt Zagrabelny
On Tue, 2006-02-07 at 05:08 -0800, ManuP wrote: > Hi! > > I just installed Debian 3.0 from CD. > Because I only had a text-based system, I typed apt-get install kde (or > kde2, don't know). > Because kde requires X, I thougt it would be installed with kde. It > was, but doesn't work. also, you ma

Re: Problems with X window system

2006-02-07 Thread Kent West
ManuP wrote: >I just installed Debian 3.0 from CD. >Because I only had a text-based system, I typed apt-get install kde (or >kde2, don't know). >Because kde requires X, I thougt it would be installed with kde. It >was, but doesn't work. > > As I understand it, KDE does not depend on X, as you mi

Problems with X window system

2006-02-07 Thread ManuP
Hi! I just installed Debian 3.0 from CD. Because I only had a text-based system, I typed apt-get install kde (or kde2, don't know). Because kde requires X, I thougt it would be installed with kde. It was, but doesn't work. When I type kde2 or startkde i get: #x set root: unable to oben display #

Re: Graphics problems with X on iBook 2.2 [SOLVED]

2006-01-23 Thread Patrick Meade
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > I think kernel options is probably the wrong road for you at this > point. From your initial description of the graphics slanting to > the right, I suggest that you have an improperly set X configuration. > check the resolution and sync rates that your monitor/graphic

Re: Graphics problems with X on iBook 2.2

2006-01-22 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
fglrx-installer.html > > > > have a look.. > > > > - Original Message - > > From: "Patrick Meade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: > > Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 11:51 AM > > Subject: Re: Graphics problems with X on iBook 2.2 &

Re: Graphics problems with X on iBook 2.2

2006-01-22 Thread Patrick Meade
k Meade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 11:51 AM > Subject: Re: Graphics problems with X on iBook 2.2 > > > >>I think it's an ATI Raedon. Do you know a/the command to verify this >>under Debian? >> >>Patrick &

Re: Graphics problems with X on iBook 2.2

2006-01-22 Thread Patrick Meade
t;>> - Original Message - From: "Patrick Meade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: >>> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 11:26 AM >>> Subject: Graphics problems with X on iBook 2.2 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>

Re: Graphics problems with X on iBook 2.2

2006-01-22 Thread Deephay
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/flavio.stanchina/debian/fglrx-installer.html have a look.. - Original Message - From: "Patrick Meade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 11:51 AM Subject: Re: Graphics problems with X on iBook 2.2 >I think it's an

Re: Graphics problems with X on iBook 2.2

2006-01-22 Thread James Bubeck
IL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 11:26 AM Subject: Graphics problems with X on iBook 2.2 Hopefully this is the right list to ask these questions. If not, gently refer me to the proper list. :-) I've just installed Debian 3.1 r1a on my Apple iBook. I bought it

Re: Graphics problems with X on iBook 2.2

2006-01-22 Thread Patrick Meade
y 23, 2006 11:26 AM > Subject: Graphics problems with X on iBook 2.2 > > > >>Hopefully this is the right list to ask these questions. If not, gently >>refer me to the proper list. :-) >> >>I've just installed Debian 3.1 r1a on my Apple iBook. I bought it in

Re: Graphics problems with X on iBook 2.2

2006-01-22 Thread Deephay
what is the type of ur display card? - Original Message - From: "Patrick Meade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 11:26 AM Subject: Graphics problems with X on iBook 2.2 > > Hopefully this is the right list to ask these questions. If not, ge

Graphics problems with X on iBook 2.2

2006-01-22 Thread Patrick Meade
Hopefully this is the right list to ask these questions. If not, gently refer me to the proper list. :-) I've just installed Debian 3.1 r1a on my Apple iBook. I bought it in 2002, so from what I've been able to gather from online docs, it's an iBook 2.2; although I'm not sure that's the case nor

Re: Problems with X 4.3.0

2004-04-12 Thread Pigeon
On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 08:43:17AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 11 Apr 2004, Pigeon wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 11, 2004 at 11:45:50AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > I have to admit to relying on xkeycaps to do what I want (mainly convert > > > Caps Lock to Escape and make both Alt keys wor

Re: Problems with X 4.3.0

2004-04-12 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
> I did it quite simply, by clicking on Escape with the right mouse > button, selecting duplicate, and then clicking on Caps Lock. I did a > similar thing with the Alt keys. But you could also do it manually; in > my xmodmap I have: > > keycode 0x42 = Escape > > keycode 0x71 = Alt_L > >

Re: Problems with X 4.3.0

2004-04-12 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 11 Apr 2004, Pigeon wrote: > On Sun, Apr 11, 2004 at 11:45:50AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > I have to admit to relying on xkeycaps to do what I want (mainly convert > > Caps Lock to Escape and make both Alt keys work the same). >

Re: Problems with X 4.3.0

2004-04-11 Thread Pigeon
On Sun, Apr 11, 2004 at 11:45:50AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > I have to admit to relying on xkeycaps to do what I want (mainly convert > Caps Lock to Escape and make both Alt keys work the same). ...care to post your method? I've fidd

Re: Problems with X 4.3.0

2004-04-11 Thread Rajesh Menon
On Sun, 11 Apr 2004, Boris Abramov wrote: > Originally to: Jean-Sébastien Guay > > On 10 Apr 2004 at 23:47 Jean-Sébastien Guay wrote: > > JG> If I try to change to a text terminal once X is started (using Ctrl-Alt-F1 > JG> for example), no text is displayed. It looks as if the monitor is not >

Re: Problems with X 4.3.0

2004-04-11 Thread Boris Abramov
Originally to: Jean-Sébastien Guay On 10 Apr 2004 at 23:47 Jean-Sébastien Guay wrote: JG> If I try to change to a text terminal once X is started (using Ctrl-Alt-F1 JG> for example), no text is displayed. It looks as if the monitor is not JG> switched back to text mode or is in an invalid freq

Re: Problems with X 4.3.0

2004-04-11 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 11 Apr 2004, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > On Sun, Apr 11, 2004 at 09:47:29AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > for example), no text is displayed. It looks as if the monitor is not > > > switched back to text mode or is in an invalid frequency range, because I > > > see some lines moving eve

Re: Problems with X 4.3.0

2004-04-11 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Sun, Apr 11, 2004 at 09:47:29AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > for example), no text is displayed. It looks as if the monitor is not > > switched back to text mode or is in an invalid frequency range, because I > > see some lines moving everywhere on the screen but no text. However, I can >

Re: Problems with X 4.3.0

2004-04-11 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 10 Apr 2004, Jean-S?bastien Guay wrote: > Hello, > > I am running Debian testing, and have recently upgraded to XFree86 4.3.0 > using "apt-get upgrade". I have a problem I have no idea how to solve, so I > would appreciate a few pointers. > > If I try to change to a text terminal once X is st

Problems with X 4.3.0

2004-04-10 Thread Jean-Sébastien Guay
Hello, I am running Debian testing, and have recently upgraded to XFree86 4.3.0 using "apt-get upgrade". I have a problem I have no idea how to solve, so I would appreciate a few pointers. If I try to change to a text terminal once X is started (using Ctrl-Alt-F1 for example), no text is display

Re: Fwd: Problems with X, Dell Desktop 260GX, graphic card Intel 82845G

2004-04-08 Thread Kent West
Valentin Ruano wrote: Hi everyone, I have a problem with X. My desktop is a Dell GX260 with a graphics card Intel i82845G. Apparently Xfree has just ricently added support for such card, in xfree version 4.3.X. Accordingly, I am using unstable woody since the stable trunk reaches just to 4.1.

Fwd: Problems with X, Dell Desktop 260GX, graphic card Intel 82845G

2004-04-08 Thread Valentin Ruano
Hi everyone, I have a problem with X. My desktop is a Dell GX260 with a graphics card Intel i82845G. Apparently Xfree has just ricently added support for such card, in xfree version 4.3.X. Accordingly, I am using unstable woody since the stable trunk reaches just to 4.1. Apart from using th

Re: Debian testing: problems with x-sessions and sound.

2004-01-25 Thread Adam
On Wednesday 21 January 2004 15:40, Andreas Janssen wrote: >> "A PCI sound card was found in your system. The details are: Model: >> Ensoniq|5880 AudioPCI" >> then says >> "An error occurred while writing the config file." I think this warning was a red herring. It had created /etc/modutils/sn

Re: Debian testing: problems with x-sessions and sound.

2004-01-25 Thread Adam
On Thursday 22 January 2004 02:10, Jerome R. Acks wrote: >> Yesterday I installed wmaker and added a symlink in /etc/gdm/Sessions to >> the wmaker binary. This allowed me to log in to WindowMaker, but >> screwed up GNOME and KDE. > > Instead of symlink, revert to previous /etc/gdm/Sessions and

Re: Debian testing: problems with x-sessions and sound.

2004-01-23 Thread John Shankland
Sorry Soumyadip, didn't mean to send that directly to you. I hit the wrong reply button again. > Starting gdmand running metacity --replace says the same. > Am i missing something ? I don't know if this is the "correct" way but I used the alternatives facility to change my default WM and gnome s

Re: Debian testing: problems with x-sessions and sound.

2004-01-23 Thread Soumyadip Modak
> > How do i get Gnome to use Metacity instead of Sawfish. > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/debian-user-200310/msg04000.html Stopping gdm and running metacity --replace says: Window manager error: Unable to open X display Starting gdmand running metacity --replace says the same. A

Re: Debian testing: problems with x-sessions and sound.

2004-01-22 Thread Jerome R. Acks
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 11:08:41PM +0530, Soumyadip Modak wrote: > On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 07:31, Jerome R. Acks wrote: > > > > > Maybe also install metacity. > > > How do i get Gnome to use Metacity instead of Sawfish. http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/debian-user-200310/msg04000.html --

Re: Debian testing: problems with x-sessions and sound.

2004-01-22 Thread Soumyadip Modak
On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 07:31, Jerome R. Acks wrote: > > Maybe also install metacity. > How do i get Gnome to use Metacity instead of Sawfish. I'm on Debian Unstable. Thanks a lot -- Soumyadip Modak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscr

Re: Debian testing: problems with x-sessions and sound.

2004-01-21 Thread Jerome R. Acks
On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 02:25:29PM +, Adam wrote: > I've installed Debian testing with gdm on an Athlon system. The Debian and > KDE sessions work (and are the same); so does "failsafe xterm", which is a > bit bare for my taste. > > Every time I try GNOME or Failsafe GNOME, I get the followin

Re: Debian testing: problems with x-sessions and sound.

2004-01-21 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Adam (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > [...] > Also, I have no sound. When I log into KDE, I get this error: > > Sound server informationl message: > Error while initializing the sound driver: > device /dev/dsp can't be opened (Permission denied) > The sound server will continue, using the n

Debian testing: problems with x-sessions and sound.

2004-01-21 Thread Adam
I've installed Debian testing with gdm on an Athlon system. The Debian and KDE sessions work (and are the same); so does "failsafe xterm", which is a bit bare for my taste. Every time I try GNOME or Failsafe GNOME, I get the following error message: There was an error startin the GNOME Settings

Re: Problems with X and the Intel i855GM integrated graphics

2003-08-14 Thread Guilherme A Mendes
It seems you are using the incorrect video card or there are options you didnt set up correctly on XF86Config-4. Have you already tried to run X -configure ? If so, search more information at google.com about your video card. Regards, GMendes On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 14:17, Magnus von Koeller wro

Problems with X and the Intel i855GM integrated graphics

2003-08-14 Thread Magnus von Koeller
Hi, I just bought a new Dell Laptop. It's an Inspiron 500m with the Pentium M, integrated Intel graphics and an 1400x1050 display. I installed Linux and access on the command line works fine. Now I wanted to configure X but ran into loads of trouble. I downloaded the latest Intel drivers, compile

Re: Problems with X and unstable

2003-03-02 Thread andyrew
Chris Hoover wrote: On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 12:46:16PM -0500 or thereabouts, andyrew wrote: Chris Hoover wrote: (EE) Failed to load module "pex5" (module does not exist, 0) Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a:spencode.o": No symbols found (EE) Failed to load module "xie" (module

Re: Problems with X and unstable

2003-03-02 Thread Chris Hoover
On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 12:46:16PM -0500 or thereabouts, andyrew wrote: > Chris Hoover wrote: > > > >(EE) Failed to load module "pex5" (module does not exist, 0) > >Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a:spencode.o": No > >symbols found > >(EE) Failed to load module "xie" (module does

Re: Problems with X and unstable

2003-03-02 Thread andyrew
Chris Hoover wrote: (EE) Failed to load module "pex5" (module does not exist, 0) Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a:spencode.o": No symbols found (EE) Failed to load module "xie" (module does not exist, 0) Symbol FontFilePriorityRegisterRenderer from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/

Problems with X and unstable

2003-03-02 Thread Chris Hoover
I am in need of some help. It appears that the X packages in the unstable distribution where updated and now I can not get into X. I am attaching the log from trying to run a startx to show what the problem is. Before this happened on Friday, I was running X without a problem on my Dell Insp

problems with X on an S3 trio64

2002-02-13 Thread skinjob
I am currently trying to get X running on an installation of Potato on an IBM PC-330 Pentium90 w/ 40megs RAM and an integrated S3 Trio64 whivh has 1 mb of ram onboard. I have the XServer_S3 installed. I have no problems running x in 640x480, 800x600, or 1024x768 as long as the color

Re: dpms problems with X 4?

2001-04-09 Thread Chris Majewski
I've had DPMS problems with 4.0.2 as well, though different from what you describe. In my case, APM seemed to conflict with DPMS. In particular, the sequence xset dpms force suspend apm --suspend did not work as expected (the second line would cancel out the effects of the first). FWIW,

RE: testing upgrade now problems with X...solved somewhat

2001-04-05 Thread Rob Zietlow
Message- From: Rob Zietlow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 5:12 AM To: Debian-User Subject: testing upgrade now problems with X I just upgraded to testing. I rebooted, and then logged in fine. Now when I try and start X I get this error message. X: cannot stat /etc/X11/X

testing upgrade now problems with X

2001-04-05 Thread Rob Zietlow
I just upgraded to testing. I rebooted, and then logged in fine. Now when I try and start X I get this error message. X: cannot stat /etc/X11/X (No such file or Directory), aborting. giving up Xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3):

Re: dpms problems with X 4?

2001-04-04 Thread John Bagdanoff
On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 12:06:18AM -0400, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 07:33:08PM -0700, Eric G. Miller wrote: > > Yea, think this is something with the X screensaver. X screensaver > > probably kicks on at 10 minutes, and doesn't go to Standby 'til 30 > > minutes. Seems the

Re: dpms problems with X 4?

2001-04-03 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 07:33:08PM -0700, Eric G. Miller wrote: > Yea, think this is something with the X screensaver. X screensaver > probably kicks on at 10 minutes, and doesn't go to Standby 'til 30 > minutes. Seems the two need to get in sync... That should not be the case. According to the

Re: dpms problems with X 4?

2001-04-03 Thread Eric G. Miller
On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 10:22:29PM -0400, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > Hello. I'm having a strange problem with X 4.0.2 (woody) and my Energy > Star compliant Sony monitor. I've configured X to use DPMS to turn off > the monitor after 10 minutes of inactivity with the following line in > XF86Config

dpms problems with X 4?

2001-04-03 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
Hello. I'm having a strange problem with X 4.0.2 (woody) and my Energy Star compliant Sony monitor. I've configured X to use DPMS to turn off the monitor after 10 minutes of inactivity with the following line in XF86Config-4: Option "DPMS" Option "OffTime" "10" After th

Re: Install problems with X. Was, Re: I don't get apt-get

2001-03-07 Thread Eric Richardson
Steven Dickenson wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 03:06:04PM -0700, Eric Richardson wrote: > > Now I have a problem since X won't work and I can't kill it via > > ctrl-alt-backspace. (perhaps since this is a laptop and the keyboard > > mapping is wrong - see [xf86config keyboard question] thread

Re: Install problems with X. Was, Re: I don't get apt-get

2001-03-07 Thread Steven Dickenson
On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 03:06:04PM -0700, Eric Richardson wrote: > Now I have a problem since X won't work and I can't kill it via > ctrl-alt-backspace. (perhaps since this is a laptop and the keyboard > mapping is wrong - see [xf86config keyboard question] thread) I tried > booting off the cd and

Install problems with X. Was, Re: I don't get apt-get

2001-03-06 Thread Eric Richardson
Steven Dickenson wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 01:26:57PM -0700, Eric Richardson wrote: > > > > Now when the installer started to install, it asked me to put in CD disk > > 1, which I did, but it seems that the installer is installing everything > > off the net. > > Your CDs are 2.2r0. The

Re: Several problems with X

2000-11-14 Thread kmself
on Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 12:20:19AM +0100, Dominik Eismann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello everybody! > > 1. starting X via startx as normal user, I only get something like an > xterm without window decorations, not a real X session. On the console > that I started X from, it says "Can not find

Several problems with X

2000-11-13 Thread Dominik Eismann
Hello everybody! I recently installed potato on a PIII Box. Since my Video Card (ATI Rage 128 Pro) only works well with XF4 (as far as I know), I installed that from the unstable tree and it works fine (means, when I login as root and startx, I get a wonderful wmaker session). Besides wmaker I ins

Re: more problems with X

2000-10-21 Thread Willy Lee
"Kent" == Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Brandt Dusthimer wrote: >>> Bob Edwards wrote: >>> (2) I have a Microsoft Natural keyboard, and the number pad on the >>> far right of the keyboard does not work; >> > It sounds like you don't have the correct keyboard setting in your > /etc/XF8

Re: more problems with X

2000-10-20 Thread Kent West
Brandt Dusthimer wrote: For the upper 25% of the screen: You have some type of Virtual Windows setup. You can get rid of it if you edit the XF86Config. For the number pad: do you have Num Lock on? For the Xstart up: if your configuration allows it, you can press Ctrl-Alt-Bksp to dump yourself

Re: more problems with X

2000-10-20 Thread Brandt Dusthimer
For the upper 25% of the screen: You have some type of Virtual Windows setup. You can get rid of it if you edit the XF86Config. For the number pad: do you have Num Lock on? For the Xstart up: if your configuration allows it, you can press Ctrl-Alt-Bksp to dump yourself into bash or whatever you u

more problems with X

2000-10-20 Thread Bob Edwards
Greetings ! After help from a lot of folks on this list, I have a good news-bad news situation. The good news is that x is now running. The bad news: (1) when x fires up, I only have what appears to be the upper left 25 % of the screen; (2) I have a Microsoft Natural keyboard, and the number pa

Re: Problems with X

1999-08-13 Thread Alisdair McDiarmid
On Thu, Aug 12, 1999 at 02:50:07AM +0100, Alisdair McDiarmid wrote: > I've been fiddling with my XF86Config file to get the GLX module > working properly, and I've obviously broken something, somewhere. > I'm not sure if it's in the configuration file, but now X refuses > to blank, suspend or switc

Problems with X

1999-08-12 Thread Alisdair McDiarmid
I've been fiddling with my XF86Config file to get the GLX module working properly, and I've obviously broken something, somewhere. I'm not sure if it's in the configuration file, but now X refuses to blank, suspend or switch off my monitor at all, and xdm pays no attention to its configuration file

Re: Slink upgrade - problems with X.

1999-03-18 Thread Anthony Campbell
Jim McCloskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >In Debian, unlike most linux distributions, /usr/X11R6/bin/X is not a >symlink to the `real' X binary. It's a wrapper-program which reads a >configuration file /etc/X11R6/xserver to find out which X server to >run (and some other things). >In hamm (haven

Slink upgrade - problems with X.

1999-03-17 Thread Anthony Campbell
I just upgraded to slink, and followed the instructions to delete xbase. Lots of problems have resulted. I am very confused by the new X stuff. Startx wasn't installed, but I found it on the CDRom and installed it. To get startx to work I had to make a link from /etc/X11/XF86Config to /etc/XF86

Problems with X locale.

1999-03-08 Thread Paulo J. da Silva e Silva
Hello, I`ve done an upgrade to X 3.3.2.3a-11, using apt. I am using a mix of slink and hamm and a touch of potato. Now, some applications like window-maker (0.51.0-3) and gnome (1.0.1) gives the following warning: Warning: locale not supported by Xlib, locale set to C Everything works well if

Re: Problems with X

1999-01-06 Thread Robert Rati
On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Mon, Jan 04, 1999 at 01:30:29PM -0500, Robert Rati wrote: > > I had X running fine with one little problem before getting a Monster 3D > > II card a little while back. One small problem was that I have xdm kick > > up two X windows. Well, about fi

Re: Problems with X

1999-01-06 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Jan 04, 1999 at 01:30:29PM -0500, Robert Rati wrote: > I had X running fine with one little problem before getting a Monster 3D > II card a little while back. One small problem was that I have xdm kick > up two X windows. Well, about five minutes after boot, I would get kicked > over to t

Problems with X

1999-01-04 Thread Robert Rati
I had X running fine with one little problem before getting a Monster 3D II card a little while back. One small problem was that I have xdm kick up two X windows. Well, about five minutes after boot, I would get kicked over to the second X window for no reason. I could switch back to the first o

problems with X (locales)

1998-12-09 Thread mmsuomel
Hi all, I've got following problem: when I try to launch Netscape, it won't start complaining about missing locales (C). When I checked into /usr/X11R6/bin/X11/lib/locale the directory was empty. Someone on the list had found previously this to be the problem but I don't have the know-how how

Re: problems with X

1998-08-20 Thread Ole J. Tetlie
* Charles Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | me to my second problem. During the installation of X, the screen went | haywire and I just hit enter for a few options so that I could get out | of the installation. During this, I must have selected Y to the question | about X starting at boot. Now I am tr

problems with X

1998-08-20 Thread Charles Perry
I am trying to install X on my computer. Everything seems to install fine except the graphics card. I have an ATI All-in-Wonder Pro. I think that I should set it to Mach64 but it doesn't work. The screen goes black and the computer is useless. Then, I have to reboot...which brings me to my second p

Re: problems with X in hamm

1998-07-20 Thread Carlo U. Segre
On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, Alexander wrote: > Hi... > > Perhaps you should try downgrading to an older version of the X > servers/packages? > Probably, I will do that but it will require installing 1.3 fresh since a downgrade of just the X packages is not possible. Carlo <-

Re: problems with X in hamm

1998-07-20 Thread Carlo U. Segre
On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, Michael B. Taylor wrote: > On Thu, Jul 16, 1998 at 04:16:08PM -0500, Carlo U. Segre wrote: > > > > I have been trying to install a new machine with the frozen hamm > > distribution and I am running into 2 problems with X11. > > > > 1. No user outside root is allowed to start

Re: problems with X in hamm

1998-07-20 Thread Carlo U. Segre
On Sat, 18 Jul 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I am not using hamm, but is the wrapper /usr/X11R6/bin/X suid root? yes it is. Carlo <---> Carlo U. Segre Associate Professor of Physics Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL 60616 Voice:(312) 567-3498 FAX:

Re: problems with X in hamm

1998-07-20 Thread Alexander
> > Cc: Debian Users Mailing List , > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: problems with X in hamm > Resent-Date: 17 Jul 1998 15:35:39 - > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; > > > "Carlo U. Segre" wrote

Re: problems with X in hamm

1998-07-18 Thread stephen . p . ryan
On 17 Jul, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > "Carlo U. Segre" wrote: > >> I have been trying to install a new machine with the frozen hamm >> distribution and I am running into 2 problems with X11. >> >> 1. No user outside root is allowed to start X11. This may be a >> configuration issue but I know

Re: problems with X in hamm

1998-07-18 Thread paul
I am not using hamm, but is the wrapper /usr/X11R6/bin/X suid root? On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, Carlo U. Segre wrote: > > I have been trying to install a new machine with the frozen hamm > distribution and I am running into 2 problems with X11. > > 1. No user outside root is allowed to start X11. Th

Re: problems with X in hamm

1998-07-17 Thread Peter S Galbraith
"Carlo U. Segre" wrote: > I have been trying to install a new machine with the frozen hamm > distribution and I am running into 2 problems with X11. > > 1. No user outside root is allowed to start X11. This may be a > configuration issue but I know that this did not happen in Debian 1.3 > > 2.

Re: problems with X in hamm

1998-07-16 Thread Michael B. Taylor
On Thu, Jul 16, 1998 at 04:16:08PM -0500, Carlo U. Segre wrote: > > I have been trying to install a new machine with the frozen hamm > distribution and I am running into 2 problems with X11. > > 1. No user outside root is allowed to start X11. This may be a > configuration issue but I know that

problems with X in hamm

1998-07-16 Thread Carlo U. Segre
I have been trying to install a new machine with the frozen hamm distribution and I am running into 2 problems with X11. 1. No user outside root is allowed to start X11. This may be a configuration issue but I know that this did not happen in Debian 1.3 2. I use a S3 ViRGE video card and I am n

problems with x links in frozen

1998-04-13 Thread Britton
Are these warnings critical? Are they all related to the a.out errors? Sorry if this is all useless information. Preparing to replace xviewg 3.2p1.4-2 (using .../x11/xviewg_3.2p1.4-3.deb) ... Unpacking replacement xviewg ... ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/i486-linuxaout/libdb.so.1 (No su

Problems with X-Windows & Riva 128

1998-01-06 Thread Mischa Brose
Who knows how to get Debian and x-windows working with a Diamond Viper V330 or any other graphics-adapter with nVidia Riva 128 - Chip? I found a driver at S.u.s.e., but don´t know if it´s possible to use it. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Problems with X-programs

1997-09-15 Thread Adrian Bridgett
On Sep 06, Karsten Bolding wrote > Hi > > Got my new machine (orca) and started to migrate programs from the old > (dolphin). So far I've run into two problems - maybe unrelated - but both has > to du with > X. > > 1: ncview is a very nice utility to browse netcdf-files > (cirrus.ucsd.edu:/pub

Problems with X-programs

1997-09-06 Thread Karsten Bolding
Hi Got my new machine (orca) and started to migrate programs from the old (dolphin). So far I've run into two problems - maybe unrelated - but both has to du with X. 1: ncview is a very nice utility to browse netcdf-files (cirrus.ucsd.edu:/pub/ncview). I'm able to compile, although I've to do

RE: problems with X in debian 1.3

1997-08-15 Thread John Cook
excerpt from a recent rant: >>There are *still* bugs in the 1.3 installation >(such as the problems with X). Are the X problems in 1.3 documented anywhere? I am about to try configuring/running X on a new 1.3.1 installation and would appreciate any pointers here. (I have an ATI

Re: Problems with X

1997-06-02 Thread Paul McDermott
sorry lamar, look in the file Xservers in /etc/X11/xdm that is where you change it. sorry for the miss information. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Problems with X, reprise

1997-06-02 Thread Lamar Folsom
Hi again, y'all. Though Paul's suggestion didn't solve my problem, it _did_ remind me that /etc/X11/Xserver should be pointing to /usr/X11R6/bin/X instead of XF86_W32. After I made this change, I now get a different response from the X server: (crystalcave:merlin)~$ startx Unable to load interp

Re: Problems with X

1997-06-02 Thread Lamar Folsom
> hi Lamar, I had something similar happen to me. The problem is in your > /etc/X11/Xserver file the last line should contain the following: > :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X > The reason why you are not getting anything on tty7 is that you are not > starting your xserver. I hope this helps. Just fo

Re: Problems with X

1997-06-02 Thread Paul McDermott
hi Lamar, I had something similar happen to me. The problem is in your /etc/X11/Xserver file the last line should contain the following: :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X The reason why you are not getting anything on tty7 is that you are not starting your xserver. I hope this helps. Just for grins do

Problems with X

1997-06-02 Thread Lamar Folsom
Howdy, y'all. Before I explain the problem, let me provide a little background. A couple of weeks ago, I decided to upgrade my system from 1.2 to 1.3. Rather than just switching to the frozen directory and upgrading packages, I did a full install to see if I could help test the new distribution.

Problems with X fonts

1997-04-29 Thread Steve Preston
I have used the Dec 96 InfoMagic cd set to install Debian 1.2 on a couple machines. On one machine I had trouble installing X. When dselect was installing/configuring xfntbase, the program mkfontdir printed a whole bunch of messages like this: mkfontdir: unable to process font ./5x7.pcf.Z, sk

Re: Problems with X and gcc

1996-12-13 Thread Philippe Troin
On Thu, 12 Dec 1996 04:41:21 EST Kevin McEnhill ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > *** gcc *** > This probably has to do with the upgrade I tried last week. According to > 'dpkg --list', everything is installed and configured. That is all fine and > dandy but when I tried to compile one of my programs

Problems with X and gcc

1996-12-12 Thread Kevin McEnhill
Howdy one and all, I upgraded to 1.2 from 1.1 and I have been banging my head on my keyboard trying to fix the two problems I ran across. *** gcc *** This probably has to do with the upgrade I tried last week. According to 'dpkg --list', everything is installed and configured. That is all fine a

Re: problems with X

1996-10-08 Thread Chris R. Martin
On Sat, 5 Oct 1996, Stephen Early wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: > >I have installed Debian 1.1.9 and xbase, xlib, xserver-svga, and fvwm > >packages. I chose during xbase to use xdm to start x.. and during boot-up > >I see the message "starting xdm".. however typing "xdm" at a

Re: problems with X

1996-10-06 Thread Stephen Early
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >I have installed Debian 1.1.9 and xbase, xlib, xserver-svga, and fvwm >packages. I chose during xbase to use xdm to start x.. and during boot-up >I see the message "starting xdm".. however typing "xdm" at a root prompt >doesn't do anything. I tried xinit a

Re: problems with X

1996-10-05 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Thu, 3 Oct 1996, Chris R. Martin wrote: > > I have installed Debian 1.1.9 and xbase, xlib, xserver-svga, and fvwm > packages. I chose during xbase to use xdm to start x.. and during boot-up > I see the message "starting xdm".. however typing "xdm" at a root prompt > doesn't do anything. I trie

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