16-bit or 24-bit Color Palette ?

I have just installed Slink on my machine, and have ... almost got it working the way that i want it to. The only thing that won't work is that it is coming up in 256 colors, and I want it to use the 16-bit color palette or greater (with 1024 x 768). I have been running xf86config, and the pr

Unwanted Graphical Login and other woes...

I don't know what I have done, but Linux (using slink) is now booting up to a graphical login. This is not what I want at the moment, and I was wondering if anyone knew what the problem might be ? this is not normally a problem, but I am trying to resolve other problems associated with startx

Another Newbie Q : Sound Configuration

Hi all, What is the best way to configure my sound card in Debian Linux ? thanks !!! regards, Andrew J Fortune

RE: Another Newbie Q : Sound Configuration

v [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 1999 9:29 AM > To: Andrew J Fortune > Cc: Debian-User > Subject: Re: Another Newbie Q : Sound Configuration > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > What is the best way to configure my sound card in Debian Linux

RE: Another Newbie Q : Sound Configuration

> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 1999 12:34 PM > To: Andrew J Fortune > Cc: Debian-User > Subject: RE: Another Newbie Q : Sound Configuration > > > > Andrei, > > > > I have gone to the Device Manager tab in the "My Computer" properties in > > Win95. I have

RE: Another Newbie Q : Sound Configuration

I dont want to fiddle around in the BIOS...that is dangerous for me, as I don't really know what I am doing in there. There must be an easier way than this !!?! Most of the responses I am getting are along the lines "I can't get it to work either". > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL P

RE: BE MORE SIMPLE!!!!

John, I am also a newbie, and let me tell you that the frustration will not stop here. The configuration will take a bit of coming to grips with as well. Having said that, I am not trying to be negativewhat I would like to also say is that there is a tremendous learning curve ahead of you, a

Connecting to the Net

entry for my modem, but how do I fix it ? Thanks for any help. regards, Andrew J Fortune

More Qs about Net Connection (was "Connecting to the Net")

parameters : "/usr/sbin/pppd: In file /etc/ppp/peers/provider: unrecognized option '/dev/modem'". I attempted to fix this by adding the line /dev/modem in the provider file) regards, Andrew J Fortune

RE: More Qs about Net Connection (was "Connecting to the Net")

> When you run pppconfig, and it asks for the modem port and the default > says "/dev/modem", change it to "/dev/ttyS[0-3]", with the 0-3 being the > number of the "COM port" your modem is on minus one. For example, if the > modem is on COM2, you'd specify "/dev/ttyS1". > I have done this. I have

RE: More Qs about Net Connection (was "Connecting to the Net")

Thanks, Ed, and to everyone else who has contributed to the solution of this problem. I am almost there, but not quite > > > > When you run pppconfig, and it asks for the modem port and the default > > says "/dev/modem", change it to "/dev/ttyS[0-3]", with the 0-3 being the > > number of the

Some Newbie Questions

ed in W95, but I am only starting out in the world of Unix (...a whole new world), so if any responses could be in layman's terms I would be grateful :) Thanks in advance for your help !! regards, Andrew J Fortune

dselect woes

I am currently trying to install some packages in Debian 2.0 (using the CD Rom), using dselect. I can select them without any problem, however when I choose the option to actually install them, I get the following error message : "mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc, or t

Thanks for help with my "Newbie Questions"

A big thanks to everyone who helped me out with getting off the ground with Linux !! Everyone has been very friendly, helpful and approachable. I can see that I have a mountain of stuff to learn yet ... ! kind regards, Andrew

Further on the DSELECT saga.....

installation script returned error exit status 1. Press RETURN to continue. " ============ === As always, any help appreciated. regards, Andrew J Fortune

FW: This week: Lotta Linux downloads!

I am on CNET's download.com mailing list, and I thought that the following link (see below) may be of some interest to some people on this list : _ Attention, Linux fans: We've got a new, one-stop resource just for you. For

Solution to the DSELECT saga....

Thanks to those who helped me with this problem. The solution was to make sure that the cdrom was unmounted before going in to DSELECT. regards, Andrew J Fortune

Mozilla installation

I am running Debian v2.0, and I am attempting to install Mozilla via dselect. I got the following list of dependencies : "mozilla depends on lesstifg (>= 0.85.2) mozilla depends on libc6 (>= 2.0.7u) mozilla depends on libc6 (>= 2.0.7u-6) mozilla depends on libstdc++2.9 libstdc++2.9 does not appea

GNOME

I am interested in installing GNOME on my machine. I have gone to the site at http://www.gnome.org, and I notice that the installation is for slink. However, I am currently running with Debian 2.0, and I am wondering if someone could please advise this newbie as to whether or not this installation