Geforce II under Xwindows

2002-02-11 Thread Ihab Mohsen
For some reason I cant run any xserver for my Geforce II VE graphics card except the VGA_16 server so you can guess what the graphics are like...any ideas which server I should be running __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Gree

X windows Problem

2002-01-22 Thread Ihab Mohsen
How can I get x windows to run under any user other than root or su? When I logon as a normal user and try to run my x windows (using startx) the xserver starts and then it exits because “No valid modes found”. When I try to run xdm, it says, “only root wants to run xdm”; but when I su from this s

Kernel 2.5.1 Problem

2002-01-22 Thread Ihab Mohsen
Im running debian 2.0 on a compaq persario. The computer was working fine with kernel 2.2.7 but after upgrading to kernel 2.5.1 it wouldnt recoginze my sound card(even though I chose the exact same driver that worked with the 2.2.7 configuration). Also when I shutdown or reboot, the computer seems

Sound Problem

2002-04-28 Thread Ihab Mohsen
I'm running debian 2.2 kernel 2.2.18. I compiled the proper drivers for my sound card, but the system doesn't seem to have anyproper devices. I know that the kernel is properly configured for the sound card I have. The reason I say this is that when I cat /dev/sndstat, cprrect information about my

pppd dialin problem

2002-04-30 Thread Ihab Mohsen
im running debian 2.2 kernel 2.2.19. im trying to setup my computer as a dialin server with ppp and everthing. I got the slip account to work meaning that when someone dials in from a windows machine and open a terminal they can run a shell and login. I then configured the shell account to run pppd

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2002-04-30 Thread Ihab Mohsen
im running debian 2.2 kernel 2.2.19. im trying to setup my computer as a dialin server with ppp and everthing. I got the slip account to work meaning that when someone dials in from a windows machine and open a terminal they can run a shell and login. I then configured the shell account to run pppd