In reference to a message from Heitzso, dated Oct 25:
> I'm running debian unstable and sometime in
> the recent past (few months?) gdm stopped letting
> me login as root to X.
>
> I understand that there might be security benefits
> to blocking root's logging onto X, but it keeps
> me from easily
> I am running a Dell latitude C600 with the ATI Rage mobility chipset
> which was working well with hardware acceleration (GLcore, dri, glx)
> under the Debian 4.1 sid packages.
>
> Upgrading to the pre-release 4.2 packages doesn't work well with all
> sorts of screen instability.. and the occasi
> I am working on a side project that takes the windows inf files and maps
> them to the appropriate Linux driver. (Pain in the ass) This is still a
> ways off. If anyone wants help, Let me know.
hrm. i just posted that other message before i got to this one..
anyway, something somewhat relat
(previously posted to debian-boot)
Hi,
I'd like to submit an idea for your consideration. I've written a simple
perl script that can detect many PCI video cards. The idea is to help
users select what X server to install. I was wondering if this is something
the boot-floppies team would be interes
> For PCI users, I remember someone on #debian-devel had done a little
> script that could pick your video card and X server. One of the most
> confusing things for new users is picking the vid card. The script
> worked cross platform (so long as it was PCI). I don't remember the
> name of it or
Hi Adam,
xvidetect was installed into the archives yesterday, so you should be able
to get it from your favorite mirror. Please note that the copy in the
archive is slightly different from the one that's in my homedir on master.
(it uses /usr/share/doc instead of /usr/doc)
> Um, would it be possi
Thanks Eric!
I'm working with Branden on a X install/config script. Hopefully I'll have
something ready by the end of today or tomorrow.
randolph
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> Ok -- hum. Someone with X experience would have to tell us what
> packages we need to pull in. I know of the xserver-common, and
> the dynamic detection of xserver-*, then the depends for that
> will pull in much. A standard X "profile" would include xcontrib
> and standard client pkgs, etc.
hi joey,
> > The script you want to run is anXious (name courtesy of Branden :P). It uses
> > whiptail. Run it with the --test option if you don't want it to actually run
> > apt-get at the end to install the packages.
>
> Hi, I took a look at this.
>
> The selection of window manager is going t
> Just tell me when. During the freeze I plan to get the virtual packages
> and alternatives for x-window-manager and x-terminal-emulator crammed down
> everyone's throat. :)
Just a quick comment -- once Branden manages to push through this change, we
will be able to do a better (more extensible
> the dialog boxes tells me that i don't have a /proc/pci (which is normal since
> i don't have a pci bus on my hardware, and am using an fbdev X server anyway.)
[...]
> Anyway, since at least two arches that debian will support with potato use the
> fbdev X server, and maybe other could use it too
> I would like it if it would require `xserver-vga16' and `xf86setup'
This doesn't seem right at all...
> to be installed, then run `XF86Setup' (anXious didn't work; I tried
> it... XF86Setup is the best one).
if it doesn't work, please file bugs either in the bts or to me directly.
just "did
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> It sure would be nice if after a fresh install, I could be up and
> running with a fully functional X configuration, complete with Gnome
> and a decent window-manager.
that is the intention.
> Not everything needed is installed, I've found, using the `si
In reference to a message from Branden Robinson, dated Aug 21:
> On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 01:53:06AM -0400, Amy Fong wrote:
> > xlibgl1's depending on a package that it provides seems to have made
> > dpkg rather unhappy.
>
> Aha, and another person is caught not reading the README...
this is a bu
Can someone at least temporarily filter [EMAIL PROTECTED] off the
debian-x list? he is apparently running a windows email client that has
been infected with the navidad virus and is flooding the list with
copies of old mails with virus attachments.
randolph
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Debian Developer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In reference to a message from Branden Robinson, dated Aug 21:
> On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 01:53:06AM -0400, Amy Fong wrote:
> > xlibgl1's depending on a package that it provides seems to have made
> > dpkg rather unhappy.
>
> Aha, and another person is caught not reading the README...
this is a b
Can someone at least temporarily filter [EMAIL PROTECTED] off the
debian-x list? he is apparently running a windows email client that has
been infected with the navidad virus and is flooding the list with
copies of old mails with virus attachments.
randolph
--
Debian Developer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
In reference to a message from Heitzso, dated Oct 25:
> I'm running debian unstable and sometime in
> the recent past (few months?) gdm stopped letting
> me login as root to X.
>
> I understand that there might be security benefits
> to blocking root's logging onto X, but it keeps
> me from easil
> I am running a Dell latitude C600 with the ATI Rage mobility chipset
> which was working well with hardware acceleration (GLcore, dri, glx)
> under the Debian 4.1 sid packages.
>
> Upgrading to the pre-release 4.2 packages doesn't work well with all
> sorts of screen instability.. and the occas
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