Re: [kde-linux] Non-functinal kde displays with 11.4

2011-11-20 Thread Duncan
Felix Miata posted on Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:16:49 -0500 as excerpted: > On 2011/11/20 09:27 (GMT-0800) FrankK composed: > >> Since the LXDE desktop knows how to configure a display with my >> hardware, shouldn't I be able to somehow capture that information >> and feed it into kde to get a display?

Re: [kde-linux] Non-functinal kde displays with 11.4

2011-11-20 Thread Felix Miata
On 2011/11/20 09:27 (GMT-0800) FrankK composed: Since the LXDE desktop knows how to configure a display with my hardware, shouldn't I be able to somehow capture that information and feed it into kde to get a display? Can't do it. What you need is to change a yes to a no (or 1 to 0, or on to of

Re: [kde-linux] Non-functinal kde displays with 11.4

2011-11-20 Thread Felix Miata
On 2011/11/20 09:27 (GMT-0800) FrankK composed: -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/

Re: [kde-linux] Non-functinal kde displays with 11.4

2011-11-20 Thread FrankK
Felix, Duncan, thanks for the responses! --- Original Message --- >From: Felix Miata[mailto:mrma...@earthlink.net] Sent: 11/20/2011 2:17:13 AM To : kde-linux@kde.org Cc : Subject : RE: Re: [kde-linux] Non-functinal kde displays with 11.4 On 2011/11/20 14:08 (

Re: [kde-linux] Non-functinal kde displays with 11.4

2011-11-20 Thread Felix Miata
On 2011/11/20 14:08 (GMT+0800) Goh Lip composed: Felix Miata posted on Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:17:13 -0500 as excerpted: On 2011/11/20 04:53 (GMT) Duncan composed: the main distro's shipping versions are months behind, so 4.7 won't hit most of them them until this spring. =:^( openSUSE

Re: [kde-linux] Non-functinal kde displays with 11.4

2011-11-19 Thread Goh Lip
On 11/20/11 14:05, Duncan wrote: Felix Miata posted on Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:17:13 -0500 as excerpted: On 2011/11/20 04:53 (GMT) Duncan composed: the main distro's shipping versions are months behind, so 4.7 won't hit most of them them until this spring. =:^( openSUSE 12.1, with KDE 4.7.2, se

Re: [kde-linux] Non-functinal kde displays with 11.4

2011-11-19 Thread Duncan
Felix Miata posted on Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:17:13 -0500 as excerpted: > On 2011/11/20 04:53 (GMT) Duncan composed: > >> the main distro's shipping versions are months behind, so 4.7 won't hit >> most of them them until this spring. =:^( > > openSUSE 12.1, with KDE 4.7.2, seems to have been release

Re: [kde-linux] Non-functinal kde displays with 11.4

2011-11-19 Thread Felix Miata
On 2011/11/20 04:53 (GMT) Duncan composed: the main distro's shipping versions are months behind, so 4.7 won't hit most of them them until this spring. =:^( openSUSE 12.1, with KDE 4.7.2, seems to have been released officially a few days ago. I was using 12.1 long before it was announced (thr

Re: [kde-linux] Non-functinal kde displays with 11.4

2011-11-19 Thread Duncan
Duncan posted on Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:33:40 + as excerpted: > FrankK posted on Sat, 19 Nov 2011 13:58:43 -0800 as excerpted: [snipped] > Looking forward to seeing replies with the requested info. =:^) Sorry, your reply with the info appeared as a different thread, here, and I didn't see it

Re: [kde-linux] Non-functinal kde displays with 11.4

2011-11-19 Thread Duncan
Felix Miata posted on Sat, 19 Nov 2011 22:05:35 -0500 as excerpted: > Anyway the fact that you have this problem using older hardware only in > KDE but not LXDE suggests that your old hardware was not among the > hardware tested as drivers and KDE have continued to evolve. Likely your > hardware r

Re: [kde-linux] Non-functinal kde displays with 11.4

2011-11-19 Thread Duncan
FrankK posted on Sat, 19 Nov 2011 13:58:43 -0800 as excerpted: > I think this post is more pertinent to kde-linux than to openSuse, but > you can be the judge of that. Makes sense, but then what's the 11.4 in the subject? KDE is only up to 4.7.3, so 11.4 makes absolutely no sense if you're delib

Re: [kde-linux] Non-functinal kde displays with 11.4

2011-11-19 Thread Felix Miata
On 2011/11/19 20:50 (GMT-0500) FrankK composed: Basic: lspci | grep VGA Detailed: hwinfo --gfxcard /var/log/Xorg.0.log Quoting a .sig from an email can result in the part of your messages that follows the quote to disappear from an attempt to respond. That's what happened here. Never quote a

Re: [kde-linux] Non-functinal kde displays with 11.4

2011-11-19 Thread FrankK
Felix, thanks for the response! --- Original Message --- >From: Felix Miata[mailto:mrma...@earthlink.net] Sent: 11/19/2011 4:52:49 PM To : kde-linux@kde.org Cc : Subject : RE: Re: [kde-linux] Non-functinal kde displays with 11.4 On 2011/11/19 13:58 (GMT-0

Re: [kde-linux] Non-functinal kde displays with 11.4

2011-11-19 Thread Felix Miata
On 2011/11/19 13:58 (GMT-0800) FrankK composed: [Without telling anything about his hardware, crucial to solving video problems regardless of DTE.] Basic: lspci | grep VGA Detailed: hwinfo --gfxcard /var/log/Xorg.0.log I'm guessing you have some kind of NVidia chip. -- "The wise are known for

[kde-linux] Non-functinal kde displays with 11.4

2011-11-19 Thread FrankK
Hello list! I think this post is more pertinent to kde-linux than to openSuse, but you can be the judge of that. I'm writing this because three recent installs of the stock kde 4.6 on openSuse 11.4 DVD for i532 32 bit, resulted in a non-functional display. All three installs were on old HW, but a