Too late.
Due to my lack of Linux/Unix skill/experience, I fucked up X Server. Now
all I get it text.
I'm not good enough to troubleshoot it, so I'll just have to re-install
SuSE.
BTW, what do I check in /etc/XF86/Config...not much help...pretty
obsecure to me...Maybe I'll stick to using Widnows 2000, at least that
works the way Bill wanted it to for me.
***FRUSTRATED**
-Chris
On Sat, 19 May 2001 17:47:14 -0700 Magnus Hagebris
You might want to check the file /etc/XF86Config. And the appz 'xvidtune' & 'xf86config'
Chris M Miller wrote:
How do I know at what resolution my screen is set for?
And how do I adjust it? It needs some help.
thanks,
-Chris
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This is my screen section in XF86Config (starts below the next paragraph). I have added comments behind the lines that will help you understand how the commands work for the X-server config file. Linux is not easy, steep learning curve. The big difference is that It's all developed by people and companies that are concerned with improving the state of technology without becoming an overbloated, overmarketed financial vacuum cleaner Linux is fastly becoming a standard by which people that want a reliable and secure system without having to pay through the nose. If you believe the Mr. Gates' OS is more to you liking then I certainly recommend using what you comfortable with. If you interested in being the master of your own system (this takes time) then run a dual boot system until you can make the switch (that's what I'm doing). Either way I strongly recommend that you consider very very hard before doing something like upgrading to XP or any of the new MS products - not unless you like to rent your software and don't care who knows about your personal information (and I mean personal info). Just my 2 cents - Look at the lines below. Hope this helps. Cheers. Curtis Rey :) Section "Screen" DefaultDepth 24 #(this line is the default color depth, please not that this depth will also allow programs to run in 32 bit) SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" #(my default resolution is 1024x768) EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 32 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection Device "NV AGP" Identifier "Screen AGP" Monitor "Monitor[0]" EndSection On Saturday 19 May 2001 22:33, Chris M Miller wrote:
Too late.
Due to my lack of Linux/Unix skill/experience, I fucked up X Server. Now all I get it text.
I'm not good enough to troubleshoot it, so I'll just have to re-install SuSE. BTW, what do I check in /etc/XF86/Config...not much help...pretty obsecure to me...Maybe I'll stick to using Widnows 2000, at least that works the way Bill wanted it to for me.
***FRUSTRATED**
-Chris
On Sat, 19 May 2001 17:47:14 -0700 Magnus Hagebris
writes: You might want to check the file /etc/XF86Config. And the appz 'xvidtune' & 'xf86config'
Chris M Miller wrote:
How do I know at what resolution my screen is set for?
And how do I adjust it? It needs some help.
thanks,
-Chris
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Hey, no need to be rash! ;) Just run sax or sax2 (Or is it SaX?) again.
You should be able to ger it working again without much problem.
How do I know? I fucked up enough X settings to know!
Good luck!
Geordon
Power to the Penguin!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris M Miller"
Due to my lack of Linux/Unix skill/experience, I fucked up X Server. Now all I get it text.
I'm not good enough to troubleshoot it, so I'll just have to re-install SuSE. BTW, what do I check in /etc/XF86/Config...not much help...pretty obsecure to me...Maybe I'll stick to using Widnows 2000, at least that works the way Bill wanted it to for me.
***FRUSTRATED**
-Chris
This is a load of crap. I built a W2K/98 box yesterday out of parts I had laying around..it's not a bad box... K6-III 400 256M of RAM Viper 550 SMC 10/100 NIC AWE 64 56X CDROM All in all..not a bad box..but I can tell you this. I have had to reinstall DiabloII twice because it smoked itself, I had to re sys the C: drive because I installed Office2000 and when it rebooted it said it was an invalid system disk and many other trials and tribulations over the last 2 days. I will tell you this .. I have been using Linux/Unix exclusively for about 4 years now..and I never have this much frustration with setting up software. I forgot that one walks on eggshells when running Windows. It's pretty much garbage. I will keep the box for a while as it is and play the games until I get frustrated enought with this toy OS...and when this level of frustration occurs then it will just become a FreeBSD box. I don't, can't, won't ever believe this crap about Windows being easier. It's a crock. What's easier is putting up with what you know even if it's shit...because RTFMing and asking questions to get one's self up to speed on something else is too much of a pain in the arse. Windows isn't is just something to cause me more hair loss and that's something *I* do not need ;) I say go back to Windows..pay bill more money or pirate there software, but don't whine. Ask questions and we will help and after a bit you will realize as many of here have that you don't need so much help and you are giving more help then taking it...and man, that's a good feeling to learn and know what your doing. I know it's frustrating..but don't give up so easy. * Chris M Miller (cmmiller73@juno.com) [010519 23:29]: -> ->Too late. -> ->Due to my lack of Linux/Unix skill/experience, I fucked up X Server. Now ->all I get it text. -> ->I'm not good enough to troubleshoot it, so I'll just have to re-install ->SuSE. ->BTW, what do I check in /etc/XF86/Config...not much help...pretty ->obsecure to me...Maybe I'll stick to using Widnows 2000, at least that ->works the way Bill wanted it to for me. -> ->***FRUSTRATED** -> -- Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org ----- If two men agree on everything, you can be sure that only one of them is doing the thinking.
I've been using Linux since July of 2000 and I still consider my self a newbie. Linux distro's come with so many programs and apps that I don't think I've even started to understand a 10th of what's there. The point is that I've used windows for about 7-8 years and "the only" advantage to using Windows is that the vast majority of programs are writing for that piece of crap. I have had windows just hose it's self out of the blue (ya, know - BSOD). The only time that Linux has been hosed is when I do something to cause it - it doesn't die unless "i" kill it. As with Ben, the only thing I use Windows for is to play games. And, If Loki and the other game developers make more games for Linux then Bill can kiss my A$$. It will be very interesting to see the state of Linux in 5 years. Think about windows five years.ago. Win3.x was a sluggish piece of crap and then W95 came out - computers took off and software development exploded. Now sales of Windows OS' are on a slow and steady decline and Alternative OS' such as Linux are making steady gains. Governemts and businesses are starting to ditch M$ base products and going open source (the U.S has started to run Linux in a vast array of departments[can you say NASA], German gov has outlawed M$ on official and military systems and enterprise is finally seeing the light). Once the software developers start to support Linux in mass there will be no more sh^tty OS to suck money and keep the public from experiencing truely <empty clipboard>inovative and financially sound computing. Learn how it works from the ground up, before it's gets all the GUI interfaces that the common user needs - Stay Ahead Of The Curve. Read, Ask, And Answer. And yes Ben is right - Lately I've been doling out more help then I've been needing questions answered! If you can graduate from school then Linux is just a simple study project - No Sweat, Just a bit of effort at first :) On Sunday 20 May 2001 01:43, Ben Rosenberg wrote:
This is a load of crap. I built a W2K/98 box yesterday out of parts I had laying around..it's not a bad box...
K6-III 400 256M of RAM Viper 550 SMC 10/100 NIC AWE 64 56X CDROM
All in all..not a bad box..but I can tell you this. I have had to reinstall DiabloII twice because it smoked itself, I had to re sys the C: drive because I installed Office2000 and when it rebooted it said it was an invalid system disk and many other trials and tribulations over the last 2 days. I will tell you this .. I have been using Linux/Unix exclusively for about 4 years now..and I never have this much frustration with setting up software. I forgot that one walks on eggshells when running Windows. It's pretty much garbage. I will keep the box for a while as it is and play the games until I get frustrated enought with this toy OS...and when this level of frustration occurs then it will just become a FreeBSD box.
I don't, can't, won't ever believe this crap about Windows being easier. It's a crock. What's easier is putting up with what you know even if it's shit...because RTFMing and asking questions to get one's self up to speed on something else is too much of a pain in the arse. Windows isn't is just something to cause me more hair loss and that's something *I* do not need ;)
I say go back to Windows..pay bill more money or pirate there software, but don't whine. Ask questions and we will help and after a bit you will realize as many of here have that you don't need so much help and you are giving more help then taking it...and man, that's a good feeling to learn and know what your doing. I know it's frustrating..but don't give up so easy.
* Chris M Miller (cmmiller73@juno.com) [010519 23:29]: -> ->Too late. -> ->Due to my lack of Linux/Unix skill/experience, I fucked up X Server. Now ->all I get it text. -> ->I'm not good enough to troubleshoot it, so I'll just have to re-install ->SuSE. ->BTW, what do I check in /etc/XF86/Config...not much help...pretty ->obsecure to me...Maybe I'll stick to using Widnows 2000, at least that ->works the way Bill wanted it to for me. -> ->***FRUSTRATED** ->
I'm not "new" to linux but using it really for only a few weeks. I'd been using windows for years and went into problems every week. The most interesting with win9x is its skill to become slower every day. I never understood this sh** as I'm a programmer and can't code something not working as good as I can. Microsoft programmers are the shame of programming. Anyway giving up after a little bad experience is really deceptive. All your life you'll encounter obstacles but if you really want it you will jump over them quickly. Computers are "theorically" working strictly (but not with windows, that's why it is almost running but never really a satisfaction :)). When I asked some people about linux beofre starting using it, some of them told me to not be afrid of doing silly stuffs with it to learn how it works. I had to install it two times (I mean SuSE, I'm not speaking about other distrib I tried before). I just managed to configure my mouse wheel (I was not trying to do so, just saw a message on the mailing list speaking about it and set it up) and I'm happy about that. Everytime I learn something new with Linux (well I do discover more interesting things than the mouse wheel ;-)) I feel good and less idiot (it may seem stupid but it is as it). What I'm trying to say is that many people are acting like you: "well let's use the easiest, even if it's the worst". I just say: "no!". Maybe linux is not for you but try it a little before giving up. Plus you have a wide range of linux solutions, maybe the one you tried is not the appropriate for you. And don't forget you can ask questions, find many help etc. Ciao! Ju. (who is impatient to throw windoz to the trash bin :)) On Sunday 20 May 2001 08:43, Ben Rosenberg wrote:
This is a load of crap. I built a W2K/98 box yesterday out of parts I had laying around..it's not a bad box...
K6-III 400 256M of RAM Viper 550 SMC 10/100 NIC AWE 64 56X CDROM
All in all..not a bad box..but I can tell you this. I have had to reinstall DiabloII twice because it smoked itself, I had to re sys the C: drive because I installed Office2000 and when it rebooted it said it was an invalid system disk and many other trials and tribulations over the last 2 days. I will tell you this .. I have been using Linux/Unix exclusively for about 4 years now..and I never have this much frustration with setting up software. I forgot that one walks on eggshells when running Windows. It's pretty much garbage. I will keep the box for a while as it is and play the games until I get frustrated enought with this toy OS...and when this level of frustration occurs then it will just become a FreeBSD box.
I don't, can't, won't ever believe this crap about Windows being easier. It's a crock. What's easier is putting up with what you know even if it's shit...because RTFMing and asking questions to get one's self up to speed on something else is too much of a pain in the arse. Windows isn't is just something to cause me more hair loss and that's something *I* do not need ;)
I say go back to Windows..pay bill more money or pirate there software, but don't whine. Ask questions and we will help and after a bit you will realize as many of here have that you don't need so much help and you are giving more help then taking it...and man, that's a good feeling to learn and know what your doing. I know it's frustrating..but don't give up so easy.
* Chris M Miller (cmmiller73@juno.com) [010519 23:29]: -> ->Too late. -> ->Due to my lack of Linux/Unix skill/experience, I fucked up X Server. Now ->all I get it text. -> ->I'm not good enough to troubleshoot it, so I'll just have to re-install ->SuSE. ->BTW, what do I check in /etc/XF86/Config...not much help...pretty ->obsecure to me...Maybe I'll stick to using Widnows 2000, at least that ->works the way Bill wanted it to for me. -> ->***FRUSTRATED** ->
Chris M Miller wrote:
BTW, what do I check in /etc/XF86/Config...not much help...pretty obsecure to me...
Setting the screen resolution is rather clearly described in the handbook, e.g. in the 7.1 handbook: 8.6 Optimizing the Installation of the X Window System --> Screen Section, page 273. Switch between the screen resolutions set in /etc/XF86Config with Ctrl + Alt + gray+ (gray+ is the + on the numerical keypad). SH
participants (6)
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Ben Rosenberg
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Chris M Miller
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Curtis Rey
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Geordon VanTassle
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Julien Biezemans
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Sjoerd Hiemstra