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« Reply #30 on: March 28, 2004, 01:46:35 PM »
will do. i'm struggling with getting VNC working so i don't have to keep switching this monitor cable....

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« Reply #31 on: March 28, 2004, 05:15:09 PM »
Why not buy a KVM switch so that you can use the same keyboard, monitor and mouse between the two machines?  Probably a lot easier than using VNC.

If Mandrake is the popular choice then www.mandraeuser.org might be useful.  I tend to visit www.pclinuxonline.com regularly as well.

I've been a Mandrake user for 4-5 years now and haven't changed my boot manager to point at Windows again since then.  I'll be moving over to Knoppix just as soon as I get it to stop hanging cos of the wlan card.
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« Reply #32 on: March 28, 2004, 10:29:19 PM »
KVM would work, although with VNC workin' i could put th e linux box in the closet....

thanks for the links, +T.  Why move to Knoppix, Ross?

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« Reply #33 on: March 28, 2004, 10:35:29 PM »
"Why move to Knoppix, Ross? "

apparently you havent experienced the wonders of apt-get
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« Reply #34 on: March 29, 2004, 02:29:00 AM »
I'm moving to Knoppix at some point because I've been using Linux for long enough now that I don't need my hand held so much by Mandrake.  I think Mandrake is a great distro but I rarely, if ever, use any of its custom built tools, preferring to use vi and the config files instead.

Also, apt-get.  Mmmmm!  Although urpmi is a step in the right direction the Mandrake dependancy lists are horrendous!  Trying to install or uninstall one simple program brings about 100Mb of dependancies.  I want to move to something bit leaner and easier to keep up to date.
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« Reply #35 on: March 29, 2004, 05:07:52 AM »
Quote from: cooker on March 28, 2004, 10:29:19 PM
KVM would work, although with VNC workin' i could put th e linux box in the closet....

thanks for the links, +T.  Why move to Knoppix, Ross?

What kind of problems are you having?  I got it working right away, with the VNC that came with the distro.
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« Reply #36 on: March 29, 2004, 08:39:41 AM »
RossHenry, Knoppix isn't "leaner" in that you dont have a say as to what gets installed.
you can always un-install programs though. . .
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« Reply #37 on: March 29, 2004, 12:43:24 PM »
You're right in that the install is not really a lot more lean, but with a hd install you get debian which can be stripped down to bare essentials much more easily than Mandrake.  As I said before, I find the Mandrake dependancy lists hellish to work with and that counts for both installing and uninstalling.  Sure, I could just use --nodeps but that's just forcing it to do what I want.  I'd rather try and get a system that doesn't argue with me so much!  

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« Reply #38 on: March 30, 2004, 08:36:42 PM »
i installed tightvnc because it didn't seem like i had a vnc server installed (typing vncserver did nothing for me, port 5900 wasn't accepting connections) and now the server will initialize, but i can't connect to it from other machines..

i'm throwing down the guantlet tomorrow, leaving the linux box plugged in to the monitor when i leave for work, forcing the wife to use it.  
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« Reply #39 on: March 30, 2004, 10:11:24 PM »
Quote from: cooker on March 30, 2004, 08:36:42 PM
i installed tightvnc because it didn't seem like i had a vnc server installed (typing vncserver did nothing for me, port 5900 wasn't accepting connections) and now the server will initialize, but i can't connect to it from other machines..

i'm throwing down the guantlet tomorrow, leaving the linux box plugged in to the monitor when i leave for work, forcing the wife to use it.  

tightvnc is a package in mandrake.  No need to install it yourself.
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« Reply #40 on: March 31, 2004, 07:05:53 PM »
yeah I installed it via the package loader...
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« Reply #41 on: April 11, 2004, 06:32:07 PM »
anyone know why during installing redhat 9 my comp keeps locking up during the "spell check" package.  i ran the md5s before burning the .ISOs  it has done it 3 times and i cant figure out how to not install it.  i am a good speller!

edit:  nevermind, got it figured out.  disc had an error on it.
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« Reply #42 on: April 12, 2004, 01:06:18 AM »
well i hit the next wall.  everything works fine except my video card.  the screen goes blank when linux starts to boot the graphical interface.  i am using this on an old machine with an ATI Rage Pro AGP integrated video card.  during the installation it recognized my card fine and installed the mach64 drivers, but maybe these are the wrong drivers.  i have searched and searched the internet to find a way to correct this but to no avail.  can anyone help me with this?  i have 0 linux experience.
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« Reply #43 on: April 12, 2004, 02:32:24 PM »
Quote from: chase on April 12, 2004, 01:06:18 AM
well i hit the next wall.  everything works fine except my video card.  the screen goes blank when linux starts to boot the graphical interface.  i am using this on an old machine with an ATI Rage Pro AGP integrated video card.  during the installation it recognized my card fine and installed the mach64 drivers, but maybe these are the wrong drivers.  i have searched and searched the internet to find a way to correct this but to no avail.  can anyone help me with this?  i have 0 linux experience.

try running xconfigurator if you have it.  if not there is a file generally located @ /etc/X11/XF86Config.  I would try lowering the resolution to 800x600 to start w/ since most monitors like that at any refresh rate.  

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Videocard0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth     16
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     16
                Modes    "800x600"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

also for the monitor

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
        ModelName    "Unknown monitor"
        HorizSync    31.5 - 37.9
        VertRefresh  50.0 - 70.0
        Option      "dpms"
EndSection

and video card sections

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard0"
        Driver      "ati"
        VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
        BoardName   "ATI Mach64"
EndSection


attach your config here if you would like me to take a look at it


edit: These config examples are from a compaq dl360 running Redhat Eterprise 3 w/ the onboard video adapter plugged into a crappy LCD/keyboard drawer.
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« Reply #44 on: April 12, 2004, 03:41:09 PM »
I always had problems trying to run X in less than 1024x768.

well, not problems as it ran smoothly, but every distro I tried defaulted window size for a 1024x768 resolution, making it next to impossible to reach some dialog buttons or to manually resize windows via max/restore/min
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