Re: Lilo and Red Hat 6.1

[Sam Simson <nospam [at] freenet.co.uk>]

Ian Wright wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Thanks for the comments but can anyone give me a few file names to look at
> and see if I can sort things out please? I'm sure I have this machine 90% of
> the way there but I must have overlooked something and I'm damned if I can
> remember exactly what I did on the other one.  The problem I have is that
> there are so many files in linux with similar cryptic names and I am not yet
> familiar with them all.  It would be a great help if someone set to and
> produced a booklet or web page or something listing all the files in
> groups - like 'this group are concerned with networking, file systems,
> keyboard operation, whatever....then a list'
>
> I also have a bit of a problem with the video setup. I am using an ATI Rage
> II with an old Samsung Syncmaster 3 monitor - both supported in RH6.1 and
> working OK but, I can't get it to work in anything less than 1024 x 782 or
> whatever (it might even be in 1132 x ???) mode and its ruining my old eyes
> trying to see it. According to the monitor specs. it should do 800 x 600 at
> 56KHz but when I tried uncommenting that line in the ??? file (see..
> forgotten the name already!), the picture just broke up as though it was on
> the wrong frequency.  I can't seem to find XF86Setup or anything similar in
> RH6.1 to let me choose the default resolution - any ideas?

XF86Setup isn't installed by rh6.1 - you get  XF86Configurator instead. You'll
find the rpm for XF86Setup on the distro cd. I couldn't get XF86Configurator to
set my vid mode either, nor would it allow me to toggle resolutions. XF86Setup
worked ok though.

Sam

>
>
> Ian
> --
> Ian W. Wright
> Sheffield  UK
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Paul Sims <psims [at] lombard.co.uk>
> To: <sheflug [at] vuw.ac.nz>
> Sent: 15 February 2000 08:41
> Subject: RE: Lilo and Red Hat 6.1
>
> > You need to set your shares to browseable if you want to see them in
> Network Neighborhood.
>
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