Re: small laptop with only floppy drive
x windows is installed i dd what u told me to aand it says
x-window-system version 4.1.0-16woody5 description X window system
kde says version 2.2.25 and gnome says version 2.2.5.5-2 xdm says
version 4.1.0-16woody5
help please?
very linux newbie dont know how to do anything thanks.
On Apr 8, 2005 8:29 PM, Kfir Lavi <kfirlavi@actcom.co.il> wrote:
> Did you installed the x windows system?
> check it like that:
> dpkg -l x-window-system
> also
> dpkg -l kde
> if they are not installed, install them like that:
> apt-get install x-window-system kde
>
> On Saturday 09 April 2005 03:46, Brandon Richards wrote:
> > but the X11 directory isnt there?
> > just wondering how to do it?
> >
> > On Apr 8, 2005 6:58 PM, Kfir Lavi <kfirlavi@actcom.co.il> wrote:
> > > On Saturday 09 April 2005 02:43, Brandon Richards wrote:
> > > > another problem developed. i have stable installed. when i got it
> > > > installed it wont let me into the graphical interface due to the fact
> > > > that i think i chose the wrong install option. when i installed i
> > > > chose the vga driver option but then i chose the colors as 24. now it
> > > > wont boot into the graphical interface. i found a website to help but
> > > > cant figure out how to rpm the package into the directory. please
> > > > help. website is:
> > > > <http://www.hpcc.uh.edu/~tonyc/sony/linux-main.html>.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for any help u can provide. also there is no
> > > > /etc/x11/xf86config directory in my system.
> > >
> > > This is the file you will need to edit as root:
> > > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
> > >
> > > Find the section:
> > > Section "Screen"
> > >
> > > and after change this:
> > > DefaultDepth 16
> > >
> > > maybe your DefaultDepth is 24, change it to 16.
> > >
> > > Then restart the X server.
>
>
>
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