Re: 2 newbie questions
On Fri, Apr 14, 2000 at 10:30:07AM -0400, Peter Solinsky wrote:
> I have a boca-research modem which is PNP compatable but debian can't
> detect it. Do I need to manually set the jumpers for and open COM and IRQ
> for it to be recognized?
Try http://www.grapevine.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html and make sure
you modem is on the good list.
> 2nd: I am having trouble getting xwindows to work properly. When I run
> xf86config and set the card for SVGA, my monitor blanks and I get nothing,
> the main problem is I cannot get linux to reboot without entering xwin at
> startup which means my screen blanks at startup and I can't rerun config
> w/o wiping everything and starting over.
CNTROL - ALT - BACKSPACE will kill xwindows and get you back to the
command line (usually).
You probably have xdm, which is a package which launches Xwindows
automatically on bootup. If you don't have a good X setup, then it can
be a hassle. Once you get X working if you want to use xdm that's fine.
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Thank you,
Joe Bouchard
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