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QuadSix50

QuadSix50

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You forgot to include the wildcard at the end of "xorg.conf" that I included in the command above. This way, it will find anything that begins with "xorg.conf" in the name. The way you did it will only find exact matches.

I'm reviewing your xorg.conf file that you poster earlier to see if there's something wrong at that line.

I have a feeling that something might be awry in the way your have your formatting of the file. Are you copying the contents or retyping everything?

If you want, I can send you the file itself in the proper formatting. You would just have to move the file over to /etc/X11 yourself.

 
QuadSix50

QuadSix50

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OK then...let me post it here again. I have a feeling it's a formatting issue (I noticed that SubSection "Display" was not indented, so I'm wondering if that's the problem).

Copy it verbatim...

Code: 
Section "ServerLayout"
  Identifier     "X.org Configured"
  Screen         "Screen0" 0 0
  InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
  InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
  RgbPath      "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
  ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
EndSection

Section "Module"
  Load  "xtrap"
  Load  "dbe"
  Load  "extmod"
  Load  "record"
  Load  "glx"
  Load  "type1"
  Load  "freetype"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Identifier  "Keyboard0"
  Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Identifier  "Mouse0"
  Driver      "mouse"
  Option       "Protocol" "auto"
  Option       "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
  Option       "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
  Identifier   "Monitor0"
  VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
  ModelName    "Monitor Model"
  HorizSync   30 - 95
  VertRefresh   50-200
EndSection

Section "Device"
       ### Available Driver options are:-
       ### Values: : integer, : float, : "True"/"False",
       ### : "String", : " Hz/kHz/MHz"
       ### [arg]: arg optional
       #Option     "NoAccel"               # []
       #Option     "SWcursor"              # []
       #Option     "Dac6Bit"               # []
       #Option     "Dac8Bit"               # []
       #Option     "DMAForXv"              # []
       #Option     "ForcePCIMode"          # []
       #Option     "CCEPIOMode"            # []
       #Option     "CCENoSecurity"         # []
       #Option     "CCEusecTimeout"        # 
       #Option     "AGPMode"               # 
       #Option     "AGPSize"               # 
       #Option     "RingSize"              # 
       #Option     "BufferSize"            # 
       #Option     "EnablePageFlip"        # []
       #Option     "Display"               # 
       #Option     "PanelWidth"            # 
       #Option     "PanelHeight"           # 
       #Option     "ProgramFPRegs"         # []
       #Option     "UseFBDev"              # []
       #Option     "VideoKey"              # 
       #Option     "ShowCache"             # []
       #Option     "VGAAccess"             # []
  Identifier  "Card0"
  Driver      "ati"
  VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
  BoardName   "Rage 128 RE/SG"
  BusID       "PCI:0:16:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
  Identifier "Screen0"
  Device     "Card0"
  Monitor    "Monitor0"
  DefaultDepth 16
  SubSection "Display"
     #Viewport   0 0
     Depth     1
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
     Viewport   0 0
     Depth     4
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
     Viewport   0 0
     Depth     8
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
     Viewport   0 0
     Depth     15
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
     Viewport   0 0
     Depth     16
     Modes   "1024x768"
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
     Viewport   0 0
     Depth     24
  EndSubSection
EndSection
 
M

MacTCP

Well-known member
No can do. I can't get on the internet with Linux to copy and paste since my xorg.conf file (and its backup) is non-functioning. [:D] ]'>

 
QuadSix50

QuadSix50

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Well, that's what I was getting at if you were typing it all in since you didn't have the ability to launch a GUI. Mind you, you can still browse the web using the Links browser and copy the text using the GPM console mouse (that should have come up during the installation). If you do use Links, you might have to do it in blocks, but it's better than typing it all in.

 
ChristTrekker

ChristTrekker

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Well, that's what I was getting at if you were typing it all in since you didn't have the ability to launch a GUI. Mind you, you can still browse the web using the Links browser and copy the text using the GPM console mouse (that should have come up during the installation). If you do use Links, you might have to do it in blocks, but it's better than typing it all in.
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Using either Links or Lynx you can capture a page dump from the command line to a file, then edit that with vi/emacs/pico. Might be easier than the mouse route without a GUI.

command -dump url > myfile

If for some reason you get source instead of the rendered page, add the -force-html option.

 
QuadSix50

QuadSix50

Well-known member
Well, that's what I was getting at if you were typing it all in since you didn't have the ability to launch a GUI. Mind you, you can still browse the web using the Links browser and copy the text using the GPM console mouse (that should have come up during the installation). If you do use Links, you might have to do it in blocks, but it's better than typing it all in.
Click to expand...
Using either Links or Lynx you can capture a page dump from the command line to a file, then edit that with vi/emacs/pico. Might be easier than the mouse route without a GUI.

command -dump url > myfile

If for some reason you get source instead of the rendered page, add the -force-html option.
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Excellent! Thanks for the tip, ChristTrekker. :)

 
M

MacTCP

Well-known member
Well, that's what I was getting at if you were typing it all in since you didn't have the ability to launch a GUI. Mind you, you can still browse the web using the Links browser and copy the text using the GPM console mouse (that should have come up during the installation). If you do use Links, you might have to do it in blocks, but it's better than typing it all in.
Click to expand...
Using either Links or Lynx you can capture a page dump from the command line to a file, then edit that with vi/emacs/pico. Might be easier than the mouse route without a GUI.

command -dump url > myfile

If for some reason you get source instead of the rendered page, add the -force-html option.
Click to expand...
How do I enter a command in Links? And do I type in what you put, or do I have to add etc/X11/xorg.conf somewhere in there?

BTW, I just got a 40% off promotional code from O'Reilly in my email, so I ordered Running Linux for only $29.95 instead of $49.95! [:)] ]'>

 
alk

alk

Well-known member
@ChristTrekker...
Are you sure? I remember wiping out some directories because I hadn't added the last slash...unless something has changed since that happened to me.
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Quite. That isn't how mv works. But if you have a file named X11 and you try to move something else into /etc/X11 that you think is a directory, then X11 (the file) will be replaced with whatever you are moving.

That's why I always do mv blah.txt /etc/X11/.

If X11 isn't a directory, mv will complain.

Peace,

Drew

 
QuadSix50

QuadSix50

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At this point, you might just want to give up the ghost until you've familiarized yourself with Slack. You can still continue to tinker on a working GNU/Linux system while running QEMU and running Slackintosh (or any Slack derivative depending on the CPU you choose) within that. This way, you can familiarize yourself with the CLI first before delving completely into Slackintosh.

I had the same overwhelming feeling when I installed Slackware at version 8.0. I had used Red Hat and Mandrake at the time before moving to Slackware. I loved the philosophy of it, but I just wasn't ready for the type of environment offered in Slackware. Eventually I kept at it and learned a lot by using it. However, I still had a working production GNU/Linus distro installed for my everyday use. I would suggest doing that and learning Slackintosh in QEMU so you can learn while still do regular everyday tasks because at this point you're not really getting much use out of your Linux/ppc system with Slackintosh.

As a matter of fact, this is exactly what I'm going to do with FreeBSD. I'm going to run it on VMware under x86 Gutsy and tinker with it like that until I'm familiarized enough to run it exclusively on a system. That way I can still do what I need to do regularly all the while learning another OS...best of both worlds.

Just my thoughts on the subject. :b&w:

 
M

MacTCP

Well-known member
It was ok at 800x600. But now I don't even have that. >_< But now that I've gotten my first taste, I want to keep on going.

I just need to know:

1. How do you enter a command within Links?

2. What command would I need to dump this page into xorg.conf?

 
QuadSix50

QuadSix50

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Well, what made it confusing is that ChristTrekker made it seem as though those were the commands. However, he meant to say "[command] -dump [url-of-page] > foobarfile", so it would actually be something like this:

Code: 
links -dump http://68kmla.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=43000#43000 > 68kmlapage
Then, you would open up the file "68kmlapage" that was created in the path you're in and copy the necessary text.

The only problem with doing it this way is that it's going to include the text of the ENTIRE page, not just the post or the text from the xorg.conf file that's embedded in the post.

 
M

MacTCP

Well-known member
Ok, I got the following in perfectly.

Code: 
Section "ServerLayout"
  Identifier     "X.org Configured"
  Screen         "Screen0" 0 0
  InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
  InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
  RgbPath      "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
  ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
  FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
EndSection

Section "Module"
  Load  "xtrap"
  Load  "dbe"
  Load  "extmod"
  Load  "record"
  Load  "glx"
  Load  "type1"
  Load  "freetype"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Identifier  "Keyboard0"
  Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Identifier  "Mouse0"
  Driver      "mouse"
  Option       "Protocol" "auto"
  Option       "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
  Option       "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
  Identifier   "Monitor0"
  VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
  ModelName    "Monitor Model"
  HorizSync   30 - 95
  VertRefresh   50-200
EndSection

Section "Device"
       ### Available Driver options are:-
       ### Values: : integer, : float, : "True"/"False",
       ### : "String", : " Hz/kHz/MHz"
       ### [arg]: arg optional
       #Option     "NoAccel"               # []
       #Option     "SWcursor"              # []
       #Option     "Dac6Bit"               # []
       #Option     "Dac8Bit"               # []
       #Option     "DMAForXv"              # []
       #Option     "ForcePCIMode"          # []
       #Option     "CCEPIOMode"            # []
       #Option     "CCENoSecurity"         # []
       #Option     "CCEusecTimeout"        # 
       #Option     "AGPMode"               # 
       #Option     "AGPSize"               # 
       #Option     "RingSize"              # 
       #Option     "BufferSize"            # 
       #Option     "EnablePageFlip"        # []
       #Option     "Display"               # 
       #Option     "PanelWidth"            # 
       #Option     "PanelHeight"           # 
       #Option     "ProgramFPRegs"         # []
       #Option     "UseFBDev"              # []
       #Option     "VideoKey"              # 
       #Option     "ShowCache"             # []
       #Option     "VGAAccess"             # []
  Identifier  "Card0"
  Driver      "ati"
  VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
  BoardName   "Rage 128 RE/SG"
  BusID       "PCI:0:16:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
  Identifier "Screen0"
  Device     "Card0"
  Monitor    "Monitor0"
  DefaultDepth 16
  SubSection "Display"
     #Viewport   0 0
     Depth     1
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
     Viewport   0 0
     Depth     4
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
     Viewport   0 0
     Depth     8
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
     Viewport   0 0
     Depth     15
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
     Viewport   0 0
     Depth     16
     Modes   "1024x768"
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
     Viewport   0 0
     Depth     24
  EndSubSection
EndSection
The result is:

Fatal server error:

no screens found

[:)] ]'>

 
QuadSix50

QuadSix50

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On this section....

Code: 
Section "ServerLayout"
  Identifier     "X.org Configured"
  Screen         "Screen0" 0 0
  InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
  InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
...take out the two zeros after "Screen0" and save. Test again with startx.

 
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