David A Robertson
12-27-2001, 07:25 AM
Merry Christmas all. I have not posted for a while as all was going well, but I trashed my Linux box and decided it was time to upgrade to 8.1. Upgrade did not go well so I re formatted all except /Home and started again.
Problem 1. I appear to have several things running that I do not need or want. This is a standalone PC with a 56K modem sitting on top of it. No networking required. During Linux startup I noticed that HTTPD-Perl, SYMPA and "failed" to bounced PL? are all starting. When I log in as a normal user there are 4 copies of Konqueror running minimised at the bottom of the screen. Also one copy of cut and paste and one of Alarm. I cannot close or maximise these and just have to wait 10 seconds until they give up and close on their own. I can go in to the Control Centre and look at the running taske but I am not sure which ones to get rid of.
Problem 2. Realplayer will not work properly. I kept the RPM in /Home and re ran it. Pictures are fine but it tells me that "sound is in use by another application". Has the file structure changed? I have a SB AWE 64 and all other sounds are fine. There is a new player I have downloaded but it is a .bin file and I have no idea what to do with that.
Problem 3. This is an old one but I have never been able to resolve it. I have a Matrox G400 and a Belinea 10 30 20 17" screen. Every time I get to configuring X it tells me that I can have 4.1 with 3D. It identifies my screen as being capable of 1024x760 at 76Hz (not a Belinea) and offers me 800x600 or 640 x 480. If I select anything other that 3.3.6 and 800x600 without 3D I get a black screen. I have tried every combination of screen res/monitor and I end up re running the Installer to get back to X configuration to get an image again. Sometimes I get to try 1024x760 and it looks fine so I say, yes I'll have that within the 10 seconds, and I still get a black screen.
I don't know how to use the command line to get round this. Where should I start?
Best regards,
David.
Problem 1. I appear to have several things running that I do not need or want. This is a standalone PC with a 56K modem sitting on top of it. No networking required. During Linux startup I noticed that HTTPD-Perl, SYMPA and "failed" to bounced PL? are all starting. When I log in as a normal user there are 4 copies of Konqueror running minimised at the bottom of the screen. Also one copy of cut and paste and one of Alarm. I cannot close or maximise these and just have to wait 10 seconds until they give up and close on their own. I can go in to the Control Centre and look at the running taske but I am not sure which ones to get rid of.
Problem 2. Realplayer will not work properly. I kept the RPM in /Home and re ran it. Pictures are fine but it tells me that "sound is in use by another application". Has the file structure changed? I have a SB AWE 64 and all other sounds are fine. There is a new player I have downloaded but it is a .bin file and I have no idea what to do with that.
Problem 3. This is an old one but I have never been able to resolve it. I have a Matrox G400 and a Belinea 10 30 20 17" screen. Every time I get to configuring X it tells me that I can have 4.1 with 3D. It identifies my screen as being capable of 1024x760 at 76Hz (not a Belinea) and offers me 800x600 or 640 x 480. If I select anything other that 3.3.6 and 800x600 without 3D I get a black screen. I have tried every combination of screen res/monitor and I end up re running the Installer to get back to X configuration to get an image again. Sometimes I get to try 1024x760 and it looks fine so I say, yes I'll have that within the 10 seconds, and I still get a black screen.
I don't know how to use the command line to get round this. Where should I start?
Best regards,
David.