[ydl-gen] display problems on apple Xserve G5

Tue Jun 26 14:16:24 MDT 2007

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--- jheadley at gancorp.com wrote:

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Thank you, that was some very useful info; I didn't know about the
runlevels.  It's a lot nicer to work in an environment where I can
read what I'm typing, haha.  Well I was able to edit the XF86Config
file but it didn't help.  I also ran Xautoconfig but it didn't change
anything either.  As far as using Xconfigurator, I checked the rpm
list and found that it was not on my Xserve, so I tried an
installation via ftp with the only link I could find:

ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/Xconfigurator-4.2.4-6.src.rpm

but the link seems to be down.  Is there another place I could get
Xconfigurator from?  Either way I have my doubts that Xconfigurator
can even solve my problem.  Has anyone had similar screen problems to
this? 

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [ydl-gen] display problems on apple Xserve G5
From: "Richardson, Joshua A." <Joshua.Richardson at gd-ais.com>
Date: Tue, June 26, 2007 9:15 am
To: "Discussion List for General Yellow Dog Linux User Topics"
<yellowdog-general at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>

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you&rsquo;re relatively new to Linux, welcome!  Here&rsquo;s one of
the best lessons I&rsquo;ve learned so far.  The command line is your
best friend.  Start in run level 3, find a couple good articles on
configuring X and start trying to do it yourself instead of using GUI
tools.  Nothing against Terrasoft, but damn if I ever see GUI tools
that do the job right when it comes to configuring things.  BTW, its
extremely bad practice to log in as root on the GUI side of things,
or some I&rsquo;ve been told.  My RHCE instructor told me once that
if ever saw a contractor working for him login as root at the GUI he
would never hire them back!  So, just because its good practice, once
you get into run level 3, make yourself another user, then just su to
root from then on.  Anywho, way off topic.  Sorry.  Good luck!

Joshua A. Richardson
(703) 272-1761 -- Office
(540) 383-9093 &ndash; Cell

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From: yellowdog-general-bounces at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
[mailto:yellowdog-general-bounces at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com] On
Behalf Of jheadley at gancorp.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 10:09 AM
To: Discussion List for General Yellow Dog Linux User Topics
Subject: Re: [ydl-gen] display problems on apple Xserve G5

I am using the root account, it's the only account I set up so far.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [ydl-gen] display problems on apple Xserve G5
From: David Seikel <dseikel at terrasoftsolutions.com>
Date: Mon, June 25, 2007 11:36 pm
To: yellowdog-general at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com

On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:23:37 -0700 jheadley at gancorp.com wrote:

> I'm trying to use YDL on an Xserve but I keep running into
problems.

> I installed YDL 4.1 but the graphics mode is really screwed up
where

> the mouse scans across the screen twice and I have to "wipe" the

> screen with the mouse in order to refresh it and see the other
half.

> Also it looks like its in 16 color mode.  People with similar

> problems on the web said they used Xconfigurator or Xautoconfig to

> fix the problem, but when I open the terminal and try to run them
it

> doesnt recognize Xconfigurator and Xautoconfig gives me an error

> saying that xorg.conf cannot be moved or written to.  It gives me
the

> same error even if I change permissions with chmod.  Another
supposed

> fix was to reduce the "Display" options of XF86Config to one

> resolution, but when I try to edit it, I get the same permissions

> problem.  I'm relatively new to Linux so I might be missing
something

> obvious, but any help would be greatly appreciated.

These are the sort of things you need to use the root account for.

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