Hello

JJ Neff jjneff at yahoo.com
Sat May 17 02:30:34 EDT 2003


I started using WM as my desktop og choice on my older hardware but learned to
love it so much I use it even powerful boxes now!

JJN
--- joshua at madsims.net wrote:
> Untill i buy a new one it can only go up to 640x480 and some people have told
> 
> me i should use icewm or the other GUI other then kde and gnome becuase they 
> are to big for the resolution i can set it at.
> Also How can i set the sound card up on my machine i can not figure out how.
> 
> Thanks
> Joshua
> 
> Quoting Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com>:
> 
> > Check to see what monitor was selected. Not being able to change the
> > resolution is usually due to an improper monitor selection. Check that,
> > if the specific monitor is not listed for selection, you can usually
> > select the horiz and vert sync rates manually, check the back of your
> > monitor and make sure they are correct! I've seen monitors get woofed in
> > such a way. Once the proper settings are in place, you should be able to
> > select as high a resolution as the monitor is capable of. 
> > 
> > On Tue, 2003-05-13 at 07:45, joshua at madsims.net wrote:
> > > Thanks i re burnt disk 1 form the iso i had it was the CD-R i have my win
> > box 
> > > downloading the last two disks over. Do you know how configure X to have
> a
> > 
> > > moniter at 640*480 becuase the control panel will not let me change the 
> > > resoltion or the moniter....Also i can't figure out how to set up the
> Sound
> > 
> > > Card.
> > > Thanks the Verison is MDK 8.2 PowerPack and when i get home it will be
> 9.1
> > 
> > > download. Thanks Much
> > > 
> > > joshua at madsims.net
> > > 
> > > Quoting Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com>:
> > > 
> > > > Downloads very often get corrupted. You need to download the md5sum
> list
> > > > with the iso's. Then run the md5sum package against the iso and compare
> > > > the output against the list for that iso. "md5sum disto.iso", then
> "less
> > > > MD5SUM", without the quotes. You would need a working Linux box to do
> > > > this from a command prompt, I am not sure if md5sum works in windows or
> > > > if they have an md5sum package for windows. I would say I have an
> > > > average of about a 60% success rate when downloading. Also, after you
> > > > make sure the iso's are correct, run an md5sum check on the cd's after
> > > > you create them, burners can corrupt as well! Hope this helped,
> > > > peter at cybersource.us 
> > > > btw, Welcome to Linux land! :)
> > > > On Tue, 2003-05-13 at 05:44, Joshua wrote:
> > > > > Hello I am new here. How are you all. I have tried to install Linux
> > > > > many many times and teh most recents were unsussecful. I can get
> > > > > Mandrake 8.2 Installed becuase i bougth the powerpack. But all the
> > > > > download verison of 9.1 have not worked. Does anyone know anything
> > > > > about this?
> > > > >  
> > > > >  
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > > Joshua
> > > > -- 
> > > > Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com>
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > -- 
> > Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com>
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 


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