Hello

joshua at madsims.net joshua at madsims.net
Tue May 13 11:07:32 EDT 2003


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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