Re: Tweaking Linux

[Bruce Smith <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Before i get ahead of my self with the laptop and all, i should really
> get linux working the way i want on this box...  So i have a few
> questions.  One, i have the STB Velocity 128 3d AGP (Nvidia Riva 128
> chip set) on my machine.  And the drivers i have for it under linux dont
> seem to work worth a darn!  The color is all messed up, there is
> pixilation all over the screen, its like its in 256 color mode or
> something, and its really annoying!  That's my first major problem!

I *think* that's the exact same video card I'm running at work.
It works fine in 24bpp color for me, but I'm running Redhat 6.0.
I suspect you need the latest XFree86 release (or Redhat 6).

> second is, kppp wont dial my modem, it says it wont respond or
> something.  Now i know its there and that it works under linux because
> it has dialed out before.  Any suggestions? 

Nope.

> And one final thing, when i
> mount my windows partition, whenever i tried to load something out of
> that partition it says PERMISSION DENIED, kinda like, hahaha, its there
> but i'm not going to let you use it!

Is the partition mounted?  Can you read data from it?  Can you write?
Contents of your /etc/fstab file?  Your mount command syntax?

> Theses are just 3 questions out of
> a list of 1 million or so, so any help would be great!
> btw, i am using Red Hat 5.2
> P.S....... i went to best buy today to get 6.0
> and it was $74!!!  I remember when it was
> about $30.. these times, they are a changin'! :-)

Come to a meeting and you can get a copy for $2.
(no support from Redhat, and no printed manual)
See  http://klug.armintl.com/bsware/

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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