Re: legitimate linux question

[Wesley Leonard <x95leonard@xxxxxxxxx>]

I would recommend (once you get your computer back in shape) booting
into linux at runlevel 3 (at the LILO: prompt, enter 'linux 3').  From
there,  log in as root, run Xconfigurator (everything in UNIX is case
sensitive, that's why I typed for you correctly) or XF86Setup--I
recommend Xconfigurator.  It kind of walks you through and does a lot of
neat probing.

Good luck.

-- 
Wesley Leonard
x95leonard@wmich.edu

http://members.xoom.com/pacd
"Anyone who stands out in the middle of a road looks like roadkill to
me."
	--Linus Torvalds 
	  (Referring to the cover of Bill Gates' book "The Road Ahead")


Zachary Florian wrote:
> 
> does Xconfigurator or XF86Setup only run in CLI? or is it an Xprogram and is
> it case sensitive (i.e. xconfigurator with the small "x" won't work) because
> i tried to run xconfigurator, xf86setup, xf86config and a few others that i
> found on the Linux.org website How-To
> 
> also i'm impressed with the ease i found in RH6.1's PPP configuration...
> very easy to do...
> 
> also any idea why Linux is running very slowly on my computer? slower than
> even Win98... i know, thousands upon thousands of possibilities, where
> should i start looking and what am i looking for?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wesley Leonard <x95leonard@wmich.edu>
> To: klug@klug.armintl.com <klug@klug.armintl.com>
> Date: Saturday, October 30, 1999 11:48 AM
> Subject: Re: legitimate linux question
> 
> >Run Xconfigurator or XF86Setup
> >
> >or, you can edit the config files manually...  I usually just run the
> >config programs.
> >
> >
> >--
> >Wesley Leonard
> >x95leonard@wmich.edu
> >
> >http://members.xoom.com/pacd
> >"Anyone who stands out in the middle of a road looks like roadkill to
> >me."
> > --Linus Torvalds
> >   (Referring to the cover of Bill Gates' book "The Road Ahead")
> >
> >Zachary Florian wrote:
> >>
> >> so anyhow i got myself a real true to life modem *clap, clap, cheers from
> >> the peanut gallery* and replaced that crappy WinModem... anyhow all that
> >> really meant was that i wanted to re-install Linux, so i started to look
> for
> >> that copy i had once upon a time... it ended up being easier to pick up
> >> RH6.1 from Best Buy for $20... anyhow i installed it, i'm not gonna ask
> any
> >> PPP questions right now cause i'll peruse the archives first... anyhow my
> >> question is more severe... i installed the GNOME workstation install
> (don't
> >> really know the difference between GNOME and KDE but oh well) and it
> runs, a
> >> little slowly but that's okay i guess, anyhow my question is how do i set
> >> the screen resolution to be higher... it appears to be at 640x480 and i
> >> wouldn't mind at least 800x600 if not 1024x768... yes that's my question:
> >> how do i set the screen resolution to be higher?
> >>
> >> thanks for your time...
> >
> >