Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 13:11:58 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Kazem Akbari <akbari@alpha.CES.CWRU.Edu> Cc: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, Kazem Akbari <akbari@alpha.CES.CWRU.Edu>, freebsd@freebsd.com, xfree86@xfree86.com, questions@xfree86.com Subject: Re: Question regarding CD-Drive access and XF86 Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960307130911.3734C-100000@mocha.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <199603070800.DAA00395@fluorite.CES.CWRU.Edu>
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On Thu, 7 Mar 1996, Kazem Akbari wrote: > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > |==> > |==> On Wed, 6 Mar 1996, Kazem Akbari wrote: > |==> > |==> > It has been for past three weeks which I am struggling to install > |==> > and test the XFree86 on my computer but in spite of all my efforts the > |==> > resolution is really terrible and I cannot do anything to fix it. > |==> > |==> It would be nice if you would tell us what the problem is :) > > > The problem is, the resolution of my X-window is terrible, in other > words the cursor scrolls down, up, left, and right out of the frame of > my monitor, I mean some of the windows are not visiible unless you > point the curser to the sides of monitor's screen. In addition, the This problem is caused by a feature of X called virtual screens. I hate that too. To disable that, go into your XF86Config file (mine is in /etc, maybe yours is too?) and locate the lines that set the virtual widnow size (search for VIRTUAL). You will see two numbers following the virtual token, which shows the horizontal and vertical virtual size. Set thses both to 0, and the virtual feature will disappear. > Ctl-Alt-+ is not working for the recycling of the resolution. In the > mean time, there are three windows in the X-window (login, xterm, and > xterm) environment, but the problem is, my T-shell facilities are not > working properly (i.e., aliases). And also when I click on the "exit" > of the icon-menu to get out the X-window, only the icon-menu get > disappeared but the system does not shut down the X-window, so the > only solution is to type Ctl-Alt-BackSpace to get out the X-window. > Therefore, I tried to fix the problems by having access to the extra > CD-rom from vendor (Walnut Creek), but I couldn't mount it because the > message says: mount: Command not found. I believe the cdrom device is > not configured. Anyways, any help is appreciated to solve these > problems. > > > |==> > In > |==> > the mean time, I do not know how to have access to CD-Drive in the > |==> > Unix system to read from (i.e., %> D: in DOS for example). It will be > |==> > greatly appreciated if you give me a detailed direction for the > |==> > successful installation of the XFree86 and having access to the > |==> > "Floppy and CD drivers". > > > |==> What UNIX are you using? FreeBSD? If so, I need to know what kind of > |==> CDROM you have, where it is connected, and some generic machine details > |==> (cpu, disks, etc). > > I am using the FreeBSD 2.1, and other information is as follows: > > CD: 6x internal from TEAC > Floppy: 1.44 from NEC > CPU: Intel Pentum 133 MHz > Motherboard: Endeavor II, with Triton Chipset and 512kb Pipline-Burst Cache > RAM: 32MB EDO (60ns) > Hard: 2.1 GB EIDE from Seagate > Graphic: Diamond Stealth-64 Video VRAM (model 3400XL) with 4MB VRAM > Monitor: CTX 1785GMe .26 dp and (1280x1024) > > I hope it's enough. Should you have any further question don't > hesitate to drop me a note. > > > > Doug White | University of Oregon > > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > > Kazem Akbari. > -- > > ========================================================================== Chuck Robey chuckr@eng.umd.edu, I run FreeBSD-current on n3lxx + Journey2 Three Accounts for the Super-users in the sky, Seven for the Operators in their halls of fame, Nine for Ordinary Users doomed to crie, One for the Illegal Cracker with his evil game In the Domains of Internet where the data lie. One Account to rule them all, One Account to watch them, One Account to make them all and in the network bind them.
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