Fedora Users — Remove me from your email list please!

I have received approx 500 emails from you recently. I didn't I ask for that,all I wanted was help downloading & burning Fedora 2 or 3. Thanks for nothing but a pain in my ___. As much as I would love to try your product 500 emails is too much. Sunny

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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Top Posting and company disclaimer (Jim Cornette)
   2. Re: Wireless card active,	no connection to Internet -RESOLVED
      (apparently) (Richard S. Crawford)
   3. /var/spool/up2date (Frank Stratton -  VE3YY)
   4. Re: mirroring websites solution? wget problems (Cameron Simpson)
   5. Wireless connectivity NOT resolved (Richard S. Crawford)
   6. Re: Wireless connectivity NOT resolved (Chris Ruprecht)
   7. Re: FOSS, Shared Calendars, & Outlook (Marius Andreiana)
   8. Re: Wireless connectivity NOT resolved (Richard S. Crawford)
   9. Oracle 9i and FC3/RHEL 4 howto (gaurav)
  10. Re: Wireless connectivity - was resolved, then unresolved,
      now RESOLVED!!! (Richard S. Crawford)
  11. Re: FOSS, Shared Calendars, & Outlook (D. D. Brierton)
  12. Re: Top Posting.... (Gene Heskett)
  13. Herding cats, Was: Top Posting.... (Sam Williams)
  14. Re: Wireless connectivity NOT resolved (G S)
  15. Re: wide screen laptop problem (G S)
  16. Snort failing at Boot (Mark Sargent)
  17. Strange message during "yum update" in FC3 (Joachim Backes)
  18. Re: wide screen laptop problem (Chris Stark)


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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 23:27:50 -0500
From: Jim Cornette <fc-cornette@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Top Posting and company disclaimer
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <424A2AC6.4000807@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed

Kam Leo wrote:
>
>
> The fedora-list subscription page should contain a great big notice
> that the list contents are not shielded from public viewing.
> Regardless of disclaimer(s) restricting access, dissemination, etc.
> when one posts to this list one posts to a public forum.
>

What would happen with te disclaimers if one was to end there mail
message with a . on a line by itself? Would the disclaimer still be
tagged to the bottom of messages?

Jim

You should not see this (test)

--
In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of
24 hours.
		-- Mark Twain, on New England weather

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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 20:28:08 -0800
From: "Richard S. Crawford" <rscrawford@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Wireless card active,	no connection to Internet -RESOLVED
	(apparently)
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <200503292028.08583.rscrawford@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

On Tuesday 29 March 2005 8:18 pm, Richard S. Crawford flailed at a keyboard
and produced this:

> However, it simply won't connect. I've tried everything I can think of, > including disabling WEP, and nothing seems to get this card talking to the > Internet. I can't even ping my default gateway, 192.168.1.1.

Well, I stopped the pcmcia service and removed the card, then put it back in, thus crashing the system. When I rebooted, I was shocked to find that my wireless card is working.

Typical.  As soon as I post about it, the thing starts working.  I swear,
they're like cats sometimes.

-- Slainte, Richard S. Crawford (mailto: rscrawford@xxxxxxxxxxxx) AIM: Buffalo2K / http://www.mossroot.com "You can't depend on your judgment when your imagination is out of focus." -Mark Twain GPG Public Key located at: http://www.mossroot.com/rscrawford.asc -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/attachments/20050329/2f381a4a/attachment.bin

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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 23:37:23 -0500
From: "Frank Stratton -  VE3YY" <fstratton@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: /var/spool/up2date
To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <ABEGLIFOIHMFMMCMCGMCEEGCDJAA.fstratton@xxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="iso-8859-1"

Thanks Alexander,

I also moved the directory over to an alternate disk and put in a symbolic link. I found 3587 files in the up2date directory but it only has a few RPM files. Seems like a lot of information to keep around. I upgraded this system from Fedora Core 2 to Core 3 and applied the updates. I can't say that I'm very happy with the upgrade path. I lost the automount of CDROMs and some packages have some mysterious problems. I think I will back up my data the next time and "upgrade" by simply loading a new version and replacing the OS.

Cheers,
Frank

Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 04:39:57 +0200
From: Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Var/spool/up2date
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <1111891197.11539.196.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Am So, den 27.03.2005 schrieb Frank Stratton - VE3YY um 3:52:

> My /var/spool/up2date has grown to the point where it has over 300 MB of
> files in it.  Can I delete the files in this directory?

> Frank

Keep the .hdr files. I suggest you reconfigure up2date to not keep the
RPMs after installation, if disk space is an issue for you.

Alexander


--
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legal statement: http://www.uni-x.org/legal.html
Fedora Core 2 GNU/Linux on Athlon with kernel 2.6.10-1.770_FC2smp
Serendipity 04:38:57 up 10 days, 1:35, load average: 0.55, 0.68, 0.84
:
: " Beware of the naked man who offers you his shirt. "
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 14:40:59 +1000
From: Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: mirroring websites solution? wget problems
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <20050330044059.GB6093@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

On 29Mar2005 14:15, Rick Stevens <rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
| I'm assuming the web site owners want you to mirror their sites.  If so,
| why not just set up rsync and be done with it?

Well for me, some mirror sites (planetmirror, aarnet) offer MUCH more
via HTTP than via rsync - for planetmirror it's a side effect of their
paying-members-get-more-bandwidth system (which only works for HTTP,
not RSYNC). For AARNet it seems to be some kind of maintenance or
policy issue. Let me state that I MUCH prefer rsync for mirroring.

At any rate, some things are only available via HTTP.

I have my own problems with wget; not authentication since I'm mirroring
public repositories. My invocation says:

wget --mirror -D hostname -nH --cut-dirs=ncut -P local-dir http://blah...

where ncut is set to get the right portion of the tree. It seems to leak
out of the site (or, possibly, out of the HTTP subtree) into other data
producing a currupt mirror at my end.

Are people aware of problems with --mirror? Are there options I shouldn't
use with it? Is there a standard recipe for mirroring http://blah/sub/path
into an arbitrary subdir _without_ the leading cruft dirs wget normally
prepends (thus the --cut-dirs)?

Cheers,
--
Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743
http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/

We would've believed it was an accidental shooting if he hadn't changed
magazines ......TWICE   - suicide@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:01:35 -0800
From: "Richard S. Crawford" <rscrawford@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Wireless connectivity NOT resolved
To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID: <200503292101.41356.rscrawford@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

I thought it was resolved, but it turned out the WAP had not restored WEP encryption like I thought it had. So, the wireless card works fine with WEP turned off, but not when it's turned on. I've tried:

# iwconfig wlan0 key XXXXXXXXXX restricted

which generates this error:

Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A):
	SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.

My Googling indicates that this might mean that the card does not support
encryption, which I find unlikely since it certainly does under Windows.

I also tried:

# iwconfig wlan0 key 0xXXXXXXXXXX restricted

That generated no errors, but did not give me connectivity.

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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 00:14:29 -0500
From: Chris Ruprecht <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Wireless connectivity NOT resolved
To: rscrawford@xxxxxxxxxxxx,	For users of Fedora Core releases
	<fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Fedora List <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <200503300014.37349.chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

Richard,

what card are you using? I'm running the internat IPW2100 card (Intel stuff) on my ThinkPad. It started to work fine after I got the firmware downloaded and installed correctly.

To get it going I used the GUI netconfig tool (Under System Tools -> Network Device Control in KDE). I set up the key and all that stuff there. Be careful to use the right number of characters for WEP. the 64-bit WEP used 5 bytes (actually only 40 bit encryption). The 160 bit (I think that what it is) uses 13 bytes for encryption.

Since the card works without WEP, my initial thought of checking your MAC
filtering on the WAP would be a moot point, but I mention it anyway.

Also, make sure that you're actually talking to your WAP and not some other
thing that one of your neighbors uses.

Best regards,
Chris

On Wednesday 30 March 2005 00:01, Richard S. Crawford wrote: > I thought it was resolved, but it turned out the WAP had not restored WEP > encryption like I thought it had. So, the wireless card works fine with > WEP turned off, but not when it's turned on. I've tried: > > # iwconfig wlan0 key XXXXXXXXXX restricted > > which generates this error: > > Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A): > SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument. > > My Googling indicates that this might mean that the card does not support > encryption, which I find unlikely since it certainly does under Windows. > > I also tried: > > # iwconfig wlan0 key 0xXXXXXXXXXX restricted > > That generated no errors, but did not give me connectivity. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/attachments/20050330/c51b1b9e/attachment.bin

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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 08:19:42 +0300
From: Marius Andreiana <malists@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: FOSS, Shared Calendars, & Outlook
To: fedora <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <1112159982.3553.5.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain

On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 13:39 -0800, Aaron O'Hara wrote:
> Is anybody aware of software that enables Outlook users and non-Outlook
> users (like Evolution) to share calendar information using a Linux-based
> server?
www.opengroupware.org
Works, good code base, rpms available or use yum.
Evolution plugin is in beta.

--
Marius Andreiana
Epon Business Applications
http://www.epon.ro


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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:25:02 -0800
From: "Richard S. Crawford" <rscrawford@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Wireless connectivity NOT resolved
To: Chris Ruprecht <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <200503292125.08789.rscrawford@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

On Tuesday 29 March 2005 9:14 pm, Chris Ruprecht flailed at a keyboard and produced this: > Richard, > > what card are you using? I'm running the internat IPW2100 card (Intel stuff) > on my ThinkPad. It started to work fine after I got the firmware downloaded > and installed correctly.

I'm using a Linksys WPC54GS (with something called "speedbooster", whatever
the heck that is).

> To get it going I used the GUI netconfig tool (Under System Tools -> Network > Device Control in KDE). I set up the key and all that stuff there. Be careful > to use the right number of characters for WEP. the 64-bit WEP used 5 bytes > (actually only 40 bit encryption). The 160 bit (I think that what it is) uses > 13 bytes for encryption.

Yeah, I've quadruple-checked that.  Heh.  Thanks, though.

> Since the card works without WEP, my initial thought of checking your MAC > filtering on the WAP would be a moot point, but I mention it anyway.

I do filter on MAC addresses, but I've made sure the MAC address for my
wireless card is on the list of allowed cards.

> Also, make sure that you're actually talking to your WAP and not some other > thing that one of your neighbors uses.

Yup.

Dang it.

Thanks, though.

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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 10:57:52 +0530
From: gaurav <gauravp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Oracle 9i and FC3/RHEL 4 howto
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <424A38D8.4080608@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain;	charset=ISO-8859-1;	format=flowed


http://www.pagux.com/oracle9ionfedora3.html

might be helpful if you ever need to install Oracle 9i on fedora 3 or
RHEL 4

I also want to thank Jean Francois for helping me out on most tricky part :-)

Regards,
Gaurav


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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:30:40 -0800
From: "Richard S. Crawford" <rscrawford@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Wireless connectivity - was resolved, then unresolved,
	now RESOLVED!!!
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <200503292130.41030.rscrawford@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

Hah!  Got it.

Deep in the heart of /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices, I found two files:
ifcfg-wlan0, and keys-wlan0.  I made sure that ifcfg-wlan0 had the right
entry for my WAP under ESSID; then in keys-wlan0, I found that the line for
KEY= was blank.  I put in my encryption key, reactivated wlan0 and
deactivated eth0 (and even unplugged the cable), restarted networking, and
even rebooted for the hell of it.  SUCCESS!

That was the longest eight hours I've ever spent trying to get a wireless card working under Linux. But now I'm finally MS free on my new laptop (well, mostly; still using a Windows driver for my wireless under ndiswrapper, of course, but what the hell).

-- Slainte, Richard S. Crawford (mailto: rscrawford@xxxxxxxxxxxx) AIM: Buffalo2K / http://www.mossroot.com "You can't depend on your judgment when your imagination is out of focus." -Mark Twain GPG Public Key located at: http://www.mossroot.com/rscrawford.asc -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/attachments/20050329/57f32550/attachment.bin

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Message: 11
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 06:34:47 +0100
From: "D. D. Brierton" <darren@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: FOSS, Shared Calendars, & Outlook
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <1112160887.6112.79.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain

On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 08:19 +0300, Marius Andreiana wrote: > On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 13:39 -0800, Aaron O'Hara wrote: > > Is anybody aware of software that enables Outlook users and non-Outlook > > users (like Evolution) to share calendar information using a Linux-based > > server?

Also, you should check out Hula (http://hula-project.org/), which is in
early stages of development in one sense, but is based upon a *very*
mature codebase. See my blog entry about it:

http://www.dzr-web.com/people/darren/blog/2005/02/15/novell-announce-hula/

and in particular this link to Nat Friedman's blog:

http://nat.org/2005/february/#15-February-2005

Also, this link to something by Jamie Zawinski:

http://www.jwz.org/doc/groupware.html

is both one of the best things I've read in a long while and provides
some of background to the aims of Hula with respect to calendar sharing.

Best, Darren

--
=====================================================================
D. D. Brierton            darren@xxxxxxxxxxx          www.dzr-web.com
       Trying is the first step towards failure (Homer Simpson)
=====================================================================

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Message: 12
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 01:04:28 -0500
From: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Top Posting....
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <200503300104.29167.gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

On Tuesday 29 March 2005 15:53, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Phil Labonte wrote:
>> To quote the Wikipedia definition:
>> "Top-posting is considered improper by some OLDER DEFINITIONS of
>> Internet etiquette since it breaks down the flow of the thread:"
>>
>> It's time to embrace change, change is good. Top posting gis here
>> to stay especially because of GMAIL and outlook...
>
>jeezus, can we just start two lists for every fedora-related topic?
>one list will be for clueful people who don't top post, who don't
> post in HTML, who properly trim their posts and who don't have
> 30-line idiotic, company-mandated sigs whose only purpose is to
> justify their corporate lawyers' existence.
>
>the other list will be for the annoying, clueless twits who think
>linux mailing list behaviour should be mandated by what freakin'
>outlook does.
>
>rday

Finally, a solution to the problem that might actually work. ;-)

Unforch, the mail server would have to translate the To: address
according to whether or not the message contained top-posting I'd
think, because we'ed otherwise fail at convincing said twits to use
the right list.

That shouldn't be too hard to code up in a bash script I'd think.

--
Cheers, Gene
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
99.34% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly
Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above
message by Gene Heskett are:
Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.

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Message: 13
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 00:17:56 -0600
From: Sam Williams <sam@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Herding cats, Was: Top Posting....
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <1112163476.4668.138.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain

Until someone creates a tutorial on email formatting with an exam one
must pass before subscribing to this list, we are unlikely to see much
consistency.  To enforce it among those who managed to subscribe, modify
the list server to mark up and return any posts that don't adhere to
standards:
  "Your message to the list has been rejected for:
     Top posting
     HTML
     Spelling error
  Please correct and resubmit."
Or maybe, with the excess profits from running this list we could hire a
style conscious moderator.

Thanks for help with Fedora issues I didn't understand before.  As long
as this list caters to those who don't know everything about ..IX,
newbies' lacking knowledge of experts' style preferences will probably
be with us.  Try not to stress.


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Message: 14
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:22:23 -0800
From: G S <nsbutgs@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Wireless connectivity NOT resolved
To: rscrawford@xxxxxxxxxxxx,	For users of Fedora Core releases
	<fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <65ab587905032922225d9819cd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

do you know what authentification you are using Open System or Shared
Keys? Some drivers used not to support Shared Keys (and this mode is
belived to be less secure, nevertheless the name - vole MS even
doesn't recommend to use it). Check what you have in your AP settings
and try to use open system mode if it's not set up yet.

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Message: 15
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:39:30 -0800
From: G S <nsbutgs@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: wide screen laptop problem
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <65ab58790503292239d7bc1cb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

> hmm, neither method worked for me unfortunatley. I still don't get the option > for 1280x800 when I run system-config-display.

can u post you xorg.conf? at least monitor, screen, and device (with
your video adapter) sections.

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Message: 16
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 15:50:26 +0900
From: Mark Sargent <powderkeg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Snort failing at Boot
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <424A4C32.2020404@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed

Hi All,

I have snort set to start up at boot, but, get an error and it fails. I
have checked messages and boot.log, but nothing showing what the actual
problem is. It was due to a file not being found, but I wasn't quick
enuff to write it down. Where else would I find this info other than the
2 logs I mentioned.? Cheers.

Mark Sargent.

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Message: 17
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 08:58:24 +0200
From: Joachim Backes <backes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Strange message during "yum update" in FC3
To: FEDORA <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <1112165904.4794.10.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain

Hi,

I'm running FC3. Now, getting a strange message during "yum update":

 '/usr/share/applications/vmware-workstation.desktop' contains invalid
MIME type ' application/x-vmware-team' that contains invalid characters

I have installed vmware-4.5.2.

Somebody made similar experiences?

Regards


Joachim Backes

Joachim Backes <backes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
University of Kaiserslautern,Computer Center [RHRK],
Systems and Operations, High Performance Computing,
D-67653 Kaiserslautern, PO Box 3049, Germany
--------------------------------------------------
Phone: +49-631-205-2438, FAX: +49-631-205-3056
http://hlrwm.rhrk.uni-kl.de/home/staff/backes.html

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Message: 18
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:10:35 -1000
From: Chris Stark <cstark@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: wide screen laptop problem
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <424A50EB.7030806@xxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed

G S wrote: >>hmm, neither method worked for me unfortunatley. I still don't get the option >>for 1280x800 when I run system-config-display. > > > can u post you xorg.conf? at least monitor, screen, and device (with > your video adapter) sections.

My laptop never works with the system-config-display tool (1440x900),
and I have a feeling it's because the laptop monitor is sending
incorrect info to the X server. You may have to set a custom modeline
(and possibly instruct X not to listen to the monitor's info).

For the modeline, in a terminal type:

gtf 1280 800 60

This should result in something like:

Modeline "1280x800_60.00"  83.46  1280 1344 1480 1680  800 801 804 828
-HSync +Vsync

Paste the output of this command (as a single line) into your
/etc/X11/xorg.conf file under the "Monitor" section. You should also
rename the modeline from "1280x800_60.00" to "1280x800".

Next, you'll need to add "1280x800" to each of the subsections under the
  "Screen" section.

If this alone doesn't work, you may also want to try adding this line to
the Monitor section:

Option "IgnoreEDID" "1"

I hope this helps.

Aloha
--
Chris Stark
Musician, Linux User, & Grad Student
http://chrisstark.com/

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