2 questions about X in Slackware
 

1) What packages would you recomend to install gnome. I have downloaded a few but can't get it working.

2) How do I change the screen resolution to 800x600. I have gone through all the config files and progs and can't find anything to change it.

Thanks.

2. /etc/X11/XF86Config

Locate the "screens" section, you will see a series of resolutions, make sure on the Default one (defined in that same section) that 800x600 is first in the list, so, the line may look:
1280x1024, 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480
Simply change it to:
800x600, 1280x1024, 1024x768, 640x480

Save and exit.

As for packages for Gnome... What problems are you having getting it working? Your problem might not be your packages.

Cool

Try dropline gnome. It is fully automated. Including downloading of needed packages. But no gurantee that it will work. I tried it on one of my comps. Won't start.

You can get it here:

www.dropline.net

And of course you get prettier window compared to normal gnome. :)

X doesn't recodnise 800x600 as a resolution when I change it. I removed all other modes.

There are a series of gnome packages in the GTK1 directory. I have downloaded GNOMECORE and GNOMELIB, run setup etc. X only loads tab.

Dropline wont work on my computer. It's a Socket 3 (486 style) 133MHz, 16Mb RAM, 350Mb HDD. :(

You probobly need official drivers for your card if you cant run at those resolutions.

Why not just install the packages in the /gnome directory of the Slackware disc?

Though gnome wont run well on your old machine. Maybe you should check out XFCE4. Its a much lighter DE that looks a lot like gnome.

The thing is I don't have the Slackware CD and I don't want to spend all day downloading 30Mb of stuff if I'm not sure if it will work. I spent all day downloading the A and N series for the base installation and that was bad enough.

Spend the time and download the CD. Then you wont have these problems. Or buy it for like $2 from many linux CD distributers.


Check out linuxpackages.net though. On their FTP, Robert keeps up-to-date GNOME slackware packs on there.

http://www3.linuxpackages.net/packag.../robert/gnome/


Though I highly doubt you will be able to run GNOME on a machine with so little RAM. You should really go with a light WM.


And gnome is a lot more than 30MB. on a Light install, the packages are 100MB. The install would probobly fill up your whole harddrive, you probobly couldn't do it.