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Old 09-26-2005, 09:09 PM   #1
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Two things


It seems as though gaim deleted all my buddies and buddylists when I used it on debian. I logged on with FC4 and gaim didn't load my buddylists. I logged back on here and it said buddies were removed from the server. Any ideas on how to fix this/get my buddies and buddylists back?

Next, I edited /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 to fix the resolution, however, it doesn't seem to allow me to use "1152x864" for a resolution. Any ideas why and how I can get it to work with it? If it just can't use that resolution, any suggestions on what resolution close to that works? I know "1152x768" works, but it's too tall.

-------------------------------------------Edited-------------------------------------------
By the way, on Windows I have 1152x864 @ 60Hz. I'm not sure about the refresh rate in Fedora, but the resolution is also at 1152x864.

Last edited by Berticus; 09-26-2005 at 09:11 PM.
 
Old 09-26-2005, 09:47 PM   #2
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Hey dude, I am not sure about this. But if u are having an account in fedora and GAIM installed properly then u can follow this:
1) Open Konsole( gnome-terminal)
2) cd .gaim (under your username or bash 2.xx $)
3) cat blist.xml

if the above file is missing, you might need to install gaim again or just keep on adding...

May b fedora is using a generic driver for your display adapter....
Find out!
 
Old 09-27-2005, 01:44 PM   #3
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In Debian, gaim said there were "buddies" locally, but not on the server... Anyway, that's not as big of a problem as the resolution. So I'd prefer that...
 
Old 09-27-2005, 02:01 PM   #4
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Quote:
Originally posted by Berticus
In Debian, gaim said there were "buddies" locally, but not on the server... Anyway, that's not as big of a problem as the resolution. So I'd prefer that...
Most likely a problem with the refresh rates you specified for the monitor. Use dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 choose advanced then when you get to the part for the monitor refresh rates put in the proper values for them and when at the resolutions part choose the largest size you want. If you are using a PS/2 wheel mouse then in that part of the config choose /dev/psaux for the protocol or it will most likely not work. Restart the X server with CTRL + ALT Backspace keys at once and you should be good to go.
 
Old 09-27-2005, 10:16 PM   #5
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AHHHH!!! What happened??? Okay, I tried the reconfiguration thing, and it didn't help at all. In fact it seems to have ruined things. Everybody else's screen is set to 1024x768 (I don't like it as much as 1152x864), but the log-in screen is stuck at something like 640x480. Ignore the gaim problem thing. I pretty much know what went wrong and how to fix it.

first priority - get the log-in screen to have the same resolution as when a user is logged in
second priority - get the resolution to be 1152x864 (I may just get the xorg file from fedora and put it right in)
 
Old 09-27-2005, 10:20 PM   #6
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AHHHH!!! What happened??? Okay, I tried the reconfiguration thing, and it didn't help at all. In fact it seems to have ruined things. Everybody else's screen is set to 1024x768 (I don't like it as much as 1152x864), but the log-in screen is stuck at something like 640x480. Ignore the gaim problem thing. I pretty much know what went wrong and how to fix it.

first priority - get the log-in screen to have the same resolution as when a user is logged in
second priority - get the resolution to be 1152x864 (I may just get the xorg file from fedora and put it right in)
Can you show us the /var/log/XFree86.0.log, /etc/X11/XF86config-4 files and what kind/model of video card and monitor do you have?
 
Old 09-27-2005, 11:14 PM   #7
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try this code for you screen resolutions problem

#dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

this should open up a dialog and run you through the setting once more, only this time it will ask you
about you video card, amount of ram on the card, your monitor horizontal and vertical sync frequencies.
After you're done, restart X and you should have higher resolutions.
 
Old 09-29-2005, 10:34 PM   #8
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junkman, that's what I did to get this

/var/log/XFree86.0.log
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4


----------------------------------------Edited----------------------------------------
Completely forgot:
Video Card: nVidia GeForce2 MX
Monitor: Compaq FS740

Last edited by Berticus; 09-29-2005 at 10:37 PM.
 
Old 09-29-2005, 11:13 PM   #9
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junkman, that's what I did to get this

/var/log/XFree86.0.log
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4


----------------------------------------Edited----------------------------------------
Completely forgot:
Video Card: nVidia GeForce2 MX
Monitor: Compaq FS740
In the XF86config-4 file change to these sections.

Code:
Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Generic Monitor"
	HorizSync	30-70
	VertRefresh	 50-120
	Option		"DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"NVIDIA Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400]"
	Monitor		"Generic Monitor"
	DefaultDepth	24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		1
		Modes		"640x480" "800x600" "1024x768"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		4
		Modes		"640x480" "800x600" "1024x768"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		8
		Modes		"640x480" "800x600" "1024x768"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		15
		Modes		"640x480" "800x600" "1024x768"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		16
		Modes		"640x480" "800x600" "1024x768"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		24
		Modes		"1152x864" "1152x768" "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768"
	EndSubSection
EndSection
Then restart the X server and it should work.
 
Old 09-29-2005, 11:17 PM   #10
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It worked!

Thanks a bunch
 
Old 12-30-2005, 11:05 PM   #11
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I'm having a bit of a problem. I just reinstalled debian. Since I don't know what my text-based browser is, I'm using Windows to type this up.

Anyway, this is the important part of what I have:
Code:
Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Generic Video Card"
	Driver		"nv"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Generic Monitor"
	HorizSync	30-70
	VertRefresh	50-100
	Option		"DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"NVIDIA Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400]"
	Monitor		"Generic Monitor"
	DefaultDepth	24
	[a bunch of resolutions and refresh rates - removed]
EndSection
I'm still using the same hardware as before. I have not installed nVidia's graphics accelerator yet. Here's what happens when I try to start up X:
Code:
debian:/etc/X11# startx
[Some stuff - removed]
Data incomplete in file /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
	Undefined Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400]" referenced by Screen "Default Screen".
[Some other stuff - removed]

Fatal server error:
no screens found

[Some notes - removed]

XIO: fatal IO error 104 (connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
     after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
debian:/etc/X11#
Some help would be greatly, GREATLY appreciated. I don't want to have to install Debian all over again...


------------------------------Edited------------------------------
Figured it out, thanks anyway...

Last edited by Berticus; 12-30-2005 at 11:09 PM. Reason: Figured it out
 
  


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