February 2009 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

Re: [Wlug] Screen resolution on my laptop - HELP!

by Eric Martin

Andrew C Wilkin wrote: > I am trying to adjust the screen resolution on my Toshiba Portege > 7140CT. I'm sure it's an adjustment in the xorg.conf file, but I > don't know enough to do it properly. As a matter of fact, I tried > following online instructions only to have no resolution - only lines > and a frozen machine. > > I need this done in the next couple days, please, and would be willing > to drive a reasonable distance to have you look at it. > > If anyone can help me, either by rewriting it for me via email or by > my visit to get it done, please let me know here or by calling my > cell: 508-713-5947. > > Thanks! > Andrew Wilkin Have you tried krandr? or xrandr? (K / X Rotate and Resize) You get a pull down menu with a bunch of choices. As others mentioned, what distro are you running and what desktop environment? -- Eric Martin Key fingerprint = D1C4 086E DBB5 C18E 6FDA B215 6A25 7174 A941 3B9F

Feb. 28, 2009

Re: [Wlug] Screen resolution on my laptop - HELP!

by John Stoffel

Andrew, You don't say which Linux Distro you're using. The newer Ubuntu ones have much improved auto-configuration of the Xserver. First off, I'd make sure you have the latest updates applied. Second, try moving the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to another name and then rebooting. Does your display work then? Greg already replied with some useful help which you can also try, but please give us more info on your Linux Distro so we can offer more targeted help. Cheers, John P.S. I work for Toshiba, but not the laptop side. :]

Feb. 25, 2009

Re: [Wlug] Screen resolution on my laptop - HELP!

by Gregory Avedissian

Looks like my last edit didn't make it into the email. I meant for the resolutions to be: # Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

Feb. 25, 2009

Re: [Wlug] Screen resolution on my laptop - HELP!

by Gregory Avedissian

I'm assuming you tried "dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg" and it didn't work. First of all, take a look in /var/log/Xorg.0.log for hints. See if there are any errors listed (lines that start with "EE") and see what driver it's trying to load. Your video card should be using the trident driver, but it might be trying to load the vesa driver. Let us know what you find. Manual edits in xorg.conf to try would be to specify the driver, specify some screen resolutions, and if you know them, specify monitor frequencies. Here's your xorg.conf file back with suggested edits. Try uncommenting the Driver line first, and if you need to, then uncomment SubSection "Display" lines. If you don't like those resolutions you can change them to whatever is appropriate for your screen. I only left the most basic ones, as they are most likely to work. You can add more after you get it working. Don't uncomment the HorizSync and VertRefresh without putting the right frequencies in place of xx, yy, aa, and bb. The new xorg is great if it works with your hardware, and if it doesn't, you're up the creek without a paddle. Good luck. Greg Andrew C Wilkin wrote: > I am trying to adjust the screen resolution on my Toshiba Portege > 7140CT. I'm sure it's an adjustment in the xorg.conf file, but I > don't know enough to do it properly. As a matter of fact, I tried > following online instructions only to have no resolution - only lines > and a frozen machine. > > I need this done in the next couple days, please, and would be willing > to drive a reasonable distance to have you look at it. > > If anyone can help me, either by rewriting it for me via email or by > my visit to get it done, please let me know here or by calling my > cell: 508-713-5947. > > Thanks! > Andrew Wilkin > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug # xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file) # # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using # values from the debconf database. # # Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page. # (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.) # # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only* # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg # package. # # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated # again, run the following command: # sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "us" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Configured Video Device" # Driver "trident" # BusID "PCI:1:0:0" # HorizSync xx - yy # VertRefresh aa - bb EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Configured Monitor" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Monitor "Configured Monitor" Device "Configured Video Device" # SubSection "Display" # Depth 24 # Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" # EndSubSection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" EndSection

Feb. 25, 2009

Screen resolution on my laptop - HELP!

by Andrew C Wilkin

I am trying to adjust the screen resolution on my Toshiba Portege 7140CT. I'm sure it's an adjustment in the xorg.conf file, but I don't know enough to do it properly. As a matter of fact, I tried following online instructions only to have no resolution - only lines and a frozen machine. I need this done in the next couple days, please, and would be willing to drive a reasonable distance to have you look at it. If anyone can help me, either by rewriting it for me via email or by my visit to get it done, please let me know here or by calling my cell: 508-713-5947. Thanks! Andrew Wilkin

Feb. 25, 2009

Re: [Wlug] Fedora freezes

by Jamie Guinan

Hi Walt, When it is frozen, can you ssh in from another machine? Ping, even? -Jamie On Tue, 24 Feb 2009, Walt wrote: > Nope, the ONLY two things that work are the light and NmLk. These are > operated (on my Lenovo X61s) using the Fn key. None of the other Fn key > functions operate at time of lock-up. So I'm assuming a panic. > Thanks! > Walt > > > Chuck Anderson wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 07:44:05AM -0500, Walt wrote: > > > >> I can turn the light on (ThinkLight) and the NumLock. Other than that, > >> no keyboard interaction happens. > >> Thanks! > >> > > > > So the little house-shaped light with the "A" inside it that > > represents the state of the Caps Lock function doesn't blink all by > > itself? Because if it does, that indicates that the kernel paniced. > > If it doesn't, then the kernel did not panic. > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Feb. 24, 2009

Re: [Wlug] Fedora freezes

by Walt

Nope, the ONLY two things that work are the light and NmLk. These are operated (on my Lenovo X61s) using the Fn key. None of the other Fn key functions operate at time of lock-up. So I'm assuming a panic. Thanks! Walt Chuck Anderson wrote: > On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 07:44:05AM -0500, Walt wrote: > >> I can turn the light on (ThinkLight) and the NumLock. Other than that, >> no keyboard interaction happens. >> Thanks! >> > > So the little house-shaped light with the "A" inside it that > represents the state of the Caps Lock function doesn't blink all by > itself? Because if it does, that indicates that the kernel paniced. > If it doesn't, then the kernel did not panic. > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

Feb. 24, 2009

Re: [Wlug] Fedora freezes

by Walt

Wow, thanks! I guess I have some logs to look through. Thanks, Walt E Johnson wrote: > Walt, > > Next time it locks up, after you reboot, get a look at > /var/log/messages. Page down to check the last entries before the > reboot, which should tell you what was going on when it froze. > > Do: > > less /var/log/messages > > which will output the actual text of the messages that are being saved > in the /var/log directory.messages. > You might need to be root to do this --we do have to be root in Debian > and in Ubuntu. > > Since you have: > > >> messages >> messages-20090125 >> messages-20090201 >> messages-20090208 >> messages-20090215 >> > > it means there are several message logs that have been made recently. > You could also output: > > less /var/log/messages-20090215 > > But let's see the last bunch of entries in the latest one. You could > also select text from these messages, and google that for forum > postings. > > Liz J > > > > > > 2009/2/21 Walt <waltsaw(a)gmail.com>: > >> Hi Walt, >> Anything in /var/log? >> >> TC >> > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

Feb. 24, 2009

Re: [Wlug] Wireless Video and Linux

by Gary Hanley

> Ritacco, Alan wrote: > Has anyone had any experience with wireless video camera(s) along with > motion sensor detection and recording in Linux? > Looking for what works well, what to buy, install, etc. > > Thanks > > Al I have the Panasonic BL-C131 which I bought last year. It works well under Linux except for the ActiveX stuff like sound, which doesn't work at all, and live panning, which staggers. The motion sensor and recording is done in the device itself so your OS doesn't matter there. Also the only wireless security I can get my camera connected to my router with is WEP. When I set up WPA or WPA2 it won't connect. Not sure why. I haven't been able to google anyone with a similar problem. My other devices all connect fine. So I am happy with the camera and would recommend it, but there could be better cameras out there now for the money which I'm not aware of. -- Gary

Feb. 24, 2009

Re: [Wlug] Wireless Video and Linux

by Keith Wright

> From: "Ritacco, Alan" <Alan.Ritacco(a)umassmed.edu> > < short question > > ------_=_NextPart_001_01C99621.2786886E > Content-Type: application/ms-tnef; > name=winmail.dat > Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 > > eJ8+Ih4BAQaQCAAEAAAAAAABAAEAAQeQBgAIAAAA5AQAAAAAAADoAAEIgAcAGAAAAElQTS5NaWNy > b3NvZnQgTWFpbC5Ob3RlADEIAQ2ABAACAAAAAgACAAEEgAEAGQAAAFdpcmVsZXNzIFZpZGVvIGFu < ~60 lines drivelish > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > ------_=_NextPart_001_01C99621.2786886E-- > > What is an ms-tnef, and can you make it stop? -- Keith

Feb. 24, 2009