Stocks' Linux Blog

Extracting fields from a file

2007-03-26T21:15:00.000-04:00

Have you every wanted to extract a particular field from a flat file that was hundreds or thousands of lines long?

Now, I bet your saying, sure you could import the file into Excel, OpenOffice.org Spreadsheet or some other spreadsheet application, but what fun would that be. That would mean using your mouse, but your a keyboard kind-of-person. In addition, opening very large files may leave spreadsheet applications very sluggish.

So whats the alternative? AWK (or gawk). Awk is a command line program that can do just what you wish. For example, lets say that you wanted to extract all the full names from your system's /etc/passwd file. Now you could import the file in your favorite spreadsheet application, specify a delimiter, and wait for it to process, depending on the size of your passwd file. Alternatively, you could run the following awk command:

awk -F: '{print $5}' /etc/passswd

This command uses the '-F' flag to specify the semicolon as a delimiter. The 'print $5' section tells the program to print out the 5th field in the file. Finally /etc/passwd specifies the file to extract the field from.

Now I bet you are saying, so what? How did this help me at all, and why didn't I just use the spreadsheet? Well, not only did you not have to import the file into the spreadsheet program, but you can easily pipe the output of this program to other useful applications that allow you to accomplish what you need to. A quick example, is the ability to pipe the output through the 'sort' command which will then list the users full names in alphabetical order.

Still not convinced that this was easier than opening your precious spreadsheet application. When you are referencing a data source that changes often, such as the passwd file on high usage *nix systems, awk definitely pulls its weight. You could easily setup an alias, or a shell script to execute the command for you, and now you can simply type a few characters and hit enter as opposed to fiddling with your spreadsheet, waiting for it to import the data, and dealing with the slow responsiveness as all your system memory is used up.

Give it a try.

Beryl: Lack of Dual Video Card Support

2007-03-25T20:36:00.000-04:00

I recently upgraded from one EVGA Gefore 6800 PCI Express card which had two 19" Widescreen Samsung Syncmaster monitors to two Gigabyte Geforce 7300 LE video cards. Since they were both nvidia cards, the upgrade was quite easy. I was required to make a few updates in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf. These weren't to bad. It required adding another video card section, or 'device' and then linking that device to one of the other monitors and adding it to the server layout.

The really disappointing thing was the lack of beryl support for multiple video cards. At first I thought that some configuration item was messed up, so I started troubleshooting. I closed beryl manager and opened beryl through the command prompt and I was able to see the error regarding ROR which would not allow beryl to start.

I started looking through the forums on the beryl website and I did find a few places that explained why this was not possible, although there were a few posts that eluded to the possibility of two video cards and beryl. In order to clear up confusion, I created a post to try to get a straight answer. After a few days, I received no response, so I posted again.....still no response. Here is the link to the forum post. Maybe someone will reply, but until then it seems impossible to use beryl with two video cards and one extended desktop. (Note: Beryl does work with two video cards if you use two separate X sessions. You can still drag the mouse between them screen, but you cannot drag windows between the sessions or interact in any other way.)

Auto Complete

2007-03-25T20:03:00.000-04:00

Possibly the single greatest feature in a Linux system is auto complete. If you have never used this feature before, open a shell and start typing a command, and press the 'Tab' key before you finish typing it.

This feature saves so much time when typing commands and especially paths. But it isn't just a time saver.

Another great use for it is to verify the existence of files and directories. For instance, if you think a file exists in /etc/apt/ called sources.list but you aren't sure, you can type:

'less' (or cat or more) followed by '/etc/apt' and then start pressing the 'Tab' key. The auto complete feature will first add a '/' to the end of '/etc/apt', which verifies that it is in fact a directory, and then when you continually press tab, it will display the files within the directory.

Mastering the use of the auto complete feature is one of the first steps to saving yourself a lot of time when using the command line.

Apache2 and SSL on Ubuntu

2007-03-01T20:34:00.000-05:00

A perfect small guide to setup apache2 and ssl on ubuntu:
(from: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-4466.html)

A Mini-Howto for apache2: :)

apt-get install apache2
apache2-ssl-certificate
(and answer the questions)

Now, enable ssl:
a2enmod ssl

configure ssl:
cp /etc/apache2/sites-available/default /etc/apache2/sites-available/ssl
ln -s /etc/apache2/sites-available/ssl /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/ssl
"/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/ssl" should look like this:

NameVirtualHost *:443

(... configure the directories too...)
and "/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/default" should look like this:

NameVirtualHost *:80

(... configure the directories too...)
In /etc/apache2/ports.conf, add Listen 443

In the middle of /etc/apache2/sites-available/ssl file, insert this two lines:

SSLEngine On
SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.pem

Hope it helps :)

firefox evince and acroread using mozplugger

2007-02-27T18:50:00.000-05:00

The problem: Have both acroread (Adobe acrobat reader for linux), and evince (a pdf reader for linux) installed, but by default have documents open in firefox tabs in evince and not acroread.

The reason both need to be installed is because acroread allows you to fill in and print interactive pdfs, but evince is much more lightweight and scrolls much better. Evince overall leaves my system more responsive when using it.

By default with acroread installed, it becomes the default for opening PDFs in firefox while using mozplugger. In order to have evince be the default PDF reader in firefox you need to modify mozplugger's settings which are stored in:

/etc/mozpluggerrc

Open this and find the section:

application/pdf:pdf:PDF file
application/x-pdf:pdf:PDF file
text/pdf:pdf:PDF file
text/x-pdf:pdf:PDF file

Now find the line that reads:

ACROREAD()

Now you will need to move that line below the line similar to:

repeat noisy swallow(evince) fill: evince "$file"

So you should end up with:

application/pdf:pdf:PDF file
application/x-pdf:pdf:PDF file
text/pdf:pdf:PDF file
text/x-pdf:pdf:PDF file
repeat noisy swallow(evince) fill: evince "$file"
ACROREAD()

Now close all firefox windows and start it again.

Flash in 64 bit Linux

2007-01-15T16:57:00.000-05:00

I was FINALLY able to get it working. I wish I would have found this earlier. It worked like a charm:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FirefoxAMD64FlashJava

Firefox Memory

2006-12-19T22:00:00.000-05:00

Now everyone has heard the firefox memory leak rumors.....errrr.....feature announcement....yea....Ok, feature or no feature, c'mon:

I have a feature request.....remove this one.....

HOWTO: Set your system up for Wake On LAN (WOL) - Ubuntu Forums

2006-12-02T09:40:00.000-05:00

This site has a great and quick how-to for setting up wakeonlan. I set it up but haven't yet tested to make sure it works on my desktop, which is set to suspend after 1 hr of inactivity

HOWTO: Set your system up for Wake On LAN (WOL) - Ubuntu Forums: "Automatic way:
This script does everything described in the Manual way, for you, except step 1 and step 4.
------------------------

The automatic method is super dialup friendly! thanks to gzip compression the filesize is a mere 1.5kb! almost half the extracted size of 3.4kb!

1. If you havent already, go to your BIOS, and turn on WakeOnLAN (it varies, look for it.) If your network card is onboard, your set for step 2, otherwise there is probably a cable that should go from your network card to your motherboard, though this is not always the case.

Before continuing, note the interface you want to do this to. Most people know how to do this, if you do not, look at step 2a of the manual method.

2. Download and extract this: You can do it with the GUI and run the extracted program in a terminal by double clicking it, or open a terminal and do the following:
Code:

wget http://shell1.zsuatt.com/~ctucker5/lanwake/lanwake0.9.tar.gz tar -zxvf lanwake0.9.tar.gz ./wolinstall0.9.bash

3. As the exit of the program notes, now you just need to get/use a wake on lan sending program, like wakeonlan.

4. Sit on your lazy *** and have fun
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GDM (Login Screen) Resolution Too Big to Fit Screen

2006-11-27T01:57:00.000-05:00

This black friday I purchased two 19" widescreen samsung 931bw's. I had a problem getting the optimum resolution (1440x900 for one and 2880x900 for two) to work properly in ubuntu.

I had added 1440x900 to the appropriate modelines, which once I when to System -> Preferences -> Screen Resolution and changed it from 2880x1000 to 2880x900 it worked fine for my gnome session.

The problem was that the login window was too big. It was still using 2880x1000 for some reason. I found this web page which offered a fix:

GDM (Login Screen) Resolution Too Big to Fit Screen? Try this… « Linux FUD: "Read Ubuntu Forum Post"

To fix it I removed everything from the 24 bit modeline in the screen section except 1440x900, and in all other modelines outside of the screen section. Upon rebooting, the login screen was no longer bigger the than monitor and it worked fine in the session also.

RAID: Growing & Software Vs. Hardware

2006-11-17T12:00:00.000-05:00

Growing:

Basically the step includes adding a disc to the array as a spare, then growing the array onto this device.

mdadm --add /dev/md1 /dev/sdf1
mdadm --grow /dev/md1 --raid-devices=4

This then took about 3 hours to reshape the array.

The filesystem the needs to be expanded to fill up the new space.

fsck.ext3 /dev/md1
resize2fs /dev/md1

Software Vs. Hardware

An interesting real case experiment of various raid levels, and file system options.

Using RAID 5 with chunk of 128k, and Ext3 with a stride of 16 and block of 4k seems to be the best!
..and something that suprises me is that raid 50 was slower and less cost effective in terms of available storage than Raid 5.

I spent last night reformatting my raid array into RAID 10, then kernel RAID 10 level (rather than a RAID 0 array of RAID 1 arrays), then RAID 50, before going back to RAID 5. There was no real difference in output, and since RAID 5 maximises the storage space, it was an easy decision.

Which indicates that I need a much faster external SCSI box. All the discs are 10k u160 or better. The box is only a SUN UW Box. e.g. u40. I guess the bus is completely saturated!

For anybody who wants to experminent with software RAID in linux, MDADM is really the way to go. It’s just so easy….!

mdadm -v --create /dev/md0 --raid-devices=6 --level=raid5 /dev/sd[abcdef]1

mkfs.ext3 /dev/md0

mount /dev/mdo /mnt/raid

will create, build a filesystem and mount a 6 drive RAID 5 array. I should mention that between steps 1 and 2, you really should wait until the array has finished synchronising and reconstructing itself. Although this point is not essential, it will slow things down. Also MDADM is quite clever, and leaves a drive out as a spare. It constructs the array in degraded mode. That is the array is missing a drive. This speeds things up as there are less drives to saturate the bus.

Linux Software RAID

2006-11-17T11:29:00.000-05:00

I recently setup a hardware raid 0. I was interested in setting up a raid 5 array for the redundancy aspect, but hardware raid 5 controllers are too expensive. After reading a few pages, I have decided to setup a linux software-based raid 5 array. I plan to use the following howtos.

The Software-RAID HOWTO

Linux Software RAID

RAID 5 improves on RAID 4 by striping the parity data between all the disks in the RAID set. This avoids the parity disk bottleneck, while maintaining many of the speed features of RAID 0 and the redundancy of RAID 1. Like RAID 4, RAID 5 can survive the loss of a single disk only. RAID 5 is supported by Fedora Linux. Figure 26.2 illustrates the data allocation process in RAID 5. Linux RAID 5 requires a minimum of three disks or partitions.

Gmail Controlling Junk Mail

2006-11-16T14:40:00.000-05:00

This site explains how you can add a plus sign '+' along with a string to your gmail address which will still be delivered to you, but will allow you to filter out that information later on.

For example:

stocks29+test@gmail.com

This will still be delivered to by gmail account, but now I can create a filter based on the To: line of the email. This will allow me to control junk messages that arrive in the inbox from signup sites and also allow me to see who is spamming me.

k9copy

2006-11-13T00:30:00.000-05:00

I installed k9copy today, which is a DVD backup program for linux. Using the "Penguin Liberation Foundation" repositories for edgy. It looks like a great easy to use GUI.

I tried it for a quick minute, but got distracted, and when I came back it had crashed. Ill test it out again later.

Re: [Freevo-users] "No action defined for this choice!" error :-(

2006-11-07T03:20:00.000-05:00

Re: [Freevo-users] "No action defined for this choice!" error :-(: "Re: [Freevo-users] 'No action defined for this choice!' error :-(

nikosapi
Sun, 23 Jul 2006 07:46:15 -0700
Sorry to bother you all but I found the solution, it was as simple as adding MPLAYER_VERSION = 9999 to my local_conf.py"

Not sure why this fixed the freevo problem, but it did.

Allow nautilus to browse smb: edgy

2006-11-06T02:06:00.000-05:00

HOWTO: Enable nautilus integration with beagle - Page 3 - Ubuntu Forums: "That's due to other changes in gnome-vfs. You have to install the libgnomevfs2-bin and libgnomevfs2-extra packages. Then restart nautilus (with a killall nautilus in a terminal)."

This is how to fix the nautilus browsing smb problem.

lxdvdrip in Ubuntu

2006-10-29T22:35:00.000-05:00

How to install lxdvdrip using .deb packages. Although it says it is for Breezy, it worked in Edgy.

Edit:

This site has the most updated repository:

http://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/MIRRORS/debian-multimedia/pool/main/l/lxdvdrip/

Swap not mounted in Edgy

2006-10-26T13:18:00.000-04:00

So I upgraded to Edgy. Nice so far. A few problems with Beryl and now this:

The symptoms I experienced:

- Unbearable slowness with multiple applications open.
- Noticed the swap in the system monitor said 0% of 0 bytes.

This is when I realized the swap space wasn't mounted.

After viewing the forums I found a bug report. There were directions which fixed the problem and they worked:

1. Run the mkswap command on your current swap partition. So if your swap partition is /dev/sda3 you would run:

mkswap /dev/sda3

2. Now you need to record the UUID produced by mkswap. Keep this handy.

3. Next you need to update the /etc/fstab file. Find the line referring to the swap partition. Change the UUID on that line to the UUID produced by mkswap.

4. Next you need to edit the /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume file. This file should read:

RESUME=UUID=

Note: Replace with the actual UUID reported by mkswap.

5. Lastly, you need to regenerate the initramfs. To do this run:

update-initramfs -u

Now you should be able to reboot and have your swap space enabled and be able to hibernate.

CUPS Login UserName - Ubuntu Forums

2006-10-01T16:13:00.000-04:00

Want to use the cups web interface in ubuntu. Here is how:

CUPS Login UserName - Ubuntu Forums: "d root' in a console, follow the dialogue and make a root password. Then 'su' to change to root (a # will be shown in the console)t"

HOWTO: Install Cups-PDF - Ubuntu Forums

2006-10-01T15:01:00.001-04:00

I found this website which is a reference for setting up a PDF printer that takes all input and outputs PDF files. Very useful.

HOWTO: Install Cups-PDF - Ubuntu Forums: "Doubleclick 'New Pinter'"

HOWTO: Install Cups-PDF - Ubuntu Forums

2006-10-01T15:01:00.000-04:00

I found this website which is a reference for setting up a PDF printer that takes all input and outputs PDF files. Very useful.

HOWTO: Install Cups-PDF - Ubuntu Forums: "Doubleclick 'New Pinter'"

Ubuntu 64 bit w/ XGL and Compiz

2006-09-13T03:09:00.000-04:00

I finally got XGL and Compiz running on my 64 bit machine with Ubuntu AMD 64 bit running. It is sooo nice. XGL is working with Twinview also. So I can maximize a window to only 1 monitor.

The biggest key was the repositories. I didn't realize there was a separate 64 bit repository for compiz, which I couldn't get running previously. That made all the difference.

The linked site above is the one I ended up using when I got it working.

The 64 bit repositor site is:

deb http://xgl.compiz.info/ dapper main main-amd64

When attempting to install I got the "white screen of death" as I have seen it called on forums and mailing lists. To fix this I installed the newest version of XGL. I had a version from some cvs and it was causing the problem. Thats what happens when you try 8 different approaches in eight different tutorials.

Ubuntu/Compiz/Aiglx

2006-09-09T13:18:00.000-04:00

I did it a while ago....made the switch to Ubuntu. It is much much more convenient and easy to use than Gentoo, not to mention the time it takes to install apps is soo much less. And everything seems to work. Even compiz and aiglx on my laptop. Here the howto I used:

http://wiki.compiz.net/index.php/Aiglx/compiz_on_an_Intel_i915_video_card

The workaround on that page was a MUST for my laptop.

SSH Public Key Authentication Setup

2006-08-02T15:08:00.000-04:00

This website is a great reference for setting up public key authentication using ssh, so you don't need to enter a password when SSHing into a machine.

http://wiki.met.tamu.edu/index.php?title=SSH_Logins_Without_Providing_a_Password

QEMU Windows XP License Problem

2006-04-14T15:52:00.000-04:00

Ever since Plex86 died and VMWare cost money I have been looking for a way to run XP inside Linux. After finally finding it, I ran into a snag:

Windows XP without SP2 freaks out when trying to login saying "a problem prevents windows from veryfing precisely the licence of this computer" which prevents a user from logging in except in Safe Mode.

To remedy this problem I did what I always do: google. I found this website:

The QEMU forum :: View topic - WinXP licence check problem

Which tells you that you simply need to install SP2. So I googled for an SP2 download found it. I then used mkisofs to create an ISO image and mounted that as Windows' CD Rom drive and I am now in the process of installing it.

Creating ISO images from command line

2006-04-14T15:45:00.000-04:00

If you were ever wondering how to create an ISO image from a command line I recommend you take a look at this site:
ISO, CDR, and CDRW in Linux

Here is the general command:

[root@server /root]# mkisofs -RJ -o image.iso /burndirectory/

the RJ option preserves long file names.

Firefox/Thunderbird Integration

2006-04-07T00:00:00.000-04:00

I was trying to find out how to have Thunderbird open links in Firefox and Firefox compose emails in Thunderbird. After googling for a little while I found some great directions here: Troubleshooting

They are as follows:

This is an issue that I believe we'll see fixed in a fairly short period of time, and it has to do with where Firefox sources it's preferences for default browsers from... that is, the gnome configuration. This is particularly not helpful to those of us that choose to use Firefox, while NOT using gnome. Some of use use, KDE, others Fluxbox, or XFCE, or plethora of other desktop environments. Fortunately for us there is a method that is not so hard to side step this sad case of pigeon holing.
Get Firefox To Open Thunderbird As Default Mail Application

1. Open the url "about:config"
2. In about:config create the entry "network.protocol-handler.app.mailto" with the value "path/to/Thunderbird".
1. Right click --> new --> string
2. Paste in "network.protocol-handler.app.mailto" for preference name.
3. Paste in "path/to/Thunderbird"as the string value
3. Restart Firefox

If all went well, Thunderbird should now be your default application to open up "mailto" links
Open Firefox From Thunderbird As Default Browser

1. Following the instructions earlier for installing an extension not on update.mozila.org (adding the site to the whitelist, etc) Install the extension "about:config" from here
1. Right click the install link and select "save as".
2. Save it to a place you will remember and open up Thunderbird.
3. From the menu, select Tools --> Extensions
4. In the extensions window select "install" from the bottom left
5. This will ask you to point Thunderbird towards the path to the extension ***.xpi, select it and hit "open"
6. A new window will now pop up, (similar to the Firefox install window), it will make you wait two seconds, then select "install" from the bottom right.
7. Restart Thunderbird
2. Now that About:config is installed we have easy access to some of Thunderbird's hidden preferences. So, from the menu go to Tools --> About:config
3. This will take you to a new window, from here create the entries listed below, and add the paths as the values listed.
1. Right click --> new --> string
2. Paste in "network.protocol-handler.app.http" for preference name.
3. Paste in "path/to/Firefox"as the string value
4. add "network.protocol-handler.app.https" with a value of "path/to/Firefox" the same way.

No Sound in Games

2006-03-26T12:25:00.000-05:00

Well after getting my new machine up and running I was having a problem getting my sound to work in games. It worked perfect in audio playing programs. I was just unable to get it to work in Enemy Territory or Americas Army. I had not clue why, but I ran it from a terminal and read the output after I quit it. The errors I was getting were:

/dev/dsp: Input/output error
Could not mmap /dev/dsp

No idea why. I did find some things to try in this article though:
quake 3 no sound in breezy [Archive] - Ubuntu Forums

The first thing I tried was emerging alsa-oss. No luck. Then I tried adding the following to /etc/init.d/bootmisc

#-----------------------
# fix sound for Quake 3 and Enemy Territory
echo "et.x86 0 0 direct" > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/oss
echo "quake3.x86 0 0 direct" > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/oss
echo "quake3.x86 0 0 disable" > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0c/oss
#------------------------

I then restarted bootmisc (you can also reboot) and sound worked in both games.

Auto-source .bashrc

2006-01-21T15:40:00.000-05:00

I was looking for a way to automatically source the .bashrc file whenever I opened a terminal. I was able to find the directions quickly. Basically what you have to do is source the .bashrc file from within the .bash_profile file because that is what is read when the terminal is opened.

"I'll tell you how it works, easy as pie is how it works"

Error on second X session

2006-01-06T08:29:00.000-05:00

I was having a problem when I would attempt to start a second X session. I would receive the error:

"failed to initialize umm driver"

from fglrx.

The first site I went to has the solution for the problem. It says

"It's a very common problem. I had also this with my mobility radeon 9700! After a googling session I've found that kernels >=2.6.12 don't have agp locking for user pages, so you must disable it. You have to add this line in your xorg.conf:
Option "KernelModuleParm" "agplock=0"
in the section Device.
Bye

p.s.: this is my xorg.conf

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
# PS/2 Mouse not detected
# Serial Mouse not detected
InputDevice "USB Mouse" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "TouchPad" "AlwaysCore"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"

# Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot where a signal is
# received. This may leave the console in an unusable state, but may
# provide a better stack trace in the core dump to aid in debugging

# Option "NoTrapSignals"

# Uncomment this to disable the server abort sequence
# This allows clients to receive this key event.

# Option "DontZap"

# Uncomment this to disable the / mode switching
# sequences. This allows clients to receive these key events.

# Option "Dont Zoom"

# Uncomment this to disable tuning with the xvidtune client. With
# it the client can still run and fetch card and monitor attributes,
# but it will not be allowed to change them. If it tries it will
# receive a protocol error.

# Option "DisableVidModeExtension"

# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local xvidtune client.

# Option "AllowNonLocalXvidtune"

# Uncomment this to disable dynamically modifying the input device
# (mouse and keyboard) settings.

# Option "DisableModInDev"

# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local client to
# change the keyboard or mouse settings (currently only xset).

# Option "AllowNonLocalModInDev"

EndSection

Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
# Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF...
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi"
# True type and type1 fonts are also handled via xftlib, see /etc/X11/XftConfig!
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/latex-xft-fonts"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/truetype"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "ddc" # ddc probing of monitor
Load "GLcore"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubsection
Load "glx"
Load "bitmap" # bitmap-fonts
Load "speedo"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "record"
Load "synaptics"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "it"

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Serial Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Microsoft"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "PS/2 Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "USB Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Buttons" "5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "TouchPad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "LeftEdge" "1700"
Option "RightEdge" "5300"
Option "TopEdge" "1700"
Option "BottomEdge" "4200"
Option "FingerLow" "25"
Option "FingerHigh" "30"
Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
Option "MaxTapMove" "220"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "100"
Option "MinSpeed" "0.06"
Option "MaxSpeed" "0.12"
Option "AccelFactor" "0.0010"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
Option "Repeater" "/dev/ps2mouse"
EndSection

# Auto-generated by KNOPPIX mkxf86config

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
Option "DPMS" "true"
VendorName "LGP"
ModelName "LGP0000"
# HorizSync 28.0 - 78.0 # Warning: This may fry very old Monitors
HorizSync 28.0 - 96.0 # Warning: This may fry old Monitors
VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0 # Very conservative. May flicker.
# VertRefresh 50.0 - 62.0 # Extreme conservative. Will flicker. TFT default.
DisplaySize 331 208
# Default modes distilled from
# "VESA and Industry Standards and Guide for Computer Display Monitor
# Timing", version 1.0, revision 0.8, adopted September 17, 1998.
# $XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/etc/vesamodes,v 1.4 1999/11/18 16:52:17 tsi Exp $
# 640x350 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.9kHz
ModeLine "640x350" 31.5 640 672 736 832 350 382 385 445 +hsync -vsync
# 640x400 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.9kHz
ModeLine "640x400" 31.5 640 672 736 832 400 401 404 445 -hsync +vsync
# 720x400 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.9kHz
ModeLine "720x400" 35.5 720 756 828 936 400 401 404 446 -hsync +vsync
# 640x480 @ 60Hz (Industry standard) hsync: 31.5kHz
ModeLine "640x480" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync
# 640x480 @ 72Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.9kHz
ModeLine "640x480" 31.5 640 664 704 832 480 489 491 520 -hsync -vsync
# 640x480 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.5kHz
ModeLine "640x480" 31.5 640 656 720 840 480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync
# 640x480 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 43.3kHz
ModeLine "640x480" 36.0 640 696 752 832 480 481 484 509 -hsync -vsync
# 800x600 @ 56Hz (VESA) hsync: 35.2kHz
ModeLine "800x600" 36.0 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync
# 800x600 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.9kHz
ModeLine "800x600" 40.0 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
# 800x600 @ 72Hz (VESA) hsync: 48.1kHz
ModeLine "800x600" 50.0 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync
# 800x600 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 46.9kHz
ModeLine "800x600" 49.5 800 816 896 1056 600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync
# 800x600 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 53.7kHz
ModeLine "800x600" 56.3 800 832 896 1048 600 601 604 631 +hsync +vsync
# 1024x768i @ 43Hz (industry standard) hsync: 35.5kHz
ModeLine "1024x768" 44.9 1024 1032 1208 1264 768 768 776 817 +hsync +vsync Interlace
# 1024x768 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 48.4kHz
ModeLine "1024x768" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
# 1024x768 @ 70Hz (VESA) hsync: 56.5kHz
ModeLine "1024x768" 75.0 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
# 1024x768 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 60.0kHz
ModeLine "1024x768" 78.8 1024 1040 1136 1312 768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync
# 1024x768 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 68.7kHz
ModeLine "1024x768" 94.5 1024 1072 1168 1376 768 769 772 808 +hsync +vsync
# 1152x864 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 67.5kHz
ModeLine "1152x864" 108.0 1152 1216 1344 1600 864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync
# Dell D800 and few Inspiron (16/10) 1280x800
ModeLine "1280x800" 147.89 1280 1376 1512 1744 800 801 804 848
# 1280x960 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 60.0kHz
ModeLine "1280x960" 108.0 1280 1376 1488 1800 960 961 964 1000 +hsync +vsync
# 1280x960 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 85.9kHz
ModeLine "1280x960" 148.5 1280 1344 1504 1728 960 961 964 1011 +hsync +vsync
# 1280x1024 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 64.0kHz
ModeLine "1280x1024" 108.0 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
# 1280x1024 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 80.0kHz
ModeLine "1280x1024" 135.0 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
# 1280x1024 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 91.1kHz
ModeLine "1280x1024" 157.5 1280 1344 1504 1728 1024 1025 1028 1072 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1200 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 75.0kHz
ModeLine "1600x1200" 162.0 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1200 @ 65Hz (VESA) hsync: 81.3kHz
ModeLine "1600x1200" 175.5 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1200 @ 70Hz (VESA) hsync: 87.5kHz
ModeLine "1600x1200" 189.0 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1200 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 93.8kHz
ModeLine "1600x1200" 202.5 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1200 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 106.3kHz
ModeLine "1600x1200" 229.5 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
# 1792x1344 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 83.6kHz
ModeLine "1792x1344" 204.8 1792 1920 2120 2448 1344 1345 1348 1394 -hsync +vsync
# 1792x1344 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 106.3kHz
ModeLine "1792x1344" 261.0 1792 1888 2104 2456 1344 1345 1348 1417 -hsync +vsync
# 1856x1392 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 86.3kHz
ModeLine "1856x1392" 218.3 1856 1952 2176 2528 1392 1393 1396 1439 -hsync +vsync
# 1856x1392 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 112.5kHz
ModeLine "1856x1392" 288.0 1856 1984 2208 2560 1392 1393 1396 1500 -hsync +vsync
# 1920x1440 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 90.0kHz
ModeLine "1920x1440" 234.0 1920 2048 2256 2600 1440 1441 1444 1500 -hsync +vsync
# 1920x1440 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 112.5kHz
ModeLine "1920x1440" 297.0 1920 2064 2288 2640 1440 1441 1444 1500 -hsync +vsync
# Additional modelines
ModeLine "1800x1440" 230 1800 1896 2088 2392 1440 1441 1444 1490 +HSync +VSync
ModeLine "1800x1440" 250 1800 1896 2088 2392 1440 1441 1444 1490 +HSync +VSync
# Extended modelines with GTF timings
# 640x480 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 50.90 kHz; pclk: 43.16 MHz
ModeLine "640x480" 43.16 640 680 744 848 480 481 484 509 -HSync +Vsync
# 768x576 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 35.82 kHz; pclk: 34.96 MHz
ModeLine "768x576" 34.96 768 792 872 976 576 577 580 597 -HSync +Vsync
# 768x576 @ 72.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 43.27 kHz; pclk: 42.93 MHz
ModeLine "768x576" 42.93 768 800 880 992 576 577 580 601 -HSync +Vsync
# 768x576 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 45.15 kHz; pclk: 45.51 MHz
ModeLine "768x576" 45.51 768 808 888 1008 576 577 580 602 -HSync +Vsync
# 768x576 @ 85.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 51.42 kHz; pclk: 51.84 MHz
ModeLine "768x576" 51.84 768 808 888 1008 576 577 580 605 -HSync +Vsync
# 768x576 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 61.10 kHz; pclk: 62.57 MHz
ModeLine "768x576" 62.57 768 816 896 1024 576 577 580 611 -HSync +Vsync
# 800x600 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 63.60 kHz; pclk: 68.18 MHz
ModeLine "800x600" 68.18 800 848 936 1072 600 601 604 636 -HSync +Vsync
# 1024x768 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 81.40 kHz; pclk: 113.31 MHz
ModeLine "1024x768" 113.31 1024 1096 1208 1392 768 769 772 814 -HSync +Vsync
# 1152x864 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 53.70 kHz; pclk: 81.62 MHz
ModeLine "1152x864" 81.62 1152 1216 1336 1520 864 865 868 895 -HSync +Vsync
# 1152x864 @ 85.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 77.10 kHz; pclk: 119.65 MHz
ModeLine "1152x864" 119.65 1152 1224 1352 1552 864 865 868 907 -HSync +Vsync
# 1152x864 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 91.50 kHz; pclk: 143.47 MHz
ModeLine "1152x864" 143.47 1152 1232 1360 1568 864 865 868 915 -HSync +Vsync
# 1280x800 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 49.68 kHz; pclk: 83.46 MHz
ModeLine "1280x800" 83.46 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 828 -HSync +Vsync
# 1280x960 @ 72.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 72.07 kHz; pclk: 124.54 MHz
ModeLine "1280x960" 124.54 1280 1368 1504 1728 960 961 964 1001 -HSync +Vsync
# 1280x960 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 75.15 kHz; pclk: 129.86 MHz
ModeLine "1280x960" 129.86 1280 1368 1504 1728 960 961 964 1002 -HSync +Vsync
# 1280x960 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 101.70 kHz; pclk: 178.99 MHz
ModeLine "1280x960" 178.99 1280 1376 1520 1760 960 961 964 1017 -HSync +Vsync
# 1280x1024 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 108.50 kHz; pclk: 190.96 MHz
ModeLine "1280x1024" 190.96 1280 1376 1520 1760 1024 1025 1028 1085 -HSync +Vsync
# 1368x768 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 47.70 kHz; pclk: 85.86 MHz
Modeline "1368x768" 85.86 1368 1440 1584 1800 768 769 772 795 -HSync +Vsync
# 1400x1050 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 65.22 kHz; pclk: 122.61 MHz
ModeLine "1400x1050" 122.61 1400 1488 1640 1880 1050 1051 1054 1087 -HSync +Vsync
# 1400x1050 @ 72.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 78.77 kHz; pclk: 149.34 MHz
ModeLine "1400x1050" 149.34 1400 1496 1648 1896 1050 1051 1054 1094 -HSync +Vsync
# 1400x1050 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 82.20 kHz; pclk: 155.85 MHz
ModeLine "1400x1050" 155.85 1400 1496 1648 1896 1050 1051 1054 1096 -HSync +Vsync
# 1400x1050 @ 85.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 93.76 kHz; pclk: 179.26 MHz
ModeLine "1400x1050" 179.26 1400 1504 1656 1912 1050 1051 1054 1103 -HSync +Vsync
# 1400x1050 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 111.20 kHz; pclk: 214.39 MHz
ModeLine "1400x1050" 214.39 1400 1512 1664 1928 1050 1051 1054 1112 -HSync +Vsync
# 1600x1200 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 127.10 kHz; pclk: 280.64 MHz
ModeLine "1600x1200" 280.64 1600 1728 1904 2208 1200 1201 1204 1271 -HSync +Vsync
# 1680x1050 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 65.22 kHz; pclk: 147.14 MHz
ModeLine "1680x1050" 147.14 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 1054 1087 -HSync +Vsync
# 1920x1200 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 74.52 kHz; pclk: 193.16 MHz
ModeLine "1920x1200" 193.16 1920 2048 2256 2592 1200 1201 1204 1242 -HSync +Vsync
EndSection

# === ATI device section ===

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Graphics Adapter"
Driver "fglrx"
# ### generic DRI settings ###
# === disable PnP Monitor ===
#Option "NoDDC"
# === disable/enable XAA/DRI ===
#Option "backingstore" "true"
#Option "no_accel" "no"
#Option "no_dri" "no"
# === misc DRI settings ===
#Option "mtrr" "on" # disable DRI mtrr mapper, driver has its own code for mtrr
# ### FireGL DDX driver module specific settings ###
# === Screen Management ===
Option "DesktopSetup" "0x00000000"
# === Video Overlay for the Xv extension ===
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
# === OpenGL Overlay ===
# Note: When OpenGL Overlay is enabled, Video Overlay
# will be disabled automatically
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
Option "KernelModuleParm" "agplock=0" # AGP locked user pages: disabled
BusID "PCI:1:0:0" # vendor=1002, device=4e50
Screen 0
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
#Device "Card0"
Device "ATI Graphics Adapter"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultColorDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection"

I am going to give this a try, and well see how it works.

Dual Head - Xorg.conf

2005-12-17T03:51:00.000-05:00

Here is the xorg.conf file I used for dual head mode:


# File: xorg.conf
# File generated by fglrxconfig (C) ATI Technologies, a substitute for xf86config.

# Note by ATI: the below copyright notice is there for servicing possibly
# pending third party rights on the file format and the instance of this file.
#
# Copyright (c) 1999 by The XFree86 Project, Inc.
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
# copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
# to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
# the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
# and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
# Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
# 
# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
# 
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
# THE XFREE86 PROJECT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
# WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF
# OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
# SOFTWARE.
# 
# Except as contained in this notice, the name of the XFree86 Project shall
# not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other
# dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from the
# XFree86 Project.
#

# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) man page for details about the format of 
# this file.
# **********************************************************************

# **********************************************************************
# DRI Section
# **********************************************************************
Section "dri"
# Access to OpenGL ICD is allowed for all users:
    Mode 0666
# Access to OpenGL ICD is restricted to a specific user group:
#    Group 100    # users
#    Mode 0660
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Module section -- this  section  is used to specify
# which dynamically loadable modules to load.
# **********************************************************************
#
Section "Module"

# This loads the DBE extension module.

    Load        "dbe"   # Double buffer extension

# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
    SubSection  "extmod"
#      Option    "omit xfree86-dga" 
    EndSubSection

# This loads the Type1 and FreeType font modules
    Load        "type1"
    Load        "freetype"

# This loads the GLX module
    Load        "glx"   # libglx.a
    Load        "dri"   # libdri.a

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Files section.  This allows default font and rgb paths to be set
# **********************************************************************

Section "Files"

# The location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
# no need to change the default.

    RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together),
# as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath
# command (or a combination of both methods)
# 
# If you don't have a floating point coprocessor and emacs, Mosaic or other
# programs take long to start up, try moving the Type1 and Speedo directory
# to the end of this list (or comment them out).
# 

    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
#    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"

# The module search path.  The default path is shown here.

#    ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Server flags section.
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerFlags"

# Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot where a signal is 
# received.  This may leave the console in an unusable state, but may
# provide a better stack trace in the core dump to aid in debugging

#    Option "NoTrapSignals"

# Uncomment this to disable the  server abort sequence
# This allows clients to receive this key event.

#    Option "DontZap"

# Uncomment this to disable the / mode switching
# sequences.  This allows clients to receive these key events.

#    Option "Dont Zoom"

# Uncomment this to disable tuning with the xvidtune client. With
# it the client can still run and fetch card and monitor attributes,
# but it will not be allowed to change them. If it tries it will
# receive a protocol error.

#    Option "DisableVidModeExtension"

# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local xvidtune client. 

#    Option "AllowNonLocalXvidtune"

# Uncomment this to disable dynamically modifying the input device
# (mouse and keyboard) settings. 

#    Option "DisableModInDev"

# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local client to
# change the keyboard or mouse settings (currently only xset).

#    Option "AllowNonLocalModInDev"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Input devices
# **********************************************************************

# **********************************************************************
# Core keyboard's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

    Identifier "Keyboard1"
    Driver "kbd"
# For most OSs the protocol can be omitted (it defaults to "Standard").
# When using XQUEUE (only for SVR3 and SVR4, but not Solaris),
# uncomment the following line.

#    Option "Protocol"   "Xqueue"

    Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
#    Option "Xleds"      "1 2 3"

#    Option "LeftAlt"    "Meta"
#    Option "RightAlt"   "ModeShift"

# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
#    Option "XkbModel"   "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
#    Option "XkbModel"   "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
#    Option "XkbLayout"  "de"
# or:
#    Option "XkbLayout"  "de"
#    Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
#    Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"

# These are the default XKB settings for XFree86
#    Option "XkbRules"   "xfree86"
#    Option "XkbModel"   "pc101"
#    Option "XkbLayout"  "us"
#    Option "XkbVariant" ""
#    Option "XkbOptions" ""

#    Option "XkbDisable"

    Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
    Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
    Option "XkbLayout" "us"

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver

    Identifier "Mouse1"
    Driver "mouse"
    Option "Protocol"   "ImPS/2"
    Option "ZAxisMapping"   "4 5"
    Option "Device"     "/dev/input/mice"

# When using XQUEUE, comment out the above two lines, and uncomment
# the following line.

#    Option "Protocol"   "Xqueue"

# Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice. In
# almost every case these lines should be omitted.

#    Option "BaudRate"   "9600"
#    Option "SampleRate" "150"

# Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button Microsoft mice
# Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms)

#    Option "Emulate3Buttons"
#    Option "Emulate3Timeout"    "50"

# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice

#    Option "ChordMiddle"

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Other input device sections 
# this is optional and is required only if you
# are using extended input devices.  This is for example only.  Refer
# to the XF86Config man page for a description of the options.
# **********************************************************************
#
# Section "InputDevice" 
#    Identifier  "Mouse2"
#    Driver      "mouse"
#    Option      "Protocol"      "MouseMan"
#    Option      "Device"        "/dev/mouse2"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
#    Identifier "spaceball"
#    Driver     "magellan"
#    Option     "Device"         "/dev/cua0"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
#    Identifier "spaceball2"
#    Driver     "spaceorb"
#    Option     "Device"         "/dev/cua0"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
#    Identifier "touchscreen0"
#    Driver     "microtouch"
#    Option     "Device"         "/dev/ttyS0"
#    Option     "MinX"           "1412"
#    Option     "MaxX"           "15184"
#    Option     "MinY"           "15372"
#    Option     "MaxY"           "1230"
#    Option     "ScreenNumber"   "0"
#    Option     "ReportingMode"  "Scaled"
#    Option     "ButtonNumber"   "1"
#    Option     "SendCoreEvents"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
#    Identifier "touchscreen1"
#    Driver     "elo2300"
#    Option     "Device"         "/dev/ttyS0"
#    Option     "MinX"           "231"
#    Option     "MaxX"           "3868"
#    Option     "MinY"           "3858"
#    Option     "MaxY"           "272"
#    Option     "ScreenNumber"   "0"
#    Option     "ReportingMode"  "Scaled"
#    Option     "ButtonThreshold"    "17"
#    Option     "ButtonNumber"   "1"
#    Option     "SendCoreEvents"
# EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of monitor sections may be present

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "Monitor0"
    HorizSync   31.5 - 80.5
    VertRefresh 60 - 75
    Option "DPMS"

# === mode lines based on GTF ===
# VGA @ 100Hz
# Modeline "640x480@100" 43.163 640 680 744 848 480 481 484 509 +hsync +vsync
# SVGA @ 100Hz
# Modeline "800x600@100" 68.179 800 848 936 1072 600 601 604 636 +hsync +vsync
# XVGA @ 100Hz
# Modeline "1024x768@100" 113.309 1024 1096 1208 1392 768 769 772 814 +hsync +vsync
# 1152x864 @ 60Hz
# Modeline "1152x864@60" 81.642 1152 1216 1336 1520 864 865 868 895 +hsync +vsync
# 1152x864 @ 85Hz
# Modeline "1152x864@85" 119.651 1152 1224 1352 1552 864 865 868 907 +hsync +vsync
# 1152x864 @ 100Hz
# Modeline "1152x864@100" 143.472 1152 1232 1360 1568 864 865 868 915 +hsync +vsync
# 1280x960 @ 75Hz
# Modeline "1280x960@75" 129.859 1280 1368 1504 1728 960 961 964 1002 +hsync +vsync
# 1280x960 @ 100Hz
# Modeline "1280x960@100" 178.992 1280 1376 1520 1760 960 961 964 1017  +hsync +vsync
# SXGA @ 100Hz
# Modeline "1280x1024@100" 190.960 1280 1376 1520 1760 1024 1025 1028 1085 +hsync +vsync
# SPEA GDM-1950 (60Hz,64kHz,110MHz,-,-): 1280x1024 @ V-freq: 60.00 Hz, H-freq: 63.73 KHz
# Modeline "GDM-1950"  109.62  1280 1336 1472 1720  1024 1024 1026 1062 -hsync -vsync
# 1600x1000 @ 60Hz
# Modeline "1600x1000" 133.142 1600 1704 1872 2144 1000 1001 1004 1035 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1000 @ 75Hz
# Modeline "1600x1000" 169.128 1600 1704 1880 2160 1000 1001 1004 1044 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1000 @ 85Hz
# Modeline "1600x1000" 194.202 1600 1712 1888 2176 1000 1001 1004 1050 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1000 @ 100Hz
# Modeline "1600x1000" 232.133 1600 1720 1896 2192 1000 1001 1004 1059 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1024 @ 60Hz
# Modeline "1600x1024" 136.385 1600 1704 1872 2144 1024 1027 1030 1060 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1024 @ 75Hz
# Modeline "1600x1024" 174.416 1600 1712 1888 2176 1024 1025 1028 1069 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1024 @ 76Hz
# Modeline "1600x1024" 170.450 1600 1632 1792 2096 1024 1027 1030 1070 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1024 @ 85Hz
# Modeline "1600x1024" 198.832 1600 1712 1888 2176 1024 1027 1030 1075 +hsync +vsync
# 1920x1080 @ 60Hz
# Modeline "1920x1080" 172.798 1920 2040 2248 2576 1080 1081 1084 1118 -hsync -vsync
# 1920x1080 @ 75Hz
# Modeline "1920x1080" 211.436 1920 2056 2264 2608 1080 1081 1084 1126 +hsync +vsync
# 1920x1200 @ 60Hz
# Modeline "1920x1200" 193.156 1920 2048 2256 2592 1200 1201 1203 1242 +hsync +vsync
# 1920x1200 @ 75Hz
# Modeline "1920x1200" 246.590 1920 2064 2272 2624 1200 1201 1203 1253 +hsync +vsync
# 2048x1536 @ 60
# Modeline "2048x1536" 266.952 2048 2200 2424 2800 1536 1537 1540 1589 +hsync +vsync
# 2048x1536 @ 60
# Modeline "2048x1536" 266.952 2048 2200 2424 2800 1536 1537 1540 1589 +hsync +vsync
# 1400x1050 @ 60Hz M9 Laptop mode 
# ModeLine "1400x1050" 122.000 1400 1488 1640 1880 1050 1052 1064 1082 +hsync +vsync
# 1920x2400 @ 25Hz for IBM T221, VS VP2290 and compatible display devices
# Modeline "1920x2400@25" 124.620 1920 1928 1980 2048 2400 2401 2403 2434 +hsync +vsync
# 1920x2400 @ 30Hz for IBM T221, VS VP2290 and compatible display devices
# Modeline "1920x2400@30" 149.250 1920 1928 1982 2044 2400 2402 2404 2434 +hsync +vsync

EndSection


Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "Monitor1"
    HorizSync   31.5 - 80.5
    VertRefresh 60 - 75
    Option "DPMS"

# === mode lines based on GTF ===
# VGA @ 100Hz
# Modeline "640x480@100" 43.163 640 680 744 848 480 481 484 509 +hsync +vsync
# SVGA @ 100Hz
# Modeline "800x600@100" 68.179 800 848 936 1072 600 601 604 636 +hsync +vsync
# XVGA @ 100Hz
# Modeline "1024x768@100" 113.309 1024 1096 1208 1392 768 769 772 814 +hsync +vsync
# 1152x864 @ 60Hz
# Modeline "1152x864@60" 81.642 1152 1216 1336 1520 864 865 868 895 +hsync +vsync
# 1152x864 @ 85Hz
# Modeline "1152x864@85" 119.651 1152 1224 1352 1552 864 865 868 907 +hsync +vsync
# 1152x864 @ 100Hz
# Modeline "1152x864@100" 143.472 1152 1232 1360 1568 864 865 868 915 +hsync +vsync
# 1280x960 @ 75Hz
# Modeline "1280x960@75" 129.859 1280 1368 1504 1728 960 961 964 1002 +hsync +vsync
# 1280x960 @ 100Hz
# Modeline "1280x960@100" 178.992 1280 1376 1520 1760 960 961 964 1017  +hsync +vsync
# SXGA @ 100Hz
# Modeline "1280x1024@100" 190.960 1280 1376 1520 1760 1024 1025 1028 1085 +hsync +vsync
# SPEA GDM-1950 (60Hz,64kHz,110MHz,-,-): 1280x1024 @ V-freq: 60.00 Hz, H-freq: 63.73 KHz
# Modeline "GDM-1950"  109.62  1280 1336 1472 1720  1024 1024 1026 1062 -hsync -vsync
# 1600x1000 @ 60Hz
# Modeline "1600x1000" 133.142 1600 1704 1872 2144 1000 1001 1004 1035 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1000 @ 75Hz
# Modeline "1600x1000" 169.128 1600 1704 1880 2160 1000 1001 1004 1044 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1000 @ 85Hz
# Modeline "1600x1000" 194.202 1600 1712 1888 2176 1000 1001 1004 1050 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1000 @ 100Hz
# Modeline "1600x1000" 232.133 1600 1720 1896 2192 1000 1001 1004 1059 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1024 @ 60Hz
# Modeline "1600x1024" 136.385 1600 1704 1872 2144 1024 1027 1030 1060 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1024 @ 75Hz
# Modeline "1600x1024" 174.416 1600 1712 1888 2176 1024 1025 1028 1069 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1024 @ 76Hz
# Modeline "1600x1024" 170.450 1600 1632 1792 2096 1024 1027 1030 1070 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1024 @ 85Hz
# Modeline "1600x1024" 198.832 1600 1712 1888 2176 1024 1027 1030 1075 +hsync +vsync
# 1920x1080 @ 60Hz
# Modeline "1920x1080" 172.798 1920 2040 2248 2576 1080 1081 1084 1118 -hsync -vsync
# 1920x1080 @ 75Hz
# Modeline "1920x1080" 211.436 1920 2056 2264 2608 1080 1081 1084 1126 +hsync +vsync
# 1920x1200 @ 60Hz
# Modeline "1920x1200" 193.156 1920 2048 2256 2592 1200 1201 1203 1242 +hsync +vsync
# 1920x1200 @ 75Hz
# Modeline "1920x1200" 246.590 1920 2064 2272 2624 1200 1201 1203 1253 +hsync +vsync
# 2048x1536 @ 60
# Modeline "2048x1536" 266.952 2048 2200 2424 2800 1536 1537 1540 1589 +hsync +vsync
# 2048x1536 @ 60
# Modeline "2048x1536" 266.952 2048 2200 2424 2800 1536 1537 1540 1589 +hsync +vsync
# 1400x1050 @ 60Hz M9 Laptop mode 
# ModeLine "1400x1050" 122.000 1400 1488 1640 1880 1050 1052 1064 1082 +hsync +vsync
# 1920x2400 @ 25Hz for IBM T221, VS VP2290 and compatible display devices
# Modeline "1920x2400@25" 124.620 1920 1928 1980 2048 2400 2401 2403 2434 +hsync +vsync
# 1920x2400 @ 30Hz for IBM T221, VS VP2290 and compatible display devices
# Modeline "1920x2400@30" 149.250 1920 1928 1982 2044 2400 2402 2404 2434 +hsync +vsync

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of graphics device sections may be present

# Standard VGA Device:

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Standard VGA"
    VendorName  "Unknown"
    BoardName   "Unknown"

# The chipset line is optional in most cases.  It can be used to override
# the driver's chipset detection, and should not normally be specified.

#    Chipset     "generic"

# The Driver line must be present.  When using run-time loadable driver
# modules, this line instructs the server to load the specified driver
# module.  Even when not using loadable driver modules, this line
# indicates which driver should interpret the information in this section.

    Driver      "vga"
# The BusID line is used to specify which of possibly multiple devices
# this section is intended for.  When this line isn't present, a device
# section can only match up with the primary video device.  For PCI
# devices a line like the following could be used.  This line should not
# normally be included unless there is more than one video device
# installed.

#    BusID       "PCI:0:10:0"

#    VideoRam    256

#    Clocks      25.2 28.3

EndSection

# === ATI device section ===

Section "Device"
    Identifier                          "ATI Graphics Adapter connector 0"
    Driver                              "fglrx"
# ### generic DRI settings ###
# === disable PnP Monitor  ===
    #Option                              "NoDDC"
# === disable/enable XAA/DRI ===
    Option "no_accel"                   "no"
    Option "no_dri"                     "no"
# === misc DRI settings ===
    Option "mtrr"                       "off" # disable DRI mtrr mapper, driver has its own code for mtrr
# ### FireGL DDX driver module specific settings ###
# === Screen Management ===
    Option "DesktopSetup"               "0x00000000" 
    Option "MonitorLayout"              "AUTO, AUTO"
    Option "IgnoreEDID"                 "off"
    Option "HSync2"                     "31.5 - 80.5" 
    Option "VRefresh2"                  "60 - 75" 
    Option "ScreenOverlap"              "0" 
# === TV-out Management ===
    Option "NoTV"                       "yes"     
    Option "TVStandard"                 "NTSC-M"     
    Option "TVHSizeAdj"                 "0"     
    Option "TVVSizeAdj"                 "0"     
    Option "TVHPosAdj"                  "0"     
    Option "TVVPosAdj"                  "0"     
    Option "TVHStartAdj"                "0"     
    Option "TVColorAdj"                 "0"     
    Option "GammaCorrectionI"           "0x00000000"
    Option "GammaCorrectionII"          "0x00000000"
# === OpenGL specific profiles/settings ===
    Option "Capabilities"               "0x00008000"
# === Video Overlay for the Xv extension ===
    Option "VideoOverlay"               "on"
# === OpenGL Overlay ===
# Note: When OpenGL Overlay is enabled, Video Overlay
#       will be disabled automatically
    Option "OpenGLOverlay"              "off"
# === Center Mode (Laptops only) ===
    Option "CenterMode"                 "off"
# === Pseudo Color Visuals (8-bit visuals) ===
    Option "PseudoColorVisuals"         "off"
# === QBS Management ===
    Option "Stereo"                     "off"
    Option "StereoSyncEnable"           "1"
# === FSAA Management ===
    Option "FSAAEnable"                 "no"
    Option "FSAAScale"                  "1"
    Option "FSAADisableGamma"           "no"
    Option "FSAACustomizeMSPos"         "no"
    Option "FSAAMSPosX0"                "0.000000"
    Option "FSAAMSPosY0"                "0.000000"
    Option "FSAAMSPosX1"                "0.000000"
    Option "FSAAMSPosY1"                "0.000000"
    Option "FSAAMSPosX2"                "0.000000"
    Option "FSAAMSPosY2"                "0.000000"
    Option "FSAAMSPosX3"                "0.000000"
    Option "FSAAMSPosY3"                "0.000000"
    Option "FSAAMSPosX4"                "0.000000"
    Option "FSAAMSPosY4"                "0.000000"
    Option "FSAAMSPosX5"                "0.000000"
    Option "FSAAMSPosY5"                "0.000000"
# === Misc Options ===
    Option "UseFastTLS"                 "0"
    Option "BlockSignalsOnLock"         "on"
    Option "UseInternalAGPGART"         "yes"
    Option "ForceGenericCPU"            "no"
    BusID "PCI:1:0:0"    # vendor=1002, device=496e
    Screen 0
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier                          "ATI Graphics Adapter connector 1"
    Driver                              "fglrx"
    BusID "PCI:1:0:0"    # vendor=1002, device=496e
    Screen 1
EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of screen sections may be present.  Each describes
# the configuration of a single screen.  A single specific screen section
# may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen"
# option.
Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "Screen0"
    Device      "ATI Graphics Adapter connector 0"
    Monitor     "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth 24
    #Option "backingstore"

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "1280x1024"
        ViewPort    0 0  # initial origin if mode is smaller than desktop
#        Virtual     1280 1024
    EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "Screen1"
    Device      "ATI Graphics Adapter connector 1"
    Monitor     "Monitor1"
    DefaultDepth 24
    #Option "backingstore"

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "1280x1024"
        ViewPort    0 0  # initial origin if mode is smaller than desktop
#        Virtual     1280 1024
    EndSubsection
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# ServerLayout sections.
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of ServerLayout sections may be present.  Each describes
# the way multiple screens are organised.  A specific ServerLayout
# section may be specified from the X server command line with the
# "-layout" option.  In the absence of this, the first section is used.
# When now ServerLayout section is present, the first Screen section
# is used alone.

Section "ServerLayout"

# The Identifier line must be present
    Identifier  "Server Layout"

# Each Screen line specifies a Screen section name, and optionally
# the relative position of other screens.  The four names after
# primary screen name are the screens to the top, bottom, left and right
# of the primary screen.

    Screen "Screen0"
    Screen "Screen1" LeftOf "Screen0"
#    Option "Xinerama" "on"

# Each InputDevice line specifies an InputDevice section name and
# optionally some options to specify the way the device is to be
# used.  Those options include "CorePointer", "CoreKeyboard" and
# "SendCoreEvents".

    InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

EndSection

### EOF ###

Big Desktop - Xorg.conf

2005-12-17T03:50:00.000-05:00

Here is the xorg.conf file I used for Big Desktop:


# File: xorg.conf
# File generated by fglrxconfig (C) ATI Technologies, a substitute for xf86config.

# Note by ATI: the below copyright notice is there for servicing possibly
# pending third party rights on the file format and the instance of this file.
#
# Copyright (c) 1999 by The XFree86 Project, Inc.
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
# copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
# to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
# the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
# and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
# Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
# 
# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
# 
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
# THE XFREE86 PROJECT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
# WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF
# OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
# SOFTWARE.
# 
# Except as contained in this notice, the name of the XFree86 Project shall
# not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other
# dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from the
# XFree86 Project.
#

# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) man page for details about the format of 
# this file.
# **********************************************************************

# **********************************************************************
# DRI Section
# **********************************************************************
Section "dri"
# Access to OpenGL ICD is allowed for all users:
    Mode 0666
# Access to OpenGL ICD is restricted to a specific user group:
#    Group 100    # users
#    Mode 0660
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Module section -- this  section  is used to specify
# which dynamically loadable modules to load.
# **********************************************************************
#
Section "Module"

# This loads the DBE extension module.

    Load        "dbe"   # Double buffer extension

# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
    SubSection  "extmod"
#      Option    "omit xfree86-dga" 
    EndSubSection

# This loads the Type1 and FreeType font modules
    Load        "type1"
    Load        "freetype"

# This loads the GLX module
    Load        "glx"   # libglx.a
    Load        "dri"   # libdri.a

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Files section.  This allows default font and rgb paths to be set
# **********************************************************************

Section "Files"

# The location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
# no need to change the default.

    RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together),
# as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath
# command (or a combination of both methods)
# 
# If you don't have a floating point coprocessor and emacs, Mosaic or other
# programs take long to start up, try moving the Type1 and Speedo directory
# to the end of this list (or comment them out).
# 

    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
#    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"

# The module search path.  The default path is shown here.

#    ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Server flags section.
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerFlags"

# Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot where a signal is 
# received.  This may leave the console in an unusable state, but may
# provide a better stack trace in the core dump to aid in debugging

#    Option "NoTrapSignals"

# Uncomment this to disable the  server abort sequence
# This allows clients to receive this key event.

#    Option "DontZap"

# Uncomment this to disable the / mode switching
# sequences.  This allows clients to receive these key events.

#    Option "Dont Zoom"

# Uncomment this to disable tuning with the xvidtune client. With
# it the client can still run and fetch card and monitor attributes,
# but it will not be allowed to change them. If it tries it will
# receive a protocol error.

#    Option "DisableVidModeExtension"

# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local xvidtune client. 

#    Option "AllowNonLocalXvidtune"

# Uncomment this to disable dynamically modifying the input device
# (mouse and keyboard) settings. 

#    Option "DisableModInDev"

# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local client to
# change the keyboard or mouse settings (currently only xset).

#    Option "AllowNonLocalModInDev"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Input devices
# **********************************************************************

# **********************************************************************
# Core keyboard's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

    Identifier "Keyboard1"
    Driver "kbd"
# For most OSs the protocol can be omitted (it defaults to "Standard").
# When using XQUEUE (only for SVR3 and SVR4, but not Solaris),
# uncomment the following line.

#    Option "Protocol"   "Xqueue"

    Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
#    Option "Xleds"      "1 2 3"

#    Option "LeftAlt"    "Meta"
#    Option "RightAlt"   "ModeShift"

# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
#    Option "XkbModel"   "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
#    Option "XkbModel"   "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
#    Option "XkbLayout"  "de"
# or:
#    Option "XkbLayout"  "de"
#    Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
#    Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"

# These are the default XKB settings for XFree86
#    Option "XkbRules"   "xfree86"
#    Option "XkbModel"   "pc101"
#    Option "XkbLayout"  "us"
#    Option "XkbVariant" ""
#    Option "XkbOptions" ""

#    Option "XkbDisable"

    Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
    Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
    Option "XkbLayout" "us"

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver

    Identifier "Mouse1"
    Driver "mouse"
    Option "Protocol"   "ImPS/2"
    Option "ZAxisMapping"   "4 5"
    Option "Device"     "/dev/input/mice"

# When using XQUEUE, comment out the above two lines, and uncomment
# the following line.

#    Option "Protocol"   "Xqueue"

# Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice. In
# almost every case these lines should be omitted.

#    Option "BaudRate"   "9600"
#    Option "SampleRate" "150"

# Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button Microsoft mice
# Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms)

#    Option "Emulate3Buttons"
#    Option "Emulate3Timeout"    "50"

# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice

#    Option "ChordMiddle"

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Other input device sections 
# this is optional and is required only if you
# are using extended input devices.  This is for example only.  Refer
# to the XF86Config man page for a description of the options.
# **********************************************************************
#
# Section "InputDevice" 
#    Identifier  "Mouse2"
#    Driver      "mouse"
#    Option      "Protocol"      "MouseMan"
#    Option      "Device"        "/dev/mouse2"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
#    Identifier "spaceball"
#    Driver     "magellan"
#    Option     "Device"         "/dev/cua0"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
#    Identifier "spaceball2"
#    Driver     "spaceorb"
#    Option     "Device"         "/dev/cua0"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
#    Identifier "touchscreen0"
#    Driver     "microtouch"
#    Option     "Device"         "/dev/ttyS0"
#    Option     "MinX"           "1412"
#    Option     "MaxX"           "15184"
#    Option     "MinY"           "15372"
#    Option     "MaxY"           "1230"
#    Option     "ScreenNumber"   "0"
#    Option     "ReportingMode"  "Scaled"
#    Option     "ButtonNumber"   "1"
#    Option     "SendCoreEvents"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
#    Identifier "touchscreen1"
#    Driver     "elo2300"
#    Option     "Device"         "/dev/ttyS0"
#    Option     "MinX"           "231"
#    Option     "MaxX"           "3868"
#    Option     "MinY"           "3858"
#    Option     "MaxY"           "272"
#    Option     "ScreenNumber"   "0"
#    Option     "ReportingMode"  "Scaled"
#    Option     "ButtonThreshold"    "17"
#    Option     "ButtonNumber"   "1"
#    Option     "SendCoreEvents"
# EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of monitor sections may be present

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "Monitor0"
    HorizSync   31.5 - 80.5
    VertRefresh 60 - 75
    Option "DPMS"

# === mode lines based on GTF ===
# VGA @ 100Hz
# Modeline "640x480@100" 43.163 640 680 744 848 480 481 484 509 +hsync +vsync
# SVGA @ 100Hz
# Modeline "800x600@100" 68.179 800 848 936 1072 600 601 604 636 +hsync +vsync
# XVGA @ 100Hz
# Modeline "1024x768@100" 113.309 1024 1096 1208 1392 768 769 772 814 +hsync +vsync
# 1152x864 @ 60Hz
# Modeline "1152x864@60" 81.642 1152 1216 1336 1520 864 865 868 895 +hsync +vsync
# 1152x864 @ 85Hz
# Modeline "1152x864@85" 119.651 1152 1224 1352 1552 864 865 868 907 +hsync +vsync
# 1152x864 @ 100Hz
# Modeline "1152x864@100" 143.472 1152 1232 1360 1568 864 865 868 915 +hsync +vsync
# 1280x960 @ 75Hz
# Modeline "1280x960@75" 129.859 1280 1368 1504 1728 960 961 964 1002 +hsync +vsync
# 1280x960 @ 100Hz
# Modeline "1280x960@100" 178.992 1280 1376 1520 1760 960 961 964 1017  +hsync +vsync
# SXGA @ 100Hz
# Modeline "1280x1024@100" 190.960 1280 1376 1520 1760 1024 1025 1028 1085 +hsync +vsync
# SPEA GDM-1950 (60Hz,64kHz,110MHz,-,-): 1280x1024 @ V-freq: 60.00 Hz, H-freq: 63.73 KHz
# Modeline "GDM-1950"  109.62  1280 1336 1472 1720  1024 1024 1026 1062 -hsync -vsync
# 1600x1000 @ 60Hz
# Modeline "1600x1000" 133.142 1600 1704 1872 2144 1000 1001 1004 1035 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1000 @ 75Hz
# Modeline "1600x1000" 169.128 1600 1704 1880 2160 1000 1001 1004 1044 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1000 @ 85Hz
# Modeline "1600x1000" 194.202 1600 1712 1888 2176 1000 1001 1004 1050 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1000 @ 100Hz
# Modeline "1600x1000" 232.133 1600 1720 1896 2192 1000 1001 1004 1059 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1024 @ 60Hz
# Modeline "1600x1024" 136.385 1600 1704 1872 2144 1024 1027 1030 1060 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1024 @ 75Hz
# Modeline "1600x1024" 174.416 1600 1712 1888 2176 1024 1025 1028 1069 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1024 @ 76Hz
# Modeline "1600x1024" 170.450 1600 1632 1792 2096 1024 1027 1030 1070 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1024 @ 85Hz
# Modeline "1600x1024" 198.832 1600 1712 1888 2176 1024 1027 1030 1075 +hsync +vsync
# 1920x1080 @ 60Hz
# Modeline "1920x1080" 172.798 1920 2040 2248 2576 1080 1081 1084 1118 -hsync -vsync
# 1920x1080 @ 75Hz
# Modeline "1920x1080" 211.436 1920 2056 2264 2608 1080 1081 1084 1126 +hsync +vsync
# 1920x1200 @ 60Hz
# Modeline "1920x1200" 193.156 1920 2048 2256 2592 1200 1201 1203 1242 +hsync +vsync
# 1920x1200 @ 75Hz
# Modeline "1920x1200" 246.590 1920 2064 2272 2624 1200 1201 1203 1253 +hsync +vsync
# 2048x1536 @ 60
# Modeline "2048x1536" 266.952 2048 2200 2424 2800 1536 1537 1540 1589 +hsync +vsync
# 2048x1536 @ 60
# Modeline "2048x1536" 266.952 2048 2200 2424 2800 1536 1537 1540 1589 +hsync +vsync
# 1400x1050 @ 60Hz M9 Laptop mode 
# ModeLine "1400x1050" 122.000 1400 1488 1640 1880 1050 1052 1064 1082 +hsync +vsync
# 1920x2400 @ 25Hz for IBM T221, VS VP2290 and compatible display devices
# Modeline "1920x2400@25" 124.620 1920 1928 1980 2048 2400 2401 2403 2434 +hsync +vsync
# 1920x2400 @ 30Hz for IBM T221, VS VP2290 and compatible display devices
# Modeline "1920x2400@30" 149.250 1920 1928 1982 2044 2400 2402 2404 2434 +hsync +vsync

EndSection


Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "Monitor1"
    HorizSync   31.5 - 80.5
    VertRefresh 60 - 75
    Option "DPMS"

# === mode lines based on GTF ===
# VGA @ 100Hz
# Modeline "640x480@100" 43.163 640 680 744 848 480 481 484 509 +hsync +vsync
# SVGA @ 100Hz
# Modeline "800x600@100" 68.179 800 848 936 1072 600 601 604 636 +hsync +vsync
# XVGA @ 100Hz
# Modeline "1024x768@100" 113.309 1024 1096 1208 1392 768 769 772 814 +hsync +vsync
# 1152x864 @ 60Hz
# Modeline "1152x864@60" 81.642 1152 1216 1336 1520 864 865 868 895 +hsync +vsync
# 1152x864 @ 85Hz
# Modeline "1152x864@85" 119.651 1152 1224 1352 1552 864 865 868 907 +hsync +vsync
# 1152x864 @ 100Hz
# Modeline "1152x864@100" 143.472 1152 1232 1360 1568 864 865 868 915 +hsync +vsync
# 1280x960 @ 75Hz
# Modeline "1280x960@75" 129.859 1280 1368 1504 1728 960 961 964 1002 +hsync +vsync
# 1280x960 @ 100Hz
# Modeline "1280x960@100" 178.992 1280 1376 1520 1760 960 961 964 1017  +hsync +vsync
# SXGA @ 100Hz
# Modeline "1280x1024@100" 190.960 1280 1376 1520 1760 1024 1025 1028 1085 +hsync +vsync
# SPEA GDM-1950 (60Hz,64kHz,110MHz,-,-): 1280x1024 @ V-freq: 60.00 Hz, H-freq: 63.73 KHz
# Modeline "GDM-1950"  109.62  1280 1336 1472 1720  1024 1024 1026 1062 -hsync -vsync
# 1600x1000 @ 60Hz
# Modeline "1600x1000" 133.142 1600 1704 1872 2144 1000 1001 1004 1035 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1000 @ 75Hz
# Modeline "1600x1000" 169.128 1600 1704 1880 2160 1000 1001 1004 1044 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1000 @ 85Hz
# Modeline "1600x1000" 194.202 1600 1712 1888 2176 1000 1001 1004 1050 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1000 @ 100Hz
# Modeline "1600x1000" 232.133 1600 1720 1896 2192 1000 1001 1004 1059 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1024 @ 60Hz
# Modeline "1600x1024" 136.385 1600 1704 1872 2144 1024 1027 1030 1060 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1024 @ 75Hz
# Modeline "1600x1024" 174.416 1600 1712 1888 2176 1024 1025 1028 1069 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1024 @ 76Hz
# Modeline "1600x1024" 170.450 1600 1632 1792 2096 1024 1027 1030 1070 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1024 @ 85Hz
# Modeline "1600x1024" 198.832 1600 1712 1888 2176 1024 1027 1030 1075 +hsync +vsync
# 1920x1080 @ 60Hz
# Modeline "1920x1080" 172.798 1920 2040 2248 2576 1080 1081 1084 1118 -hsync -vsync
# 1920x1080 @ 75Hz
# Modeline "1920x1080" 211.436 1920 2056 2264 2608 1080 1081 1084 1126 +hsync +vsync
# 1920x1200 @ 60Hz
# Modeline "1920x1200" 193.156 1920 2048 2256 2592 1200 1201 1203 1242 +hsync +vsync
# 1920x1200 @ 75Hz
# Modeline "1920x1200" 246.590 1920 2064 2272 2624 1200 1201 1203 1253 +hsync +vsync
# 2048x1536 @ 60
# Modeline "2048x1536" 266.952 2048 2200 2424 2800 1536 1537 1540 1589 +hsync +vsync
# 2048x1536 @ 60
# Modeline "2048x1536" 266.952 2048 2200 2424 2800 1536 1537 1540 1589 +hsync +vsync
# 1400x1050 @ 60Hz M9 Laptop mode 
# ModeLine "1400x1050" 122.000 1400 1488 1640 1880 1050 1052 1064 1082 +hsync +vsync
# 1920x2400 @ 25Hz for IBM T221, VS VP2290 and compatible display devices
# Modeline "1920x2400@25" 124.620 1920 1928 1980 2048 2400 2401 2403 2434 +hsync +vsync
# 1920x2400 @ 30Hz for IBM T221, VS VP2290 and compatible display devices
# Modeline "1920x2400@30" 149.250 1920 1928 1982 2044 2400 2402 2404 2434 +hsync +vsync

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of graphics device sections may be present

# Standard VGA Device:

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Standard VGA"
    VendorName  "Unknown"
    BoardName   "Unknown"

# The chipset line is optional in most cases.  It can be used to override
# the driver's chipset detection, and should not normally be specified.

#    Chipset     "generic"

# The Driver line must be present.  When using run-time loadable driver
# modules, this line instructs the server to load the specified driver
# module.  Even when not using loadable driver modules, this line
# indicates which driver should interpret the information in this section.

    Driver      "vga"
# The BusID line is used to specify which of possibly multiple devices
# this section is intended for.  When this line isn't present, a device
# section can only match up with the primary video device.  For PCI
# devices a line like the following could be used.  This line should not
# normally be included unless there is more than one video device
# installed.

#    BusID       "PCI:0:10:0"

#    VideoRam    256

#    Clocks      25.2 28.3

EndSection

# === ATI device section ===

Section "Device"
    Identifier                          "ATI Graphics Adapter"
    Driver                              "fglrx"
# ### generic DRI settings ###
# === disable PnP Monitor  ===
    #Option                              "NoDDC"
# === disable/enable XAA/DRI ===
    Option "no_accel"                   "no"
    Option "no_dri"                     "no"
# === misc DRI settings ===
    Option "mtrr"                       "off" # disable DRI mtrr mapper, driver has its own code for mtrr
# ### FireGL DDX driver module specific settings ###
# === Screen Management ===
    Option "DesktopSetup"               "0x00000201" 
    Option "MonitorLayout"              "AUTO, AUTO"
    Option "IgnoreEDID"                 "off"
    Option "HSync2"                     "31.5 - 80.5" 
    Option "VRefresh2"                  "60 - 75" 
    Option "ScreenOverlap"              "0" 
# === TV-out Management ===
    Option "NoTV"                       "yes"     
    Option "TVStandard"                 "NTSC-M"     
    Option "TVHSizeAdj"                 "0"     
    Option "TVVSizeAdj"                 "0"     
    Option "TVHPosAdj"                  "0"     
    Option "TVVPosAdj"                  "0"     
    Option "TVHStartAdj"                "0"     
    Option "TVColorAdj"                 "0"     
    Option "GammaCorrectionI"           "0x00000000"
    Option "GammaCorrectionII"          "0x00000000"
# === OpenGL specific profiles/settings ===
    Option "Capabilities"               "0x00008000"
# === Video Overlay for the Xv extension ===
    Option "VideoOverlay"               "on"
# === OpenGL Overlay ===
# Note: When OpenGL Overlay is enabled, Video Overlay
#       will be disabled automatically
    Option "OpenGLOverlay"              "off"
# === Center Mode (Laptops only) ===
    Option "CenterMode"                 "off"
# === Pseudo Color Visuals (8-bit visuals) ===
    Option "PseudoColorVisuals"         "off"
# === QBS Management ===
    Option "Stereo"                     "off"
    Option "StereoSyncEnable"           "1"
# === FSAA Management ===
    Option "FSAAEnable"                 "no"
    Option "FSAAScale"                  "1"
    Option "FSAADisableGamma"           "no"
    Option "FSAACustomizeMSPos"         "no"
    Option "FSAAMSPosX0"                "0.000000"
    Option "FSAAMSPosY0"                "0.000000"
    Option "FSAAMSPosX1"                "0.000000"
    Option "FSAAMSPosY1"                "0.000000"
    Option "FSAAMSPosX2"                "0.000000"
    Option "FSAAMSPosY2"                "0.000000"
    Option "FSAAMSPosX3"                "0.000000"
    Option "FSAAMSPosY3"                "0.000000"
    Option "FSAAMSPosX4"                "0.000000"
    Option "FSAAMSPosY4"                "0.000000"
    Option "FSAAMSPosX5"                "0.000000"
    Option "FSAAMSPosY5"                "0.000000"
# === Misc Options ===
    Option "UseFastTLS"                 "0"
    Option "BlockSignalsOnLock"         "on"
    Option "UseInternalAGPGART"         "yes"
    Option "ForceGenericCPU"            "no"
#    BusID "PCI:1:0:1"    # vendor=1002, device=496e
    Screen 0
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of screen sections may be present.  Each describes
# the configuration of a single screen.  A single specific screen section
# may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen"
# option.
Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "Screen0"
    Device      "ATI Graphics Adapter"
    Monitor     "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth 24
    #Option "backingstore"

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "1280x1024"
        ViewPort    0 0  # initial origin if mode is smaller than desktop
#        Virtual     1280 1024
    EndSubsection
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# ServerLayout sections.
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of ServerLayout sections may be present.  Each describes
# the way multiple screens are organised.  A specific ServerLayout
# section may be specified from the X server command line with the
# "-layout" option.  In the absence of this, the first section is used.
# When now ServerLayout section is present, the first Screen section
# is used alone.

Section "ServerLayout"

# The Identifier line must be present
    Identifier  "Server Layout"

# Each Screen line specifies a Screen section name, and optionally
# the relative position of other screens.  The four names after
# primary screen name are the screens to the top, bottom, left and right
# of the primary screen.

    Screen "Screen0"

# Each InputDevice line specifies an InputDevice section name and
# optionally some options to specify the way the device is to be
# used.  Those options include "CorePointer", "CoreKeyboard" and
# "SendCoreEvents".

    InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

EndSection

### EOF ###

Big Desktop

2005-12-17T03:08:00.000-05:00

Ok, so I have been working on this for a few hours and I'm making some progress. Basically what I have been up to is setting up my second LCD monitor and configuring Xorg to work correctly with both monitors. You will be happy to know that it is infact working. There are a few minor problems however.

How I got it to work:

Well, it wasn't too much trouble using fglrxconfig. Here is what I did:

- Ran fglrxconfig.

- Tried to startx.

- Encountered the error "(EE) No Devices Detected.

After that I was a little stumped, so I did what any techie would do who was havin a little trouble. I googled it! This is what I came up with. This goes into detail about the problem, although it didn't leave me with a good fix. (No screens found was the "sub-error" I got).

What I ended up doing was something that I tried a long time ago that worked under 1 monitor when I was trying to get DRI to work. While it gave me that error it also gave me a warning mentioning PCI 01:00:00. I did not have a clue what this is and still don't, but when I comment out the line that contains this in the xorg.conf file it works.

So that gave me Big Desktop, which is one desktop that is expanded over two monitors. This is really quite nice. Supposedly it is like Xinerama (which I am not really sure what it is because no site gives a clear definition. In fact all I know about xinerama is that it cannot be used with DRI which it out of the question.)

Anyway, I couldn't get KDE to work with this at first although GNOME and TWM worked fine. When I started KDE, it seemed as if it was going to work because the splash screen split the two monitors. Well after that I couldn't get the mouse to the second monitor. After reading a few websites I found out that this is just a little option in KDE that needs to be turned off. To do so:

- Right click on the desktop.

- Select configure desktop.

- Select Display from the left.

- Uncheck the box labeled "Apply settings on KDE startup."

- Click ok.

After restarting KDE I was in the good. Sounds good right.....wrong.

What I failed to mention is that fact that after getting a little frustrated not being able to get Big Desktop to work in KDE I tried to get Dual Head to work. This seems like it was a waste. You cannot move windows between desktops, but merely the mouse between desktops only. There are two different start buttons, etc, wasn't that great. So I copied the xorg.conf file that I had saved for Big Desktop back and thats when I figured out the checkbox thing.

The Problems

The problems I ran into were few and far between and I can live with them (for now anyway). The first problem is with maximizing windows, which is really the least of my worries since I don't really maximize windows all that much except movies. When I maximize a window it is maximized across the entire 2 monitors instead of inside one. Oh well watcha gonna do. Not a big deal. The only problem I am really having with this is that when I make an mplayer window full screen it maximizes to one screen (YAY!!!) but it makes the other black (BOOOO!) If it just maximized to one screen that would be amazing. Kinda scared to see what is going to happend with games.

The second and probably the worst problem is the fact that when the mouse cursor changes its icon on the monitor NOT plugged into the DVI port (lets say you select a hyperlink and the cursor turns to a pointer finger) a cursor in the duplicate location on the other monitor flickers breifly, almost like a ghost cursor on the other monitor. Now this doesn't seem that bad after reading this. Basically what it says is that a new version of the proprietary ati-drivers for linux have been released and this problem has been fixed. It is version 8.20.8 I currently have 8.14.13 as it is all Gentoo has unmasked thus far. There are actually 5 versions better than the one I have, but they are all still masked. Really wish they would hurry!

The last problem I had which I was able to correct was a problem that happened with mozilla web browser and its fonts. When I started mozilla all of the buttons and applications fonts (not the web pages) were HUGE! To fix this I:

- Clicked on the Edit menu.

- Selected Preferences.

- Changed the display resolution to 96dpi.

This fixed the problem. I then had to do the same thing for Thunderbird. I am sure I will also have to do it for Firefox soon enough (if I ever use it again. It is such a pain in the ass sometimes. The devs really need to work on these memory leaks ASAP because I feel they are going to start loosing market share if they don't, especially with google about to purchase Opera. The Firefox boom is over, and the developers at Mozilla need to start fixing bugs and stop adding features for a little while. Its time to return to the roots that made Firefox so popular in the first place, security and stability. Features are nice to, but I can live with the current ones for now if that means devs will be fixing stuff. Not to mention that anyone can write extensions :-) )

Direct Rendering Help

2005-12-15T21:54:00.000-05:00

While I was troubleshooting why my girlfriends computer didn't have direct rendering enabled I stumbled across this website which tell you how to fix all the little errors that you may come across in setting up DRI on Xorg (Which has been.....*shudder*).

Almost forgot...KDE

2005-12-15T17:10:00.000-05:00

A day or two ago this was posted to slashdot. Now I haven't used KDE since before I was a die hard linux guy. After trying it, well,......I haven't been in gnome since.

I was really excited to see all of the features that KDE offers and has improved up over the years. Of coarse I am still emerging all of the software, so I haven't gotten to play with all of it, but its really the little things that make it so great. The fact that everything just works, the fact that there is a menu editor is a big one (stupid gnome 2.10). After trying it for myself I would have to say that Linus was right. Gnome tries to make things so simple that they loose functionality. So in closing "Please, just tell people to use KDE."

Find Large Files

2005-12-15T17:07:00.000-05:00

I found this cool little use of the find command which allows you to find large files. This is useful if you've forgotten about something somewhere that is eating up a lot of disk space. The way it is now, the command searches for files over 100 MB (even though the owner of the site messed it up a little bit, but i fixed it :-) )

find / -size +100000k -print

Restoring Volume Levels after reboot

2005-12-12T23:39:00.000-05:00

First of all, my hat is off to LinuxQuestions.org. I use it all the time because it is without a doubt the best source of information regarding linux. IF (when) I get a high paying job, I WILL donate mad loot to them.

Anyways...I hate how my mixer settings get messed up, so I found this post that talks about the alsactl command which allows you to save and restore mixer levels, even after rebooting. Very nice!

phpMyAdmin

2005-12-12T19:42:00.000-05:00

I was having a little trouble setting up phpMyAdmin today. After reading the docs I finally figured out why it wasn't allowing me to login. It appears that you login to phpMyAdmin using a mysql username and password, not the *nix username and password. Before you can do this tho, you need to setup a control user account. Here is the code from the side to do so:


GRANT USAGE ON mysql.* TO 'pma'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'pmapass';

GRANT SELECT (

    Host, User, Select_priv, Insert_priv, Update_priv, Delete_priv,

    Create_priv, Drop_priv, Reload_priv, Shutdown_priv, Process_priv,

    File_priv, Grant_priv, References_priv, Index_priv, Alter_priv,

    Show_db_priv, Super_priv, Create_tmp_table_priv, Lock_tables_priv,

    Execute_priv, Repl_slave_priv, Repl_client_priv

    ) ON mysql.user TO 'pma'@'localhost';

GRANT SELECT ON mysql.db TO 'pma'@'localhost';

GRANT SELECT ON mysql.host TO 'pma'@'localhost';

GRANT SELECT (Host, Db, User, Table_name, Table_priv, Column_priv)

    ON mysql.tables_priv TO 'pma'@'localhost';

You should of coarse change your password in this.

Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Upgrade guide to MySQL 4.1.x

2005-12-12T02:42:00.000-05:00

Gentoo.org as usual supplies great documentation for upgrading from version to version of MYSQL as emerge cannot do it automatically for you. Great service!!!!

Fixing Firefox's memory leak

2005-12-07T12:59:00.000-05:00

This page has instructions for how to fix problems related to memory leaks in firefox. I gave it a shot. We'll see how it works.

Gnome Menu Editors

2005-12-06T15:00:00.000-05:00

Well after trying to edit the menus manually I am unmasking and emerging smeg. The files are all over the place so it is hard to edit them manually. Lets see how smeg works.

Gnome Menu Duplicates

2005-12-06T14:37:00.000-05:00

I have been looking through my gnome menu and noticing that I have duplicates of some applications in the menu. I want to remove these. Like always I did a google and found some useful information. I didn't even know that gnome 2.12 was released as the Gentoo developers haven't finished the e-build yet. Can't wait for that one.

Anyway, it appears that gnome 2.8 has a built in menu editor in which I could have just removed these items.

Unfortuantely I have gnome 2.10 which switched to the freedesktop menu structure, consequently there is not integrated menu editor. These must as a result be edited manually with a text editor.

Gnome 2.12 comes with a built in menu editor. Apparently it isn't the greatest though.

This website vents its frustation about gnome 2.10 not having a menu editor. This author decided to write his own, but unfortuantely smeg is currently masked. Couldn't find any others and I try not to emerge masked packages too much, so I am going to try the by hand method.

This site seems to be answering all my gnome menu editing questions.

Gentoo Linux GCC Upgrade Guide (Final Update)

2005-12-06T12:22:00.000-05:00

Finally all the compiling is done. I have compiled the kernel again and rebooted the system and all is well. Aside from the 3 days it was a seemingly smooth tranisition between compilers.

I'm glad that gentoo finally wrote a doc on upgrading the compilers because I have had a lot of trouble in the past. Last time I tried this everything complained because it wasn't the same compiler and I eventually re-installed gentoo. Now back to the fun linux stuff... :-)

Gentoo Linux GCC Upgrade Guide (Update2)

2005-12-06T00:42:00.000-05:00

So.....its still compiling and I haven't even got to the kernel yet. It has 5 packages after the current which is OpenOffice 2.0

Hopefully it will be done tomorrow, totaling 3 days.

Gentoo Linux GCC Upgrade Guide (Update)

2005-12-03T22:08:00.000-05:00

I decided to do the slow but safe upgrade, which requires all existing packages to be re-emerged under the new compiler. All in all there were over 100 system packages and over 500 world packages. It has been going for about 24 hours now and has about 400 left. Hoping and praying that it doesn't pull up over 600 updated etc config files that I will have to go through...

Gentoo Linux GCC Upgrade Guide

2005-12-03T04:43:00.000-05:00

I have had problems in the past where new versions of gcc were emerged and they messed stuff up. With this new documentation, it makes it easily not only to update the software, but to understand what is going on too.

2005-12-03T03:28:00.000-05:00

One thing I was looking to purchase after I get a 64 bit chip and new mobo was a new pci express graphics card. After reading this page http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_ATI_Drivers my next card will definately be an nvidia card.

Cedega

2005-11-08T22:41:00.000-05:00

I found this website that has great directions for installing the free cvs version of cedega. I am in the process now, so I'll be sure to report any difficulties in installing it and quality and ease of the software.

http://www.linux-gamers.net/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=45

Wireless PCMCIA Cards

2005-11-04T16:45:00.000-05:00

I am looking to buy a new wireless card for my laptop because this Hawking Technologies one just isn't cutting it. It has poor reception, the software is AWFUL to say the least and it frequently disconnects/reconnects.

Its time to find an inexpensive quality card. If anyone knows of one, please let me know.

Creating an Ebuild

2005-10-31T11:46:00.000-05:00

I was trying to make an ebuild for the electric sheep hacked version of xscreensaver so I can vote on sheep. There is currently no ebuild for this version, so I downloaded the source and from this site:

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Create_an_Updated_Ebuild

I am going to try to make an ebuild.

2005-10-27T20:52:00.000-04:00

I had a problem with mplayer today where it would not play any video, but I could hear the audio from the wmv files for my mgq302 class lectures.

After reading a little bit I found that I needed to enable a particular codec at compile time, specifically the ones for the type of video. I found this site that does a great job of explaining all of this: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Emerge_MPlayer

DVD9 to DVD5 guide

2005-08-12T23:31:00.000-04:00

This is a great way to backup dvd's that wouldn't rip with software such as dvdbackup or vobcopy. Use DVD Decrypter in windows or try DVD:Rip in linux (I haven't tried this yet) to get the files on your HD.

From there, follow these
directions.

lxdvdrip

2005-07-19T16:01:00.000-04:00

So I have test out lxdvdrip and it seems to be an amazing piece of software. I have been using it to backup my collection of DVD's and they seem quite flawless. I really recommened checking out this piece of software.

It has problems with some movies that it cannot read, but for the most part it does an amazing job.

lxdvdrip - One step DVD backup DVD-9 to DVD-5!

2005-07-03T16:25:00.000-04:00

I was browsing google for a way to do a 1 step backup of dvds and found this site VideoHelp.com :: View topic - One step DVD backup DVD-9 to DVD-5! which has details of a new program called lxdvdrip. I just unmasked it and dvdstream and I am testing them out now. Seems very promising!

phptodo

2005-06-23T23:54:00.000-04:00

I was having some problems setting up phptodo on my machine. Every time I tried to login it would bring me back to the login screen. It would tell me if I put the wrong password in, but if I put in the correct one it would just prompt me again.

Wasn't quite sure what the problem could be. I went throught the php code and couldn't find anything. I decided to e-mail the author and he mentioned that I should use the CVS code or just get the newest index.php file. This was his message:

Are you running version 0.1.1 or the latest CVS? There was a fix for
cookies that caused some setups to fail at login. If you're not running
the CVS version I suggest you give it a go (or just download the
index.php file from SF.net; http://tinyurl.com/9fsvy ).

This worked. Thanks Mattias Nordstrom!

PSC 1210 Scanning

2005-06-05T04:24:00.000-04:00

I'm not exactly sure how I did it, but I was able to get scanning working with my scanner using hplip. It may have been the previous upgrade to libusb. I tried to install the newest version of hplip from source not by merging it. It errored during the make install stage. I tried to open the toolbox which failed so I started the hplip service and opened the toolbox and it worked. Couldn't beleive it. I have been scanning stuff since!

HP PSC 1210

2005-06-05T03:53:00.000-04:00

After finding this page I decided to try and emerge hpoj again even though it always fails. It did like usual. It complained of a problem with some usb item being unresolved. I then checked to see if there was an update for libusb. There was, which I merged. I was then able to merge hpoj. I ran the configuration 'ptal-init setup' which ran through setting it up.

I then tried to start xsane but it complained about something with sane. I then re-merged sane-backends, sane-frontends, and xsane.

After trying all this I keep getting device busy errors when trying to start xsane. This occurs while it is searching for the scanner.

Nautilus Compilation Error

2005-05-31T11:32:00.000-04:00

On my machine at work I have been trying to 'emerge gnome' for quite a while. I repeatedly received warnings stating that a libtool library was missing or had been moved. Eventually the emerge would error and fail.

After many attempts to find a solution to this problem, I finally found something saying it is most likely a problem with the configure script. Not sure how to change that I didn't bother. But rather thought of a way to have it re-create it.

I then ran 'emerge depclean'. This removed all the old packages that weren't being used. I then ran 'emerge gnome' and it was able to compile nautilus without any problem.

Scanning w/ HP PSC 1210v

2005-05-29T23:33:00.000-04:00

I have been trying to setup scanning for quite a while now. I finally found this:



[2005-03-16]
Just got this printer working on Gentoo Linux using the HPLIP 0.8.8
driver at http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net/

The HPLIP-0.8.8 driver enables scanning AND printing at the same time,
using just this driver source alone.

It worked great in KDE 3.3.2 with Kooka 0.44 as the scanner frontend.

Be sure to read the DJ3320 (pertains to PSC 1210) driver notes on the
site above. That will fix the problem with black ink looking faded. 
It also mentions some things about pen alignment and settings for
Ghostscript. 

(Search the Gentoo Forums for 'hplip' to get the ebuild.)

which says it is easily done without hpoj, but using hplip. There are currently no gentoo ebuilds in the portage tree yet. You can download them below though. This is the page where you can download the ebuilds until they have added them to the portage tree.

Using custom ebuilds with Gentoo

2005-05-29T23:19:00.000-04:00

Found a web page which tells you how to create your own ebuilds and also how to emerge them. Great documentation.

Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Portage Features -- Distributed Compiling

2005-05-24T20:43:00.000-04:00

Wow, and just when I thought that Gentoo couldn't get any better. You can have other computers help compile your applications for you so it doesn't take as long. Check out Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Portage Features for more information.

Graphical Links

2005-05-24T20:40:00.000-04:00

I found out today that you can display graphics with links text browser. Not sure if this will work on a console with frame buffer support. Something to try out later. but to run it:


links2 -mode 1024x768x32

Introduction to UNIX -- assignment 2

2005-05-23T21:14:00.000-04:00

On this page I found out that to have a .bashrc file automatically sourced you need to source it in your .bash_profile file provided that bash is your default shell.

Apache and PHP

2005-05-21T02:28:00.000-04:00

These are the lines you need in your apache2.conf (aka httpd.conf in non-gentoo distros):


# And for PHP 4.x, use:

#

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

AddType application/x-httpd-phps-source .phps

This will allow apache and php to play together.

Building a Gentoo Lamp

2005-05-21T02:02:00.000-04:00

I found this HOWTO Apache2 with PHP MySQL - Gentoo Linux Wiki website in trying to setup PHP, MySQL and Apache to work together. Should be very useful.

RT Problem Tracking

2005-05-20T21:51:00.000-04:00

This is the main page for RT which is a tracking system I am installing on my computer. Here are the directions incase I ever forget them:


You now need to edit your local config files,
which will be located in /var/www/localhost/rt-config/RT_Config.pm and 
RT_SiteConfig.pm

BE SURE TO READ /usr/share/doc/rt-3.2.1/README.gz , especially if
you'd prefer to use an alias, or if you want to setup RT's e-mail 
gateway

RT documentation can be found at 
http://www.bestpractical.com/rt/docs.html
If you need more help, consider searching the mailing list 
(Google site:lists.fs ck.com )

***********************************************************
1. If this is a new install, you now need to initialize RT's database.

For MySQL:
rt-setup-database --action init --dba root --prompt-for-dba-password


For this to work, PostgreSQL needs to listen on TCP 5432:
In your postgresql.conf, set tcpip_socket = true, port = 5432

***********************************************************
2. Read the README to configure your webserver for RT. 
For the impatient: put this in 
/var/www/localhost/htdocs/rt/.htaccess (although you really 
should put it in your Apache configs)

AddDefaultCharset UTF-8

PerlModule Apache::DBI
PerlRequire /usr/bin/webmux.pl

SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler RT::Mason
PerlSetEnv PERL5LIB /usr/lib

***********************************************************
3. Restart your webserver 
(e.g., for Apache: /etc/init.d/apache restart )

***********************************************************
4. Note that the default login is 'root', and the password 
is 'password'. It is a Good Idea(TM) to change the defaults 
to something more secure.

Handling Masked Packages

2005-05-20T19:50:00.000-04:00

I found this page at Gentoo Linux Wiki for dealing with masked packages that you want to install. It works nicely and it seems to be the best way.

Buttons! Thunderbird Extention

2005-05-16T23:54:00.000-04:00

I found this extension when I was looking for a way to archive mail in thunderbird. It provides such capability.

K3B DVD Writing Problems

2005-05-15T22:31:00.000-04:00

I repeatedly got this error when trying to burn dvd's with k3b:

:-( unable to WRITE@LBA=0h: Input/output error
:-( write failed: Input/output error

It seemed to be a problem with growisofs. I then found this page. It details that you should turn off scsi emulation in your kernel. I did so.

Writing udev rules

2005-05-10T13:58:00.000-04:00

This page is amazing. I used this to create a udev rule for my mplayer. So far my custom udev rules are as follows:

#Palm M125
BUS="usb", SYSFS{serial}="PalmSN12345678", NAME="pilot",
SYMLINK="usb/pilot"

#Rave MP3 Player
BUS="usb", KERNEL="sd?1", SYSFS{serial}="0002F5CB09294C87",
NAME="mp3", SYMLINK="usb/mp3"

Writing udev rules: "Example: Writing a rule for my USB-Storage digital camera
Quick Intro: My camera identifies itself as an external SCSI hard disk (it uses the usb-storage driver which is also used by devices such as USB hard disks and flash-card readers). I can then mount the partition on that disk and copy images over. Not all cameras work like this - many require external software (e.g. gphoto2) to be able to access photos.

This one is a bit tricky. Several nodes are created by default when my camera is connected : /dev/sda and /dev/sda1, and possibly even /dev/sg1. This is an example where specifity is important - if your rule is not specific enough, it could match any of the above 3 nodes.

sda1 is the node that I would like as my /dev/camera, as that is what gets mounted. udevinfo did not point out any useful differences between sda, sda1, and sg1. I decided that a reliable way to differentiate between these 3 nodes would be to look at the KERNEL name.

A key such as KERNEL='sd?1' would match KERNEL names such as 'sda1', 'sdb1', 'sdc1', and equally importantly, it will not match KERNEL names such as sda, sdb, or sg1. The purpose of this key is to ignore the /dev/sda and /dev/sg1 nodes. The device is a digital camera - I would not dream of fdisking it or anything like that, so these 2 nodes are pretty useless to me. The key attempts to capture the /dev/sda1 node, which is mountable and therefore useful!"

Palm M125

2005-05-10T13:33:00.000-04:00

This page was great for helping me setup udev to work with jpilot. I created the permissions files exactly as it is seen there and it worked. Permissions to the device were the problem. I still must push the device hotsync button before pushing the sync button on jpilot. I can live with that though.

Palm M125

2005-05-10T12:48:00.000-04:00

I found this page which details how to get the palm to work. It seems I simply forgot to compile it in the new kernel. Editing the kernel config and recompiling.

PCTV Card

2005-05-04T21:37:00.000-04:00

So I finally have the PCTV card working and nicely. After reading the output of tvtime I got the picture even better:

TERMINAL
----------
Running tvtime 0.9.12.
rtctimer: Cannot set periodic interval: Permission denied

Failed to get 1024 Hz resolution from your RTC device. High
resolution access is necessary for video to be smooth. Please
run tvtime as root, set tvtime as SUID root, or change the
maximum RTC resolution allowed for user processes by running this
command as root:
sysctl -w dev.rtc.max-user-freq=1024
See our support page at http://tvtime.net/ for more information.

Reading configuration from /etc/tvtime/tvtime.xml
Reading configuration from /home/bobby/.tvtime/tvtime.xml
mixer: Can't open device /dev/mixer, mixer volume and mute unavailable.
Thank you for using tvtime.
bobby@stocks bobby $ sudo sysctl -w dev.rtc.max-user-freq=1024
sudo: sysctl: command not found
bobby@stocks bobby $ sudo /sbin/sysctl -w dev.rtc.max-user-freq=1024
dev.rtc.max-user-freq = 1024
-----------

tvtime

2005-05-04T16:44:00.000-04:00

After emerging tvtime I tried to start it, but I had to enable real time in the kernel. After doing so it worked fine. Had to enable both bttv video card and sound modules in the kernel.

Promise 20276

2005-05-04T16:26:00.000-04:00

After reading dmesg:

PDC20276: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:0f.0
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:0f.0[A] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
PDC20276: chipset revision 1
PDC20276: 100% native mode on irq 10
PDC20276: neither IDE port enabled (BIOS)

I decided this feature may be necessary so I enabled it in the kernel:

<*> PROMISE PDC202{68|69|70|71|75|76|77} support
[*] Enable controller even if disabled by BIOS <-- (this is what im talking about)

It worked. dmesg now reads:

PDC20276: chipset revision 1
PDC20276: 100% native mode on irq 10
ide2: BM-DMA at 0xc400-0xc407, BIOS settings: hde:pio, hdf:pio
ide3: BM-DMA at 0xc408-0xc40f, BIOS settings: hdg:pio, hdh:pio
Probing IDE interface ide2...
hde: WDC WD2000JB-00DUA3, ATA DISK drive
ide2 at 0xb400-0xb407,0xb802 on irq 10
Probing IDE interface ide3...
hdg: DVDRW DRW-3S163, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdh: IOMEGA ZIP 250 ATAPI, ATAPI FLOPPY drive
ide3 at 0xbc00-0xbc07,0xc002 on irq 10

Mounted and works fine!!!! It feels soooo good to solve stuff.

Format/Reinstall/Kernel Recompile/Promise

2005-05-04T16:12:00.000-04:00

Well, it happened. I was doing world upgrades which were unneeded and I accidentally upgraded the compiler. Some programs then wouldn't compile. Reinstalled old compiler. Nothing would compile. Nautilus crashed. Started getting missing library errors for libstdc++.so.5

....Formatted my / partition.

In recompiling my kernel I couldn't figure out how to get my other hard drives which are on the promise 20276 component to mount. When i tried to mount then I was getting invalid block device.

Finally realized I didn't have the promise drivers loaded in the kernel...installed the promise drivers and still no luck....continuing....

bttv driver

2005-04-25T19:48:00.000-04:00

Working on getting my TV Card working. Found some drivers. Looking for documentation. There is no /dev/video0 so nothing will play.

Frank's Corner, Running Windows applications and games on Linux using Wine

2005-04-07T23:23:00.000-04:00

Frank's Corner details how to install WineX or Cedega for free so you can play windows based games on Linux. Im in the works of downloading and installing it right now.

Scanning: LinuxPrinting.org HP PSC 1210 listing

2005-03-05T17:41:00.000-05:00

Trying to setup scanning with the psc 1210v. Gonna try this a little later.

LinuxPrinting.org HP PSC 1210 listing

ATI Direct Rendering

2005-03-05T16:53:00.000-05:00

I finally got it to work!!!!

Here is the Device section of my xorg.conf file:

-----------
Section "Device"
Identifier "9000 pro"
Driver "fglrx"

# ### generic DRI settings ###
# === disable PnP Monitor ===
#Option "NoDDC"
# === disable/enable XAA/DRI ===
Option "no_accel" "no"
Option "no_dri" "no"
# === misc DRI settings ===
Option "mtrr" "off" # disable DRI mtrr mapper, d$#
### FireGL DDX driver module specific settings ###
# === Screen Management ===
Option "DesktopSetup" "0x00000000"
Option "MonitorLayout" "AUTO, AUTO"
Option "IgnoreEDID" "off"
Option "HSync2" "unspecified"
Option "VRefresh2" "unspecified"
Option "ScreenOverlap" "0"
# === TV-out Management ===
Option "NoTV" "yes"
Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
Option "TVHSizeAdj" "0"
Option "TVVSizeAdj" "0"
Option "TVHPosAdj" "0"
Option "TVVPosAdj" "0"
Option "TVHStartAdj" "0"
Option "TVColorAdj" "0"
Option "GammaCorrectionI" "0x00000000"
Option "GammaCorrectionII" "0x00000000"
# === OpenGL specific profiles/settings ===
Option "Capabilities" "0x00000000"
# === Video Overlay for the Xv extension ===
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
# === OpenGL Overlay ===
# Note: When OpenGL Overlay is enabled, Video Overlay
# will be disabled automatically
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
# === Center Mode (Laptops only) ===
Option "CenterMode" "off"
# === Pseudo Color Visuals (8-bit visuals) ===
Option "PseudoColorVisuals" "off"
# === QBS Management ===
Option "Stereo" "off"
Option "StereoSyncEnable" "1"
# === FSAA Management ===
Option "FSAAEnable" "no"
Option "FSAAScale" "1"
Option "FSAADisableGamma" "no"
Option "FSAACustomizeMSPos" "no"
Option "FSAAMSPosX0" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY0" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX1" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY1" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX2" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY2" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX3" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY3" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX4" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY4" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX5" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY5" "0.000000"
# === Misc Options ===
Option "UseFastTLS" "0"
Option "BlockSignalsOnLock" "on"
Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "no"
Option "ForceGenericCPU" "no"
# BusID "PCI:1:0:1" # vendor=1002, device=496e
Screen 0
#VideoRam 131072
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection

------------

And it worked. I played quake....like a dream!

Gentoo ATI Radeon FAQ

2005-03-04T20:18:00.000-05:00

One of the posts to the forum suggested this, and it is my next attempt. Hopefully this will solve the problem.

LinuxQuestions.org - Gentoo Ati Radeon 9000 Pro Direct Rendering not working - where Linux users come for help

2005-03-03T18:19:00.000-05:00

So I am still trying to get my ATI card working with Direct Rendering. In my attempts I have posted this and had a little help, but didn't fix the problem yet. I'm going to try the new gentoo 2.6.10-r6 kernel and see if it works. I am also going to re-emerge the ati drivers afterwards.LinuxQuestions.org - Gentoo Ati Radeon 9000 Pro Direct Rendering not working - where Linux users come for help

SuSE Linux english discussion: Re: [SLE] "mms is not a registered protocol"

2005-02-21T18:22:00.000-05:00

I ventured to this website trying to get mms to work. I found a few directions. Point your browser to

about:config
After that right click and click new and add a new string

network.protocol-handler.app.mms
Insert the value

/usrbin/mplayer (I like mplayer)
I am going to test it now.SuSE Linux english discussion: Re: [SLE] "mms is not a registered protocol"

X11 w/Scroll Mouse

2005-01-19T11:55:00.000-05:00

I changed my xorg.conf file section for the mouse to:

# Identifier and driver

Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Buttons" "7"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

It is now working fine. The forward and back buttons on it don't work, but that is a project for a later date.

X11 Problems

2005-01-19T11:39:00.000-05:00

I recently restarted my computer, no remembering that I had previously edited the xorg.conf file, but I dont remember what I changed. X failed to start.

I re-ran xorgconfig. These are the options I chose for my hardware which is a Samsung SyncMaster 174V and an ATI Radeon 9000 Pro:

-Mouse: 1 Auto
-MouseEmulate3Button: No
-Mouse Device: /dev/mouse (I created a symlink from /dev/misc/psaux)

-Keyboard: 3 Generic 104-key PC
- 1 U.S. English
-Variant Name: just pressed enter
-XKB Options: No

-Hsync: 9 31.5 - 79.0; Monitor that can do 1280x1024 @ 74 Hz
-Vsync: 2 50-90

-Video Card: 6 ** ATI Radeon (generic) [radeon] -
-Video Memory: 10 131072K

It displayed:

"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" for 8-bit
"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" for 16-bit
"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" for 24-bit

I answered: 4 The modes are OK, continue.

Color Depth: 5 24 bits (16 million colors)

Unfortunately after doing so, my scoll mouse isn't working again. Gotta find the directions for it.

Updated will be posted soon...

On a Side Note (Contd.)

2005-01-16T12:45:00.000-05:00

It worked. I just synced up the portage tree using:

emerge --sync

as described and it worked fine.

SSMTP

2005-01-16T12:44:00.000-05:00

I found this page which discusses the setup of the config file which is why it wasn't working: ssmtp

SSMTP

2005-01-16T00:44:00.000-05:00

For some reason I am having problems getting an SMTP server to work. I have tried both sendmail and ssmtp with no luck. I get getting the error:

ssmtp: Cannot open mail:25

when trying to send a message.

On a Side Note

2005-01-15T21:53:00.000-05:00

Im installing Gentoo on my girlfriends computer. I was having problems when bootstraping. Nothing seemed to work, and it kept erroring saying it could not find a particular file.

I had restarted the computer so she could boot up in windows just to use it for now. Then I restarted it to work on it and give it a shot, a hopefully search for the particular error she was getting.

Before I started the bootstrap, I decided to:

emerge --sync

and I'm not sure what happened and it that fixed it or not, but it seems to be working fine now. I'll post an update later as to whether it worked or not.

Installing Oracle, PHP, and Apache on Linux

2005-01-15T21:49:00.000-05:00

I am currently working on installing oscommerce on to my local web server. This way I can play around with it, and hopeful build a cool site. Unfortuantely PHP is not working out of the box.

It is currently installed, but I am trying right now to install the apache module for PHP using Portage. Well see how it goes. If it doesn't work, I'm going to try the directions as this site using the pre-installed version of PHP.:

Installing Oracle, PHP, and Apache on Linux

Waiting...

2005-01-14T19:49:00.000-05:00

Well it seems I simply have to wait for the x11-drm drivers to become available for the 2.6 kernel. I havent been able to find anything else about it.

Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Hardware 3D Acceleration Guide

2005-01-05T20:50:00.000-05:00

If nothing else, this page should fix the problem: Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Hardware 3D Acceleration Guide

Gentoo ATI Radeon FAQ

2005-01-05T20:40:00.000-05:00

When I try to play quake I keept getting an error about the OpenGL subsystem. Figured I might find out the answer here. If not I am reinstalling the ati drivers

Gentoo ATI Radeon FAQ

Pocket Digital Update

2004-12-31T18:52:00.000-05:00

Somehow I got this to work too. It doesn't complain why I try to do it as my self instead of root anymore. I cant believe it. Absolutely everything is working. Where is norton ghost when you need it!?!?!

LinuxQuestions.org - iLo mp3 player - where Linux users come for help

2004-12-31T18:50:00.000-05:00

Solved this problem.

LinuxQuestions.org - iLo mp3 player - where Linux users come for help: "OMG....one of my usb ports must be messed up or something. I plugged it into one of the ports in the back and now it works fine...i dunno, but atleast it works. Mounted the /dev/sdxx file and it works."

After New Kernel Install

2004-12-31T18:23:00.000-05:00

On another note, after I installed the new kernel something with loading the sound drivers wouldn't let me login to gnome until I had emerged them again.

iLo mp3 player

2004-12-31T18:22:00.000-05:00

Well, I set it up accordingly and still no go. Let the search being...again...

LinuxQuestions.org - iLo mp3 player

2004-12-30T02:40:00.000-05:00

LinuxQuestions.org - iLo mp3 player - where Linux users come for help: "These should be the kernel options that should be set:
SCSI device support--->SCSI disk support
SCSI device support--->SCSI generic support
SCSI device support--->Probe all LUNs on each SCSI device (This must be set to use the external memory)

USB support--->*Your Host Controller*
USB support--->USB Mass Storage support
USB support--->*I have every thing in the mass storage device subsection enabled except verbose debug*

then make && make modules_install, copy your kernel, and then reboot.

The device should come up as /dev/sdx then just mount and copy and paste.

Oh and the lsusb output is:

code:

Bus 001 Device 005: ID 066f:8275 SigmaTel, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

Hope this helps."

This is what he gave me. Hope it works compiling the kernel....2.6.9-gentoo-r13. Fingers crossed.

Linuxquestions.org - iLo mp3 player

2004-12-29T13:29:00.000-05:00

Posted a reply to my thread of LinuxQuestions.org asking the user who had it working many questions, mainly because he is using gentoo also and my dad is using Suse, it could be some sort of magik suse thing that is making it work. Fingers are crossed...

LinuxQuestions.org - Cannot mount usb storage under 2.6.9 - where Linux users come for help

2004-12-29T03:32:00.000-05:00

LinuxQuestions.org - Cannot mount usb storage under 2.6.9 - where Linux users come for help: "You should be using udev with 2.6.X and it sounds like you don't have a proper rule for your drive. Check out this link http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html"

Found this page, gotta wait till tommorow to check it out, should be interesting...bed time...

ALSA

2004-12-29T03:23:00.000-05:00

I had to login to failsafe terminal so I could install the alsa drivers, then I had to reboot. It kept freezing when I tried to login. I also removed vixie-cron from startup.