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RE: [CentOS] x windows dell inspiron 1200 setting for 1366x768
by Plant, Dean 23 Nov '05

23 Nov '05

Jerry Geis wrote: >> I had a similar problem trying to set 1400x1050 on a Siemens Fujitsu >> Laptop. The fix for me, was to use 915 resolution from >> http://www.geocities.com/stomljen/ as it seems the Intel video bios >> has a limited set of resolution modes > >> Hope this helps > >> Dean > > Dean, > > THanks I have 1 question. on centso 4.2 X starts real early... > Where do you run the 915resolution command? I put it in > rc.local and it did not seem to work. > > THanks, > > Jerry That's where I put it and it worked fine. I tested first by booting to run level 3 running "915resolution 4b 1400 1050" and then started X. This worked so I just added the same command to rc.local. The desktop now boots by default to 1400x1050 in run level 5. My tests were on Siemens Fujitsu Laptop E8020D with Centos 3.6 and I had to replace XFree86 with the latest development version before using 915resolution as I could not get X to display anything other than a black screen, even with the vesa driver. Dean.

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how does one default a laptop to use the external monitor not the LCD
by Jerry Geis 23 Nov '05

23 Nov '05

I have a dell 1200 laptop. How do I tell X to use the external VGA port by default and not the LCD? I have looked in the bios and there is nothing. Jerry

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Problem when booting CentOS on ALpha Server.
by israel.garcia＠cimex.com.cu 23 Nov '05

23 Nov '05

List, I've just installed CentOS 4.2 (alpha) on a ES40, 4 processor 833 MHz, 2 GB ram and when I rebooted the server it simple didn't boot... Any ideas of my problem? Regards; Israel

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server exercising, stressing, and/or testing
by Robert 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

greetings would someone please point me to an excellent server exercising, stressing, and/or testing program that will run on centos 4? i want one that will not out and out destroy a machine so to speak... ...meaning testing is one thing, yet pounding a box in the hard drive department over and above the cause or unnecessarily does not appeal to me. fyi the box i want to test/stress this time is a compaq dl380 with 2 gig ram and 4 drives in raid5 for simple internet services thanks and kind regards, - rh -- Robert Hanson - Abba Communications Computer & Internet Services (509) 624-7159 - www.abbacomm.net

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RE: [CentOS] Re: server exercising, stressing, and/or testing
by Brian T. Brunner 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

The Mersenne project has a TortureTest mode that has helped me find how far I can overclock CPU or RAM without running into errors. It runs massive calculations and compares the results with pre-known values. If this is run while a disk I/O and graphics test run, the collision problems between these memory users can be (hopefully) caught without regard to whether you overclock or not. See: http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> jlb17(a)duke.edu 11/22/05 02:34PM >>> On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 at 11:30am, Robert wrote > } It might be useful if you specify what aspects of the box you want to > } test. > } > } CPU? RAM? Disk? > } > } You mentioned disk, but is that all that you want to test? > } > } Regards, > } Greg > > i wish to test it all, everything, just not ummm extremely violently in > terms of hard drive(s). > > so, if the hard drive testing part is ultimately configurable that would be > great... i just dont feel like pounding the drives for hours and hours > > ummmmmmmmmm what are people using in this area? > > i am familiar with memtest and some of the other small stuff yet i am > looking for practical list wisdom on this whole scenartio. > > thanks! I've actually had pretty good luck with this little script: http://people.redhat.com/dledford/memtest.html It's not *too* hard on the disks, although that part isn't configurable. -- Joshua Baker-LePain Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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Smartctl & SATA
by Hoy, Mark 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

I've just installed my first system with a SATA drive and I've noticed that smartctl isn't supported under libata According to the smartmontools home page, SATA will require a patch that is still in development. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6983#comment-126714 "The patch is still under development and it is probably best to make sure that the disk is idle before trying smartmontools." Isn't a glowing endorsement, besides the system only has 1 hard drive. Under CentOS 4.1 # rpm -qa | grep kernel kernel-2.6.9-5.0.3.EL kernel-utils-2.4-13.1.48 I also tried the CentOS 4.2 kernel (and kernel-utils) with similar results. # rpm -qa | grep kernel kernel-2.6.9-22.EL kernel-utils-2.4-13.1.69 Thanks, Mark

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latex writer in gnome?
by Sharon Kimble 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

Does anybody know the gnome program that you can write in latex with please? I'm not sure but I think its in the base repo. Its not winefish as it (winefish) doesn't compile the source text like the program that I'm looking for does. Hopefully thanks Sharon. -- 16:41:46 up 1 day, 16:56, 2 users, load average: 1.54, 1.45, 1.51 A taste of linux http://www.sharons.org.uk/taste/index.html efever http://www.efever.blogspot.com/ Centos 4.2, KDE 3.4.3-1.0, OpenOffice 2.0 Registered Linux user 334501

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x windows dell inspiron 1200 setting for 1366x768
by Jerry Geis 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

>I had a similar problem trying to set 1400x1050 on a Siemens Fujitsu > Laptop. The fix for me, was to use 915 resolution from >http://www.geocities.com/stomljen/ as it seems the Intel video bios has >a limited set of resolution modes >Hope this helps >Dean Dean, THanks I have 1 question. on centso 4.2 X starts real early... Where do you run the 915resolution command? I put it in rc.local and it did not seem to work. THanks, Jerry

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RE: [CentOS] x windows dell inspiron 1200 setting for 1366x768
by Plant, Dean 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

Jerry Geis wrote: > I am attempting to setup a dell inspirons 1200 laptop > media accelerator 900 from intel is the chipset so I am using the i810 > driver. > In the default 1024x768 everything is fine. > > I am trying to setup the external port not the LCD to be 1366x768. > I added a modeline to xorg.conf of: > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor0" > VendorName "Monitor Vendor" > ModelName "LCD Panel 1600x1200" > HorizSync 31.5 - 90.0 > VertRefresh 60.0 - 60.0 > ModeLine "1024x768" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 > 806 -hsync -vsync > ModeLine "1024x768" 54.2 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 > 806 -hsync -vsync > ModeLine "1366x768" 85.5 1366 1494 1624 1798 768 770 776 > 795 -hsync +vsync > Option "dpms" > EndSection > > There is a line in the log file of: > (II) I810(0): Monitor0: Using hsync range of 31.00-70.00 kHz > (II) I810(0): Monitor0: Using vrefresh range of 50.00-85.00 Hz > (II) I810(0): Not using mode "1366x768" (no mode of this name) > (II) I810(0): Not using built-in mode "1600x1200" (width too large for > virtual size) > (II) I810(0): Not using built-in mode "1280x1024" (width too large for > virtual size) > (1366x768,Monitor0) mode clock 100000MHz exceeds DDC maximum 110MHz > (1600x1200,Monitor0) mode clock 162MHz exceeds DDC maximum 110MHz > (II) I810(0): 6632 kBytes additional video memory is required to > > I looked at the specs of the media 900 and it does something like > 25XXx10XX > > What am I not setting up correctly to see the 1366x768? > > THanks so much, > > Jerry I had a similar problem trying to set 1400x1050 on a Siemens Fujitsu Laptop. The fix for me, was to use 915 resolution from http://www.geocities.com/stomljen/ as it seems the Intel video bios has a limited set of resolution modes Hope this helps Dean

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pine rpm for centos 4
by Roger D Vargas 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

There is some pine rpm for release 4? Im too used to it and I dont like mutt. -- Roger D. Vargas http://dsgp.blogspot.com | Linux, programación, juegos ______________________________________________ Renovamos el Correo Yahoo! Nuevos servicios, más seguridad http://correo.yahoo.es

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