XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, alt.os.linux.redhat, comp.sys.mac.advocacy
XPost: alt.os.linux.mandrake
From: earlcp@idirect.com
Earl Colby Pottinger :
> Jøhnny Fävòrítê (it means "halo, then resonate") :
>> if you can stand linux, it would make an okay choice. personally i
>> couldn't. way too fiddly and difficult. every little thing required
>> editing a config file somewhere with tortured, impossible syntax. and
>> all the dependency issues. bleargh, not for me.
> Strange, I don't like Linux myself but I know lots of users who in no way
> find it that hard. Sounds like you used Linux in the 199x's and have not
> seen a recent version.
Well Jøhnny, it looks like I have to take back what I said about Linux not
matter what my friends have said lately. It looks like you were right.
Linux is still a pain to configure compared to what it should be.
Gregory Hansen asked some questions about configuring his system and the
answers were all that I knew in the past was wrong with Linux and I had
thought was fix now.
When he asked: How do I tell Mandrake that I have a modem?
The answers were to be selective of hardware (I understand why that), not to
use a winmodem if possible (Boy do I understand that!), where to get a
winmodem driver if really needed (Ugh!) and finally to go to the Control
Center to configure it. I think some detail was lacking there as the name
'Control Center' does not suggest modems to me - what is needed after?
In comparision under BeOS I would tell a preson to go starting from /Boot go
to Preferences then DialUpNetworking, the modem settings will be in plain
sight at that point. What really seem strange to me is it is not implied
that Linux out of the box is already configured for a plain jane Hayes-Type
modem hookup unlike just about every other OS I have used.
When he asked: I couldn't figure out how to tell Mandrake to take my monitor
out of
strobe light mode, either. It does 800x600 fine but doesn't give options
for refresh rate and just sticks it in 60 Hz.
Answer: Open a console, type 'gtf 800 600 80' for 80MHz refresh rate.
What the @#$%^&* is this? GTF? The Linux idiots are still using stupid files
names like this - now how is a user suppose to know this without digging thru
a ton of manuals. BeOS - in the preferences folder the needed file is called
'Screen', on the Amiga 'ScreenModes', Windows 'Display', etc. Why does Linux
use files names that say nothing about thier function? Not even an alias to
a useful file name.
Next the answer is continued with:
Get the modeline, put it in /etc/X11/XF86Config under "Modes" (do the same
for all modes you're interested in using) by copy/paste (you'll have to use
the drop down menu in the console, as ctrl-c does not work). Then set the
proper resolution under the "Screen" section, using the exact wording in
parenthesis from the modeline, which is probably "800x600_80", or something
similar for all color depths. Get rid of the ordinary references in the
"Screen" section. Restart X, and you'll have 80MHz refresh rates @ 800x600.
You'll have to edit XF86Config as root, of course. Keep a working copy saved,
in case something doesn't go right and you have to restore it. BTW, I used
80MHz as a reference, but check your monitor's specs for what it supports.
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This is an easy to use OS? Why can't he save his current setting from GTF
after running it? Why does the config file not have common display modes
that run most displays and thus the screen control program displays them for
him to choose what he wants? Adding the special display modes of your
personal monitor to a config file I understand, not having the basic modes
already on file seems very strange and limiting to me.
Earl Colby Pottinger
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