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  • From: "Paulo Orvalho" <paulo.orvalho AT pifertubos.pt>
  • To: <baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [BL] Strange lines after startx
  • Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 22:44:19 +0100

I do load a font for the pt_PT.map keymap at startup
setfont lat4-16.psf...

I commented out the line at start up and it solved it.... :)
But i need a special font for the pt_PT.map, i will try others and see...
But thanxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sindi Keesan" <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>
To: <baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: [BL] Strange lines after startx


> On Wed, 12 May 2004, Paulo Orvalho wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > Just tried that ( substitute xvesa ) and no deal....:(((( I got the same
> > problem......
> > Also i boot directly from the hardrive....
> > The lines are still not drawn.... I get instead of a line
> > AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA...
>
> Have you loaded a character set different from the standard one?
> If I load a Cyrillic font I have problems like what you describe.
> Can someone else explain how to display the currently used font in X? I
> only know how for console mode (showfont I think it is).
>
> >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Sindi Keesan" <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>
> > > To: <baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 5:00 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [BL] Strange lines after startx
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Wed, 12 May 2004, Paulo Orvalho wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > BasicLinux 2.10 with the Xvesa setup of BasicLinux 3.20
> > > > >
> > > > > I tried it on 3 or 4 different computers and i get the same
result....
> > > >
> > > > Steven can explain it to you better, but I think you are not
supposed to
> > > > mix programs from these two versions of linux because they use
different
> > > > basic libraries. Slackware through version 4 used libc5 and later
> > > > versions used libc6 also known as glibc. You can probably use the
> > > > programs from Slackware 7 in later versions of Slackware, or from
> > > > Slackware 3 with Slackware 4, but you cannot mix versions with
different
> > > > libc numbers.
> > > >
> > > > BL2 is based on Slackware 7, BL3 on Slackware 3 with a kernel 2.2.16
> > > > (similar to that in BL2) that Steven compiled to be very small. You
can
> > > > use Slackware 3 or 4 programs with BL3.
> > > >
> > > > Look for an Xvesa.tgz (xvesa.tgz) at delilinux that was compiled for
> > > > Slackware 7.1 and substitute that for the one from BL3, for use in
BL2.
> > > >
> > > > Also you cannot use Xvesa after booting with MS-DOS 6.22. Try
DR-DOS or
> > > > the DOS from Win9x. Or hit F5 while booting MS-DOS to bypass the
> > > > config.sys files. himem.sys interferes with Xvesa.
> > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "David Lane" <Jaypooh3 AT hotmail.com>
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hardware/version of Basic Linux please,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > David Lane
> > > >
> > > > David, you certainly asked a leading question!
> > > >
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