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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Problem with comp built for Linux.. Post 58020 by Tony Empire on Friday 12th of November 2004 02:02:15 AM

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Originally posted by locustfurnace
Thats a very old version of Caldera's OpenLinux packaged with the book. If the hardware is much newer, (which it is) then you most likely will have issues getting it to work.
I used OpenLinux a long long time ago, and it worked back on my then newer 200mhz box. But I've never gotten it to work on any of the newer equipment since then.

Does the monitor show anything at all, such as the POST? Which would be the memory counting, and alittle info about the hardware.

If this is true, then what you might be meaning is that the X server does not work. And that would be due to being such an old version of the X server not able to work with your monitor & video card.

Since you say you reformatted the drive, that means you had your hands inside the case, it is possible, seen this happen alot, where someone removes a hardware item and accidently bumps the video card slightly, thus causing the card to loosen in the slot. Try re-seating the video card. Completely remove it and then re-insert the card.

It is possible the first time, the X server failed to work, giving you a blank screen, and when you removed the hard drive, you bumped the card, so that the card now is the issue, while the first time was the X server.

Look for signs of the bios working, by the beeps or if you have a Optical mouse, if the mouse lights up. Not the surest sign, but it should give alittle clue.

Yeah I think it is a very old version of OpenLinux. Because the first thing I tried was to install it on a separate partition on my main PC. I had a problem with it then and ended up unable to boot windows xp or linux, so I installed windows again and then destroyed the linux partition. Got everything [almost] working back to normal (except for a dvd problem).

The monitor works. Because I have a dual head video card on my main PC and use the monitor with it also. It works perfect. But I have a KVM switch attached to my 2nd monitor and that feeds off to the 2nd PC I built. When I turn on the 2nd PC (the one now giving me the problem) and switch the kvm to use that monitor, the screen just goes blank, even though I see the light in the computer and hear that it is on.

The video card in that computer is securely in place. I tried removing it and testing it on a 3rd PC I have, and it worked fine. I then installed it back into my 2nd pc (the one giving me the problem) and turn on the computer, but the screen still remains blank.

Hmmm....

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RTPFEED(1)							      Debian								RTPFEED(1)

NAME

       rtpfeed - Feed a DVB-S card with an RTP	unicast/multicast/broacast stream

SYNOPSIS

       rtpfeed [ --group group ] [ --port port R] [ --vpid vpid ]  [ --apid apid ]

       rtpfeed --help

       rtpfeed --version

DESCRIPTION

       rtpfeed	takes a unicast, multicast or broadcast RTP stream from a network (typically generated by dvbstream running on a server) and feeds
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OPTIONS

       -g, --group  addr
	      The IP address of the RTP stream. By default, this is 224.0.1.2.

       -p, --port portnum
	      The IP port of the RTP stream. By default, this is 5004.

       -v, --vpid vpid
	      The Video PID of the video stream to display. If none is specified, all present are fed to the DVB card.

       -v, --apid apid
	      The Audio PID of the audio stream to display. If none is specified, all present are fed to the DVB card.

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SEE ALSO

       dvbstream(1), dumprtp(1), and ts2es(1)

HISTORY

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AUTHORS

       rtpfeed was writteb by  Guenter Wildmann, <g.wildmann@it-lab.at>,
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       This man page was written by Alastair McKinstry, <mckinstry@computer.org>.

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