On Sun, 09 Sep 2012 16:44:35 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Sun, 09 Sep 2012 10:27:50 -0400 (EDT), Camaleón wrote: >> On Sat, 08 Sep 2012 16:19:17 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: >>> I said the computer was new TO ME. I never said it was NEW. This is a >>> server machine literally thrown away by a business. But it is now the >>> most capable machine that I own. >> >> No need to SHOUT. > > Text-only e-mails have their limitations.
I know (and you know) that. I'm using Mutt and Pan newsreader and both only support text based formats. And we both know what uppercase means in this context (e-mail), right? > I can't use other emphasis techniques such as italics and bold face, > like one can in a word processor. Therefore, I use upper case for > emphasis. There are other techniques that people use, such as > enclosing the word or phrase in asterisks or underscores or other > special characters, such as *to me*. You can emphasize a term or concept by using a different "wording" or any other of the mentioned _symbols_. You're plenty of resources. > But this may interfere with word matching. You can also use your language skills then. English is quite rich in this regard. > Therefore, I use upper case to emphasize a word or phrase. It's not > shouting. Now if I were to write a whole sentence or a whole paragraph > in upper case, that would be shouting. The use of uppercases in the above paragraphs can be misleading, first because of their format (were you shouting or emphasizing?) and secondly because I don't know what was your goal (you wanted to note what exactly?). >> As you should know, GNOME 3 does not require a 3D capable VGA but >> "gnome- shell". You can still use GNOME 3 with the classic desktop; >> that you don't want it is a different issue. That said I wouldn't rely >> that gnome- shell can any good with a VGA chipset which is that old. > > I may not be using your terminology, but when I booted the machine after > installation for the first time, I got this message: > > GNOME 3 Failed to Load > > Unfortunately GNOME 3 failed to start properly and started in the > fallback mode. > > This most likely means your system (graphics hardware or driver) is > not capable of delivering the full GNOME 3 experience. Yes, that's the sort of message you get when gnome-shell cannot start your GNOME 3 session. Being GNOME, the message is targeted to non- techical users which I don't think is your case. > I seem to recall from posts to the list which were made around the time > that GNOME 3 came out that this condition was the result of lack of 3D > support in the video driver. The term "fallback mode" is used in the > message. The term "gnome-shell" is not. It's not GNOME 3 what needs a 3D capable VGA card/chipset but gnome- shell. People is/was incorrectly mixing/using the two terms as if they were synonyms while they're not: GNOME 3 and gnome-shell are different things. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/k2ktld$77j$4...@ger.gmane.org
