Re: mail quoting issues (was Re: F27 : startx Xfce fails)

2018-04-05 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2018-04-05 at 15:20 +0930, Tim via users wrote: > There's a bunch of mail clients that stupidly extend the quote symbols > beyond the quoted text (Evolution included), and if you don't delete > them (which Evolution often refuses with HTML messages), or carriage > return even more space

Re: F27 : startx Xfce fails

2018-04-04 Thread Tim via users
Allegedly, on or about 4 April 2018, Rick Stevens sent: > The final thing I'd validate is that if you have an > /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, rename or move it and let the system sort > things out without the help of that file. Also check for video setting files in: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ I forgot

Re: F27 : startx Xfce fails

2018-04-04 Thread Tim via users
Bob Goodwin: > Yes, and Thunderbird is set to send plain text to this list, it > never seems to work, so to be sure I change it in "Options," except > when I forget. You have the list address in your address book, set to only receive plain text? Considering that you're using HTML colouring to

mail quoting issues (was Re: F27 : startx Xfce fails)

2018-04-04 Thread Tim via users
Allegedly, on or about 4 April 2018, Samuel Sieb sent: > Careful with the quoting. Maybe it's related to the html format of > the email, but your text appears as part of what you quoted There's a bunch of mail clients that stupidly extend the quote symbols beyond the quoted text (Evolution

Re: F27 : startx Xfce fails

2018-04-04 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 04/04/18 20:30, Samuel Sieb wrote: Careful with the quoting.  Maybe it's related to the html format of the email, but your text appears as part of what you quoted. That makes for a very confusing email. :-) (You're not the only one.  I've seen others do it in different ways as well.)

Re: F27 : startx Xfce fails

2018-04-04 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 04/04/18 20:30, Samuel Sieb wrote: Careful with the quoting.  Maybe it's related to the html format of the email, but your text appears as part of what you quoted. That makes for a very confusing email. :-) (You're not the only one.  I've seen others do it in different ways as well.)

Re: F27 : startx Xfce fails

2018-04-04 Thread Joe Zeff
On 04/04/2018 03:09 PM, sean darcy wrote: New install of F27, with Xfce. startx fails without an error on the console. The recommended command to start Xfce is startxfce4. Have you tried that? ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org

Re: F27 : startx Xfce fails

2018-04-04 Thread Rick Stevens
On 04/04/2018 03:09 PM, sean darcy wrote: > New install of F27, with Xfce. startx fails without an error on the > console. Xorg.0.log has: > > > > [  2930.626] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms > [  2930.626] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev > [ 

Re: F27 : startx Xfce fails

2018-04-04 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 04/04/2018 04:15 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: On 04/04/18 18:09, sean darcy wrote: New install of F27, with Xfce. startx fails without an error on the console. Xorg.0.log has: I have always had to use startxfce4 ... Careful with the quoting. Maybe it's related to the html format of the

Re: F27 : startx Xfce fails

2018-04-04 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 04/04/18 18:09, sean darcy wrote: New install of F27, with Xfce. startx fails without an error on the console. Xorg.0.log has: I have always had to use startxfce4 ... -- Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD box10 FEDORA-27/64bit LINUX XFCE Fastmail POP3

F27 : startx Xfce fails

2018-04-04 Thread sean darcy
New install of F27, with Xfce. startx fails without an error on the console. Xorg.0.log has: [ 2930.626] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms [ 2930.626] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev [ 2930.626] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa [ 2930.626]