Re: How do I stop the Xserver?
this mail is out of topic but concern column 72 when we send a message in mutt. On Sat, Jun 05, 2004 at 12:11:13PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm a Linux noob. I've installed several distros just o get a feel for Linux and really like it. My machine has a video card that requires the Nvidia driver. Suggestion: Please word wrap your text at column 72 and your postings will be much more readable. how to do this? by hit ENTER ? I have two quick questions. First, how do I stop the X server when I CTRL-ALT-F2 to a console? and two, It depends on how you started it. If you started X using kdm (kde display manager) or gdm (gnome display manager) which I will assume then you use that to stop it. Use one of the below in that case. /etc/init.d/kdm stop or /etc/init.d/gdm stop or /etc/init.d/xdm stop does anyone know if the procedure for installing the .RUN package that Nvidia supplies work on Sarge??? I have no idea what the .RUN package you are talking about is. Bob -- Keep it short for pithy sake. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
word wrapping of postings (was: How do I stop the Xserver?)
bing yu wrote: this mail is out of topic but concern column 72 when we send a message in mutt. Bob Proulx wrote: Suggestion: Please word wrap your text at column 72 and your postings will be much more readable. how to do this? by hit ENTER ? Word wrapping would be a function of your client programs so usually hitting enter is not needed. But in the worse case, yes, hit enter. That is the oldest method prior to having software format your text for you and it still works. It is just tedious. I am using emacs and word wrapping is a native function there called 'auto-fill-mode'. I am in that mode automatically whenever I am editing text. The possibilites are endless because every program may do it differently. In vi it is called 'wraplen'. I could not determine from your mail headers what mailer you were using which makes it hard for me to guess how you should do this on your system. If you say what mailer client and editor you are using then we on the list can propose configurations to do word wrapping automatically. The reason that column 72 is often suggested is that it gives space to the right for quoting of replies. The pushes things to the right and so a little space there is required or it overruns the end of the terminal line. Bob pgpsM2BR6MQTr.pgp Description: PGP signature
How do I stop the Xserver?
Hi, I'm a Linux noob. I've installed several distros just o get a feel for Linux and really like it. My machine has a video card that requires the Nvidia driver. I have two quick questions. First, how do I stop the X server when I CTRL-ALT-F2 to a console? and two, does anyone know if the procedure for installing the .RUN package that Nvidia supplies work on Sarge??? I'd really appreciate answers to these. I have searched for answers but so far haven't found any clear answers. Thanks, Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How do I stop the Xserver?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm a Linux noob. I've installed several distros just o get a feel for Linux and really like it. My machine has a video card that requires the Nvidia driver. Suggestion: Please word wrap your text at column 72 and your postings will be much more readable. I have two quick questions. First, how do I stop the X server when I CTRL-ALT-F2 to a console? and two, It depends on how you started it. If you started X using kdm (kde display manager) or gdm (gnome display manager) which I will assume then you use that to stop it. Use one of the below in that case. /etc/init.d/kdm stop or /etc/init.d/gdm stop or /etc/init.d/xdm stop does anyone know if the procedure for installing the .RUN package that Nvidia supplies work on Sarge??? I have no idea what the .RUN package you are talking about is. Bob pgp31f1xGFuAV.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: How do I stop the Xserver?
On Sat, Jun 05, 2004 at 01:58:57PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm a Linux noob. I've installed several distros just o get a feel for Linux and really like it. My machine has a video card that requires the Nvidia driver. I have two quick questions. First, how do I stop the X server when I CTRL-ALT-F2 to a console? and two, does anyone know if the procedure for installing the .RUN package that Nvidia supplies work on Sarge??? Hi Jim, my guess is that .RUN package is a 'script' that is meant to be run. (I assume you do not mean .rpm which is a redhat package format) if is usually done by: -- su chmod +x file.run ./file.run - the 'su' is to become root the 'chmod +x' makes the script executable and the last line 'runs' the script. if you use 'more' or 'less': more file.run you should see readable text that looks like a shell script. if not, then I dont know. -Kev signature.asc Description: Digital signature
