newbie question: WindowMaker won't start
After getting a lot of good tips on how to increase the performance of my Linux-box, I'm now trying different Window managers out. XFce seems to make wonders to the speed, but I'm interested in trying WindowMaker. I've installed WindowMaker from the rpm on the Redhat 7.3 cd's, but there seems to be something else I should do to get WindowMaker running. When I choose WindowMaker when logging in via Gdm, my default gui loads instead. I had almost the same experience with XFce before I was told to run xfce_setup. Is there a similar commando that has to be run to get WindowMaker working? Best regards, Anders Thoresson -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: newbie question: how to speed up linux
> If you're using gnome and want to stick with it, you can really speed > things up by using gmc to draw the desktop instead of nautilus. It's > not as pretty but it is faster and more stable. Where to I make this switch? Best regards, Anders -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
RE: newbie question: how to speed up linux
> The problem with this answer is that the guy has 192MB of RAM, and 2 hard > drives. I can't vouch for his disk space availability, but 192MB should > still be plenty of RAM in which to run KDE. I'm running Gnome. Is Gnome more hungry for memory than KDE? Right now, 95% of my 192 MB RAM is used, but just 6% of my 385 MB of swap. Running just Gnome, Gnomeicu, Evolution and Opera, I would have guessed to have a little more free RAM? -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
newbie question: upgrading software through redhat network andup2date
Are new versions of software like Evolution put on Redhat Network and made available through up2date, or do I have to get newer packages somewhere else? Is up2date/RHN just for critical bugfixes? If, does that mean that if I get a newer version of Evolution from somewhere else the RHN, then I can't depend on RHN/up2date to get my critical bugfixes, but rather have to track them down by myself? -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
newbie question: how to speed up linux
I've just taken my first stumbling steps down on the Linux road, installing Redhat 7.3. Many things have impressed me so far, but the over all speed of my system is a big dissappointment. Compared to when I run Windows 95 and Windows 2000 on the same computer, almost everything seems to take for ever. Clicking "New Message" in Evolution until the new message turns up takes a couple of seconds. Starting OpenOffice 1.0 Writer somewhere between 30 seconds and a minute. Recieving 500 mails or so from my ISP somewhere between 15 och 30 minutes. My computer is a PII-233, ATI Mach64 3D Rage IIC for video, 192 MB RAM and 2 ATA33 hard drives. What's the bottleneck? Could anything besides plugging in more RAM be done to boost the performance? Best regards, Anders -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
new software versions and redhat network
When new versions, like Mozilla 1.0, are release, are they made available for download through Redhat Network/up2date, or is that service just for bugfixes and patches? Best regards, Anders ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
how does umask and login account affect install of new programs?
I've been trying to install OpenOffice and GnomeICU for a while, without any success. Both programs seemed to install correctly, but when I ran them, they used different kind of spectacular crashes. After trying everything else, I decided to go for a umask-change. When I installed, I set the umask to 077. Now, I set it back to 022, and also logged in as root instead of su'ing when installing. Everything works. My question is: How does umask and login account affect install of new programs? Should I always log in as root and temporarily set umask back to 022? What about up2date, could it be run as su with umask 077? Best regards, Anders Thoresson ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: openoffice 1.0 under RH 7.3
> This should show you some error, also check that the link > /opt/OpenOffice.org1.0/setup is pointing to a real file. The only information I get when running ./setup is "Segmentation fault". And yes, /opt/OpenOffice.org1.0/program/setup exists. Get's the same "Segmentation fault" when trying to execute direct from that directory. Best regards, Anders ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
openoffice 1.0 under RH 7.3
Hi, I'm trying to install OO 1.0 under RH7.3. Started the installation with the -net switch. Everything went fine, or so I thought. The /opt/OpenOffice.org1.0 directory is then drwx--, so when trying to install it for my user I couldn't change to the directory. Chmod'ed /opt/OpenOffice.org1.0 to 755, and run ./setup: Segmentation fault. What's wrong and how do I solve it? Best regards, Anders ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
newbie questions regarding security
Installing RH for the first time, using 7.3, I've run into two questions regarding security: 1) I've scanned newsgroups, this maillist and other resources. But I can't find a solution to stop X listen for incoming connections at TCP port 6000. How do I do this? 2) What file integrity checker is the best choice? Simple setup more important than many features. I've looked at AIDE, but not succeeded in compiling it. I've looked at Tripewire, but the configuration seems very complex. Should I sit down with the manual and learn Tripwire, or is for instance Samhain a good choice? Also, this is what I've done so far, security-wise: 1. During installation, a clean one, set the security at "high" and "standard rules" for the firewall. 2. Shut down every service listening for incoming connections. Just X and xinetd (listening at som UDP port, this is something I have figured out yet) remaining. 3. Changed default umask to 077. Is there anything obvious I have forgotten and should do, beside installing a file integrity checker, before I put the computer online the first time and runs up2date? The computer is only being used by me and is on a SOHO-network with only trusted computers, all protected by a firewall. Best regards, Anders ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
