Re: Heads up Linux lovers

2001-01-14 Thread Steve
On Sat, 13 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I hope you try icewm some day. On a 486, it's > noticeably faster than fvwm2. Very lean, very > stable. A wonderful example of the programmer's > art. I'm fairly certain I have. I think it was one of those things I installed once, looked at,

Re: Last long OT Re: Heads up Linux lovers (Matrox)

2001-01-14 Thread JoergBartels
On 13 Jan, Clarence Verge wrote: > Steve wrote: >> >> On Sat, 13 Jan 2001, Bernie wrote: >> >> > For a more permanent fix I would suggest >> > getting a S3 card (the best supported by SVGAlib IIRC - and the brand >> > Michael is using). >> >> There are scores of different S3 cards. The S3 Vi

Re: Last long OT Re: Heads up Linux lovers

2001-01-13 Thread Clarence Verge
Steve wrote: > > On Sat, 13 Jan 2001, Bernie wrote: > > > For a more permanent fix I would suggest > > getting a S3 card (the best supported by SVGAlib IIRC - and the brand > > Michael is using). > > There are scores of different S3 cards. The S3 ViRGE DX/GX > card I have does not work with

Re: Last long OT Re: Heads up Linux lovers

2001-01-13 Thread Steve
On Sat, 13 Jan 2001, Bernie wrote: > For a more permanent fix I would suggest > getting a S3 card (the best supported by SVGAlib IIRC - and the brand > Michael is using). There are scores of different S3 cards. The S3 ViRGE DX/GX card I have does not work with the S3 option in svgalib.config

Re: Heads up Linux lovers

2001-01-13 Thread Steve
On Sat, 13 Jan 2001, Klaus Hameyer wrote: > > Does > > your X-Arachne say GGI across the top bar? If so, you're > > running the non-SVGA version you believe you removed. > > No, it does not. And upon invoking Arachne in X windows, it > appears to exit the X system. Upon exiting Arachne, X come

Re: Heads up Linux lovers

2001-01-13 Thread ichi
Steve wrote: > > For instance, in Gnome, you can choose to use > Enlightenment window manager, Sawmill window > manager, etc... maybe even Icewm. Yup... icewm works very well as the Gnome wm. > I don't use Gnome or KDE either, but opt for > the leaner fvwm2. I hope you try icewm some day. O

Re: Last long OT Re: Heads up Linux lovers

2001-01-13 Thread Bernie
Clarence wrote: >So it appears to have a problem with either VESA in general or Matrox >in particular. :( In my experience it's a problem with the VESA interface. >The Arachne screen is a total mess - nothing recognizeable at all - and >it doesn't reset or clear when I exit. I have to run blind.

Re: Heads up Linux lovers

2001-01-13 Thread Klaus Hameyer
Steve from Arizona wrote: >> 7. You NEED to make a PPP connection before running Arachne. > Actually, arachne works just fine offline for looking at local > html files, etc. You don't NEED to be online just to run it. This is true; poor phrasing on my part. I assumed one would want to get on

Last long OT Re: Heads up Linux lovers

2001-01-13 Thread Clarence Verge
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001 06:11:53 -0500 (EST), Klaus Hameyer wrote: > At the risk of telling you something that you already know, > here is what I did to get Arachne166b for linux to run: > 1. decompressed/untarred it > 2. ran ./install > 3. chose Arachne directory to be /opt/arachne166b > (config, c

Re: Heads up Linux lovers

2001-01-12 Thread Steve
Klaus Hameyer wrote: > > 7. You NEED to make a PPP connection before running Arachne. Actually, arachne works just fine offline for looking at local html files, etc. You don't NEED to be online just to run it. > 9. ... I also removed the non-SVGAlib >option from the script since I fou

Re: Heads up Linux lovers

2001-01-12 Thread Klaus Hameyer
Clarence Verge wrote: >It appears that PYGMYLinux v0.7 has what it takes to run Arachne !! >The Pygmy install was a lot less painful than the download and it >has some new stuff vs v0.6. >Arachne installed without complaint but I could NOT run it because >I had NO idea what to do once it was load

Re: Heads up Linux lovers.

2001-01-11 Thread Glenn McCorkle
On Wed, 10 Jan 2001 05:46:07 -0400, Clarence Verge wrote: > Hello All; > It appears that PYGMYLinux v0.7 has what it takes to run Arachne !! > The Pygmy install was a lot less painful than the download and it > has some new stuff vs v0.6. > Arachne installed without complaint but I could NOT ru

Heads up Linux lovers.

2001-01-10 Thread Clarence Verge
Hello All; It appears that PYGMYLinux v0.7 has what it takes to run Arachne !! The Pygmy install was a lot less painful than the download and it has some new stuff vs v0.6. Arachne installed without complaint but I could NOT run it because I had NO idea what to do once it was loaded. All logical