* Ibrahim Shaame ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020131 23:18]:
> --- "Karsten M. Self" wrote:
> > There's a short FAQ on GNU/Linux X display manager
> > disabling you may
> > find useful, at:
> >
> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/xdm-disable.html
> >
> > Thank you.
>
> I think before sending him t
On Thursday 31 January 2002 11:15 pm, Ibrahim Shaame wrote:
> I think before sending him to FAQ you could have given
> him a quick answer and then refer him to the URL. The
> most discouraging thing in Linux for a beginner is to
> start going through thousands of pages of man, FAQs
> and HOWTOs whi
I think before sending him to FAQ you could have given
him a quick answer and then refer him to the URL. The
most discouraging thing in Linux for a beginner is to
start going through thousands of pages of man, FAQs
and HOWTOs which are long in first place, and
difficult to understand for a new conv
on Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 09:33 PM +1300, Alan Shrimpton ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> Okay now X starts atomatically but I rather it not. I know it was my fault
> because I said yes to have it as default.. Now, how can I change back.
> Also once running how do I stop it?
There's a short FAQ on GN
On Fri, 2002-02-01 at 01:30, benfoley wrote:
> depending on whether it starts from xdm, gdm, or kdm, you can run
>
> update-rc.d remove
>
> when you reboot, you'll have a console prompt. to run x from there, use
> startx.
No need to reboot. Just go to a console (Alt-Ctrl F1) and do as
On Thursday 31 January 2002 12:33 am, Alan Shrimpton wrote:
> Okay now X starts atomatically but I rather it not. I know it was my fault
> because I said yes to have it as default.. Now, how can I change back.
> Also once running how do I stop it?
>
[snip]
depending on whether it starts from xdm
Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc:
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 7:26 PM
Subject: Re: Netscape4, Mozilla - Now what is X?
> Stupid I am. I have heard the letter X being used alot but I don't know
> what it is. Doubt I have the package downloaded.
>
> What is X?
> How d
On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 07:26:02PM +1300, Alan Shrimpton wrote:
> What is X?
The X Window System. The most common GUI for unix-type systems.
> How do you run it in case I have it?
If you have a GUI (which is pretty much a given if you're running
Netscape or Mozilla), X is already running.
--
On Sun, 27 Jan 2002, Alan Shrimpton wrote:
> What is X?
> How do you run it in case I have it?
Try this: apt-get install xfree86
Then try startx. If that doesn't work, then you've gotta configure it,
which is a whole nother can of worms (and explained in the howtos at
http://www.linuxdoc.org/)
On Saturday 26 January 2002 10:26 pm, Alan Shrimpton wrote:
> Stupid I am. I have heard the letter X being used alot but I don't know
> what it is. Doubt I have the package downloaded.
>
> What is X?
> How do you run it in case I have it?
>
[snip]
xfree86. do a google search and start reading. if
On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 07:26:02PM +1300, Alan Shrimpton wrote:
> Stupid I am. I have heard the letter X being used alot but I don't know
> what it is. Doubt I have the package downloaded.
>
> What is X?
> How do you run it in case I have it?
It is X window system.
Run "tasksel" from root and
On Sunday 27 January 2002 01:26 am, Alan Shrimpton wrote:
> Stupid I am. I have heard the letter X being used alot but I don't know
> what it is. Doubt I have the package downloaded.
apt-get install xlibs
> What is X?
(after you install it)
man X
> How do you run it in case I have it?
startx
Stupid I am. I have heard the letter X being used alot but I don't know
what it is. Doubt I have the package downloaded.
What is X?
How do you run it in case I have it?
Cheers Al Newbie
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From: Paul 'Baloo' Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Alan Shrimpton <[EMAIL PROTE
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