[gentoo-user] Fw: gentoo gui problems

2005-02-04 Thread Admin
Hi, I'm a beginner in gentoo. I use it on office's laptop which is toshiba satellite 4080xcdt. This is not very fast machine with not very big hdd. I didn't have any special problems using freeBSD, but I had to change it to linux due to some conditions (*). Firstly during first days of

Re: [gentoo-user] Fw: gentoo gui problems

2005-02-04 Thread Thomas Schorr
Hi, On Friday 04 February 2005 10:46, Admin wrote: Hi, ... to work I installed Gnome. It was very slow and to my surprise I could not jump to console mode (jut typically alt+ctrl+Fn didn't work), there was just ... from /etc/X11/xorg.conf: -start #

Re: [gentoo-user] Fw: gentoo gui problems

2005-02-04 Thread Admin
Hi, it is commented. I've thought it is a keyboard layout, but ctrl+alt+bksp works :( Br, Arek Hi, On Friday 04 February 2005 10:46, Admin wrote: Hi, ... to work I installed Gnome. It was very slow and to my surprise I could not jump to console mode (jut typically alt+ctrl+Fn

Re: [gentoo-user] Fw: gentoo gui problems

2005-02-04 Thread Admin
On Friday 04 February 2005 10:26, Admin wrote: ...to work I installed Gnome. It was very slow and to my surprise I could not jump to console mode (jut typically alt+ctrl+Fn didn't work) Add this to Section ServerFlags: Option HandleSpecialKeys Always No, it doesn't work too. Maybe it is

Re: [gentoo-user] Fw: gentoo gui problems

2005-02-04 Thread Holly Bostick
Admin wrote: On Friday 04 February 2005 10:26, Admin wrote: ...to work I installed Gnome. It was very slow and to my surprise I could not jump to console mode (jut typically alt+ctrl+Fn didn't work) Add this to Section ServerFlags: Option HandleSpecialKeys Always No, it doesn't work too. Maybe

Re: [gentoo-user] Fw: gentoo gui problems

2005-02-04 Thread Thomas Schorr
Hi, On Friday 04 February 2005 14:13, Holly Bostick wrote: As for the lack of consoles, I would wonder two things: 1) why was it suggested to comment # Uncomment this to disable the CrtlAltFn VT switch sequence # (where n is 1 through 12). This allows clients to receive these key #

Re: [gentoo-user] Fw: gentoo gui problems

2005-02-04 Thread Holly Bostick
Thomas Schorr wrote: Hi, On Friday 04 February 2005 14:13, Holly Bostick wrote: As for the lack of consoles, I would wonder two things: 1) why was it suggested to comment # Uncomment this to disable the CrtlAltFn VT switch sequence # (where n is 1 through 12). This allows clients to receive these

Re: [gentoo-user] Fw: gentoo gui problems

2005-02-04 Thread Admin
Not necessarily, but it may well be an idea to strip some extras out of X.org (such as composite, if you're trying to use it). So you think it is better to use X11 for slower machines? 2) What is the status of these lines in /etc/inittab # TERMINALS c1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400

Re: [gentoo-user] Fw: gentoo gui problems

2005-02-04 Thread Holly Bostick
Admin wrote: Not necessarily, but it may well be an idea to strip some extras out of X.org (such as composite, if you're trying to use it). So you think it is better to use X11 for slower machines? No, mostly because XFree86 is no longer in the Portage tree, so you're only asking for trouble in

Re: [gentoo-user] Fw: gentoo gui problems

2005-02-04 Thread Bob Sanders
I'm a beginner in gentoo. I use it on office's laptop which is toshiba satellite 4080xcdt. This is not very fast machine with not very big hdd. I didn't have any special problems using freeBSD, but I had to change it to linux due to some conditions (*). Firstly during first days of

Re: [gentoo-user] Fw: gentoo gui problems

2005-02-04 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Friday 04 February 2005 07:40 am, Holly Bostick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thomas Schorr wrote: On Friday 04 February 2005 14:13, Holly Bostick wrote: As for the lack of consoles, I would wonder two things: 1) why was it suggested to comment # Uncomment this to disable the CrtlAltFn VT

Re: [gentoo-user] Fw: gentoo gui problems

2005-02-04 Thread Neil Walker
Admin wrote: I had to remove framebuffer from kernel because when I left it in console mode (there was no X installed) screensaver was blocking the display. There is no screensaver in console (framebuffer) mode. There is, however, screen BLANKING - which can be turned off with: setterm