Re: Running X programs from bash w/ framebuffer

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 10:04:51 +0800 Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> insightfully noted: P>There is athene desktop which does not use X. It's very fast. P>http://www.rocklyte.com/athene P> P>To configure blackbox in ~/.blackbox/menu is a child play and takes just P> P>minutes and can be done a little at a

Re: How to I print to a TCP/IP Port.

At 03:23 PM 1/12/2005 -0500, linux wrote: I recently migrated from WinXP to Linux (SuSE 9.2 Pro). I need some help setting up my new linux box to print. My old WinXP box printed to a network printer. If I open my printer properties dialog in WinXP I would see the printer listed with an IP address

Re: Running X programs from bash w/ framebuffer

At 10:04 AM 1/13/2005 +0800, Peter wrote: There is athene desktop which does not use X. It's very fast. http://www.rocklyte.com/athene To configure blackbox in ~/.blackbox/menu is a child play and takes just minutes and can be done a little at a time. Thanks, Peter. We seem to be turning up a lot

Re: Running X programs from bash w/ framebuffer

There is athene desktop which does not use X. It's very fast. http://www.rocklyte.com/athene To configure blackbox in ~/.blackbox/menu is a child play and takes just minutes and can be done a little at a time. If I have a need for gnome or kde which do have some excellent programs which I forge

How to I print to a TCP/IP Port.

I recently migrated from WinXP to Linux (SuSE 9.2 Pro). I need some help setting up my new linux box to print. My old WinXP box printed to a network printer. If I open my printer properties dialog in WinXP I would see the printer listed with an IP address. How do I set up my SuSE linux to print

Can't locate module memory_cs

Howdy, Everyone: I am trying to use any pcmcia cards on my new laptop. Slackware v10.0, bareacpi.i, kernel-2.4.26 HP Pavilion, zv5410, AMD64, 512M RAM, 60G HD ... kernel: cs: warning: no high memory space ... kernel: cs: unable to map card memory! ... cardmgr[76]: + modprobe: Can't locate module m

Re: Running X programs from bash w/ framebuffer

On Wed, 12 Jan 2005, Ray Olszewski wrote: > If you are looking for something *extremely* lightweight, you probably want > to look at alternatives to X written for the embedded-systems world (PDAs > and the like)... projects like microwindows and matchbox. These > super-lightweight apps tend not to

Re: Running X programs from bash w/ framebuffer

At 11:57 PM 1/11/2005 +, Jeremy Abbott wrote: [...] I do have to ask you why using X is good advice (not to say your wrong), my understanding, is that X is cobbled together adding code ontop of code, to the point where it is barely readable. Well ... your concern about not having enough time

Re: Running X programs from bash w/ framebuffer

Jeremy Abbott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I will try this, but am curious what the purpose of the -- :0 and the > -- :1 are. Is this in the man pages for X? Could this possibly be the "--" stands for "end of the options and the :0 or :1 is the (virtual) display to start on. > for running mor

Re: Running X programs from bash w/ framebuffer

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 23:19:42 -0600 Eric Bambach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> insightfully noted: EB>Hi, EB> I would say no. The X server isnt all too bloated if you use a EB> lightweight EB>window manager . Firefox, Openoffice, Xmms all use toolkits that need a EB> EB>backend X server to talk to. What giv

Re: Running X programs from bash w/ framebuffer

Ulrich Fürst wrote: Jeremy Abbott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This may seem really newbieish, but I have been running Gentoo for quite some time now. Is it possible to forego X altogether, and run things like firefox, thunderbird, etc through the framebuffer from a bashprompt, rather than sta