Re: Running X programs from bash w/ framebuffer

2005-01-12 Thread Michael Scottaline
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: Running X programs from bash w/ framebuffer

2005-01-12 Thread Michael Scottaline
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: screen Refresh problem

2005-01-05 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 11:15:12 +0545 Manish Regmi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> insightfully noted: MR>hi all, MR> I recently installed Fedora Core 3 but there is a problem with MR>screen refreshing. MR>I mean when I open a window, i can only see the bar at the top and MR>buttons only when hovering mouse ove

Re: Linux install error

2003-07-27 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 22:33:49 -0400 Anshuman Singh Rawat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> insightfully noted: >Hi, >I am trying to install RHL7.3 on my machine (WinXP is already there in it). = And what might "my machine" be??? Your not giving the folks on the list much info to go o

Re: Cannot login as non-root user

2003-07-16 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 03:01:20 GMT [EMAIL PROTECTED] insightfully noted: > >>Basic questions: >> >>1. What is root's shell? Is it /bin/bash or /bin/sh? (If the latter, is >>/bin/sh a symlink to /bin/bash? It usually is but might not be in your >case.) > >It is /bin/bash (and /bin/sh is symlink to s

Re: Good books for a linux newbie

2003-03-02 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Sun, 2 Mar 2003 17:41:44 +0930 Adam Luchjenbroers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> insightfully noted: > > I have a friend who has started using Linux, and has found its stability and > >reliability quite impressive. His one complaint is that the OS is unfamiliar >to him. > > I told him

Re: Set the "mail system".

2003-01-07 Thread Michael Scottaline
> Hi all in this place. No is later for say Happy New Year!! > > I'm not really a newbie, i am for 4 years with Linux, but still there are >areas in which i don't have any idea, cos never before worried about it. > > I ever used webmail, but now i get a pop3 account and i want configure >the

Re: Window manager in Gnome 2.0

2002-07-02 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Mon, 01 Jul 2002 21:21:45 -0600 Chris Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled intuitively: >i've got a Gentoo linux box here, i figure it'll teach me a lot, and i >have a question about Gnome 2 > >How in the heck do i change my window manager? i installed metacity, >intending to try it out, but i

Re: where to install 3rd party software

2001-04-28 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Sat, 28 Apr 2001, kero chan wrote: > Hi all, > > This is a basic question but I've been wondering for > quite a while, so I'll just fire it away in this list. > > When I install third party software, say the apache > server or jdk etc..., where should I install them? > Some book say, if I r

Re: WP for Console

2001-04-15 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Wed, 31 Dec 1969, Sean Rima wrote: > Originally to: All > > Does anyone know of a decent WP for console useage. I don't want (refuse) to > use GUI. > > Sean = Would emacs suit your needs? NOT xemacs; *emacs*. I don't believe it needs X to run. Mike -- "One can search t