no, it is not a rant: I would appreciate help on this one.
I newly installed Mandrake 8.0 on a new machine which does not include
windows (yet), so this time one cannot blame microsoft (damn!).
Linux, or maybe more precisely xwindows/KDE has crashed on me several times
already and that
On Thursday 21 June 2001 15:41, you wrote:
Dear Sir,
For killing the Window use ctrl+alt+backspace keys.
For shutting down, ctrl+alt+delete will work wonderfully if you have not
Oh! Thank you for that!
I am still looking for a howto with all those tips that any complete beginner
should know.
the situation is like this: I run one application when I suddenly notice that
in the background the whole desktop disappears, meaning the desktop icons,
the control panes and even the window's frame (with the resize buttons) which
I guess is controled by KDE/xwindows.
..
There is no key
, 21 June 2001 3:17 PM
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Subject: [newbie] Linux Mandrake as unstable as Windows98??
no, it is not a rant: I would appreciate help on this one.
I newly installed Mandrake 8.0 on a new machine which does not include
windows (yet), so this time one cannot
I now have three questions:
1- how do I manage to shut down properly, should that happen again?
I'm not sure what ctrl-alt-dek is, but the command should be
ctrl-alt-backspace
2- what can I do to help diagnostic what is the source of the problem?
You could try booting from the boot
