mayBE you could deduct that; since the only pourpose anyone can come up with
is eyecandy, the porpuse is eyecandy and any other help is not likely
to be forthcomming. you or I could guess that by purpose you mean added
functionality. and no would be my guess.
On Tuesday 02 October 2001
: Saturday, September 29, 2001 4:25 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Aurora
On Fri, 28 Sep 2001 11:29:19 +0100, Peter Watson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does Aurora serve any useful purpose at all?
Cheers
Eye candy, that's about all. It hides
As to the idea of it being to keep Windoze users happy by not showing the
screen of text,
if it bothers them that much then why are they installing a Unix based OS?
They are likely to see much more scary things if they have to play with
config files and such.
Steve.
I've mentioned
is pretty... (and while not to bash m$ [no really]) it is much neater to
watch than a blue to white stripe on the bottom of the screen.
-
Does Aurora serve any useful purpose at all?
Cheers
---
Want to buy your Pack or Services from
No that I can tell either what it's purpose is, but I just turn it off.
I'ts maybe nicer looking but doesn't tell me much.
On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, etharp wrote:
is pretty... (and while not to bash m$ [no really]) it is much neater to
watch than a blue to white stripe on the bottom of the
It works with lilo but I couldn't get it to work with grub. Just check
the use grafical interface uner lilo in the control panel.
On 16 Jun 2001 23:29:42 +0900, Gavin wrote:
People,
I'm trying to get Aurora to start up but for some reason it just does not
want to work! I've checked the
Frank wrote:
It works with lilo but I couldn't get it to work with grub. Just check
the use grafical interface uner lilo in the control panel.
On 16 Jun 2001 23:29:42 +0900, Gavin wrote:
People,
I'm trying to get Aurora to start up but for some reason it just does not
want to
Actually, I read in that review linked from
mandrakeforum.com that they did away with aurora. So,
I don't know. Sorry.
I guess they replaced it with some other graphical
bootup. I haven't seen it yet.
--- Todd Flinders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've had problems with aurora after an expert
thats ok cause it didn't work right half the stinkin time anyway.
--
Mark
*
"what knowledge I have managed to accumlate over the years
at times becomes obscured and even hidden amidst the vast
emotional onslaught of my children. You never finish being a parent. :)"
On Fri, 20 Apr 2001,
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Weaver
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 8:06 PM
To: Newbie List
Subject: Re: [newbie] Aurora setup question
thats ok cause it didn't work right half the stinkin time anyway.
--
Mark
Bill Barto wrote:
Romanator wrote:
Bill Barto wrote:
I remember seeing this neat graphical display the first time I booted
7.2
but haven't seen it since. If this was Aurora and it shows as installed
on my system(in KPackage) how do I get it to run automatically at
bootup?
Bill Barto wrote:
I remember seeing this neat graphical display the first time I booted
7.2
but haven't seen it since. If this was Aurora and it shows as installed
on my system(in KPackage) how do I get it to run automatically at
bootup?
Log in as root. If you have Grub install open the
Romanator wrote:
Bill Barto wrote:
I remember seeing this neat graphical display the first time I booted
7.2
but haven't seen it since. If this was Aurora and it shows as installed
on my system(in KPackage) how do I get it to run automatically at
bootup?
Log in as root. If you
Romanator wrote:
Bill Barto wrote:
I remember seeing this neat graphical display the first time I booted
7.2
but haven't seen it since. If this was Aurora and it shows as installed
on my system(in KPackage) how do I get it to run automatically at
bootup?
Log in as root. If you
Timo Hoderlein wrote:
Hi evereyone,
I have already tried to install Mandrake 7.2 several times.
The install process goes smoothly, but when the system
boots for the first time, the graphical boot manager Aurora
freezes and shows only the left bar. There is also no
reaction of mouse or
Thanks, Alan, I already did. Now it works, but as the Aurora boot
interface is much more slower than the text-based boot sequence I
deinstalled it.
If somebody wants his system to boot rapidly, I recommend him/her to
deinstall it as well.
Greetings
Timo
Alan Carpenter wrote:
Can you help me install aurora?? What packages do you
install?? Is there any special setup involved in setting
it up???
Thanks so much,
Alan
Alanthe package is Aurora-7.2-17mdk.i586.rpm on your
installation CD. After installing it to get it to run all
that is
Of Matt Schroeder
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 9:17 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] aurora images
My mouse is inactive in aurora. Is this an issue pertaining to when I have
it start up in the sequence of things?
The keyboard works to go to different menu's while
Paul,
I see from your sig line that you've a different version of Pine than
normal. Is there a new version of Pine out? Are there are reasons or
features in it that would warrent moving from 4.21 to 4.30? I love Pine
and there are a few things I've been looking forward to finding in Pine
one
On Thu, 23 Nov 2000 09:28:11 -0500 (EST), you wrote:
Paul,
I see from your sig line that you've a different version of Pine than
normal. Is there a new version of Pine out? Are there are reasons or
features in it that would warrent moving from 4.21 to 4.30? I love Pine
and there are a few
Hi Rog,
To tell you the truth I wasn't all that impressed cause when I installed
the binaries all of Pine's pretty colors went away. I like this colors and
just for a few bug fixes that I've never even seen the bugs I don't think
the upgrade is worth it.
I've since re-installed the old binaries
Dennis type 'pico' followed by the file name. This is a terminal editor.
Wayne
Title: RE: [newbie] Aurora
Pardon me for butting in but, how do you edit if you can't get a konsole. I am only able to log in and get to where the command line is as root @localhost. Which editor and how do I get to the correct file? I'm lost without kedit and it won't work without an xserver
Title: RE: [newbie] Aurora
editing from the command line -- one must go into a
truly archaic world with super-geekoid commands left over from TTY terminal and
mainframedays. You have to get a linux book and have it ready at all
times as areferenceto use one of the console editors. Hee
hee
On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Myers, Dennis R NWO wrote:
Pardon me for butting in but, how do you edit if you can't get a konsole. I
am only able to log in and get to where the command line is as "root
@localhost". Which editor and how do I get to the correct file? I'm lost
without kedit and it won't
Title: RE: [newbie] Aurora
I personally like JED
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From:
Myers, Dennis R NWO
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 4:13
PM
Subject: RE: [newbie] Aurora
Pardon me for butting in but, how do you edit if
you can't get
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Subject: Re: [newbie] Aurora
Shawn Daniel wrote:
I thought someone had posted something on this before, but I couldn't find
it in the archive.
I have installed 7.2, it works pretty well (some of it kinda slow though),
but the only way I can get into it is with my boot disk. If I
Shoemaker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 10:48 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Aurora
Shawn Daniel wrote:
I thought someone had posted something on this before,
but I couldn't find it in the archive.
I have installed 7.2, it works pretty well
Aurora does boot, it displays the options but goes no further. I see the
little penguin with flippers in the air, and that is it.
-Original Message-
From: Alan Shoemaker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 10:48 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie
Marcia
You first :-)
Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Registered Linux user 183185
- Original Message -
From: Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 7:42 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Aurora
Alan Shoemaker wrote:
[snip][snip]
That's
Marcia,
Alan is absolutely right.
With great trepidation, I changed my "vga=normal" entry to "vga=791" (for me)
and ran lilo -v and when I rebooted, aurora was in effect.
So go ahead. I was afraid that I might get in a situation where I would not
be able to reboot into linux, but that did
On Sunday 19 November 2000 11:14 am, Jeff Malka wrote:
Marcia,
Alan is absolutely right.
With great trepidation, I changed my "vga=normal" entry to "vga=791"
(for me) and ran lilo -v and when I rebooted, aurora was in effect.
So go ahead. I was afraid that I might get in a situation where I
OOPs. I changed it in the vga=normal.
It seemed to work.
But I will correct that by changing it in the location you indicate.
Why the difference?
Alan is absolutely right.
With great trepidation, I changed my "vga=normal" entry to "vga=791"
(for me) and ran lilo -v and when I
I realize this may sound like a dumb question, but I've searched the
man's
and have watched it scroll by during boot up and I still don't know.
What is Aurora and what does it do?
Barry :-)
Jeff Malka wrote:
Marcia,
Alan is absolutely right.
With great trepidation, I changed my
On Sunday 19 November 2000 03:46 pm, Jeff Malka wrote:
OOPs. I changed it in the vga=normal.
It seemed to work.
But I will correct that by changing it in the location you indicate.
Why the difference?
Local or global variable. Changing it before the boot label would
(should) make
Jeff Malka wrote:
OOPs. I changed it in the vga=normal.
It seemed to work.
But I will correct that by changing it in the location you
indicate.
Why the difference?
Jeffif it's there then you can have another choice of
Linux boot with a different resolution or with no frame
buffer
Please answer to the list. I am in the identical position. Aurora
installed but not in options list.
Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Registered Linux user 183185
- Original Message -
From: Marcia [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 1:36 PM
Subject:
Marcia wrote:
Dear All, I am still working on this Aurora enabling. Going
to the THYSkys or whatever that spelling was did not help
because the choice of Aurora was not there. Is there a way
to add to those choices? Of course, since I have installed
Aurora I would like to enable it and have
Alan Shoemaker wrote:
[snip][snip]
That's it. :-)
Marcia/Jeffoops! Forgot to say to activate your changes
in /etc/lilo.conf (as root) type:
lilo -v
or to activate your changes in /boot/grub/menu.lst navigate
to the /boot/grub/ directory (as root) and type:
sh install.sh
Now that's
On Friday 17 November 2000 12:33 pm, Marcia wrote:
Dear All, I just installed Aurora last night and I would like to
enable it, also. Is there a way to add it to the startup services in
Linuxconf? Is there another way to enable it?
Aurora mini FAQ
Dear Tom, Thank you. I will try plan B. That sounds like an easy way.
Sincerely, Marcia
http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php3?sid=20001108042008
Aurora was automatically installed in my Mandrake 7.2 install. But I
cannot figure out how to get it to take effect during boot up. What
precisely shopuld I do? I read the readme file but still cannot figure out
what to do.
Click on the traffic light in DrakConf and make sure the box next to Aurora
is clicked.
- Original Message -
From: "Jeff Malka" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 6:38 PM
Subject: [newbie] aurora
Aurora was automatically installed in my Mandrake
It is not one of the available options there. Not there to click on.
On Thursday 16 November 2000 08:01 pm, you wrote:
Click on the traffic light in DrakConf and make sure the box next to Aurora
is clicked.
- Original Message -
Aurora was automatically installed in my Mandrake
Carl Kehley wrote:
How does one get Aurora to run at boot? I just installed
the download version of 7.2, development install, ReiserFS,
using grub. The Aurora package is installed, but I can't
find out anywhere how to get it to run. Any help would be
greatly appreciated.
Carl Kehley
On Wednesday 08 November 2000 05:55, you wrote:
How does one get Aurora to run at boot? I just installed the download
version of 7.2, development install, ReiserFS, using grub. The Aurora
package is installed, but I can't find out anywhere how to get it to
run. Any help would be greatly
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