[SLUG] debian.potato-X

2002-03-18 Thread Bill Taylor
_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 (nine times, then:-) Unable to communicate with X server this is looking for something in the box, isn't it? also, how can I read README files? (on the command line?) tia Bill -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.

Re: [SLUG] debian.potato-X

2002-03-18 Thread Bill Taylor
I was installing. last thing before this it set VGA16 as default. when it does manage to start x it locks the system up, the only way out is to cut the power. cat didn't work last night, unless I did somthing wrong. the particular readme's are .gz .does that make a difference? Bill -- SLUG - S

Re: [SLUG] debian.potato-X

2002-03-18 Thread Andrew Bennetts
On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 01:52:54AM +1100, Bill Taylor wrote: > cat didn't work last night, unless I did somthing wrong. the particular > readme's are .gz .does that make a difference? Oh, ok. Yeah, .gz files need to be read with either zcat or zless (or you could manually pipe the file through

Re: [SLUG] debian.potato-X

2002-03-18 Thread Bill Taylor
I was installing. last thing before this it set VGA16 as default. when it does manage to start x it locks the system up, the only way out is to cut the power. cat didn't work last night, unless I did somthing wrong. the particular readme's are .gz .does that make a difference? Bill they seem to

Re: [SLUG] debian.potato-X

2002-03-18 Thread Michael Lake
Bill Taylor wrote: > > I was installing. last thing before this it set VGA16 as default. > when it does manage to start x it locks the system up, the only way out > is to cut the power. > cat didn't work last night, unless I did somthing wrong. the particular > readme's are .gz .does that make a

RE: [SLUG] debian.potato-X

2002-03-18 Thread Booth, Christopher (Aus) - ATP
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] debian.potato-X Bill Taylor wrote: > > I was installing. last thing before this it set VGA16 as default. > when it does manage to start x it locks the system up, the only way out > is to cut the power. > cat didn't work last night, unless

Re: [SLUG] debian.potato-X

2002-03-19 Thread Ken Foskey
On Tue, 2002-03-19 at 09:41, Michael Lake wrote: > Bill Taylor wrote: > > > > I was installing. last thing before this it set VGA16 as default. > > when it does manage to start x it locks the system up, the only way out > > is to cut the power. > > cat didn't work last night, unless I did somthin

Re: [SLUG] debian.potato-X

2002-03-19 Thread Jeff Waugh
> You just have to be deranged to understand the command set. ^ "able to express yourself succinctly" - Jeff -- The implementation of any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from pr0n. --

Re: [SLUG] debian.potato-X

2002-03-19 Thread Daniel Stone
On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 10:21:16PM +1100, Ken Foskey wrote: > Power users use vim which will automatically unzip when it opens for > edit. It will then zip when you save automatically. AFAIK it doesn't touch the file itself at all, it just unzips internally. -- Daniel Stone

RE: [SLUG] debian.potato-X

2002-03-19 Thread Grant Parnell
On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Booth, Christopher (Aus) - ATP wrote: > also midnight commander (mc) which comes on (at least) Red Hat and Mandrake > distributions. > This is a Norton Commander or XTree gold clone. > F3 to view a file > F4 to edit a file Hey I remember XTree Gold, Midnight commander's pret

Re: [SLUG] debian.potato-X

2002-03-20 Thread Bill Taylor
back to this again, sorry. I just don't know enough to figure out what it is telling me. I've just run xf86config again, everything is set much as it is for RH (and windoze) on the same box # startx /usr/bin/X11/xauth: creating new authority file /root/.Xauthority xauth: creating new autho

RE: [SLUG] debian.potato-X

2002-03-20 Thread Hartono, Susanto
You should try running X-windows as non-root user. -Original Message- From: Bill Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, 21 March 2002 12:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] debian.potato-X back to this again, sorry. I just don't know enough to figure out

Re: [SLUG] debian.potato-X

2002-03-20 Thread Christopher Booth
t; > -Original Message- > From: Bill Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, 21 March 2002 12:51 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [SLUG] debian.potato-X > > > back to this again, sorry. I just don't know enough to figure out what > it is tell

Re: [SLUG] debian.potato-X

2002-03-24 Thread Grant Parnell
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Bill Taylor wrote: > back to this again, sorry. I just don't know enough to figure out what > it is telling me. > I've just run xf86config again, everything is set much as it is for RH > (and windoze) on the same box > > # startx > /usr/bin/X11/xauth: creating new autho