I will confess to some prior usage of both debian and unix. I was running Potato... and its predecessor about 2 years ago, with mutt, vim, gcc, exim, mostly and came back to try again when a Woody CD distribution became available with support for my Nvidia graphics card. Previously I had used a Silicon Graphics box some years previously
Before availing myself of these lists, I typically check man, info, any HOWTO, the CD readme and help files, O'Reilly books, and often run a google search as well but often the relevant information doesn't always readily rise to the level of my radar For example, where is Alt-F7 documented (I fully stand ready to be embarrassed) PS, I suppose a lot of my problem could also be hoisted on a fading short-term memory (a combo of disease and age) and a major focus on a Windows production requirement -- David -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Jesse Hutton Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 1:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [XFree86] XFConfig requirements for kbd and mouse To get from a terminal to X, it's usually Alt-F7 (ttys 1-6 are commonly getty login instances). Also there is a program called 'su' which allows you to become the root user. You should check out debian's install documentation from their website. It will help you get accustomed to the basics of the system. Debian offers a ton of great documentation, on the web, and which you can download as .deb packages (use dselect, and go to the Optional/docs section). _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
