Forum: Window and Desktop Managers  Jan 15th, 2005 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 12,978 Wow. Old thread. Didn't even notice :P |
| Forum: Window and Desktop Managers Jan 15th, 2005 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 12,978 You have to start X with "startx" regardless of which wm you use.
If you want to have KDE as your window manager, edit your ~/.xinitrc
# My .xinitrc file.
# Uncomment the one that I... |
| Forum: Window and Desktop Managers Mar 4th, 2004 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 8,623 Which version of KDE are you using? (I don't use RedHat, so I don't know which versions it ships with.) |
| Forum: Window and Desktop Managers Mar 3rd, 2004 |
| Replies: 23 Views: 37,160 From what I was able to find, that error is the result of your CPU being overloaded with I/O requests from your soundcard. Try disabling full-duplex operation in the control panel (uncheck the box)... |
| Forum: Window and Desktop Managers Feb 20th, 2004 |
| Replies: 23 Views: 37,160 |
| Forum: Window and Desktop Managers Feb 18th, 2004 |
| Replies: 23 Views: 37,160 I'm not taking anything personally, and there's no tension building within me. I'm not starting an arguement, either. What I *am* doing is letting you know that the way you spoke to freeman2381 was... |
| Forum: Window and Desktop Managers Feb 18th, 2004 |
| Replies: 23 Views: 37,160 freeman - try (as root) chmod 755 /dev/dsp
If you want to start Debian in commandline mode, remove gdm (Gnome Display Manager) or prevent it from starting up by removing it's +x attribute.
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| Forum: Window and Desktop Managers Feb 18th, 2004 |
| Replies: 23 Views: 37,160 That's just it - DON'T slap anyone in the face, regardless of what outcome you *HOPE* to achieve by doing it. It's not only rude, but when people see that, they don't WANT to come back. |
| Forum: Window and Desktop Managers Feb 17th, 2004 |
| Replies: 23 Views: 37,160 No Problem ;-)
Feel free to look me up when you're ready to give it another go. |
| Forum: Window and Desktop Managers Feb 17th, 2004 |
| Replies: 23 Views: 37,160 Nice. We're supposed to be assisting people, not browbeating them because something they were trying didn't work. |
| Forum: Window and Desktop Managers Feb 13th, 2004 |
| Replies: 23 Views: 37,160 I always suggest to read the manpage(s) because that's where the core documentation is located. Granted, you can search Google.com to find answers, but what happens when you can't get online to use... |
| Forum: Window and Desktop Managers Feb 12th, 2004 |
| Replies: 23 Views: 37,160 As root, try this:
XFree86 -configure
It's not perfect, but it will probe your system's hardware to see which configuration variables should be set. This will give you a good starting... |
| Forum: Window and Desktop Managers Feb 6th, 2004 |
| Replies: 10 Views: 11,307 If you store the config file for X (XF86Config) in root's $HOME, then only root will be able to read that config, and if you try to launch X as a different user, that user will be reading the other... |
| Forum: Window and Desktop Managers Jan 25th, 2004 |
| Replies: 19 Views: 10,195 Don't forget that there are other window managers available, like BlackBox, Window Maker, and a ton of others that aren't as "heavy" as Gnome or KDE. Both KDE and Gnome are great for various... |
