> 1. Netscape Messenger takes a /very/ long time to load. Navigator loads > pretty quickly but then it takes Messenger a good 6 minutes to load. I > had version 4.5 so I figured it might be a bug so I downgraded to 4.07 > but to no avail. Everything works fine (i'm using messenger right now), > it just takes a long time to load. Any ideas what this could be? I'm > thinking I might not have enough RAM...which leads to my second problem:
hey, I use 3.0, and that's only because I can't click on links with lynx (0k, and also that lynx can't launch extra windows of itself so that i can keep the first page open). > 2. I have 32 megs of RAM, but when I call free, it says that I have 30. > Where'd my last two go??? Actually, why don't I just show you: The kernel takes a couple. > total used free shared > buffers cached > Mem: 30264 29080 1184 17572 172 > 12296 > -/+ buffers/cache: 16612 13652 > Swap: 64256 12952 51304 > > Also, should the system be taking up so much? Right after I reboot, it's > already taking up almost all of the real RAM. I'm going to upgrade > anyway, but I was wondering if this was normal? > 3. Where are the startup configuration files? /etc > As in where does linux > store the list of daemons that it has to start up, /etc/init.d/ has the startup scripts. Follow the links and you'll find run-level stuff. > and can I add my own without too much danger? Once you understand the above, probably :) > 4. Finally, how do I change the default resolution X windows starts up > at? Right now it starts up at 1280x1024. It could be much worse, I > guess, I could be starting at a resolution of 2 or something. But > 1280x1024 on a 15 inch monitor is sorta high. I can switch it once I > start up but then I have to reconfigure my monitor and the virtual > desktop is still at 1280x1024. either edit /etc/X11/XF86Config and change the "modes" line for your display, or (the easy way) use XF86Setup (not xf86setup), which let's you click on the modes you want to use. rick
