On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, Pollywog wrote: > > On 31-Mar-2000 21:57:04 Hilary Hertzoff wrote: > > > > I've looked in through the documentation until my eyes blurred and I > > haven't been able to find the answers to these rather basic questions. > > > > 1. Is there a way to exit X without halting the computer? The methods > > I've tried have either shut down the computer correctly or brought me back > > to the X login prompts. > > Your window manager probably has an exit menu, but you can also use the key > combination Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to leave X. > i think, that was not the question ... two possible answers: do not exit X at all, just switch to another console (by pressing alt-ctrl-F1, etc.) or switch to a runlevel without x by running "init 2" (correct me, if this is also a X-runlevel - i have only suse ...).
> > 3. When I find the file how do I install it? It's in .tar.gz format > > rather than .deb and the explanations I've found are a bit confusing and > > assume a little more Linux knowledge than I've acquired yet (three weeks > > and counting)... > > tar xvfz filename.tar.gz > > then cd to the top level directory where you will find a README or INSTALL > file which explains how to install. Usually it goes something like this: > > ./configure > make > make install (this step as root) > correct. but i'm not sure, if we are talking about source code ... i had the impression, that we are talking about netscape or something similar ... if so, then run ./netscape-install.sh (or however it is called) after the tar xzvf ... -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please! -- Linux - the last service pack you'll ever need.
