mhf wrote: > Hello debian-user, > > Issue 1: I can't figure out how to stop default windows manager > ((fvwm)) from automatically starting upon boot into linux. I simply > want to start from a shell and then enter "startx" when I want to get > into a GUI. I've tried to open up "inittab" to see about changing a > "5" to a "3" somewhere amidst all the command lines---((thought I read that > from another post)) but I can't figure it out. There are many > command lines in there and I don't know what they do, or refer to. > > If it would be helpful to see my inittab file, I'll post it. Just > didn't want to irritate folks with an inordinately long post.
apt-get --purge remove gdm > Issue 2: I can't get the Gnome Graphical File Manager placed onto the > startup bar. It's the strangest thing. I go to the Gnome Menu Editor > and there it is. Properties has it titled as "File Manager," the > description line says it is "Graphical File Manager," and the > application command line is filled in as "gmc." It even has an icon > properly asssociated to it. Nonetheless, I can't get the thing placed > onto the Gnome startup bar so that I can use it. Help, I'm totally > stumped! Startup bar? Not sure what you mean by that. If you are referring to the Gnome Panel (the long thingy along the bottom of the screen), then: 1) Right-click on the Panel 2) Find the app you want in the menus 3) There should be a little box with three periods in it after the name of the app 4) Click that box 5) Click the option of "Add this launcher to panel" > Issue 3: Can anyone suggest a good link to get me started in > configuring my Hewlett-Packard Deskjet 820C to print on my stand-alone > computer. Or, if there's good documentation that comes with the > Debian 2.1 Slink installation that I haven't been able to locate, > please point me there. Start with: http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=61568 Beyond that, I'll have to pass. Printing isn't something I know a whole lot about. -- Mike Werner KA8YSD | He that is slow to believe anything and | everything is of great understanding, '91 GS500E | for belief in one false principle is the Morgantown WV | beginning of all unwisdom.
