afterstep and saved states in potato

Howdy folks, I compiled AfterStep 1.6.10 on a slink machine a while back and really enjoyed the 'saved state' feature that would return all my apps the way they were before I quit X after loggin out via aftersteps script (the button in the wharf). Now I have a potato system (fully updated) with t

ssh-agent and ssh-add not talking?

Howdy folks, I recently upgraded from 2.1 where a compile-from-source install of Xfree86 4.0.1 was working fine to 2.2. I used ssh-agent and ssh-add to store my ssh keys for easy logging into remote hosts. However, upon upgrading to deb 2.2 I couldn't get X started with the old xinitrc (would st

another XFree86 4.0.1 prob w/ mouse this time

Hey folks, thanks for all the folks to those you gave me hints with loading font modules in 4.0.1. I have found that after switching to a console on a virtual terminal (out of X) and back to X again, I lose my mouse! I've got a logitec mouseman that is 'autodetected' by X and works great. Howev

XFree86 4.0.1 from source

Howdy folks, I successfully compiled XFree 4.0.1 from source with some very helpful suggestions from a /. post. I've compiled alot of source, but never anything this big. anyway, it went fine, everything in /usr/local/X11R6/ and all the configs are fine and I even get the xserver to start and in