On 2008-11-24, Sjoerd Hiemstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> An M/N:M-S35 Logitech three button PS/2 mouse is exactly what I have,
> and gpm always worked fine, in Sarge, Etch, Lenny and Sid.
>
> Following the directions at
> www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-install.en.html#s-gpm
> I have th
On 11/24/08 12:10, Sven Joachim wrote:
On 2008-11-24 18:56 +0100, Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote:
Following the directions at
www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-install.en.html#s-gpm
I have this in /etc/gpm.conf :
device=/dev/psaux
These days it is better to use /dev/input/mice which should work
On 2008-11-24 18:56 +0100, Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote:
> Following the directions at
> www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-install.en.html#s-gpm
> I have this in /etc/gpm.conf :
>
> device=/dev/psaux
These days it is better to use /dev/input/mice which should work with
USB mice as well.
> respons
Op 23 Nov 2008 23:23:20 GMT, Howard Eisenberger wrote:
> On 2008-11-18, s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Not to mention, gpm config is a black art. I have no clue how to
> > gpm my mouse, and haven't for years. I knew how long ago, but gpm
> > is not easy these days. What protocol do
On 2008-11-18, s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Not to mention, gpm config is a black art. I have no clue how to gpm
> my mouse, and haven't for years. I knew how long ago, but gpm is not
> easy these days. What protocol does a three button, serial, logitech
> mouse use? None of what I'
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 09:24:34PM -0600, Javier Vasquez wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 8:26 PM, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > If he is wanting to try something other than Debian, OpenBSD will take
> > far fewer resources (leaving more for his applications) (based on my
> > exper
On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 8:26 PM, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 07:29:10AM +0530, Sridhar M.A. wrote:
>> On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 02:00:28PM +0100, Michael Ott wrote:
>>>
>>> I am looking for a very slim desktop manager.
>>>
>>> The system lookin
On 11/19/08 18:40, s. keeling wrote:
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
$ apt-cache show mdetect
Oh yeah:
(0) phreaque [root] /root_ mdetect
/dev/psaux
intellimouse
Why doesn't it find /dev/ttyS0? mdetect doesn't accept the correct
device as a parameter.
I haven't seen a serial mo
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> $ apt-cache show mdetect
Oh yeah:
(0) phreaque [root] /root_ mdetect
/dev/psaux
intellimouse
Why doesn't it find /dev/ttyS0? mdetect doesn't accept the correct
device as a parameter.
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Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On 11/17/08 21:44, s. keeling wrote:
> >
> > Not to mention, gpm config is a black art. I have no clue how to gpm
> > my mouse, and haven't for years.
>
> The Shame, oh The Shame!
Oh, pee off.
> > I knew how long ago, but g
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 05:17:29PM +0200, Micha wrote:
[installing gpm]
> but then I lose the touchpad capabilities related to synaptic such as
> scrolling and tap lock to drag, no?
That I don't know, I don't have a touchpad.
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lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 04:44:54AM +0100, s. keeling wrote:
>
> > Not to mention, gpm config is a black art. I have no clue how to gpm
> > my mouse, and haven't for years. I knew how long ago, but gpm is not
> > easy these days
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 04:44:54AM +0100, s. keeling wrote:
> Not to mention, gpm config is a black art. I have no clue how to gpm
> my mouse, and haven't for years. I knew how long ago, but gpm is not
> easy these days. What protocol does a three button, serial, logitech
> mouse use? None of
On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:11:12 -0600
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 11/17/08 21:44, s. keeling wrote:
> > Micha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >> I have to admit that even in X I have several consoles always open as
> >> they can make things work a lot better. I don't switch to the console for
On 11/17/08 21:44, s. keeling wrote:
Micha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
I have to admit that even in X I have several consoles always open as they can
make things work a lot better. I don't switch to the console for two reasons,
I do use some X apps (I prefer to browse with firefox, and even that is
Micha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> I have to admit that even in X I have several consoles always open as they
> can
> make things work a lot better. I don't switch to the console for two reasons,
> I do use some X apps (I prefer to browse with firefox, and even that is not
> always enough due to
Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 07:20:07AM +0100, s. keeling wrote:
>
> > #!/usr/bin/perl -w
> > #
> > # Usage: calcme []
>
> Here's something simpler:
>
> calc() { perl -e "print ''.($*).\"\\n\""; }
Very nice. :-)
> (Does not support the extra formatting you
Micha wrote:
> always enough due to badly written pages) and the second is that I like mouse
> copy/paste and I don't feel like setting up the mouse for the console.
You sound as if it is too much work. Isn't it all a matter of:
$> sudo aptitude update
$> sudo aptitude install gpm
$> sudo ls /etc
On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:46:56 +0100
NN_il_Confusionario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 05:25:07AM -0600, lee wrote:
> > Well, maybe I should learn more about using framebuffer stuff
>
> why? If you are satisfied with X, you have no real reasons.
>
I have to admit that even i
Celejar wrote:
> Google thinks that "Chi usa software non libero avvelena anche te.
> Digli di smettere." means "Who uses free software does not even poison
> you. Tell him to stop." I don't know Italian, but I can figure out
> that you actually mean something like "He who uses non free
> software
On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:02:07 +0100
NN_il_Confusionario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> First of all, since I have exausted for the moment my time to discuss
> matters on debian-user, this answer will be sketcky and perhaps too
> brutal (or even rude) and it is surely my last one for some weeks at
> l
On 11/16/08 02:25, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 07:20:07AM +0100, s. keeling wrote:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#
# Usage: calcme []
#
# Input is a string like (10+3)/7 or "(10 + 3) / 7"
# Output is the calculated result of the string
# Optional formatting can be supplied as 2nd paramet
On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 07:20:07AM +0100, s. keeling wrote:
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
> #
> # Usage: calcme []
> #
> # Input is a string like (10+3)/7 or "(10 + 3) / 7"
> # Output is the calculated result of the string
> # Optional formatting can be supplied as 2nd parameter.
> #
> my ( $format, $calc
Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 07:11:23AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On 11/14/08 06:46, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> > >On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 12:25:27PM +0100, Fran?ois Cerbelle wrote:
> > [snip]
> > >>You should try "bc". I'm sure that you can type in everything y
Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 04:22:16PM +0100, NN_il_Confusionario wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 03:36:15PM +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote:
> > > Did you try terminus? It's available as console and X11 font and last
> > > time I tried it looked equally well in b
2008/11/15 H.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Adrian Levi wrote:
>> 2008/11/7 Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>> What size hard drives have you had your box recognize? My box is an IBM
>>> and its BIOS baulks at many 8GB drives and all larger ones.
>>
>> I had a 486DX4-120 32MB running as my firew
Adrian Levi wrote:
> 2008/11/7 Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> What size hard drives have you had your box recognize? My box is an IBM
>> and its BIOS baulks at many 8GB drives and all larger ones.
>
> I had a 486DX4-120 32MB running as my firewall / storage file server
I have slightly
2008/11/7 Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> What size hard drives have you had your box recognize? My box is an IBM
> and its BIOS baulks at many 8GB drives and all larger ones.
I had a 486DX4-120 32MB running as my firewall / storage file server
at one time, I had a 2GB disc as a boot and
> > On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 06:02:24PM +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote:
[.,]
> I cannot even switch to a tiling window manager because of the line
> length issue. My 14", 1024x768 display is just too narrow to have two
> windows side-by-side and too wide to have Firefox running fullscreen.
mine is 14
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 01:33:13AM EST, NN_il_Confusionario wrote:
[..]
> I am _sorry_ to say that even terminus (!) is better for may eyes.
terminus is very nice at smaller sizes:
http://www.geocities.com/fcky1000/fcky/screen0.png
o's and zeroes .. l's and one's are immediately recognizable
* John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [081114 09:46]:
> Ron Johnson writes:
> > I wish there were a ~/.bcrc to auto-set the scale
>
> There can be. Put
>
> alias bc="bc $HOME/.bcrc"
>
> in your .bash_profile and then put the commands you want bc to execute on
> startup in .bcrc. You can also put y
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 07:11:23AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 11/14/08 06:46, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> >On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 12:25:27PM +0100, Fran?ois Cerbelle wrote:
> [snip]
> >>You should try "bc". I'm sure that you can type in everything you can type
> >>in your GUI based calculator.
Yo
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 07:46:06AM +0100, Jochen Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was
heard to say:
> NN_il_Confusionario:
> I cannot even switch to a tiling window manager because of the line
> length issue. My 14", 1024x768 display is just too narrow to have two
> windows side-by-side and too wide to
On 11/14/08 08:09, John Hasler wrote:
Ron Johnson writes:
I wish there were a ~/.bcrc to auto-set the scale
There can be. Put
alias bc="bc $HOME/.bcrc"
in your .bash_profile and then put the commands you want bc to execute on
startup in .bcrc. You can also put your startup commands in BC_E
Ron Johnson:
> On 11/14/08 02:09, NN_il_Confusionario wrote:
>>
>> some months ago this list suggested me the excellent youtube-dl (there
>> is also clive). Then mplayer plays without problem the files (even on
>> powerpc, so without evil codecs)
>
> If you tell it to, clive will automatically co
Ron Johnson writes:
> I wish there were a ~/.bcrc to auto-set the scale
There can be. Put
alias bc="bc $HOME/.bcrc"
in your .bash_profile and then put the commands you want bc to execute on
startup in .bcrc. You can also put your startup commands in BC_ENV_ARGS.
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On Thu,13.Nov.08, 18:02:24, Jochen Schulz wrote:
> Firefox (which, incidentally, is the same application I absolutely
> need a mouse for)...
If you have ever used vim then you could try vimperator. I'm
experimenting with it right now and it works pretty well (for me).
Regards,
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Le Ven 14 novembre 2008 14:25, Ron Johnson a écrit :
> It would be nice if bc had a config file (~/.bcrc) that you could
> put your standard scale, etc values in.
I just asked Google, it gaves me the following URL :
http://unix.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/comp.unix.shell/2007-01/msg00175.html
So, y
On 11/14/08 07:19, François Cerbelle wrote:
Le Ven 14 novembre 2008 13:46, Tzafrir Cohen a écrit :
[...]
Oh, you mean I had to set this strange thing called 'scale'? Why can't I
get it to default to something more reasonable? There's at least not a
method documented in the man page.
[snip]
you
Le Ven 14 novembre 2008 13:46, Tzafrir Cohen a écrit :
[...]
> Oh, you mean I had to set this strange thing called 'scale'? Why can't I
> get it to default to something more reasonable? There's at least not a
> method documented in the man page.
Reasonable ??? for who ?
a client buying one, two or
On 11/14/08 06:46, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 12:25:27PM +0100, François Cerbelle wrote:
[snip]
You should try "bc". I'm sure that you can type in everything you can type
in your GUI based calculator.
Right.
bc - An arbitrary precision calculator language
$ bc
bc 1.06.9
First of all, since I have exausted for the moment my time to discuss
matters on debian-user, this answer will be sketcky and perhaps too
brutal (or even rude) and it is surely my last one for some weeks at
least. I am sorry and apologize.
Sincere thanks to _all_ people on the list.
On Fri, Nov
On 11/14/08 02:09, NN_il_Confusionario wrote:
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 07:46:06AM +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote:
have to give in that I actually like to view the occasional Youtube
video.
some months ago this list suggested me the excellent youtube-dl (there
is also clive). Then mplayer plays with
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 12:25:27PM +0100, François Cerbelle wrote:
>
> Le Ven 14 novembre 2008 12:05, lee a écrit :
> [...]
> > With dc or bc, you need to figure out how to use them. An hour later or
> > so you might be able to calculate 2+5. With qalculate (or other GUI
> > calculators), you typ
Le Ven 14 novembre 2008 12:05, lee a écrit :
[...]
> With dc or bc, you need to figure out how to use them. An hour later or
> so you might be able to calculate 2+5. With qalculate (or other GUI
> calculators), you type 2+5 and get the result, just like you do with a
> calculator. dc only says "st
On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:10:41 +0100
NN_il_Confusionario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Well, have you tried sc?
>
> As I said, I never used any spreadsheet (or word processor, for that
> matter).
Well, I tried it and found it has too many disadvantages.
> > > apt-cache show bmv
> > > apt-cache s
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 07:46:06AM +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote:
> have to give in that I actually like to view the occasional Youtube
> video.
some months ago this list suggested me the excellent youtube-dl (there
is also clive). Then mplayer plays without problem the files (even on
powerpc, so wit
NN_il_Confusionario:
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 06:02:24PM +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote:
>>
>> Firefox (which, incidentally, is the same application I absolutely need a
>> mouse for)...
>
> one can emulate mouse in X using the numeric pad of the keyboard. Many
> years ago it was in "accessx", and the
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 12:44:56PM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> Mrxvt.xft:true
> Mrxvt.xftAntialias: true
> Mrxvt.xftAutoHint:true
> #Mrxvt.xftFont: bitstream vera sans mono
> Mrxvt.xftFont:dejavu sans mono
> Mrxvt.xftWeight: medium
> Mrxvt.xftWidth:
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 08:49:56PM -0500, Chris Jones wrote:
> The only thing that tells the two contexts apart (that I badly miss..)
> is that the linux console does not support 256 colors.
I am not able to understand your needs, but surely linux framebuffer
console supports 256 colors (but I nev
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 04:54:05PM -0500, H.S. wrote:
> video was being played in the console. Ascii art mode is where the video
> is showed as ascii characters, right?
yes. When you want to amuse yourself, try it. And look at the monitor
from a sufficiently big distance.
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On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 12:02:24PM EST, Jochen Schulz wrote:
>
> Just to name two of them: irssi is an excellent IRC client and mcabber
> is a great Jabber client.
You can also take a look at weechat. Maybe it's me but everything I
needed was there and implemented in such a way that I never even
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 04:22:16PM +0100, NN_il_Confusionario wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 03:36:15PM +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote:
> > Did you try terminus? It's available as console and X11 font and last
> > time I tried it looked equally well in both modes.
>
> yes, since their first apparenc
Jochen Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> BTW, I find your discussion quite interesting (although I started to
> skip a few paragraphs). I could give up X anytime if it weren't for
> Firefox (which, incidentally, is the same application I absolutely need a
> mouse for)...
Used to be the same fo
NN_il_Confusionario wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 12:21:06PM -0500, H.S. wrote:
>> Jochen Schulz wrote:
>>> Then you should try mplayer playing movies in ascii on the console. :)
>> Just did, awesome!
>>
>> BTW, while playing an avi file in a console, trying to change to another
>> console cause
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 12:21:06PM -0500, H.S. wrote:
> Jochen Schulz wrote:
> > Then you should try mplayer playing movies in ascii on the console. :)
> Just did, awesome!
>
> BTW, while playing an avi file in a console, trying to change to another
> console caused the computer to hang.
This is
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 06:02:24PM +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote:
> Firefox (which, incidentally, is the same application I absolutely need a
> mouse for)...
one can emulate mouse in X using the numeric pad of the keyboard. Many
years ago it was in "accessx", and then it got introduced in X proper,
a
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:48:39AM -0600, lee wrote:
> > I do not use spreadsheets but
> >
> > apt-cache show sc
>
> Well, have you tried sc?
As I said, I never used any spreadsheet (or word processor, for that
matter). I have seen once a person using excel, and I decided that the
use of anythi
> -Mensaje original-
> De: lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Enviado el: Jueves, 13 de Noviembre de 2008 11:04 a.m.
> Para: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Asunto: Re: Very slim Desktop Manager
>
> On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:58:46 -0200
> Eduardo M KALINOWSKI &
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:48:39 -0600, lee ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
[...]
> > apt-cache show bmv
> > apt-cache show fbi
>
> Those are not pdf viewers.
I installed the fbi package and can confirm it definitely does display
pdf files.
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Debian on
Jochen Schulz wrote:
>
> Then you should try mplayer playing movies in ascii on the console. :)
>
> J.
Just did, awesome!
BTW, while playing an avi file in a console, trying to change to another
console caused the computer to hang. Had to restart gdm from another
machine (could connect via ssh
On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:58:46 -0200
Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> lee escreveu:
> > [snip tons os comments on console vs. X11]
>
> Do you really think this discussion is going anywhere?
It already did.
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H.S.:
> François Cerbelle wrote:
>
>> ImageMagick for altering the images and there are viewer in framebuffer
>> mode (fbi ?).
>
> Installed and tried fbi on a console (CTRL+ALT+Fn). Wow! Got a kick out
> of displaying a jpeg image in the console ... and panning it, zooming, etc.
Then you should
NN_il_Confusionario:
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 05:25:07AM -0600, lee wrote:
>>
>> and instant
>> messengers
>
> i do not use them, but the first "instant messanger", talk on unix and
> phone on vax, is text based. There are many more, even with "modern"
> protocols.
Just to name two of them: irss
lee escreveu:
> [snip tons os comments on console vs. X11]
Do you really think this discussion is going anywhere?
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On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:46:56 +0100
NN_il_Confusionario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 05:25:07AM -0600, lee wrote:
> > Well, maybe I should learn more about using framebuffer stuff
>
> why? If you are satisfied with X, you have no real reasons.
It could be interesting and u
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 03:21:34PM +0100, François Cerbelle wrote:
> You should try Tetrinet ;-) A Networked multiplayer Tetris ! ;-)
I am not so good at tetris, so the other players would be bored.
> >> and image processing software (like gimp)
> > i do not use it (but I have seen it), and I a
François Cerbelle wrote:
>
> ImageMagick for altering the images and there are viewer in framebuffer
> mode (fbi ?).
Installed and tried fbi on a console (CTRL+ALT+Fn). Wow! Got a kick out
of displaying a jpeg image in the console ... and panning it, zooming, etc.
I have been using Linux for th
Le Jeu 13 novembre 2008 14:46, NN_il_Confusionario a écrit :
>> and games
> old svgalib games exist. However the only game I have ever used is
> tetris inside dos navigator inside dosemu (even if there are native text
> only games for unix).
You should try Tetrinet ;-) A Networked multiplayer Tetr
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 05:25:07AM -0600, lee wrote:
> Well, maybe I should learn more about using framebuffer stuff
why? If you are satisfied with X, you have no real reasons.
> > Clearly I am aware that there are some kind of applications which are
> > developed only for X (and my thanks go to
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 10:38:18PM -0600, lee wrote:
> Well, I never figured out what the framebuffer is for. If I want a GUI,
> I use X, if I want a console, I use a console --- or an X terminal.
that's an excellent way to look at the problem.
I do NOT want a GUI, since that interface concept i
On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:28:23 +0100
NN_il_Confusionario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I usually have no need for switching between X and console. Infact I
> have usually no need to run X at all, since svgalib/framebuffer
> programs are faster than their X counterparts.
Well, I never figured out wha
* lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [081112 08:55]:
> Isn't it possible to convert/use the console font for X11?
PSF Tools has a utility called psf2bdf. From the manpage:
psf2bdf - convert part or all of a PSF Font file to an X11 BDF.
http://www.seasip.demon.co.uk/Unix/PSF/
Regards,
John
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On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 12:45:43PM -0600, lee wrote:
> Don't switch continuously between X and console ... X is useful: I find
> it easier to have 4x4 virtual desktops between which I can seemlessly
> switch by just moving the mouse pointer over, and because I can run
> console programs as well as
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 09:43:18AM -0800, Carl Johnson wrote:
> Are you trying to use truetype fonts, or are you using fixed fonts?
I tried _every_ font I could find. When one is hopelessly tired, the
meaningless symbol fonts in a terminal have a refresching effect.
> I am using konsole with fixe
On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:24:16 +0100
NN_il_Confusionario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have only very limited experience with the output of graphic cards
> of the last 7 years (ah, the power of remote unix administration),
> but I have never seen substantial change in the font displayed at
> linux
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 10:22:07AM -0600, lee wrote:
> Hm, the console font has changed over the years. I was thinking it has
> to do with which graphics card you are using, but I don't know.
I have only very limited experience with the output of graphic cards of
the last 7 years (ah, the power of
NN_il_Confusionario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The huge problem is that all combination of therminals, fonts, color
> depths, screen resolutions, and refresh rates which I could try were
> always "infinitely" less tolerable for my eyes than linux or *BSD vt
> consoles.
Are you trying to use tr
On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:13:08 +0100
NN_il_Confusionario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The first evident part of the problem is that almost all existing
> fonts (even the ones which I have seen on Microsoft or Apple
> machines) are quite horrible for my eyes, and at any rate none of
> them is suffici
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 03:36:15PM +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote:
> Did you try terminus? It's available as console and X11 font and last
> time I tried it looked equally well in both modes.
yes, since their first apparence in debian stable. I agree that they
look very similar in X and in console (th
NN_il_Confusionario:
>
> The huge problem is that all combination of therminals, fonts, color
> depths, screen resolutions, and refresh rates which I could try were
> always "infinitely" less tolerable for my eyes than linux or *BSD vt
> consoles.
Did you try terminus? It's available as console a
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 07:12:52AM -0600, lee wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:23:27 +0100
> NN_il_Confusionario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > My *HUGE* problem with X has always been, and very possibly will
> > always be, the readability of terminals.
> >
> > The huge problem is that all combi
On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:23:27 +0100
NN_il_Confusionario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My *HUGE* problem with X has always been, and very possibly will
> always be, the readability of terminals.
>
> The huge problem is that all combination of therminals, fonts, color
> depths, screen resolutions, an
2008/11/12 Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 07:29:10AM +0530, Sridhar M.A. wrote:
>> In addition to all the advice you have so far received, I would suggest
>> you to try damnsmalllinux. It is a live cd based on debian.
>
> A live CD wastes memory for usage as a ramdisk.
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 08:29:22AM +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> Does it support autologin? The chooser of DMs (gdm, kdm, whatever) is a
> separate process that does not remain running when you have an extra
> session on. The daemon portion of gdm here seems to be:
>
> PID RSSSZ COMMAND
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 07:59:03PM -0500, Michael Pobega wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 02:00:28PM +0100, Michael Ott wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I am looking for a very slim desktop manager.
> >
>
> No pun intended, but you can install SLiM (Simple Login Manager). I use
> it myself, it is visuall
On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 07:29:10AM +0530, Sridhar M.A. wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 02:00:28PM +0100, Michael Ott wrote:
>>
>> I am looking for a very slim desktop manager.
>>
>> The system looking for is a 486 166MHz with 64MB Ram.
>>
>> I only want to run one or tw
On Fri, 7 Nov 2008 07:29:10 +0530
"Sridhar M.A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 02:00:28PM +0100, Michael Ott wrote:
>>
>> I am looking for a very slim desktop manager.
>>
>> The system looking for is a 486 166MHz with 64MB Ram.
>>
>> I only want t
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 07:59:03PM -0500, Michael Pobega wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 02:00:28PM +0100, Michael Ott wrote:
> >
> > I am looking for a very slim desktop manager.
> >
What would your wife say?
:)
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On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 02:00:28PM +0100, Michael Ott wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I am looking for a very slim desktop manager.
>
No pun intended, but you can install SLiM (Simple Login Manager). I use
it myself, it is visually very nice (much improved over XDM) as well as
fast and lightweight.
If by 'de
Am 2008-11-06 14:00:28, schrieb Michael Ott:
> Hi!
>
> I am looking for a very slim desktop manager.
>
> The system looking for is a 486 166MHz with 64MB Ram.
^^
I can not believe it, since the fastest 486 was 100MHz (Am486dx4) and
only the AMD Ovedrive A
Try searching google (or any other search engine) with "linux
lightweight window manager", that'll do wonders. Windowmaker and
fluxbox will po up.
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On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 07:29:10AM +0530, Sridhar M.A. wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 02:00:28PM +0100, Michael Ott wrote:
>>
>> I am looking for a very slim desktop manager.
>>
>> The system looking for is a 486 166MHz with 64MB Ram.
>>
>> I only want to run one or tw
On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 02:00:28PM +0100, Michael Ott wrote:
>
> I am looking for a very slim desktop manager.
>
> The system looking for is a 486 166MHz with 64MB Ram.
>
> I only want to run one or two small applications
>
In addition to all the advice you have so far rec
On Fri, 7 Nov 2008, Michael Ott engaged keyboard and shared this with us all:
>--} Hi!
>--}
>--} I am looking for a very slim desktop manager.
>--}
>--} The system looking for is a 486 166MHz with 64MB Ram.
>--}
>--} I only want to run one or two small applications
>--}
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>--}
>--} Michael
On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 10:01:59AM -0800, Eric De Mund wrote:
> ] I am looking for a very slim desktop manager.
> ] The system looking for is a 486 166MHz with 64MB Ram.
> ] I only want to run one or two small applications.
>
> One of my ThinkPads is circa 2000 system that's 266 MHz with 128 MB
>
Michael,
] I am looking for a very slim desktop manager.
] The system looking for is a 486 166MHz with 64MB Ram.
] I only want to run one or two small applications.
One of my ThinkPads is circa 2000 system that's 266 MHz with 128 MB
RAM. I run Xfce on it with tolerable responsiveness and yet an
On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 02:00:28PM +0100, Michael Ott wrote:
> I am looking for a very slim desktop manager.
>
> The system looking for is a 486 166MHz with 64MB Ram.
>
> I only want to run one or two small applications
I have a 486DX4-100 with 32 MB ram. With that bit of ram it won't
instal
On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 17:50:45 +0100, Jochen Schulz ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> Sarunas Burdulis:
> >
> > Would you care to elaborate? Running Xorg/xinit and an X app is pretty
> > austere without window controls... not that it's useless, of course. Or
> > did you mean something else?
>
> I
Sarunas Burdulis:
>
> Would you care to elaborate? Running Xorg/xinit and an X app is pretty
> austere without window controls... not that it's useless, of course. Or
> did you mean something else?
I guess he meant that desktop manager is a program like xdm, gdm or kdm
(guess why all of them are
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