On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 12:28:28AM -0800, alan brown wrote:
> So my question is, How can I use the keyboard to kill X-Windows (as my
> mouse is dead)?
ctrl-alt-backspace should kill X and return you to the command line.
> And while I'm at it, how can I truly shut down linux. Because I am not
>
On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 13:24, Pigeon wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 06:56:44PM -0800, alan brown wrote:
>
> > Modes "1024*768"
>
> Try: 1024x768 (My own file has 800x600)
>
> "Barely usable"? 800x600 on a 21" screen sounds great to me! :-)
>
> Pigeon
Reminds me of the system that I go
On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Pigeon wrote:
> "Barely usable"? 800x600 on a 21" screen sounds great to me! :-)
>
> Pigeon
I've seen people here running windows at 640x480 on a 19" monitor. Not
sure how anyone gets anything done at 640x480, let alone wasting that much
screen real estate :)
I prefer 1600x1
On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 06:56:44PM -0800, alan brown wrote:
> Modes "1024*768"
Try: 1024x768 (My own file has 800x600)
"Barely usable"? 800x600 on a 21" screen sounds great to me! :-)
Pigeon
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Subject: RE: help configuring my monitor resolution...
I tried rec
said alan brown (on 2002-12-05),
> So I'm not sure that I'm
> truly out of x-windows (though I think perhaps I am).
No, you're not out of X at that point.
> So my question is, How can I use the keyboard to kill X-Windows (as my
> mouse is dead)?
Ctrl-alt-backspace should kill X. This can be d
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Subject: Re: help configuring my monitor resolution...
said alan brown (on 2002-12-04),
> The screen appears stuck on a 800x600 resolution. I've looked at the
> ma
said alan brown (on 2002-12-04),
> The screen appears stuck on a 800x600 resolution. I've looked at the
> manual
try auto configuring X with debconf and the discover (and mdetect)
packages:
make sure you have discover and mdetect installed;
backup your 'good' XF86Config-4;
purge X: dpkg --force
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