Re: XF86 question

2001-10-08 Thread Colin Walters
"Paul F. Pearson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've actually come to like the taskbar from the M$ WinBlows world. I > use icewm on my PC at home - small and usable (pain to > configure). Is there a site to find out which wm's are available for > PPC LINUX? They all should be available; there's r

Re: XF86 question

2001-10-08 Thread Colin Walters
"Paul F. Pearson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That was it - my mouse was configured incorrectly. Now all I have to do > is: > 1) look into what window managers are available Just about every window manager you can possibly imagine (and then some) are packaged for Debian. > 2) get rlogin, etc.

Re: XF86 question

2001-10-08 Thread Paul F. Pearson
On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, Andrew Sharp wrote: > "Paul F. Pearson" wrote: > > > > That was it - my mouse was configured incorrectly. Now all I have to do > > is: > > 1) look into what window managers are available > > I use wmaker, otherwise known as WindowMaker, because I'm a die hard > NeXT user. Othe

Re: XF86 question

2001-10-08 Thread Rogério Brito
On Oct 08 2001, Paul F. Pearson wrote: > 0) Figure out how I'm supposed to use X with only one mouse button! :-) Use the three button emulation available in /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/* Hope this helps, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Re: XF86 question

2001-10-08 Thread Rogério Brito
On Oct 08 2001, Paul F. Pearson wrote: > That was it - my mouse was configured incorrectly. Now all I have to > do is: > 1) look into what window managers are available Many, many. Since I am using a quite old machine with only 64MB and PowerPC programs seem to be bigger than their

Re: XF86 question

2001-10-08 Thread Andrew Sharp
"Paul F. Pearson" wrote: > > That was it - my mouse was configured incorrectly. Now all I have to do > is: > 1) look into what window managers are available I use wmaker, otherwise known as WindowMaker, because I'm a die hard NeXT user. Others like sawfish and the gnome layer, and then there are

Re: XF86 question

2001-10-08 Thread Paul F. Pearson
On 8 Oct 2001, Colin Walters wrote: > "Paul F. Pearson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > 0) Figure out how I'm supposed to use X with only one mouse button! > > :-) > > I don't think you can, seriously. How to set up mouse button > emulation is in the mailing list archives. I figured as much. H

Re: XF86 question

2001-10-08 Thread Colin Walters
"Paul F. Pearson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 0) Figure out how I'm supposed to use X with only one mouse button! > :-) I don't think you can, seriously. How to set up mouse button emulation is in the mailing list archives.

Re: XF86 question

2001-10-08 Thread Paul F. Pearson
0) Figure out how I'm supposed to use X with only one mouse button! :-) On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, Paul F. Pearson wrote: > That was it - my mouse was configured incorrectly. Now all I have to do > is: > 1) look into what window managers are available > 2) get rlogin, etc. installed > 3) look into Java

Re: XF86 question

2001-10-08 Thread Paul F. Pearson
That was it - my mouse was configured incorrectly. Now all I have to do is: 1) look into what window managers are available 2) get rlogin, etc. installed 3) look into Java 4) learn more about installing pacakages with Debian. My Linux on PCs experience is limited to Red Hat. Thanks to everyone. TH

Re: XF86 question

2001-10-07 Thread Paul F. Pearson
I didn't select a window manager when I installed X. I don't remember seeing one in the default Xsession file, but an xterm was specified. I'll check the mouse when I get to that machine again. During the install/setup process, I was given the chance to change the default for the mouse and "probe

Re: XF86 question

2001-10-07 Thread Matt Brubeck
On Sun, 7 Oct 2001, Paul F. Pearson wrote: > When I boot into Linux, I get the XDM login screen, but after I enter > my usernam/password, it hangs with a gray screen. THe cursor doesn't > respond to the mouse, either. Check the file /var/log/xdm.log for more information. Also, try stopping xdm (

Re: XF86 question

2001-10-07 Thread Georg Koss
Hello Paul, On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 01:15:41PM -0500, Paul F. Pearson wrote: > ..When I boot > into Linux, I get the XDM login screen, but after I enter my > usernam/password, it hangs with a gray screen. THe cursor doesn't respond > to the mouse, ei

Re: XF86 question

2001-10-07 Thread Andrew Sharp
What window manager are you using? One thing to try right off the bat is to stop gdm before logging in, just in case there is something wrong there. The other thing is to make sure that your XF86Config file has the right setup for the mouse, namely /dev/input/mice and protocol IMPS/2. Also, what

XF86 question

2001-10-07 Thread Paul F. Pearson
I just installed Potato on a PowerMac 7500 with a G3 card. I used the network install, and al wnet wel (except for some reason I couldn't get the non-US packages - I think the network at work was screwy). When I boot into Linux, I get the XDM login screen, but after I enter my usernam/password, it