Re: disabling the debian gui screensaver globally

2009-09-16 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:30:03 +1200 Steven Jones wrote: > Hi, > > I am running Debian machines under VMware ESX. I need to permanently > disable the screensaver for all users as it chews CPUbut I still > want the screen to lock after 10minsand go blank... > > How please? I have no idea,

disabling the debian gui screensaver globally

2009-09-16 Thread Steven Jones
Hi, I am running Debian machines under VMware ESX. I need to permanently disable the screensaver for all users as it chews CPUbut I still want the screen to lock after 10minsand go blank... How please? regards Steven

Re: Debian GUI

2007-03-09 Thread Chris Lale
John C wrote: Toshko wrote: Hey John, Thanks for replying to my email. I am currently not hooked up to the internet, and dont have the driver to connect my ethernet cable to my router. Does that mean that you have broadband (cable,dsl) available through a router, but not a driver on your

Re: Debian GUI

2007-03-08 Thread John C
Toshko wrote: Hey John, Thanks for replying to my email. I am currently not hooked up to the internet, and dont have the driver to connect my ethernet cable to my router. Does that mean that you have broadband (cable,dsl) available through a router, but not a driver on your computer to ta

Re: Debian GUI

2007-03-08 Thread Chris Lale
Toshko wrote: Hi, I have just installed debian 3.1, and have all the 14 cds. however, i do not know which one the GUI is on, and how to load the cds from the text interface for that matter. Can you help me please? Login as user root, run "tasksel" and choose "desktop". It will tell you whi

Re: Debian GUI

2007-03-08 Thread Mark Grieveson
> Hi, > I have just installed debian 3.1, and have all the 14 cds. however, i do not > know which one the GUI is on, and how to load the cds from the > text > interface for that matter. Can you help me please? > Thanks > Toshko There are several different choices of gui, some of which are lik

Re: Debian GUI

2007-03-08 Thread Andrei Popescu
Toshko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I have just installed debian 3.1, and have all the 14 cds. however, i > do not know which one the GUI is on, and how to load the cds from > the text interface for that matter. Can you help me please? Run 'base-config'. It has a text menu to read your CDs

Re: Debian GUI

2007-03-07 Thread pinniped
Once you add each cd to your source list using "apt-cdrom add" you do not have to think about which CD has what - the package manager will ask you for the correct CD. You will also be able to use 'apt-cache search' to find keywords in packages on all CDs after they're added. -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: Debian GUI

2007-03-07 Thread John C
Toshko wrote: Hi, I have just installed debian 3.1, and have all the 14 cds. however, i do not know which one the GUI is on, and how to load the cds from the text interface for that matter. Can you help me please? It's been a while since I've used it, but I believe you want the apt-cdrom

Re: Debian GUI

2007-03-07 Thread Kevin Mark
On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 09:41:49PM -0500, Toshko wrote: > Hi, > I have just installed debian 3.1, and have all the 14 cds. however, i do not > know which one the GUI is on, and how to load the cds from the text interface > for that matter. Can you help me please? > > Thanks > > Toshko Hi, As a r

Re: Debian GUI

2007-03-07 Thread Kent West
Toshko wrote: I have just installed debian 3.1, and have all the 14 cds. however, i do not know which one the GUI is on, and how to load the cds from the text interface for that matter. Can you help me please? I've never done a CD install, but I understand that the bulk of a "standard end-us

Debian GUI

2007-03-07 Thread Toshko
Hi, I have just installed debian 3.1, and have all the 14 cds. however, i do not know which one the GUI is on, and how to load the cds from the text interface for that matter. Can you help me please? Thanks Toshko - All new Yahoo! Mail -

Re: How Do I Start the Debian GUI

2006-05-09 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Kent West [Sun, May 07 2006, 08:24:17AM]: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi ... i am newbie too... > > > > I have recently installed the GUI (I think)... but there seems to be > > some problem with starting the GUI > > > > startx, startkde doesnt seem to work > > > > during installation

Re: How Do I Start the Debian GUI

2006-05-07 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sunday 07 May 2006 03:46, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi ... i am newbie too... > > I have recently installed the GUI (I think)... but there seems to be > some problem with starting the GUI > > startx, startkde doesnt seem to work > > during installation of the GUI, these messages came out > dpkg

Re: How Do I Start the Debian GUI

2006-05-07 Thread Chris Lale
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hi ... i am newbie too... > >I have recently installed the GUI (I think)... but there seems to be >some problem with starting the GUI > > Section 5 of this NewbieDOC article may help: http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/Installing_Debian_on_a_small_partition Chris. --

Re: How Do I Start the Debian GUI

2006-05-07 Thread Kent West
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi ... i am newbie too... > > I have recently installed the GUI (I think)... but there seems to be > some problem with starting the GUI > > startx, startkde doesnt seem to work > > during installation of the GUI, these messages came out > dpkg 'ldconfig' not found on PATH

Re: How Do I Start the Debian GUI

2006-05-07 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sun, May 07, 2006 at 19:46:28 +0900, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi ... i am newbie too... > > I have recently installed the GUI (I think)... but there seems to be > some problem with starting the GUI > > startx, startkde doesnt seem to work > > during installation of the GUI, these messages c

Re: Re: How Do I Start the Debian GUI

2006-05-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi ... i am newbie too... I have recently installed the GUI (I think)... but there seems to be some problem with starting the GUI startx, startkde doesnt seem to work during installation of the GUI, these messages came out dpkg 'ldconfig' not found on PATH dpkg 'start-stop-daemon' not found on P

Re: How Do I Start the Debian GUI

2004-02-10 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Kent West (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Richard Blake wrote: > >> In a Newbie to Debian... and for maybe... 4 hours I thought >> Debian was a text based OS. I recently ordered Debian for my I686 >> System... and I went through the installation.. 4 or 5 times I kinda >> lost count

Re: How Do I Start the Debian GUI

2004-02-09 Thread Kent West
Richard Blake wrote: Hello, In a Newbie to Debian... and for maybe... 4 hours I thought Debian was a text based OS. I recently ordered Debian for my I686 System... and I went through the installation.. 4 or 5 times I kinda lost count... I thought I was doing it wrong... and there is a

Re: How Do I Start the Debian GUI

2004-02-09 Thread No Spam
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Richard Blake wrote: Hello, In a Newbie to Debian... and for maybe... 4 hours I thought Debian was a text based OS. I recently ordered Debian for my I686 System... and I went through the installation.. 4 or 5 times I kinda lost count... I

[baloo: Re: How Do I Start the Debian GUI]

2004-02-09 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 OK, now you got me doing it... - - Forwarded message from baloo - Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 21:29:22 -0800 To: Richard Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: How Do I Start the Debian GUI Organization: Ursine System X-Operating-System-

Re: How Do I Start the Debian GUI

2004-02-09 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 12:01:56AM -0500, Richard Blake wrote: > In a Newbie to Debian... and for maybe... 4 hours I thought Debian > was a text based OS. Well, Linux is a text-based OS. XFree86 is a nice program that gives you a pretty dar

How Do I Start the Debian GUI

2004-02-09 Thread Richard Blake
Hello, In a Newbie to Debian... and for maybe... 4 hours I thought Debian was a text based OS. I recently ordered Debian for my I686 System... and I went through the installation.. 4 or 5 times I kinda lost count... I thought I was doing it wrong... and there is a great possiblity that

Re: Debian GUI?

2001-11-22 Thread Oki DZ
On Thu, 22 Nov 2001, Chris Savoie wrote: > i install Linux and im stuck at a screen saying > <:Chris~# > or sompthing, i need to get past that, into the Shell, is there not one Well, that is the shell. > present or sompthing? if you cant tell this is my first time with linux and > no friends that

Re: Debian GUI?

2001-11-22 Thread David P James
On Thursday 22 November 2001 13:08, Chris Savoie wrote: > i install Linux Welcome! So far so good... > and im stuck at a screen saying > <:Chris~# > or sompthing, i need to get past that, into the Shell, is there not one > present or sompthing? if you cant tell this is my first time with linux an

Debian GUI?

2001-11-22 Thread Chris Savoie
i install Linux and im stuck at a screen saying <:Chris~# or sompthing, i need to get past that, into the Shell, is there not one present or sompthing? if you cant tell this is my first time with linux and no friends that know much about it either. please help