Re: couple of questions from a new Debian user

2020-01-13 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 14 ian 20, 00:53:26, kaye n wrote: > On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 5:34 PM Andrei POPESCU > wrote: > > > https://wiki.debian.org/SynapticsTouchpad > > > > Instructions for stretch (Debian 9) should also work for buster. > > > > You are right. This did it for me: Just did this myself for a new

Re: couple of questions from a new Debian user

2020-01-13 Thread kaye n
On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 5:34 PM Andrei POPESCU wrote: > https://wiki.debian.org/SynapticsTouchpad > > Instructions for stretch (Debian 9) should also work for buster. > You are right. This did it for me: $ mkdir -p /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d $ echo 'Section "InputClass" Identifier "libinput t

Re: couple of questions from a new Debian user

2020-01-13 Thread kaye n
On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 8:45 PM Curt wrote: > > https://iwf1.com/how-to-change-xfce-panel-text-color > That worked. Thank you.

Re: couple of questions from a new Debian user

2020-01-12 Thread Curt
On 2020-01-12, kaye n wrote: > > Also, is there a way to change the font color on the panel? For example, > the default "Applicaitons" text on the menu button of the panel. Or the > time text on the right side of the panel. > Thank you > Give a gal a fish and she'll never learn the angling art.

Re: couple of questions from a new Debian user

2020-01-12 Thread 황병희
kaye n writes: > Also, is there a way to change the font color on the panel? ... If i were you, i use Ubuntu. That start as GUI mode. Also GUI controling such as color, font are easy in Ubuntu. Yes, i'm using Ubuntu for now. Sincerely, -- ^고맙습니다 _地平天成_ 감사합니다_^))//

Re: couple of questions from a new Debian user

2020-01-12 Thread kaye n
Also, is there a way to change the font color on the panel? For example, the default "Applicaitons" text on the menu button of the panel. Or the time text on the right side of the panel. Thank you On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 5:23 PM kaye n wrote: > Hello Friends! > > My system: > Kernel: 4.19.0-6-am

Re: couple of questions from a new Debian user

2020-01-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 12 ian 20, 17:23:13, kaye n wrote: > > 2. The touchpad of my laptop has the area where I can run my finger to > move the mouse pointer on the screen (I don't know what it's called so I'll > call it mouse tracker), and below it are two buttons, just like a typical > laptop touchpad. I can't

couple of questions from a new Debian user

2020-01-12 Thread kaye n
Hello Friends! My system: Kernel: 4.19.0-6-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce 4.12.4 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) 1. The file manager Thunar, doesn't seem to remember my column width preferences. I'm referring to the Name, Size, Type, Modified columns. Whenever I open Thunar, I have to

Re: Few Questions From a New Debian User

2002-02-20 Thread Timothy R. Butler
Hi, > 1. What is the user base targeted? Is it simply geared towards the > home-user looking for a free OS? Or is it geared more towards the > power-user? Definately more power user oriented. While my opinion may not be popular on here, I would probably recommend going with Mandrake Linux 8.1

Re: Few Questions From a New Debian User

2002-02-20 Thread jeff
On Wednesday 20 February 2002 12:18 am, Francis Pineda wrote: > Greetings Debian Community! > > I am currently a computer networking student researching > different flavours of Unix/Linux. From the advice of my > instructor, I have shosen to research Debian. He says > it's, "Really Cool" I find

Few Questions From a New Debian User

2002-02-19 Thread Francis Pineda
Greetings Debian Community!   I am currently a computer networking student researching different flavours of Unix/Linux.  From the advice of my instructor, I have shosen to research Debian.  He says it's, "Really Cool"  I find it very appealing and hope to install it as soon as my system is

Re: Questions from a new debian user

2000-04-02 Thread Robert Mognet
Hello, On Fri, Mar 31, 2000 at 04:57:04PM -0500, Hilary Hertzoff wrote: > > 2. I downloaded a file from the internet through lynx for the browser I > used to use in Windoze. Now I can't find the file. Where would lynx have > dropped it. > You can tell lynx where to put downloaded files. In th

RE: Questions from a new debian user

2000-04-01 Thread Phoenix Amon
> Have a look in /var/log/xdm.log and see if you can find out why xdm > isn't restarting the X server (or perhaps you've deliberately set it > that way somewhere in /etc/X11/xdm?). Thanks, Colin, but I can't. I zapped both XDM and KDM to dust. :) And actually even if it was broken (it was a strai

Re: Questions from a new debian user

2000-04-01 Thread Colin Watson
"Phoenix Amon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi Hillary. I'm about a week newer to Linux that you are... I know your >bewilderment well. :) > >> 1. Is there a way to exit X without halting the computer? The methods >> I've tried have either shut down the computer correctly or >> brought me back >>

Re: Questions from a new debian user

2000-04-01 Thread Ethan Benson
On Fri, Mar 31, 2000 at 05:38:02PM -0500, Phoenix Amon wrote: > > Why would you want to close X? You can also switch to a > > virtual terminal > > from X at any time using --F1 to F6 (there are six virtual > > terminals at default). > Well, for instance... if what you want to do from the terminal

Re: Questions from a new debian user

2000-04-01 Thread John Anderson
I found the easiest way to deactivate XDM on startup was to simply rename xdm to xdm.d in the dir . Now when the computer starts up, it stays in the text mode until a user wishes to enter x by typing . All you have to do is enter the /etc/init.d directory and type mv xdm , newname being any name.

Re: Questions from a new debian user

2000-04-01 Thread John Hasler
Hilary Hertzoff writes: > Eventually I'm going to remove xdm from the startup script, but I'm > finding it handy while I'm learning the system to use the windows until I > feel comfortable using other ways to get around the system. Removing xdm does not remove X or render it inaccessible. Just lo

Re: Questions from a new debian user

2000-04-01 Thread Pollywog
On 01-Apr-2000 00:02:07 Hilary Hertzoff wrote: > > > Thanks everyone. > > Eventually I'm going to remove xdm from the startup script, but I'm > finding it handy while I'm learning the system to use the windows until I > feel comfortable using other ways to get around the system. The reason I

Re: Questions from a new debian user

2000-04-01 Thread Hilary Hertzoff
Thanks everyone. Eventually I'm going to remove xdm from the startup script, but I'm finding it handy while I'm learning the system to use the windows until I feel comfortable using other ways to get around the system. The reason I asked about leaving it was because I read somewhere that it wa

Re: Questions from a new debian user

2000-03-31 Thread John Hasler
Attribution lost writes: > Uninstall the xdm package. Then X won't startup on boot. Oswald Buddenhagen writes: > a bit too radical, i think ... Why? If you don't want to use xdm why not remove it? > just modify the "initdefauld" entry /etc/inittab (at least on suse). But not on Debian. man

Re: Questions from a new debian user

2000-03-31 Thread Syrus Nemat-Nasser
Hi! To shut down X temporarily, you can do the following: * Switch to a virtual console (Ctrl-Alt-F1) and log in as root. * Execute the command '/etc/init.d/xdm stop' or '/etc/init.d/kdm stop'. * Now, do whatever (you can even test X using 'startx' from a virtual console). * When you're ready

RE: Questions from a new debian user

2000-03-31 Thread Phoenix Amon
> Why would you want to close X? You can also switch to a > virtual terminal > from X at any time using --F1 to F6 (there are six virtual > terminals at default). Well, for instance... if what you want to do from the terminal is upgrade your X server. :) Trying to do this from within X can be a

RE: Questions from a new debian user

2000-03-31 Thread Oswald Buddenhagen
> If you're in the login screen and you haven't yet logged in, > you should be able to CTRL-ALT-Backspace to exit to the plain > terminal. This worked for me with plain XDM. It did not work with KDM > however, and I deleted KDM in frustration. :) i think, that the kdm behaviour is better. if your x

Re: Questions from a new debian user

2000-03-31 Thread Bart Friederichs
> Uninstall the xdm package. Then X won't startup on boot. Isn't this a bit too much? You could also just remove the xdm startup script, just in case you would like to start xdm sometimes. Hilary, Why would you want to close X? You can also switch to a virtual terminal from X at any time using --

Re: Questions from a new debian user

2000-03-31 Thread Oswald Buddenhagen
> > 1. Is there a way to exit X without halting the computer? The > > methods I've tried have either shut down the computer correctly > > or brought me back to the X login prompts. > > Uninstall the xdm package. Then X won't startup on boot. > a bit too radical, i think ... just mod

RE: Questions from a new debian user

2000-03-31 Thread Phoenix Amon
Hi Hillary. I'm about a week newer to Linux that you are... I know your bewilderment well. :) > 1. Is there a way to exit X without halting the computer? The methods > I've tried have either shut down the computer correctly or > brought me back > to the X login prompts. If you're in the login

RE: Questions from a new debian user

2000-03-31 Thread Oswald Buddenhagen
On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, Pollywog wrote: > > On 31-Mar-2000 21:57:04 Hilary Hertzoff wrote: > > > > I've looked in through the documentation until my eyes blurred and I > > haven't been able to find the answers to these rather basic questions. > > > > 1. Is there a way to exit X without halting the

Re: Questions from a new debian user

2000-03-31 Thread Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong
> "Hilary" == Hilary Hertzoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've looked in through the documentation until my eyes blurred > and I haven't been able to find the answers to these rather > basic questions. > 1. Is there a way to exit X without halting the computer? The > me

RE: Questions from a new debian user

2000-03-31 Thread Pollywog
On 31-Mar-2000 21:57:04 Hilary Hertzoff wrote: > > I've looked in through the documentation until my eyes blurred and I > haven't been able to find the answers to these rather basic questions. > > 1. Is there a way to exit X without halting the computer? The methods > I've tried have either shu

Questions from a new debian user

2000-03-31 Thread Hilary Hertzoff
I've looked in through the documentation until my eyes blurred and I haven't been able to find the answers to these rather basic questions. 1. Is there a way to exit X without halting the computer? The methods I've tried have either shut down the computer correctly or brought me back to the X lo