Re: mouse pointer shift

2002-08-17 Thread Dave Eidson
On Saturday 17 August 2002 00:34, Russell Neches wrote: > I should probably add that the problem does go away if I disable the > hardware cursor. I've been led to believe that this is a "bad thing." > Is it? If software cursors suck in some subtle way, I won't be in > front of this computer often

Re: missing config files & fonts *FIXED*

2002-08-07 Thread Dave Eidson
On Tue, 6 Aug 2002, Dave Eidson wrote: > Regarding the missing fixed font, it appears that update-fonts-alias > isn't working correctly. When run, it creates a file named > fonts.alias.update-new in the specified font dir that contains only > the "DO NOT EDIT" m

Re: missing config files & fonts

2002-08-06 Thread Dave Eidson
On Tue, 6 Aug 2002, Dave Eidson wrote: > directory. Also, in both cases X crashes with the imfamous > "missing default font - 'fixed' message. Installing and re-installing > xfont-base, 100dpi, 75dpi, and scalable doesn't help. Likewise, > reinstalling xfs an

missing config files & fonts

2002-08-06 Thread Dave Eidson
I'm presently trying to install X on 2 Debian Woody boxes. Neither of these machines have had any version of X on them previously. Whether I use the x-system meta packages, or install the various packages individually, there is never an Xsession or rgb.txt file created in the /etc/X11 directory. T