Re: OpenBSD for a desktop environment ?

2006-02-14 Thread Craig M
I've been looking to do this for a while. The only things holding me back is the lack of nVidia support, but that's just me. I'll be putting OpenBSD onto a laptop soon and seeing how many of my needs can be met without having nVidia display drivers in place. It's just multimedia performance tha

Re: X11 exploit info

2006-02-13 Thread Craig M
list? Maybe Dave, or somebody with better knowledge on these matters, would like to enlighten me on this? It just seems very strange to me. Regards, Craig M On Sat, 2006-02-11 at 06:03 -0500, Dave Feustel wrote: > at http://www.hackinglinuxexposed.com/articles/ > is a 3-part series on X

Re: bash: delete key sends ~ instead of [del]

2006-02-11 Thread Craig M
On Sun, 2006-02-12 at 00:53 +0100, Martin Schrvder wrote: > On 2006-02-11 23:36:11 +0000, Craig M wrote: > > I just installed bash to test this. > > Then I created /etc/.inputrc with the contents: > > "\e[3~": delete-char > > rebooted, got an xterm up, started

Re: bash: delete key sends ~ instead of [del]

2006-02-11 Thread Craig M
CORRECTION I just installed bash to test this. Then I created ~/.inputrc with the contents: "\e[3~": delete-char logged out of X, or log out if you are in console mode, and then your del key will work as required. HTH. Regards, CraigOn Sun, 2006-02-12 at 00:05 +0100, Martin Schrvder wrote: > O

Re: bash: delete key sends ~ instead of [del]

2006-02-11 Thread Craig M
I just installed bash to test this. Then I created /etc/.inputrc with the contents: "\e[3~": delete-char rebooted, got an xterm up, started bash and the delete key works. It produced a tilde, prior to the reboot. HTH. Regards, Craig On Sun, 2006-02-12 at 00:05 +0100, Martin Schrvder wrote: > On

Re: OT: wrt OpenBSD, what's a good laptop

2006-02-09 Thread Craig M
experiences with them and as a result haven't traded on there for over a year now. Thanks anyway. I'll check out MicroMart and see what that turns up. Regards, Craig On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 15:37 +, Craig M wrote: > I've been searching for a long time, for a usable lapt

Re: OT: wrt OpenBSD, what's a good laptop

2006-02-09 Thread Craig M
I've been searching for a long time, for a usable laptop to dedicate to OpenBSD usage and after trawling the archives, it looks like IBM Thinkpads are a good bet for OpenBSD. I'm looking for something with wired network connectivity and I don't care for wireless. CPU speed, RAM and drive space aren