Re: Miscellaneous Linux problems

["Andrew Basterfield" <nospam [at] mailandnews.com>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Matthew John Palmer <mjp16 [at] uow.edu.au>
To: <sheflug [at] vuw.ac.nz>
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 11:06 PM
Subject: Re: Miscellaneous Linux problems


> On Thu, 30 Mar 2000, B Seiwarski wrote:
>
> > 1. I use SuSE 6.3.  Whilst creating new users is fairly straightforward,
> > does anyone know why KDE doesn't transfer across desktop settings (or
video
> > mode settings, whatever) when creating new users, and therefore how to
> > change video mode configuration things so that KDE starts in the correct
> > video mode every time? (at the moment, I have to press CTRL+ALT+MINUS or
> > CTRL+ALT+PLUS every time it loads up)
>
> This is (usually) controlled by the XF86Config, which is a global file.
If
> you find a config file in a user's KDE home dir that you want to make the
> default, stick it in /etc/skel with the same relative path (to the user's
> home dir) and it will become the default for all new users.  Doesn't help
> with the existing ones, though...

Somewhere in the XF86Config file (in /etc) at the bottom somewhere there is
a list of resolutions

Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768"

just swap these around so your prefered resolution is the first in the list
to

Modes "1024x768" "800x600"

This would just give you the two modes, 1024x768 being the default and CTRL
+ ALT + PLUS/MINUS would toggle between them. If you set up X with
xf86config then this will be repeated for all of the servers so just change
the section for the SVGA server as that is what most people use.


> > 3. The text editor supplied with SuSE 6.3 is not brilliant and so I'm
> > looking for a better one.  I think I've found one on the Internet, but
does
> > anyone have any opinions/recommendations for a decent text editor?
>
> joe.  The one and only.
>
> Yes, this is a religious issue.  You have been warned.  If you argue with
me
> I'll invoke the power of the joe on you (it may cause warts, or
something).

Joe. Yes _definately_ joe.

Tutorial in joe:

Invoke with 'joe filename'
edit file as with any text editor
Press Ctrl + k then 'q' to quit without saving
Press Ctrl + k then 'x' to save file and quit

That is really all you need to know.

> > 4. Graphical, WYSIWYG-style HTML editors - any ideas?  Although I can
use a
> > text editor to create tables in HTML and Netscape to view them, it's
hardly
> > ideal.

> Doesn't Nutscrape come with a Composer?
> Maybe it's crudware, I don't know, I've never used it.

Netscape Composer is the sole reason I learned to write HTML. It's dire.
Don't go there.

> Alternately, an LSM search on "HTML" and "Editor" couldn't do any harm.

You have a HTML editor already. It is invoked by typing 'joe'

> > able to read Apple Mac compatible CD's or will I need a special CD
player
> > for that?

> Shouldn't think so.  I'm pretty sure the kernel's got support for Apple
Mac
> filesystems, so perhaps there's a hack somewhere for it.  Is the Mac CDs
> ISO9660?  Don't know.

Nope Apple has special CD format according to Nero my CD writing software

> Might be your big chance to gain fame and fortune - make a kernel driver
> which will read Apple Mac CDs.

There  might already be one. Anybody know anything?

Sorry about the double quotes.

--
If you can't do it well - learn to enjoy doing it badly

Andrew Basterfield
MEng Electronic & Communication Engineering Undergraduate
The University of Sheffield, England
Tel. 0114 222 9999 ex. 53198



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