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  • From: qwms-avib AT dea.spamcon.org
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] X-Term
  • Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 08:54:22 +1200

Andrew Langdon-Davies wrote:
>
> On Fri, 12 Sep 2003, Kent Cheung <kcheung AT zantaz.com> wrote:
> > I only see a big blue background color on the desktop without
> > any icon and something like status bar on the bottom edge of
> > the screen with ONLY one black square icon to show CPU usage.
>
> What? No penguin? Perhaps you should reinstall bl2-x.tgz
> (This needs to be the last x package to install).

Thanks Andrew, you diagnozed that problem well. By the time I
got up this morning and read Kent's question, you had already
answered it.

> Backup your XF86Config file first, in case the default doesn't
> work for your setup.

Good advice. I keep a few spare ones in /etc in case I switch
video cards/monitors (eg. XF86Config.vga, XF86Config.s3).

> Try installing something like X File Manager (xfm.tgz). It
> will take a bit of fiddling but it's OK.

I've never used xfm (or any other X file manager) on BasicLinux,
but if anybody wants it, the package is in /slakware/xap1

Cheers,
Steven






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