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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Sat, 12 Mar 2005, David Moberg wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "sindi keesan" <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>
>
> > > You need to tell icewm and rxvt where to send their X output:
> > >
> > > DISPLAY="127.0.0.1:0" Xvesa & rxvt & icewm -e opera
> >
> >
> > I tried this and got only an rxvt.  Have you tried it?
>
> Change it to:
>
> DISPLAY="127.0.0.1:0" Xvesa & icewm -e opera

Cannot try it right now, I seem to have lost the cursor on my two VGA 
consoles, something to do with 80x30 and Xvesa.  Usually the mda consoles 
lose the terminal until I log out and in again on VGA.  I can't log in on 
the VGA consoles -
Baslinux login: (I type root)
login[131]: ROOT LOGIN on 'tty4'

And no more cursor. I hit the Enter key a few times and eventually get a 
prompt at which I cannot type anything.  I had better not use Xvesa with 
80x30.

Opera won't load unless you specify Xvesa -screen 640x480x16 (or something 
more than 8-bit color).


The above will not give me an rxvt when I exit opera.  I have it to the 
point where I can load icewm and opera with an alias that involves two 
rxvt neither of which can be typed in afterwards.  Good enough, I should 
install the icewm menu if I want to use another X program right after 
opera (or even at the same time, I suppose, though I cannot think of one).

Thanks for your ideas.

> Do you then get icewm with opera? You may need to use a shell script
> in place of opera, or just use xinitrc after all.
>
> > > Xvesa & rxvt; command_to_restore_settings (whatever that may be)?
> >
> > Xvesa&rxvt;  resizecons 80x30
> >
> > This did not work - back to 80x25.
>
> Looks like you'll either have to run it manually, or figure out some
> different console settings. [sarcasm] Isn't Xvesa the best?

I had better give up on the 80x30 or Xvesa as they don't mix with cursors 
and mdacon well.  Unpredictable what will go wrong but I have lost two 
terminals now.

> David
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