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4llh-3os6 AT disposable.spamcon.org wrote:
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> I have no problems with running emacs GUI version on BL 3.40 
> 
> For PCs with 8 MB RAM - you need some swap to run emacs GUI.
> For PCs with 16 MB RAM - emacs GUI runs without swap but
> if you want to write in Japanese, using Japanese input method 
> and nice Kana-To-Kanji converter, you need also some swap.

Thank you for the report.

> BTW Steven, have you compiled X server yourself or used
> standard from Slackware 4.0?

I compiled Xvesa myself.  But, unfortunately Xvesa does not do 
8-bit color (it does 4/15/16, but not 8).  I have two laptops 
that can only do 256 colors (max), so I use an Xserver from 
Slackware 4.0 to get 8-bits.

Cheers,
Steven

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