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Article #58091Re: New user questions *AGAIN*
From: Dimitri Maziuk
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 00:00
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 00:00
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Kent Tong wrote:
>
> 1. Every time I start arena its window is always too big to fit on the
> screen and as a result its title bar and menu bar are invisible.
All X apps accept (or should accept) the switch -geometry WxH+X+Y
where W is width, H is height, X and Y are coordinates of the window's
upper left corner (read the manpages on X).
>
> 2. Is "shutdown -h 0" the standard way of shutting down the computer?
>
Yes.
> 3. The ET4000 W32 driver of XFree86 doesn't seem to work with my card
> or monitor. Every time it tries to poll, the screen turns light-gray
> and the computer hangs. Currently I am using the generic SVGA driver
> that seems to work OK but only in 640x480 mode. Any suggestions?
>
Read the docs on W32 server in /usr/doc/X11R6/lib/X11/doc
> 4. There are many commands that don't have man pages, how to figure out
> how to use them?
>
`info`
`ls /usr/doc`
`command --help`
`command` (no parameters)
Read a book on Linux or UNIX
--
Dimitri
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