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Re: New user questions *AGAIN*

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From: Dimitri Maziuk
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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From: Dimitri Maziuk <emaziuk@alpha2.curtin.edu.au>
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Date: 1996/07/29
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