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Article #724Re: Yet another crash!
From: Tim Haynes
Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 00:00
Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 00:00
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Bruce Richardson <itsbruce@netscape.net> writes: > Colin Smith wrote: > > > > On Thu, 27 Jan 2000 18:44:05 GMT, sbd@nospam.com <sbd@nospam.com> wrote: > > > > > >>>Yeah, it's xf86config - this is how you setup X. You should be able > > >>>to fix it from there if plain old setup doesn't work. Just type it > > >>>at the black screen. > > >> > > >>Type what? xf86config? > > >> > > > > > >Yes Ian, I think that's blatently obvious. Type it. At the screen. > > > > For someone who's been using Linux for a few months, you're very > > cocky. > > And quite failing to understand how alien the command prompt can look to > a whole new generation of computer users who've never even seen a DOS > prompt, let alone a Unix shell. Of course, however, failure to put "it" and "xf86config" together is not excused by unfamiliarity with commandlines, nor is not just getting on with it and typing the bloomin' thing... Hmmm. ~Tim -- | Geek Code: GCS dpu s-:+ a-- C++++ UBLUAVHSC++++ P+++ L++ E--- W+++(--) N++ | w--- O- M-- V-- PS PGP++ t--- X+(-) b D+ G e++(*) h++(*) r--- y- | The sun is melting over the hills, | http://www.glutinous.custard.org | All our roads are waiting / To be revealed | piglet@glutinous.custard.org
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From: "Tim Haynes" <piglet@glutinous.custard.org>
Subject: Re: Yet another crash!
Date: 2000/02/07
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