RE: [I18n] xrus doesn't write cyrillic

Hello, I'm trying to setup my XFree86 4.0.2 to use a customized anti-vandalic keyboard, with characters both latin and cyrillic. I have setup almost everything successfully, but I still have the following problem: The keyboard has only one modifier key for changing between latin and

[I18n] xrus doesn't write cyrillic

Hello, Nowadays I'm totally blocked after two weeks dealing with my keyboard, and after browsing google.com looking for one solution to my problem. I have XFree86 4.0.2 on an LinuxFromScratch-based distro (kernel 2.4.18)... this machine have attached a customized keyboard (own-made antivandalic

[Newbie]xsetroot

Hi every one, I'd like to change the background of my XFree desktop, to put there an image... I've got a full-colour JPG file, but xsetroot is supposed to use only XBM files.. I cannot figure out how to convert JPG to XBM. How can I convert between that formats? Is it possible to use coloured

RE: [Newbie]xsetroot

Thanks a lot, Hans I have converted my JPG into XPM with GIMP... but when I try to execute: $ export DISPLAY=:0 $ xsetroot ./splash.xpm It tells me that: xsetroot: bad bitmap format file: /home/maripalda/splash.xpm Don't think that the .xpm file is corrupted, because I

[Newbie]Error compiling XFree86 4.2.0

Hi everyone, and thanks in advance, this is my problem when using XFree86 4.2.0. I'm trying to build XFree86 4.2.0 on the following system: 1.- Intel i686 2.- Sis 630 3.- Linux 2.4.18 4.- Samsung TFT It works OK when compiling and installing, and I'm quite sure that I'm configuring OK both the

[Newbie]Accessing server from another user on localhost (no TCP)

Hi everybody, I have a running X server, launched from one user account in my Linux box, with the following command-line: startx -- -nolisten tcp Now, I need to execute a graphic app as another user (for instance, 'root' or whoever). I try to type: export DISPLAY=:0 java