Re: [XFree86] How to enlarge history lines in xterm

2004-10-15 Thread Steve Smith
This may be what you are looking for. In my .Xdefaults file I have a l ine that says: xterm*scrollLines: 1 From the man page on xterm: scrollLines (class ScrollLines) Specifies the number of lines that the scroll-back and scroll-forw actions should use as a

Re: [XFree86] How to support Chinese fonts in X11?

2004-08-06 Thread Steve Smith
On Fri, 6 Aug 2004, [iso-8859-1] Måns Rullgård wrote: Ted Huntington [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Wa bu ji du (I don't know) Sammy, but I will say this: X11 (and perhaps the main Linux distributions) should really improve their default font set, when programming with gcc I have no idea what

Re: [XFree86] Linux doesn't work

2004-01-30 Thread Steve Smith
A good place to start is http://www.linux-on-laptops.com . There are three entries for people who have installed on Dell Inspiron 3500's. This is where I usually start when putting linux on a new laptop. Steve S. Feuri Adams wrote: Hello, is tried to install Linux 8.1 on my Dell Inspiron

Re: [XFree86] SuSE X Issues

2003-12-30 Thread Steve Smith
Hi Jeremey You don't mention what laptop you're using, but I've been using SuSE 9.0 for a month or so on an HP ze4400 with no problems. When it first came up, it was in 800x600 mode but I went into YAST2 and selected a 1024x768 TFT 70 Hz monitor and all went well. I'd suggest the same approach

Re: [XFree86] Problem

2003-12-13 Thread Steve Smith
Take a look at http://www.linux-laptop.net/. There are a couple of toshiba laptops on that page that look similar where people have successfully installed linux. At least that's where I'd start. Steve S. On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, J Basler wrote: I have just installed RedHat ES vs 2.1 on a Toshiba

[XFree86] mouse question

2003-12-09 Thread Steve Smith
I would like to configure my laptop to use multiple mouse input pointers so I can use either a mini-mouse or the track pad depending on what is plugged in. Is this possible? Is there an example config file somewhere I could look at? Thanks Steve S.