On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Clarence Verge wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Sep 2001 21:44:37 -0400 (EDT), Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > $ ls -l $(which 9wm)
> > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 26192 Feb 3 2000 /usr/X11R6/bin/9wm
>
> > Oh, yeah! That's GOT to win the contest for smallest
> > window manager! ;-)
> > Wish I'd known about that back in the days when I was
> > running Linux (and fvwm2) on a P75 with 8MB RAM.
>
> I've just been out shopping for 9wm and AGAIN the problem arises:
> I have to compile it. :((
Compiling is no big deal. It generally consists
of three commands: ./configure, make, make install.
Simple.
However, there is an RPM of binary 9wm.
Grab it here:
http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/powertools/5.2/i386/9wm-1.1-5.i386.html
Whenever you want an rpm, rpmfind.net is your friend.
Bookmark this: http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/ByName.html
You're going to want to use the search function. Most
of the listings you get by clicking a letter are in the
range of 512K - 1.5MB.
> Would your binary run on my RH5.1or2 system ?
Probably. But the one at the link above certainly
will run on your 5.x system.
> Or does it have YOUR
> video driver(s) as part of its internal configuration ?
"Video Drivers" are already installed on your machine.
They got there when you installed X. Window managers are
built on top of X.
svgalib has the console "video drivers." Console
graphics apps are built on top of that.
I grabbed 9wm off my Packages Galore CD... a
companion to the RH 6.2 install CD.
I also have 3 "Archive" CD's that I got at the
same time I got the RH 5.1 CD.
> On another note, found this on that surfing trip:
> http://home.clara.net/george.russell/linuxtale.html
>
> A long and enlightening read. ;-)
After three paragraphs, it looks like it might be.
;-)
I'll finish it later.
- Steve
