> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > | Le jeu 30/10/2003 � 14:20, Buchan Milne a �crit : > | > |>>Sorry to be against you Buchan, but as he knew there is a console > |>>program in RH, he should knew there is also one in Mdk aka XFdrake ... > |> > |>And what if the user had never used Redhat before??? This guy has been > |>using Linux on hist desktop for over a year, do we expect newbies to > |>know more than this? > > I have better idea than to dump the newbie to XFdrake (that is finally a > security risk, since the tool runs as root - i.e. you reboot, X fails, > XFdrake runs, you are away from the machine and somebody screws your > computer in the meantime).
you are right , isn't it possible to fallback to vesa/fb XFree driver at lower resolution, and then sugest running XFdrake to correct the setings and if XFdrake is to be run, ask for root passwd > Why not put a message into /etc/issue saying to run XFdrake ? It will > display on the console, so the newbie gets the idea to do it. It is > trivial change and will fix the issue. IMO for most newbies this wont help much svetljo -- NEU F�R ALLE - GMX MediaCenter - f�r Fotos, Musik, Dateien... Fotoalbum, File Sharing, MMS, Multimedia-Gru�, GMX FotoService Jetzt kostenlos anmelden unter http://www.gmx.net +++ GMX - die erste Adresse f�r Mail, Message, More! +++
