I noticed that, too. I think it has to do with the Sawmill/Sawfish WM.
If there's a way of disabling/removing it to restore the alt-drag way of
moving windows, that would probably solve your problem.
Adrian Smith wrote:
>
> okie dokie, now that i know the correct way to post to the list... thanks David for
>pointing out that it's Newbie... and not newbie.... by the way, am i the only
>one alive who thinks that computers, files, URLs etc should not be case sensitive?
>do things really have to be made as difficult as possible?
>
> just so ya know where i'm at in the linux world - i've used apples (still have my
>apple IIc) macs, PCs under dos & windoze. mastered all of them. done some very
>basic programing (BASIC and assembly). installed & configured many dos/windoze
>systems - so i know my way 'round computers more or less. never used unix or linux
>before however - so i'm having to learn this new language from the bottom up.
>
> ok, but now my first real question....
>
> background - my box is one of the cheaper (read junk) compaq models - it's at home,
>i'm at work, don't have the specs with me. anyhow, i installed mandrake 7.0 and
>played with it a bit. since my video card adhears to the lowest standards i can only
>get 640 X 480, or so it seems - i tried out some attempts at 800 X 600 in linux, none
>of them worked (nor can i get 8x6 in windoze) so it looks like i'm stuck. some of
>the linux programs open up in screens larger than my screen resolution. it seems
>that a linux window can only be resized with the lower right corner?? well in 7.0
>there was some key/mouse combo that would let you grab a window at any place and move
>it around. so at least i could work around it.
>
> got my 7.1 disk and installed the new flavor. same problem - only now the key/mouse
>combo doesn't work. or else i can't remember it - tho i tried every possible
>combination that seemed obvious. since the bottom of the window is often off the
>screen, i can't resize it.
>
> so question must be this.... if i want to use linux am i going to have to get a
>video card that does 800x600, and will linux be able to find & use that one instead
>of the one on the motherboard without causing problems?
>
> thanks much...
> expect to see a whole lot more of me....
>
> Adrian Smith
> 'de telepone dude
> Telecom Dept.
> x 7042
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
