On Fri, 27 Jul 2001 16:55, Robert MacLean wrote:
> ug ug ug bunnies ;)
> (hello bunnies ;))
>
> I have some questions about x-windows.
> My biggest worry is that when my machine is starting up (in aurora, I
> think it's called) It try's to load something called "X Windows System
> [K" and that seems to crash. I couldn't find any reference to it in
> any of the log files (maybe I looked at the wrong log files).
> Everything seems fine, XWindows starts and runs (but it seems less
> stable than before I got that error).
Where in the bootup sequence does X start? Is it right at the end, or is it
during the bootup, just before Aurora is loaded?
> firstly I'm running something called Easel and Nautilus, and it is
> SLOWWWWW. Is there a better alternative? Or a way to make it faster?
Three versions of Nautilus have been released since Mandrake 8.0 came out
with Nautilus 1.0.1. The current version, 1.0.4, is _much_ faster than 1.0.1.
Go to a Cooker mirror near you and download the following packages:
nautilus
(maybe nautilus-devel as well)
nautilus-mozilla
eel
libeel0
(maybe libeel0-devel as well)
librsvg1
bonobo
(you may need ORBit as well)
Install these packages. You should then uninstall the ammonite and trilobite
packages. These were part of Eazel services, which no longer exists.
If you want an alternative to Nautilus, there's Konqueror. Both Nautilus and
Konqueror have their own pros and cons. Try both and see.
> Being the windows user I am, I got a lot of True Type Fonts and was
> wondering if I can use them under Gnome? And if so how?
Use DrakFont (available in the Mandrake Control Centre) to import your Windos
fonts. Just remember that the more you install, the more memory your fonts
will take up (as in Windos).
> And my only question not XWindows related is how to I get something to
> run on start-up?
Start up at the console or when you load X? To start something at the
console, just add it to your /etc/rc.d/rc.local file. Note that the programme
will be running as root (which can be a major security risk). Different WMs
and environments have different ways of loading things at startup. In GNOME,
open the Control Centre and go to Session -> Startup Programmes. In KDE, add
a .desktop link file to the Autostart directory.
> Thank you very much for any responses
>
> Robert MacLean
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