John Bowden wrote: > Just a quick question. I have been having trouble setting up my monitor > resolution, (got it at a usable setting but not the way I want it). I am > downloading some Debian distro's as I have some Sparc Stations arriving soon > for a futore project. If I log out after tinkering with the screen and > monitor settings will it stop the download that's in progress? > Normaly, when you log out, all your processes are stopped, so downloading would stop. One way around this is to start the downloads from a VT instead of X. I like using wget for this. It will also let you restart interupted downloads, and other nice features.
You can also use nohup to start programs that are not killed when you log out... Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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