Bob wrote: > [...] I've freed myself from everyday supplication to > M$, and it's been a few years in the coming... [...] > very very nearly worked perfectly), I re-installed X (just like they say > on xfree), but have since lost my window manager and session prefs, [...] > Fighting this, I have reinstalled X once again, and the xine > results are far worse than before, [...]
Naw, man, ya gotta free yourself from that Microsoft mindset. Re-installing stuff doesn't fix anything, it just clobbers your configuration. Configuration is controlled by simple text files that are kept under /etc or in your $HOME. The stuff under /usr doesn't wear out or rust unless you keep "re-installing" it -- just get any configuration files that you change out of /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 (some archaeological systems still keep 'em there). To enter the inner circle of Unix, my son, you must forget the three Rs of Microsoft: Retry, Reboot, Re-install. ;-) -- Remember, more computing power was thrown away last week than existed in the world in 1982. -- http://www.tom.womack.net/computing/prices.html _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
