Re: x window / starting the desktop

2006-01-30 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-01-24 09:30:30, schrieb Andrew Sackville-West: so that's cool. but does it start only multiple clients or multiple servers? and how resource hungry does that get to be? /me wanders off to test this Multiple Servers! I have a development station where I have chroot for Woody, Sarge,

Re: x window / starting the desktop

2006-01-30 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:28:46 +0100 Michelle Konzack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am 2006-01-24 09:30:30, schrieb Andrew Sackville-West: so that's cool. but does it start only multiple clients or multiple servers? and how resource hungry does that get to be? /me wanders off to test this

Re: x window / starting the desktop

2006-01-25 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 01:58:39PM -0600, Kent West wrote: Joe wrote: Hi Kent I do not mean to bother you but I am confused. If I have X running it shows a GNOME desktop. Is this correct? X is the underlying server and GNOME is what I see? I was under the impression that X is a Desktop such

Re: x window / starting the desktop

2006-01-25 Thread Digby Tarvin
I think the original post exhibits some confusion about what X really is, which nobody seems to have addressed - so I will have a go... At the most basic level, X is a network graphics protocol, an X application is a client using this protocol, and an X-server is an application which implements

Re: x window / starting the desktop

2006-01-24 Thread Kent West
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 18:33:45 -0600 Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now, just for kicks, did you know you can start up multiple instances of X, on the same box (say, one for you, one for the wife, one for the kid, etc)? so that's cool. but does it start

Re: x window / starting the desktop

2006-01-24 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 18:33:45 -0600 Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: thierry wrote: Kent West wrote: Hope this helps you understand things. Thank you for these explanations, I was using, and wondering about all this since I moved to linux,for over a year now. Thanks again.

Re: x window / starting the desktop

2006-01-24 Thread Kent West
Andrei Popescu wrote: Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now, just for kicks, did you know you can start up multiple instances of X, on the same box (say, one for you, one for the wife, one for the kid, etc)? That's about the same as the so much advertised Switch User feature in

Re: x window / starting the desktop

2006-01-24 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 18:33:45 -0600 Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Glad y'all got something out of it. I appreciate the comments. Now, just for kicks, did you know you can start up multiple instances of X, on the same box (say, one for you, one for the wife, one for the kid,

RE: x window / starting the desktop

2006-01-24 Thread Ken Walker
: Re: x window / starting the desktop Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 18:33:45 -0600 Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now, just for kicks, did you know you can start up multiple instances of X, on the same box (say, one for you, one for the wife, one

Re: x window / starting the desktop

2006-01-24 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 11:55:01 -0600 Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 18:33:45 -0600 Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now, just for kicks, did you know you can start up multiple instances of X, on the same box (say, one for you,

Re: x window / starting the desktop

2006-01-24 Thread Kent West
Ken Walker wrote: So from a basic net install boot disk, what is the minimum you would need to install to get icewm or blackbox running ? I'm not positive, but I'd probably do: aptitude install x-window-system-core icewm -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: x window / starting the desktop

2006-01-24 Thread John Hasler
Kent writes: If I'm not mistaken, Switch User only works in XP Home, not in XP Pro. Since 99% of my dealings are with Pro in the workplace, I'm constantly frustrated by this limitation (as well as others) in XP Pro. last time I was in to see my physician (actually, she's a PA) I noticed that

Re: x window / starting the desktop

2006-01-24 Thread hendrik
On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 06:08:48PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 18:33:45 -0600 Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: thierry wrote: Kent West wrote: Hope this helps you understand things. Thank you for these explanations, I was using, and wondering about

Re: x window / starting the desktop

2006-01-24 Thread debian
On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 03:38:22PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 06:08:48PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: That's about the same as the so much advertised Switch User feature in windoze XP. The big difference is that Linux/X can do this for ages ;) I've been

Re: x window / starting the desktop

2006-01-24 Thread Kent West
debian wrote: I've been forced to because KDM has stopped working. For the life of me I cannot get it to load. In the /var/log/kdm files there are messages about being refused an X connection, yet I can start X and startx and run xfce fine. I've googled for solutions until I am dizzy.

Re: x window / starting the desktop

2006-01-23 Thread Kent West
Joe wrote: Hi Kent I do not mean to bother you but I am confused. If I have X running it shows a GNOME desktop. Is this correct? X is the underlying server and GNOME is what I see? I was under the impression that X is a Desktop such as KDE or GNOME. The X server is the underlying graphical

Re: x window / starting the desktop

2006-01-23 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 13:58:39 -0600 Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joe wrote: Hi Kent I do not mean to bother you but I am confused. If I have X running it shows a GNOME desktop. Is this correct? X is the underlying server and GNOME is what I see? I was under the impression that X is a

Re: x window / starting the desktop

2006-01-23 Thread thierry
Kent West wrote: Joe wrote: Hi Kent I do not mean to bother you but I am confused. If I have X running it shows a GNOME desktop. Is this correct? X is the underlying server and GNOME is what I see? I was under the impression that X is a Desktop such as KDE or GNOME. The X server is the

Re: x window / starting the desktop

2006-01-23 Thread Kent West
thierry wrote: Kent West wrote: Hope this helps you understand things. Thank you for these explanations, I was using, and wondering about all this since I moved to linux,for over a year now. Thanks again. Andrew Sackville-West wrote: Kent, that has to be one of the best

x window / starting the desktop

2005-10-01 Thread Janeque Peterson
Needless to say I'm very new to this. I tried starting the x window (although I don't have a very clear idea what it is exactly) with the "startx' command, also I tried 'start kde'. I got a command not found to both. Then, to make sure my x configuration is right, I did 'dpkg-reconfigure

Re: x window / starting the desktop

2005-10-01 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Sat, Oct 01, 2005 at 10:04:10AM -0700, Janeque Peterson wrote: Needless to say I'm very new to this. I tried starting the x window (although I don't have a very clear idea what it is exactly) with the startx' command, also I tried 'start kde'. I got a command not found to

Re: x window / starting the desktop

2005-10-01 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Janeque Peterson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Needless to say I'm very new to this. I tried starting the x window (although I don't have a very clear idea what it is exactly) with the startx' command, also I tried 'start kde'. I got a command not found to both. Then, to make sure my x

Re: x window / starting the desktop

2005-10-01 Thread Kent West
Janeque Peterson wrote: Needless to say I'm very new to this. I tried starting the x window (although I don't have a very clear idea what it is exactly) The X Window System has been the traditional windowing system (Graphical User Interface - GUI) for Unix/Linux based systems. Apple

Re: x window / starting the desktop

2005-10-01 Thread Kent West
Kent West wrote: In X, the server is the basic GUI engine. As a general rule, it would sit on your local computer where the user sits. The X server is kind of like the blue screen on a Windows computer that appears just before the Start Menu and Taskbar and My Computer appear. The clients are