How to detect what file was installed?

Hi debianer! I am rather new to linux and debian. Here is my stupid question: Usually I use aptitude to search for a package, and install and uninstall packages. My problem is, I can't figure out what files apt copied into my computer, and where were those files installed. I know I can use the

How to set display resolution manually?

Hi debianer! I installed debian-wheezy on my lenovo x121e laptop, and since it comes with a only 11.6 inch display, I plugged in a monitor through VGA port. Fortunately without any configuration I could got the same content display on both my laptop and the monitor I plugged. However the

Re: How to set display resolution manually?

, houkensjtu wrote: I installed debian-wheezy on my lenovo x121e laptop, and since it comes with a only 11.6 inch display, I plugged in a monitor through VGA port. Fortunately without any configuration I could got the same content display on both my laptop and the monitor I plugged

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Thanks for detailed reply! I tried out xrandr, it did the trick that I got 1920x1080 resolution. HOWEVER, I found still the problem: I can only got 1366x768 region usable on my monitor, which means, when I start out any application, for example konsole, chromium, whatever, they were displayed

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Thanks so much for your continuous reply! What you said was a little bit complicated to me, and I will spend some time to try each solution. As for konsole, I also noticed its huge size. My reason is simple and maybe stupid...because I found it's not straight forward to configure font and font

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A quick result: I tried out change my wm from ratpoison to fluxbox. And it almost worked out. When I started up fluxbox, the tab bar is on the bottom of my screen now, left no black region. Still, when I started up application like konsole or chromium, it appears in 1366x768 resolution, but

finch key-binding doesnt work

Hi debianer! Recently I installed finch on my debian laptop. Here is my lsb_release -a: LSB Version:

More on port forwarding(ssh, netcat and amule!)

Hi debianer! I post a question about port forwarding yesterday and got quick reply, big thanks! Now I still have sth. not clear and it can be described as: I have a laptop in my home, which is connected to my router. Yesterday, I succeeded in open a ssh port(22) on router, and start ssh server

newbie question on port forwarding(and ssh, netcat)

Hi debianer! I am a newbie both of debian and networking... Recently I am trying to connect my home laptop(I have a router in my home) from office. I read several articles on port forwarding. And I succeeded in opening an 22 port on my router, also I started ssh server on my home laptop.

Re: newbie question on port forwarding(and ssh, netcat)

to this file? ...well I know, linux is all about file... Joe於 2012年10月11日星期四UTC+9上午3時50分02秒寫道： On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 08:35:13 -0700 (PDT) houkensjtu houkens...@gmail.com wrote: Hi debianer! I am a newbie both of debian and networking... Recently I am trying to connect my home

Re: newbie question on port forwarding(and ssh, netcat)

Brian於 2012年10月11日星期四UTC+9上午8時00分04秒寫道： On Wed 10 Oct 2012 at 08:35:13 -0700, houkensjtu wrote: I am a newbie both of debian and networking... Recently I am trying to connect my home laptop(I have a router in my home) from office. I read several articles on port forwarding. And I

Re: newbie question on port forwarding(and ssh, netcat)

: Could not resolve hostname debian: Name or service not known I am wondering, who(or what device,server) will resolve the hostname? Is it possible to resolve my laptop's name from my office?? 2012年10月11日木曜日 1時00分03秒 UTC+9 houkensjtu: Hi debianer! I am a newbie both of debian and networking

Laggy when viewing youtube video in fullscreen mode

Hi debianer! I installed debian on my new laptop, the lenovo x121e. I have no problem viewing 720p videos using vlc player. Everything is also fine when viewing youtube in window mode, however if I switch to fullscreen mode, it becomes quite laggy. I believe it's not because my hardware

how to vncviewer my home pc from office?

I have a debian laptop in my home, which is connected to a router(which is connected to my modem). I did ifconfig on my laptop and it gaves me a bunch of information and I noticed there is a ip addr. which is 192.168.1.3...And I opened a vncserver on my laptop. I tried to connect my laptop

how to uninstall gnome totally?

I have been using ubuntu for a while and now I decided to switch to debian. Here is my question: If I download a debian CD with GNOME desktop system, how can I totally uninstall it? I found a lot relating package in aptitude and I was confused. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to