Re: [Dorset] Running EEE Xandros in a Virtual Machine

2009-10-21 Thread Sean Gibbins
Terry Coles wrote: I'll just have to try to visualise what my mother is seeing and help her that way. Otherwise, it's a quick trip to the Midlands this weekend. Next time you're up there you might want to install VNC on there Terry, might save you a trip in future. Sean --

Re: [Dorset] Running EEE Xandros in a Virtual Machine

2009-10-21 Thread John S Robinson
Terry, Any chance you can get live access via VNC. This [1] seems to suggest that eeepc includes the server by default. Cheers, JohnR. [1] http://my.safaribooksonline.com/9780768686401/ch03lev2sec7#snippet On Wednesday 21 October 2009 15:04:45 Terry Coles wrote: Hi, Does anyone know if

Re: [Dorset] Running EEE Xandros in a Virtual Machine

2009-10-21 Thread Terry Coles
On Wednesday 21 Oct 2009, Robert Bronsdon wrote: I am currently trying the guide at http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?pid=221727 . If I have any success I will post back. Thought I'd point you this way just in case you wanted to give it a go yourself. That looks as if it might do the

Re: [Dorset] Running EEE Xandros in a Virtual Machine

2009-10-21 Thread Terry Coles
On Wednesday 21 Oct 2009, John S Robinson wrote: Any chance you can get live access via VNC. This [1] seems to suggest that eeepc includes the server by default. Anyone know how I can tell? Do I need to get her to start it from a console? This would be the ideal answer, and probably worth a

Re: [Dorset] Running EEE Xandros in a Virtual Machine

2009-10-21 Thread Terry Coles
On Wednesday 21 Oct 2009, Terry Coles wrote: On Wednesday 21 Oct 2009, Robert Bronsdon wrote: I am currently trying the guide at http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?pid=221727 . If I have any success I will post back. Thought I'd point you this way just in case you wanted to give it a

Re: [Dorset] Running EEE Xandros in a Virtual Machine

2009-10-21 Thread Andrew Morgan
Terry Coles wrote: - I can 'see' an xorg.conf if I do ls X* in /mnt-system/etc Capital vs. lowercase X? If you really are doing this then I suspect it is listing the contents of /mnt-system/etc/X11/ which happens to only contain xorg.conf? -- Andrew. -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tuesday

Re: [Dorset] Running EEE Xandros in a Virtual Machine

2009-10-21 Thread Terry Coles
On Wednesday 21 Oct 2009, Andrew Morgan wrote: Terry Coles wrote: - I can 'see' an xorg.conf if I do ls X* in /mnt-system/etc Capital vs. lowercase X? If you really are doing this then I suspect it is listing the contents of /mnt-system/etc/X11/ which happens to only contain xorg.conf? I

Re: [Dorset] Running EEE Xandros in a Virtual Machine

2009-10-21 Thread Simon O'Riordan
Another example of the disappearing comments? So it's the lug server, not my mail client? - Original Message - From: Andrew Morgan fromdorset...@ziltro.net To: Dorset Linux User Group dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 6:23 PM Subject: Re: [Dorset] Running EEE

Re: [Dorset] Running EEE Xandros in a Virtual Machine

2009-10-21 Thread Terry Coles
On Wednesday 21 Oct 2009, Terry Coles wrote: I've now realised that this is because ls doesn't support | less or | more, so those directories were scrolling off the screen. OK. So now I'm editing xorg.conf using vi under ash. Anyone know how to cut and paste into a vi session running in an

Re: [Dorset] Running EEE Xandros in a Virtual Machine

2009-10-21 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Terry, - xorg.conf isn't in /usr/X11 as the reference says it should be. (The X11 directory doesn't exist.) You could try find / -name xorg.conf with a sudo up the front if you're not already root. That'll print the path of each one it finds. - I can 'see' an xorg.conf if I do

Re: [Dorset] Running EEE Xandros in a Virtual Machine

2009-10-21 Thread Terry Coles
On Wednesday 21 Oct 2009, Ralph Corderoy wrote: - xorg.conf isn't in /usr/X11 as the reference says it should be. (The X11 directory doesn't exist.) You could try find / -name xorg.conf Tried that; there was no find command (or locate). I can only think you weren't where you

Re: [Dorset] Running EEE Xandros in a Virtual Machine

2009-10-21 Thread Robert Bronsdon
On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:30:06 +0100, Terry Coles d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk wrote: On Wednesday 21 Oct 2009, Ralph Corderoy wrote: find / -name xorg.conf Tried that; there was no find command (or locate). use -iname (ignores case). As for not being able to use find. Have you checked your