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3 Quick questions

Mantis
Hi, 3 Quick questions: 1-Under fedora C3, how do I make the num lock on when starting 2-How do I set KDE has default and not X 3-Since Kernel update, Fedora equivalent of Lilo had decided to modify the boot startup (it used to be XP / Fedora and its now Fedora New Kernel / Fedora old Kernel and XP) Thks
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How-To: Modifying UI font of gtk1 and gtk2 application

zero0w
Note: This How-To is separated into several posts for clarity and easier reading. Upgrading to Mandrake Linux 10, I have found that the UI (User interface) font of gtk1. x look rather ugly. Upon searching the web and a little experimenting by myself, I have discovered the trick to modify the UI font for gtk1 and gt ...
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Untitled thread

teh_winnar
I'm having trouble getting twinview working with my Gefore FX 5200 heres the specs of my monitors CRT Size - 19. 0-inch (18 viewable image size) CRT Pitch - 0. 20 mm Hoz pitch Max. Resolution - 1600 x 1200 @ 75 Hz Horizontal Frequency - 30 kHz to 86 kHz Vertical Frequency - 50 to 160 Hz Video Clock Frequency - 145 ...
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Scripting fun thread

egorgry
Just post some of your usefull scripts in here for all to enjoy. These are nautilus scripts for gnome users they go in your home under. gnome2/nautilus-scripts Quote:# This script either opens a gnome terminal in the current directory, # or in the selected directory base=`echo $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_CURRENT_URI | cut -d' ...
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Agustin's Linux Manuals

ctdp
For those who are interested in Linux documentation, Agustin's Linux manuals are now available in online form at These include four volumes which are: Volume 1 - Installation and Internet Volume 2 - System Administration Volume 3 - Multimedia and Hardware Installation Volume 4 - Networks and Servers Enjoy!
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Which distro can be configed the best?

dapperdan & danleff rock!
Yoper inux is exelent. Gentoo is way to hard to config. i want a distro with apt-get, portage sax. those and im set. yoper lacks on laptops though. and when you update with apt-get yoper config doesnt work anymore.
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aterm config

dapperdan & danleff rock!
Hello i was just wondering how to make your aterm transparent blue. then, how do you save your configuration so its that way every time you start it up? thank you.
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Removing Swap Partition with Mandrake 10

zenarcher
I am running Mandrake 10. 0. I currently have 512M or RAM and am increasing RAM to 1 Gig. I notice that the swap is not really used and have read posts indicating that everything would probably run faster, if the Swap was removed.
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Kernel 2.6.8.1 & Reiserfs

jimf43
Anyone planning to update their kernel to 2. 6. 8 or 2. 6. 8. 1 should be aware that it 'will' trash your Reiserfs volumes. I've had this happen to me, and, I know of at least one other user who had the same happen to him.
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Debian configuration

kobedf
I have Debian Woody by means of the Network Install cd. After it has downloaded everything i told him to from the internet i am left with the following problem: When i try to install something šŸ™Krusader , Gaim ,.
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GREEK on Fedora Core 1

presdec
I have had repeated problems in my attempt to get Fedora core 1 to allow me to write in greek. If any one has any help to offer, or has solved such a problem in Greek or another non standard language please reply.
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Yellow Dog LInux

overworked
I'm not a heavy Linux user but, of the distributions I've seen (Red Hat, Suse. . . not but a brief look at Mandrake) Yellow Dog does an excellent job with their Mac distribution! Worth a look if you have the hardware sitting around and are bored or frustrated one day! -overworked-.
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Xserver won't start

voltmer
I am trying to boot Fedora C2, but for some reason there is no xorg. conf fle to tell it what video and mouse settings to use. what would I type in Vim to create my own xorg. conf file. (I don't know the syntax) Help Please!.
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Mandrake 10 beta 2 woes and fixes

danleff
I just installed Mandrake 10 on my secondary hard drive on a Soyo Dragon Platinum motherboard. Problem #1 - Highpoint raid After several fails on install (mkinitrd failed when installing the bootloader) I then fell on the issue with highpoint raid drivers on install.
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Simpler Gentoo Install

taeuler
This thread is a resonse to. It is intended help with a first time Gentoo install. I plan to write this in several steps, so that I can get feedback, based on you setups. in this first post I'll talk a little about why I use Gentoo and what you need to enjoy using Gentoo, it's not as much masochism as you might think.
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