Re: Excuse me for contacting you directly.

["netwise" <bartom nwsca com>]

> And what do you mean "Excuse me for contacting you directly."?

I felt it was bad manners to send my email directly to you rather than
going
to the list with the question.

regards

Barry




----- Original Message -----
From: Jesse <Jessebrain@ozemail.com.au>
To: netwise <bartom@nwsca.com>
Cc: <gnome-list@gnome.org>
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 7:43 PM
Subject: Re: Excuse me for contacting you directly.


> yes there is, are you running X from the command line or is it
starting
> when the machine boots?  if it's when the machine boots then you need
> to run the command "ln -fs /usr/bin/gdm /etc/X11/prefdm" for gnome,
> "ln -fs /usr/bin/kdm /etc/X11/prefdm" for KDE and"ln -fs
/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm
> /etc/prefdm"
> for X11 display manager.
>
> This may not fix your problem, merely divert it to another.  if it is
too small
> than run Xconfigurator, go through the steps and select a lower
resolution.
>
>
> And what do you mean "Excuse me for contacting you directly."?
>
> Jesse
>
>
> At 08:31 AM 21/07/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >Excuse me for contacting you directly. I joined the list but it said
my
> >message
> >was being held for review before posting and I do not know how long
that
> >takes.
> >
> >Is there some way to stop Gnome from automatically starting once it's
> >installed?
> >My x86 install will only run in 1024 x 786 which on a 15 in monitor
is
> >hard to read.
> >(I don't have and can not find the Magnavox SuperVga Monitor sync
rates
> >or perhaps
> >it's just not usable with my Mach 32 card.) Because I am very new to
> >Linux I need
> >Gnome  when I can not figure out what I need to do on the command
line.
> >
> >regards
> >
> >Barry Thoms
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Jesse <Jessebrain@ozemail.com.au>
> >To: <gnome-list@gnome.org>
> >Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 7:55 AM
> >Subject: Re: RH Gnome Sucks ? (For you all to read)
> >
> >
> > > Hi.
> > > I Have been following linux for years, as I am sure you all have.
and
> >yes
> > > I belive the version
> > > of gnome released with RH6.0 was not that great, but then again RH
6.0
> >was
> > > not that great
> > > either, it was slow and clunky, but then there was 6.1 which was a
> >_VAST_
> > > improvement,
> > > and now 6.2, and I am sure that very few people that work on gnome
and
> > > RedHat that feel
> > > that what Miguel was quoted correctly.
> > >
> > > Everyone in the Gnome and RedHat team has made a great effort, and
> >linux
> > > would not have
> > > come this far without their efforts, and I am grateful for all the
> >effort
> > > everyone else has put in
> > > to give me and millions of others out there a tough, reliable and
> >stable OS.
> > >
> > > Keep up the good work, and don't let the press get you down,
anyway,
> >when
> > > was the last time
> > > you read the truth??  they allways put a spin on it and never ever
> >tell the
> > > whole story, just enough
> > > for you to jump to a seemingly logical conclusion.
> > >
> > > Jesse.
> > >
> > >
> > > At 11:51 AM 20/07/00 -0700, you wrote:
> > > >Paul Warren wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Jul 20, 2000 at 12:41:02PM -0500, Thomas R. Shannon
wrote:
> > > > > > On Thu, 20 Jul 2000 17:46:41 +0100 you wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  > In today's LWN Miguel is quoted as having said that: If
you
> >are
> > > > thinking
> > > > > >  > that GNOME sucks, however, it's probably "because you are
> >using
> > > > Red Hat's
> > > > > >  > version."
> > > > > >  >
> > > > > >  > I just can't believe the Gnome leader is bashing a
company
> >that
> > > > has always
> > > > > >  > been so supportive of this project (not only for
including
> >Gnome
> > > > as their
> > > > > >  > primary desktop but also by producing lots of code for
the
> >project).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm guessing that he meant a version which was distributed
> > > > > > with Red Hat (i.e. an old one).
> > > > >
> > > > > Yeah, that's what I took it to mean.  Quite a common thread of
> > > > > conversation, on this list and others:
> > > > >
> > > > > "Hey Gnome sux"
> > > > > "What version you using?"
> > > > > "Whatever comes with RH 6"
> > > > > "Ah.  Upgrade..."
> > > > >
> > > > > IIRC, RH released 6.0 (or was it 6.1) just before October
Gnome,
> >which
> > > > > was by any measure a massive improvement on what was being
shipped
> >with
> > > > > RH.
> > > >
> > > >So Miguel was quoted out of context then.  What he probably (or
> >should
> > > >have) said was: "If you think Gnome sucks, you were probably
using
> >the
> > > >version we provided with RH 6.0.  Right after RH 6.0 was
released, we
> > > >made massive improvements to Gnome.  Looking back, maybe we
should
> >have
> > > >waited until those improvements were finished before rolling
Gnome
> >out
> > > >with the most popular Linux distribution."
> > > >
> > > >Not knowing any more about the article and the interviewer, I
would
> > > >guess off the top of my head that this is just another case of
the
> >media
> > > >trying to whip up a controversy where there really is none.
Conflict
> > > >sells, almost as much as sex.
> > > >
> > > >Or, if you're a conspiracy theorist, maybe the interviewer does a
lot
> >of
> > > >side jobs for MSnbc.
> > > >
> > > >Dan
> > > >--
> > > >Daniel Lyddy            daniell@cs.berkeley.edu
> > > >California PATH/UC Berkeley Vision Group
> > > >Richmond Field Station, Building 452
> > > >1357 S. 46th St, Richmond, CA 94804-4698
> > > >tel: +1 (510) 231-5659  fax: +1 (510) 231-5600
> > > >url: http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~daniell
> > >
> > >
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