Actually, most of them kind of look like Windows. He could also put startx in the .bash_profile, and that will make it come up on login. ----- Original Message ----- From: Charles Hallenbeck <hallenbeck@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: SpeakUp List <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 6:44 AM Subject: Re: X, lynx and audio > I have been playing with X here and can tell you how it works on > a Slackware distro (it is probably the same on Redhat, actually) > > You need to configure X first, be becoming root and running the > program "xf86config" (all lower case) which will create a > configuration file for you. The file will be called "XF86Config" > (some letters are caps) and it will be put in "/etc/X11" for you > (capital X). > > Once you have configured X for your system, running it is simple. > Your son would first log into some account, either yours or one > you create for his use, and simply type "startx". That is all > there is to it. He can get out of X by typing > "ctrl-alt-backspace". > There are a number of window managers to choose from, but one in > particular is designed to have the "look and feel" of Win95. It > might make the simplest transition, assuming familiarity with > that desktop. It is called "fvwm95" and has a man page to > describe it. > > HTH - Chuck > > On Sat, 30 Mar 2002, Keith Heltsley wrote: > > > Just a couple questions. > > > > 1. For the sake of my son, who wants to play on my newly setup RedHat box, > > how do I set up an account for him that will open in x-windows? Can I make > > it so x only opens when he logsin? > > > > 2. I managed to get the lynx rpm to install. wow, that was easy. Just a > > matter of locating it on the right disk. Now, where is the lynx.cfg? I was > > wanting to replace it with the one Janina included on the goodies disk. Or > > at least make lynx put numbered links in the browser. I found the setting in > > the options but I either am not doing it right or the setting isn't being > > saved, even after hitting the 'Accept' button. > > > > 3. I don't have any speakers hooked up to my sound card yet. I've just been > > using the double talk speaker. What program do I use to play waves or mp3 > > files when I can find an extra speaker to plug into it? I know it's a dumb > > question, but even on my previous shell accounts i never had access to > > playing sounds over the network connection. > > > > More questions to come, but that should do it for now:_) > > Happy Easter > > from > > Keith H. > > > > "When the student is ready, the master appears." > > - Buddhist Proverb > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > Visit me at http://www.valstar.net/~hallenbeck > The Moon is Waning Gibbous (90% of Full) > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
