Corporate creep in Linux? (mini-rantette)
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From: goarilla on 12 Sep 2009 15:15 On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:39:44 +0000, notbob wrote: > On 2009-09-11, Kees Theunissen <theuniss(a)rijnh.nl> wrote: > >> Did you read the xwmconfig(1) manpage? And while doing so, did you >> notice: >> "When run by a non-root user, xwmconfig writes out a >> $HOME/.xinitrc file, allowing the user to choose their own default >> window manager (possibly overriding the one chosen as a system >> default)"? > > No. I didn't get around to it, but figured it was something like that. > So, when I went digging into my home dir to clear out all the other wm > cruft, sure enough, there it was. One itty bitty .xinit(rc) file with > "exec /etc/...twm in the last line. I rm'd it and all is well. Thanks > for the heads up, though. Strangely enough, I never did find the > xwmconfig command in my history file. so it would appear it got > generated some way other than my invoking it as user. <shrug> > > nb isn't it invoked at install time just like netconfig when you do a 'FULL' install ?
From: Peter Chant on 12 Sep 2009 15:18 dae3 wrote: > 1. wastes paper; > 2. wastes power; > 3. takes a lot of room; > 3b. cannot be resized; ! > 11. has no curses support. Ah, but you can draw on all the fancy menus you like with a pencil afterwards... > > Apart from the above, comparing xterm to a teletype makes perfect sense. > > No sense of humour at all in AOLS. -- http://www.petezilla.co.uk
From: Peter Chant on 12 Sep 2009 15:21 wexfordpress wrote: > > 11. Install Vector Linux on another partition to get Inkscape 46. > Still don't have Inkscape 47. > (etc.) > From slackbuilds, sbopk or somewhere: bash-3.1$ inkscape --version Inkscape 0.47pre0 r21549 (Sep 7 2009) Any significant difference in the versions? Pete -- http://www.petezilla.co.uk
From: Peter Chant on 12 Sep 2009 15:23 notbob wrote: > ...and it's not like you can't, if you want to. Those cryptic mount > and fstab thingies still work as good as ever. Yes, udev and hotplug don't mount my hard drives. fstab does. Is there some point I am missing? Pete -- http://www.petezilla.co.uk
From: Peter Chant on 12 Sep 2009 15:25
Helmut Hullen wrote: > > Most times "MAKEDEV" does the job, not me. I think that used to live in /dev - its not there now unless udev hides it. -- http://www.petezilla.co.uk |