Barry Spindler on Wed, 22 Sep 1999 15:09:54 -0400 (EDT)


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Re: [Plug] running X on a laptop


Lorax is Redhat 6.1BETA

Usually after about 50 or so tries, I'll actually get it to the famed
RedHat ftp site.. and by then can't remember why I was even going there ;)

	--Barry

-- 
We are MicroSoft. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.
(Attributed to B.G., Gill Bates)

On Wed, 22 Sep 1999 tburba@GLCORPIS01.usvision.com wrote:

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> Every time someone mentions ftp.redhat.com I think about going to put
> "Anonymous User Limit Reached" on my resume as my computing specialty. If I
> did ever get in, is there any information as to what lorax is?
> 
> A great man once said, "the easiest way to sell something is to tell the
> customer they can't have it."
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> umweber@mcs.drexel.edu on 09/22/99 12:40:20 PM
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> Please respond to plug@lists.nothinbut.net
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> To:   plug@lists.nothinbut.net
> cc:    (bcc: Thomas A Burba/USVISION)
> Subject:  Re: [Plug] running X on a laptop
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> ftp://ftp.redhat.com/lorax
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> --
> Michelle Weber
> umweber@mcs.drexel.edu
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> On Wed, 22 Sep 1999 tburba@glcorpis01.usvision.com wrote:
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> > Can you point me to the "source" of these golden nuggets of information?
> > Thanks...
> >
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> >
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> > umweber@mcs.drexel.edu on 09/21/99 05:04:17 PM
> >
> > Please respond to plug@lists.nothinbut.net
> >
> > To:   plug@lists.nothinbut.net
> > cc:    (bcc: Thomas A Burba/USVISION)
> > Subject:  Re: [Plug] running X on a laptop
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> > There has already been released a beta (6.1 I'm guessing). And it's been
> > beta for a few weeks now (longer than most I can remember), so hopefully
> > it will be good.
> > --
> > Michelle Weber
> > umweber@mcs.drexel.edu
> >
> > On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Aarune J. Oracle wrote:
> > > I dont know what is going on, it has been quite a while since the last
> > > release.  Maybee something big is cooking.
> > >
> > > --
> > > -Rune
> > >
> > > Time is Irrelevant to the worlds beyond this godforsaken place unto
> which
> > > it destroys all.
> > >         -Aarune J. Oracle
> > >
> > > "In the depths of a mind insane fantasy and reality are the same"
> > -Slayer.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, 21 Sep 1999 tburba@GLCORPIS01.usvision.com wrote:
> > >
> > > :Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 09:26:50 -0400
> > > :From: tburba@GLCORPIS01.usvision.com
> > > :Reply-To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
> > > :To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
> > > :Subject: Re: [Plug] running X on a laptop
> > > :
> > > :
> > > :
> > > :
> > > :
> > > :D'ya think they will _ever_ have a maintenance release of 6.x?
> > > :
> > > :
> > > :
> > > :
> > > :linux@fsckit.com on 09/17/99 04:19:11 PM
> > > :
> > > :Please respond to plug@lists.nothinbut.net
> > > :
> > > :To:   plug@lists.nothinbut.net
> > > :cc:    (bcc: Thomas A Burba/USVISION)
> > > :Subject:  Re: [Plug] running X on a laptop
> > > :
> > > :
> > > :
> > > :
> > > :Yea it would be nice to do, but at this point when you get this much
> > > :errata, RedHat usually comes out with a new version with a few more
> > things
> > > :added on to it.
> > > :--
> > > :-Rune
> > > :Time is Irrelevant to the worlds beyond this godforsaken place unto
> > which
> > > :it destroys all.
> > > :          -Aarune J. Oracle
> > > :In the Depths of the minds of the insane Fantasy and Reality are the
> > > :same...
> > > :On Fri, 17 Sep 1999 tburba@GLCORPIS01.usvision.com wrote:
> > > ::Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 09:11:55 -0400
> > > ::From: tburba@GLCORPIS01.usvision.com
> > > ::Reply-To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
> > > ::To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
> > > ::Subject: Re: [Plug] running X on a laptop
> > > ::
> > > ::
> > > ::
> > > ::
> > > ::
> > > ::Thanx for the tip. There's only (!) 116 updated packages. Wouldn't it
> > be
> > > ::great if some industrious person start a service where one could buy
> an
> > > ::install CD with the updates in place, or even a "service pack"? <g>
> > > ::
> > > ::
> > > ::
> > > ::
> > > ::linux@fsckit.com on 09/15/99 09:20:51 PM
> > > ::
> > > ::Please respond to plug@lists.nothinbut.net
> > > ::
> > > ::To:   plug@lists.nothinbut.net
> > > ::cc:    (bcc: Thomas A Burba/USVISION)
> > > ::Subject:  Re: [Plug] running X on a laptop
> > > ::
> > > ::
> > > ::
> > > ::
> > > ::I believe the best place to go to get the errata (I dont have a
> problem
> > > ::getting there) is updates.redhat.com It has just the errata and the
> > > ::connections azre usually available.
> > > ::--
> > > ::-Rune
> > > ::Time is Irrelevant to the worlds beyond this godforsaken place unto
> > which
> > > ::it destroys all.
> > > ::          -Aarune J. Oracle
> > > ::In the Depths of the minds of the insane Fantasy and Reality are the
> > > ::same...
> > > ::On Wed, 15 Sep 1999 tburba@GLCORPIS01.usvision.com wrote:
> > > :::Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 09:25:52 -0400
> > > :::From: tburba@GLCORPIS01.usvision.com
> > > :::Reply-To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
> > > :::To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
> > > :::Subject: Re: [Plug] running X on a laptop
> > > :::
> > > :::
> > > :::
> > > :::
> > > :::
> > > :::Where can I get the "X errata" in one glob? I can never get on
> > > :::ftp.redhat.com and some of the mirrors have been hacked. ':-(  Any
> > > ::personal
> > > :::recommendations? I'd like to burn a CD of the errata. Thanks.
> > > :::Tom Burba
> > > :::U.S. Vision, Inc.
> > > :::tburba@usvision.com
> > > :::856-228-1000 x2295
> > > :::
> > > :::
> > > :::
> > > :::
> > > :::jason@sn.com on 09/15/99 09:17:47 AM
> > > :::
> > > :::Please respond to plug@lists.nothinbut.net
> > > :::
> > > :::To:   plug@lists.nothinbut.net
> > > :::cc:    (bcc: Thomas A Burba/USVISION)
> > > :::Subject:  Re: [Plug] running X on a laptop
> > > :::
> > > :::
> > > :::
> > > :::
> > > :::I had this problem on a RH6 box. After I installed the X errata it
> > > :::worked. Sometimes gnome-session takes a while to start. Well, the
> > > :::version that came with RH does.
> > > :::J.
> > > :::When I grow up, I wanna be more like me.
> > > :::I had a clue. I didn't like it. I took it back and exchanged it for
> an
> > > :::attitude.
> > > :::On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, Martin DiViaio wrote:
> > > :::> If you are using bash, type startx > .xerrors 2>&1 to start the
> > xserver
> > > :::> then shut it down. The entire output of the x server startup will
> be
> > in
> > > :::> the file .xerrors . Look at it so see what is really going on.
> > > :::>
> > > :::> It sounds like X is starting ok but the window manager is getting
> > hung
> > > :::> up somewhere. (The wm is not crashing. If it was, X would shut
> down
> > > :with
> > > :::> it.)
> > > :::>
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