Re: Newbie questions

["Jacob Tennant" <k8jwt@ntelos.net>]

I got the below items fixed.

Now if you folks can show me how to get the modem to automatically dial out
when I start the browser or mail programs (Mozilla in Gnome) I would be very
happy...

Jacob Tennant  K8JWT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Frédéric Bothamy" <fbothamy@mail.dotcom.fr>
To: <debian-laptop@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: Newbie questions


> * Jacob Tennant <k8jwt@ntelos.net> [2003-04-23 17:08] :
> > 1. Whenever I start the machine it goes straight into GNOME desktop. How
do
> > I stop that?
>
> Remove the package gdm (apt-get remove gdm) or change the
> /etc/rc?.d/S??gdm to K??gdm (or use the program update-rc.d to do this).
>
> > 2. I need to tell it to make the screen 1024x768 instead of 800x600. How
do
> > I do that?
>
> Reconfigure your X server with dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86.
>
> > 3. Need to setup the system to use my Thinkpads Trackpoint mouse. How do
I
> > do that?
>
> Same as above.
>
> You may find some good URLs at http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ibm.html
> and at http://tuxmobil.org/ibm.html.
>
> HTH
>
> Fred
>
>
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