A couple of small questions
Hi there,
I'm a newcomer to linux (m68k - for full hardware config see my sig) and I have
a couple of questions:-
i) After much difficulty installing, and eventually having to do a hybrid Debian
2.2/3.0 install to get a working system, and then playing about (probably not a
good idea) the dselect database is in a bit of a state rgarding the selection
state of the various packages. Is there any way to reset this to reflect the
"Status Quo". ie - so that nothing will be installed/uninstalled or upgraded
without my say so?
ii) I use FBDev to manage my display under X Windows, and have managed to amend
fb.config to give me a working 1024x768 16 bit display. However, since I boot
into a 800x600 8 bit display initially, this is the mode that X Windows starts
in. To change I need to log in, open a terminal, run FBDev and then logout
before the new screen mode opens (when I run FBDev from the terminal, the
display is trashed until XWindows restarts). Is there a way to start X Windows
in my preffered screen mode immediately?
iii) Mozilla is painfully slow. Is there an m68k version of Opera (or any
alternative full featured web browsers) around?
Please try not to get too techie with replies - I'm still stumbling my way
around linux, and being a natural experimenter, am quite capable of bodging
things up real bad :o)
Thanks for your help.
All the best
Steve
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