Re: Xwindows working... sorta
On Sun, Oct 04, 1998 at 10:54:16PM -0500, Christopher Jay Stevenson wrote:
> Well, thanks to you guys, my mouse is working...
> It's just that X isn't...
> Hmm...
> What I get is an xdm that has the login on the lower right of the screen,
> and cut-off as well, almost as if the resolution isn't correct. (It seemed
> as if I had a virtual desktop of 2x2 size.)
>
> My monitor is 1280x1024 (15").
>
>
> On another note... how do I mount drives on startup. I asked this question
> before, but I didn't understand the answer.
> Here's what I do as root.
>
> mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/win95_part
>
> Now... how do I 'automate this.
>
> perhaps something like
>
> mount /dev/hdc /mnt/cd_rom
>
> might be usefull as well. (how do I go about that?)
>
> I think that I have to modify a file (/etc/fstab?), but with a program, or
> just do a "cat - >> /etc/fstab"?
Well, yes you can use cat >> /etc/fstab and that is sometimes the most
convenient way to append to a file, but you would be better off to choose
and learn how to use one of the text editors available.
You probably have 2 editors installed by default: ae and vi (elvis-tiny). If
you are not familiar with either, ae would be easier to use.
When you edit the /etc/fstab, you will notice some fields that look very
similar to the arguments you use with the mount command to mount partition.
For example, the cdrom entry might look like this:
/dev/hdc /cdrom iso9660 defaults,user 0 0
Look at the fstab man page for the details of each field. Notice that the
mount point /cdrom needs to exist before you can mount a device on it. Just
as you would need to create /mnt/win95 before you can mount a partition on
it.
>
> Thanks for putting up w/ newbies like yours truly.
>
> ---starfox
>
> Chris Stevenson
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