Re: X, lynx and audio

["Thomas Ward" <tward@bright.net>]

Actually, most of them kind of look like Windows. He could also put startx
in the .bash_profile, and that will make it come up on login.

----- Original Message -----
From: Charles Hallenbeck <hallenbeck@valstar.net>
To: SpeakUp List <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 6:44 AM
Subject: Re: X, lynx and audio


> I have been playing with X here and can tell you how it works on
> a Slackware distro (it is probably the same on Redhat, actually)
>
> You need to configure X first, be becoming root and running the
> program "xf86config" (all lower case) which will create a
> configuration file for you. The file will be called "XF86Config"
> (some letters are caps) and it will be put in "/etc/X11" for you
> (capital X).
>
> Once you have configured X for your system, running it is simple.
> Your son would first log into some account, either yours or one
> you create for his use, and simply type "startx". That is all
> there is to it. He can get out of X by typing
> "ctrl-alt-backspace".
> There are a number of window managers to choose from, but one in
> particular is designed to have the "look and feel" of Win95. It
> might make the simplest transition, assuming familiarity with
> that desktop. It is called "fvwm95" and has a man page to
> describe it.
>
> HTH - Chuck
>
> On Sat, 30 Mar 2002, Keith Heltsley wrote:
>
> > Just a couple questions.
> >
> > 1. For the sake of my son, who wants to play on my newly setup RedHat
box,
> > how do I set up an account for him that will open in x-windows?  Can I
make
> > it so x only opens when he logsin?
> >
> > 2. I managed to get the lynx rpm to install. wow, that was easy. Just a
> > matter of locating it on the right disk. Now, where is the lynx.cfg? I
was
> > wanting to replace it with the one Janina included on the goodies disk.
Or
> > at least make lynx put numbered links in the browser. I found the
setting in
> > the options but I either am not doing it right or the setting isn't
being
> > saved, even after hitting the 'Accept' button.
> >
> > 3. I don't have any speakers hooked up to my sound card yet. I've just
been
> > using the double talk speaker. What program do I use to play waves or
mp3
> > files when I can find an extra speaker to plug into it? I know it's a
dumb
> > question, but even on my previous shell accounts i never had access to
> > playing sounds over the network connection.
> >
> > More questions to come, but that should do it for now:_)
> > Happy Easter
> > from
> > Keith H.
> >
> > "When the student is ready, the master appears."
> >         - Buddhist Proverb
> >
> >
> >
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