[ale] Misc setup questions

[Chris Ricker]

On Tue, 21 Jan 1997, Michael Morris wrote:

> I'm configuring my machine with RedHat 4.0 and I have a few
> miscellaneous questions:
> 
> (1) If I want to run xautolock to lock my screen, where is the proper
> place to put the execute command so that xautolock starts-up only once
> when I start fvwm95?

.xinitrc should do it.

> (2) I know what a RPM (RedHat Package Manager) is, but what is a SRPM?

Source RPM.  With SRPM, you get the pristine source tarball, together with
a configuration script and any patches needed to compile the source all
cpio'd together in a .src.rpm file.  You can build the srpm, or "install"
it, edit the config, possibly add some other patches, maybe replace the
source tarball with a later one, etc., then install it, and still be
protected by RPM.

> (3) I have Linux and WIN95 loaded on the same machine. Why can't I see
> the WIN95 long file names from Linux?

You need to mount your win95 drives as type vfat, not fat.  I don't
remember if RedHat 4.0 includes a vfat module in the kernel or not.  If
not, you'll have to compile a new kernel, but you should do that anyway to
avoid the Ping O' Death and other assorted bugs fixed by the Latest and
Greatest (current stable release is 2.0.28).

> (4) If I want to change my windows manager from fvwm95 to AfterStep,
> what is involved?

Go to the Afterstep home page, download the latest release (1.0-pre2, last
time I was there), and compile it.  You can get RPMs/SRPMs for an older
version (0.98pl18 or something like that) at RedHat.  If you're feeling
adventuresome, you could try to upgrade those to the current release.  If
you're in a hurry, like I was, just do it the tarball way....

later,
chris

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Chris Ricker                                   gt1355b at prism.gatech.edu

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