[ale] Some Headway RE: Configuring X11 on SuSE-9.3

[Harper Ennis]

On Thu, 2005-12-01 at 09:31 -0500, Mills, John M. wrote:
> All -
> 
> Thanks for the leads. I decided to bite the bullet and reinstall from
> scratch. This was mostly successful: this time I got to configure X11,
> but still have problems with the desktops.
> 
> In the "aww...shucks" category:
>  7. Only two desktop panes instead of the four I expected.
>  6. "Plain vanilla" (or rather, light gray) login screen instead of the
> more SuSE-esque motif that comes up on my laptop.
>  5. Some "cute, fuzzy" details seem missing (decorations here and
> there).
>  4. Always opens a console terminal on-screen (until I kill it); fine
> for the sysadmin, but this box is going to a non-geek user who doesn't
> need gratuitous error messages.
>  3. Only screen choice I got was lots of resolution (don't recall
> exactly what), but only 8-bit color - perfectly usable here, but I
> expected some depth:resolution choices. (Video is the built-in Gateway
> 2000 VESA.)
> 
> In the "serious nuisance" category:
>  2. Missing features ("save setup", "restart" and "stop computer"
> buttons on the logout widget).
> 
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> In the "#$%^&*!! showstopper" category:
>  1. Mouse sensitivity disabled when the [modal] logout widget comes up,
> so the user _can't_ log him/herself out from the window - at least not
> from the toolbar. Totally unacceptable for the average user!
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> 
> Somewhat frustrating all in all, since my first SuSE-9.3 installatin
> dropped perfectly onto a potentially troublesome laptop and gave me a
> setup that looks great, even for the Windows-gazers of the world.
> 
> I ran the full SuSE auto-update in hope these issues had been fixed
> (Maybe I had simply not used the 'out of the box' setup on my first
> installation), but the update seems to have stalled. Maybe it just ran
> out of disk space - I'll look more closely this evening.
> 
> Any suggestions welcome for housebreaking this machine!
> 

use your favorite text editor and edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf, then
configure the window manager.

> Thanks.
> 
>  - Mills
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Trey
> Sizemore
> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 1:05 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] [Re]Configuring X11 on SuSE-9.3
> 
> On Wed Nov 30, 2005 08:29AM, Greg Freemyer wrote:
> > On 11/29/05, Geoffrey <esoteric at 3times25.net> wrote:
> > > John Mills wrote:
> 
> > > > I have a new SuSE-9.3 installation on an old Gateway 2000, and it
> is
> > > > refusing to start X-Windows with an error message: "No Screen
> Section",
> > > > ...
> 
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