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heres another one:

Q: how do i make xscreensaver load on startup in my hdinstall.

A: here goes:

install the xscreensavergtk dsl, open scite and load up /home/dsl/.xinitrc, edit it and just above the "fluxbox" line add the line: "xscreensaver -nosplash&" (without the quotes but with the &).
ctrl-alt-del, startx and away you go.
you can use the menu item for xscreensaver in order to edit prefs.

and another:

Q: my desktop icons overlap/don't line up properly/go off the screen/need moving for some other reason.

A: this is a bit tricky but here goes:

in emelfm load the folder /home/dsl/.xtdesktop/, there are 2 files for each icon here: an image file. and the link file. edit the .lnk file for the icon in question in scite and change the X/Y coords to fit properly (refer to other .lnk files for an idea of where you want this icon to go). you can also create your own icons by this method.

Q) It freezes during boot at this part.

Quote

Xauth: creating new authority file /home/dsl/.Xauthority
Xauth: creating new authority file /home/dsl/.Xauthority

XIO: fatal IO error 104 (connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining

How can i fix this?

A) at the Boot: prompt type "dsl xsetup"

select your preferred resolution and color depth.

or if that fails try "fb800x600" or "fb1024x768" depending on your preferred resolution.

-J.P.

(Q) i have a naff old monitor and when i run dsl on it i get fuzzy, stuff that jumpts about everywhere, the text slides accross the screen for no reason, and some other nasty stuff happens. i cannot even run xsetup because things are so fuzzy.

(A) i had this prob myself, here's how to fix it.

if you are running from livecd, this is not hard to fix, simply type dsl vga=normal. this will make it work properly.

if you are running from hd, it becomes more difficult, but it is fixable.

first we need to be able to see what we are doing, so ctrl-alt-del and type xsetup.sh, this will bring up xsetup (which you cannot see properly.)
the following key presses will get most people going ok.
enter-down-enter-down-enter-enter.
you will still be able to see nothing from the command line, but if you type startx you should go back into x, you should be able to see, however, it would be usefull to be able to see stuff while booting and using the command line, so thats what we will fix next.
open up scite as super-user (in xterm type sudo scite) and open /etc/lilo.conf (or might be etc/lilo/lilo.conf, but i think it is the former. at the top you should see vga=somethingorother, replace it with vga=normal. (DO NOT STOP FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS HERE OR YOUR PC MAY NEVER BOOT AGAIN)
save, and exit scite back in xterm type lilo, it should show some stuff and then finish. now reboot and it should work.

(Q) i edited some config file wrong or for some tother reason my dsl hdinstall will no longer boot, if i could just get back in then i could fix it.

(A) this can be very simple or not quite so simple depeneding on what the prob was.

if it was just something that you mistyped, boot from the livecd, mount the partition that you have dsl installed on and look at it, it should look exactly like the fs you see as / when you boot from it, edit to your hearts content, unmount and reboot.
if it was an app you need to run to fix it, it becomes more difficult.
mount the drive you hdinstalled on and ctrl-alt-del, now type "chroot /mnt/hda1" (where hda1 is the correct partition). now anything you do will affect the hdinstall and run programs from the hdinstall (providing the chroot worked).
fix the problem.

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