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codestorm

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Posted: Feb. 16 2005,05:50

KenK, how much memory (RAM) does this computer have?
Does it have a swap file/partition?

I'd suggest that Firefox wouldn't generally be a viable option on machines with 32Mb RAM and no swap.

As a test perhaps try dillo plus your text app.

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ck_Fish

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Posted: Feb. 16 2005,07:25

I have found a workaround for my mouse issue (the fact that I am using a hd-install probably helps).
My .xserverrc now reads:
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exec /usr/bin/X11/Xvesa -2button -screen 800x600x16 -mouse /dev/ttyS0 -shadow -nolisten tcp -I &>/dev/null
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and my .xinitrc reads:
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#^comments^-->editted out for shortness
grep noicons /proc/cmdline >/dev/null
if [ $? != 0]; then
enhance &>/dev/null &
fi
home/dsl/.xserverrc &>/dev/null &
fluxbox
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The mouse works straight up and I don't get the welcome/manual screen anymore.

I have no idea what the /dev/null thingies are for, or if they are necessary, can anyone enlighten me on this?

My current setup is listed earlier, however I didn't mention that the HDD is split up into swap (96MB), ext2 / (280MB), and ext2 /home (180MB).

Cheers

mikshaw

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Posted: Feb. 16 2005,07:48

a command followed by &>/dev/null just redirects output of that command to /dev/null

2>/dev/null redirects only standard errors to /dev/null

/dev/null is basically a black hole in these situations...anything redirected to it will disappear. This is often used when you don't want to receive error messages.

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