6 entries tagged
debian
This is the first time I have used a Linux system with a display
manager -- that is, a program whose job it is to run X and log me in. I
have run the xserver-xfree86 configuration many times in an attempt to
persuade it that my monitor can handle a refresh rate over 70 Hz.
At 70
Hz I find the shimmering of the display uncomfortable.
Checking the file
/etc/X11/XFree86-4 it definitely appears to have changed. But how do
I restart X so that it takes notice of the
new configuration file?
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Debian GNU/Linux has excellent configuration dialogues for almost every
aspect of the newly installed operating system. One fly in the ointment
is that -- just as when I installed Red Hat 6.1 six years ago -- they do
not account for people who might want their sysem to automatically dial
up to the internet on demand. (For the sake of Google, I mention the
terms
auto-dial, autodial, and intermittent connection.)
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My website is maintained by a rather complex amalgamation of software,
accreted over generations. Having migrated it from my old desktop
lickity to my new(ish) PowerBook Ariel, I now want to migrate it
again to my new server Tranq (a Tranquil PC T2); this will allow me to use cron to keep
some parts up-to-date automatically.
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I am still in the process of converting my website-maintaining
scripts
to work on Debian GNU/Linux rather than Mac OS X. Last episode left me
with a conundrum as how to convert SVG files to PNG for the sake of
browsers that cannot display SVG properly.
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On Debian GNU/Linux I am attempting to use librsvg2 to render a
few small images (because Mozilla-based browsers cannot display SVG),
and the wrong font is being used. How do I find out how to correct this?
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This was originally going to be part of my note on porting from Windows 7 to Debian 5 ‘lenny’, but I split it off in to a separate post.
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