Guest bpitsenb Posted December 14, 2002 Report Share Posted December 14, 2002 This is a pretty streight foreward problem for the amount of aggrevation that it is causing me. I'm running Mandrake 9. I recently hooked up my computer to a different monitor than the one that i usually use. This other monitor can't handle the reolution that my old one did. So the problem is that when i start KDE my screen is so warped that i can't even get to any config screens. I know that all i have to do is start up in command prompt only and fix the problem from there. All i need to know is: what is the command to open up the Mandrake configuration for my graphics? Also, while i have your attention, How do i read a simple *.txt file from the command prompt?[/b] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted December 14, 2002 Report Share Posted December 14, 2002 XFdrake most run this command with --expert XFdrake --expert I use XFdrake --expert --noauto Open a file with editor_name file_name vi open.txt vim open.txt pico open.tx You have to be in the dir for the above, or you can vim /home/your_name/open.txt to change dir cd /home/your_name to see what's in it ls -a then find what you want and vim open.txt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afrosheen Posted December 18, 2002 Report Share Posted December 18, 2002 Here is the simplified command list for vi (the text editor) in case you want to learn it. shift-i to insert text esc to exit insert mode ? then some text to search for that text :w to write the file :q to quit There are millions of commands but those are the basics, you can accomplish just about any task with those. Also keep in mind that learning vi is essential, every unix/linux system will have it installed. BTW pico probably won't be an available command if mandrake9 is installed. Pine/pico is non-gpl and mandrake didn't include it this time. I think you can find the pine packages (which includes pico) on rpmfind.net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bpitsenb Posted December 18, 2002 Report Share Posted December 18, 2002 Thanks for the help. Hopefully next post i make will be made through my linux box. While i'm at it: Does anyone have any idea how to get a U.S robotics winmodem to work in mandrake. Is it even possible? Thanks, -Blaine Pitsenbarger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted December 18, 2002 Report Share Posted December 18, 2002 While i'm at it: Does anyone have any idea how to get a U.S robotics winmodem to work in mandrake. Is it even possible? Thanks I'd start another thread. That way, someone with experience with that modem is more likely to see it. State which usr modem as well. I had the 5610B, and it's very easy to set up. Don't ask what I did to it :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef_kunal Posted January 5, 2003 Report Share Posted January 5, 2003 hmmm... what di you umm... do to it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted January 5, 2003 Report Share Posted January 5, 2003 I've seen other threads on the robotics modem, take a search peek here and in the old board. To just see a file from the command prompt, you can.. cat filename - straight file listing more filename - straight file listing with pause. Next screen with space less filename - scroll up/down listing of file. Hit Q to quit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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