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opensxce problems
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awouk
2013-06-26 18:49:52 UTC
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hardware us an HP media center M1264n. it accepts linux: debian and
ubuntu with no problems.

this is a fresh install of the latest release. upgrades are not yet
available to me - still can't get terminal to work usefully. the print
is too small. i have made the desktop usable to me.

i am working on two items.

1. because of vision problems, i cannot use the firefox version
in the release. i require fg yellow fb black, and find original
colors at mozilla extremely difficult to make out. when i go into
preferences, and change the colors, the change does not occur.
when i try to click on the line about allowing pages to use
their own colors, there is no response. there is no response to
clicking the ok button.

2. when i right click on the desktop, a menu with an optin for terminal
appears. i click on it and get an almost unreadable black on white
xterm. clocking on run command in the menu gives me a readable
box in which i enter xterm -fg yellow -fb black gives me usable colors,
but the smae font. man xterm tells me that this is the 'fixed' size.
-fn xxxx does not work.

in all other unixes, a ^right click on the xterm yields a menu
in which i can select large font and a font type which permits large.
not the latest opensxce release.
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John D Groenveld
2013-06-27 13:49:49 UTC
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Post by awouk
1. because of vision problems, i cannot use the firefox version
in the release. i require fg yellow fb black, and find original
colors at mozilla extremely difficult to make out. when i go into
preferences, and change the colors, the change does not occur.
when i try to click on the line about allowing pages to use
their own colors, there is no response. there is no response to
clicking the ok button.
I am able to change the colors with Firefox 22:
<URL:http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/22.0/contrib/solaris_pkgadd/>
Post by awouk
in all other unixes, a ^right click on the xterm yields a menu
in which i can select large font and a font type which permits large.
not the latest opensxce release.
I can't duplicate under OpenIndiana.
<URL:http://openindiana.org/download/>

John
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arthur wouk
2013-08-05 17:51:35 UTC
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In article <kqhftt$906q$***@tr22n12.aset.psu.edu>,
John D Groenveld <***@cse.psu.edu> wrote:
:In article <kqfd4g$n3b$***@dont-email.me>,
:awouk <***@blackhole.nyx.net> wrote:
:>1. because of vision problems, i cannot use the firefox version
:>in the release. i require fg yellow fb black, and find original
:>colors at mozilla extremely difficult to make out. when i go into
:>preferences, and change the colors, the change does not occur.
:>when i try to click on the line about allowing pages to use
:>their own colors, there is no response. there is no response to
:>clicking the ok button.
:
:I am able to change the colors with Firefox 22:
:<URL:http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/22.0/contrib/solaris_pkgadd/>
:
:>in all other unixes, a ^right click on the xterm yields a menu
:>in which i can select large font and a font type which permits large.
:>not the latest opensxce release.
:
:I can't duplicate under OpenIndiana.
:<URL:http://openindiana.org/download/>
:
:John
:***@acm.org


i find this to be true of opensxce as well. however, man says it should happen!
.

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`The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to
be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.' -Lord Acton
"to email me, delete blackhole from my return address
John D Groenveld
2013-08-05 18:17:02 UTC
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Post by arthur wouk
i find this to be true of opensxce as well. however, man says it should happen!
You might try the OpenSXCE web forum:
<URL:http://opensxce.org/>

John
***@acm.org

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