On 06/10/26 16:38 (GMT-0400) Alexey Eremenko apparently typed:
Agreed. So the best command until now has been:
"grep -i ram /var/log/Xorg.0.log"
For those who don't use grep enough to remember its syntax, like me, an easy option is to view Xorg.0.log. That's how I found out that the answer was in that file in the first place, in order to provide my answer posted upthread Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:28:09 -0400. On way to view a file was posted by someone else upthread - with vi, which I noted was overkill (opening an editor to view a file). An alternative viewing method is available in the OFM swiss army knife - F3 in mc, which works whether you're on a console or in X. I usually have at least two instances open at any given time, one on tty2, another in each X session inside Konsole. Anyone unfamiliar with what to do when X is broken really ought to try mc, preferably before finding yourself with a broken X. If you need to fetch an upgraded or missing package to feed to rpm, that's easily done with wget, but only if you have the appropriate URL. You could get that URL with a text mode browser, but have fun figuring out out to get it and save it in your preferred location. In contrast, mc has built in ftp, which you can use to go directly to the source, and fetch simply by a stroke of the F5 key. And, you'll get a true archive, not some timestamp modified version like you get from "saving" with a web browser. These may all be things Konq can do, but Konq requires X, unlike mc. -- "The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped." Psalm 28:7 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/