On Tuesday 16 August 2005 21:26, Gil Weber wrote:
Still the problem that I only have the one pooter, so I can't be online with anyone and also rebooting the pooter over and over again to test various commands.
Gil, this is downright silly. 1. Run level 3 is still multiuser and networked; the only things missing are X and your mouse. Before GUIs, your only choice was text based command line mode. People thrived on it. You can too... at least until your X config is fixed for the new card. Give it a chance... 2. If you take the route I've been suggesting, i.e. leaving the new card installed and staying in run level 3 to troubleshoot, you can quit booting and booting and booting... ya know, one of these times your on/off switch or the power supply or /something/ is going to give up and say "I've had enough! No more booting!" and *then* where will you be? Hmmm? :-) 3. We can Instant Message with you *in real time* using "micq", which you might even have already installed. If you're really concerned about learning how to use it, just stick with your on-board graphics for now, open up a shell ("terminal") from the comfort of your desktop, type "micq" and you can learn how to run it from there. Then, when you're comfortable Instant Messaging from the command line, we can pick up where we left off, only this time you can troubleshoot in run level 3 *and* at the same time communicate with us. Kapiche?(spelleing?) - Carl