Very Computer

Hello all,

I've recently come into the ranks of LinuxPPC users, and am currently
going through the joys and amazement that I'm sure many of you remember.
It's been a long time since I've been this e*d just to use a computer.

I have run into two problems.

1) I've been trying to get MiX to open a remote X Windows session so that
I could run KDE from my home machine. I can telenet in, start MiX, but
then, following MiX's Readme's directions, can't do a "setenv DISPLAY". Am
I right in thinking that setenv isn't a command, but rather a function?
Can I pass setenv as a parameter when I start an XWindows session? Or
should I just bail on MiX completely and try a comercial product like
eXodus?

2) I'm running kernel 2.1.57, and have had no success getting sound to
work. I've read that sound is broken on this version of the kernel. Is
this the case? And does anyone know if the new recently-released kernel
fixes this? Not a big issue, but one of those loose ends I'd like ot tie
up.

*And a special Bonus question*
What tools run under KDE for system management? Or rather, where is a good
place to go to find listings of Sysadmin programs with KDE interfaces?

Thanks in advance,

==================================
Israel Alvarez
Head Geek
iMarc

"The amazingly heavy lifeless dog"

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Quote:> I have run into two problems.

> 1) I've been trying to get MiX to open a remote X Windows session so that
> I could run KDE from my home machine. I can telenet in, start MiX, but
> then, following MiX's Readme's directions, can't do a "setenv DISPLAY". Am
> I right in thinking that setenv isn't a command, but rather a function?
> Can I pass setenv as a parameter when I start an XWindows session? Or
> should I just bail on MiX completely and try a comercial product like
> eXodus?

This is an educated guess: you are using bash. MiX assumes you have csh.
Solution: change 'setenv DISPLAY bladiebla' to 'export
DISPLAY=bladiebla'

Quote:> 2) I'm running kernel 2.1.57, and have had no success getting sound to
> work. I've read that sound is broken on this version of the kernel. Is
> this the case? And does anyone know if the new recently-released kernel
> fixes this? Not a big issue, but one of those loose ends I'd like ot tie
> up.

I thought 2.1.42 had no sound, and some other ones after that.
I have 2.1.125 which happily beeps away.

Quote:> *And a special Bonus question*
> What tools run under KDE for system management? Or rather, where is a good
> place to go to find listings of Sysadmin programs with KDE interfaces?

You could try 'control-panel' which is not KDE but gnome, but still
quite
usefriendly. This is a very versatile program. Otherwise, KDE has
already
a sysv init editor and a user manager.

Quote:> Thanks in advance,

Yr welcome.
Niels

don't forget to run xhost + or xhost hostname on the box that you want windows
sent to

There are differnet kinds of shells in UN*X enviroments, each will
personalities.  csh uses the "setenv" command.  Linuxpp comes with bash as
default for logins (which can be changed
for each user by configuring the ".profile" file in thier root directory.
Bash is very scriptable (and my personal favorite) and uses
"DISPLAY=123.456.8910:0.0"