[frgeek-michiana] Re: Dead Hard Drives Still Have a Purpose
- From: Phil Goldbach <shadowvar8541@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 1 May 2010 16:01:02 -0700 (PDT)
Tried that too, the funny thing is that xorg or KDE will not let me do that,
I've already tried that as well. It sees the top of the monitor/screen as the
top and doesn't allow me to drag windows above that so that I can access the
buttons at the bottom.
Phil Goldbach
"Men cry not for themselves, but for their comrades."
--- On Sat, 5/1/10, Mike Cook <mikecook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Mike Cook <mikecook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: Dead Hard Drives Still Have a Purpose
To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Saturday, May 1, 2010, 6:39 PM
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know this doesn't precisely solve your problem. Position the mouse cursor
anyplace on the window you need to move, Press and hold the alt key, drag the
window using the left mouse button. This is part of xorg so should work with
any window manager. You can move the windows off the top of the screen this way
so you can get to the buttons.
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Goldbach
Sent: May 1, 2010 4:16 PM
To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: Dead Hard Drives Still Have a Purpose
I forgot to mention that Back Track 4 (BT4) uses KDE. After doing a bit of
searching on both the internet and the BT4 forums, no one's really found an
answer. Some suggested typing this at the console/terminal:
xrandr -s 1024x600
But that only sets the resolution, it doesn't fix the bottom section of the
windows being cutoff. Kind of pointless, too, when the resolution is already
set to that.
I think the issue has to deal with the fact that the max resolution of my
netbook is 1024x600. I also think that it is because 1024x600 isn't a common
resolution on a 15-inch laptop monitor or for a desktop. The only other two
resolutions I am able to set my netbook at are 800x600, and 640x480, which are
rather ugly and hard on the eyes.
Phil Goldbach
"Men cry not for themselves, but for their comrades."
--- On Sat, 5/1/10, Phil Goldbach <shadowvar8541@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Phil Goldbach <shadowvar8541@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Dead Hard Drives Still Have a Purpose
To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Saturday, May 1, 2010, 1:58 PM
Here's a neat video I just found on Youtube about people with too much time on
their hands and some dead hard drives:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqv1GS7ShH8&feature=channel
It's pretty cool, though.
Also, I've finally decided to move away from Windows and use it only when
necessary, since I've been having trouble with Windows 7 on my tower. Took long
enough, but I suppose you could say I'm now a Linux convert. I'm using Back
Track 4, which is built on Ubuntu 8.10.
With a little help from Chuq, last night I wrote my first two scripts. The
first was to change the MAC address of the wifi card in my netbook, the second
was to change the class of my Bluetooth dongle. Initially, the Bluetooth dongle
shows up as miscellaneous for class, the script was to
change it to a "cell phone" for easier association.
I'm determined to learn more about Linux and the commands, I've printed off a
few cheat sheets of commands, so I'm hoping I become adept at Linux.
Chuq also found a netbook version of Ubuntu. It looks pretty sharp. Speaking of
netbooks, I'm having a bit of a problem where the size of some windows are
larger than my desktop (Acer Aspire 1 netbook, mx resolution of 1024 x 600).
Resizing the windows will not display any of the buttons along the bottom. I
can bring in the horizontal of the windows, but not the vertical. I've tried
clicking on the title bar, going to Advanced, then Special Windows Settings,
and forcing the size of the window to say 700, 550. The problem with this is
that it then doesn't make the window scrollable or provide the buttons at the
bottom. Any ideas on how to fix it? It's already been posted on the Back Tack 4
forums, and last I checked, there was currently no
solution. Alt-clicking and dragging on the title bar doesn't help either.
Phil Goldbach
"Men cry not for themselves, but for their comrades."
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