[frgeek-michiana] Re: Dead Hard Drives Still Have a Purpose

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From: Phil Goldbach
Sent: May 1, 2010 7:01 PM
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Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: Dead Hard Drives Still Have a Purpose

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 I 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." ** This list is PUBLICLY archived. ** PLEASE don't post personal or sensitive information unless you wish for it to be in the public domain. To visit the main website for Free Geek Michiana go to http://www.freegeekmichiana.org To post to the list send email to frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx The archive is available at //www.freelists.org/archives/frgeek-michiana/ You may unsubscribe or change your list settings by going to the list website at //www.freelists.org/webpage/frgeek-michiana