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Re: terminals and X
On Sun, 16 Jun 1996 OR17637@elbit.co.il wrote:
> Not too long ago I put together an old 386 with a mono screen and set
> it as a terminal for linux.
> I was hoping to use it as a second screen for running FTPs, telnets
> and the
> like (which are more readable on text mode) while using using my main
> monitor (a 14" one) for web-surfing and related. Problem is as soon
> as I load X the terminals freezes, even when X is idle the terminal
> hardly gets any attention and you'd need to be a buddhist monk to be
> able to work with it.
Zen budhists would then call this ni-ho, or "the great long wait for
the answer".
> Linux is running on a 486DX2 with 8Meg RAM, so is there anything I
> can
> do? Am I doing something wong?
that's your exact problem! you SHOULD be practicing wong, and instead you
practice nih-mong. Zen specifically claims that a your machine of worship
shall have slow responses to your prayers (see ni-ho) if you shall not honor
it by sacrificing 8 more megs every 6 monthes. Furthermore, don't expect the
holly appearition of X not to drag you unto ni-ho. Do not question this
universe, try to live with it. add 8 more megs if you want to run X, and
RTFM :-)
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