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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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