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On 06/06/11 23:11, Gordon Henderson wrote: > > Part of the problem is that I'm not running one of their 3 supported > window mangers - i.e. Gnome, KDE or Xfce4... So I have to install it all > by hand. (I probably don't, but right now I don't know how else to do it) Not sure what you mean by hand here is -- "apt-get install xorg"? > No big deal, normally - but there's something not quite right about it. > And this is irritating as my configs, etc. have worked for me for many > years now. I hate that as well. Although usually with Xorg it has been a case of finding and deleting config files with obsolete configuration information. > To start with the auto-repeat on the keyboard is slow. What gives? What > touched that? Where do I alter it? My Window manager does it :( $ xset r rate 300 30 No idea where default setting has gone, use to be option (AutoRepeat) to the Keyboard section in X11conf.... but doesn't seem to be documented. Worth trying there...... I clearly need a second display and graphics card so I can catch up on such things, but I fear GNOME does all the RandR stuff for you are well, so I'd probably just point and click and drool even after setting it up. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq