From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Bambach Subject: Re: Running X programs from bash w/ framebuffer Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 00:06:41 -0600 Message-ID: <200501120006.41376.eric@cisu.net> References: <41E439F4.6030404@comcast.net> <200501112319.42894.eric@cisu.net> <41E444EC.4000708@comcast.net> Reply-To: eric@cisu.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <41E444EC.4000708@comcast.net> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: Jeremy Abbott Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org On Tuesday 11 January 2005 03:28 pm, you wrote: > What about a possible shell equivalent of XMMS, or at least an mp3 > player with a que, I already know I can run elm as opposed to > Thunderbird? Also, is there a better (i.e. graphical) web-broweser t= hat > runs from the command line? The only browsers I know of are links an= d > lynx. I think I misunderstood your request. You want to find ALTERNATIVES to = those=20 programs that will run from the command line instead of running THOSE=20 programs from the command line right? Good thoughts. There are command line MP3 players, how effective they a= re Im=20 not sure. Some clever scripting will get you a playlist with command li= ne=20 programs. You seem to be work adverse though (not installing fvwm etc.)= As=20 far as webrowsers... all I know of is lynx. Be aware what you are tryin= g to=20 do is a niche inside of a niche and your choice of programs may be smal= l to=20 accomplish what you want to do. Furthermore you may sacrifice alot of=20 features that are only available to GUI-based programs such as playlist= =20 queues. I said may because I really am not sure. Just something to thin= k=20 about. Emacs will let you do what you do in KDevelop(programming, syntax=20 highlighting) . Im sure you know about vi and vim too. Personally I pre= fer=20 joe for stright text editing though. Sorry for misunderstanding your request but now that I have it clear, I= =20 haven't the foggiest clue of where to point you in terms of programs. A= s=20 always check google, www.sourceforge.net and www.freshmeat.net :) Good luck to you though. I certainly wouldn't do it, nor would I advise= it,=20 but Im glad Linux gives you the freedom to! :) > Eric Bambach wrote: > >Hi, > > I would say no. The X server isnt all too bloated if you use a > > lightweight window manager . Firefox, Openoffice, Xmms all use tool= kits > > that need a backend X server to talk to. What gives you the impress= ions > > that X is that bloated? I would say just bite the bullet and search= out a > > simple window manager. Sorry if anything doesn't make sense Im quit= e > > tired today, but I hope that answers your question. > > > >On Tuesday 11 January 2005 02:41 pm, you wrote: > >>This may seem really newbieish, but I have been running Gentoo for = quite > >>some time now. > >> > >>Is it possible to forego X altogether, and run things like firefox, > >>thunderbird, etc through the framebuffer from a bashprompt, rather = than > >>starting X and going from there. The reason I ask, is I hate the b= loat > >>of Gnome and KDE, and don't have the time to learn to configure fvw= m or > >>fluxbox, etc. In addition, the X server has a lot to it that I don= 't > >>really need. This is just a personal desktop, and aside from setti= ng up > >>samba to share mp3's with my fiance's computer (across the room), I > >>don't do provide any servers. I also generally don't use any graph= ical > >>utilities for setting up or maintaing the system. The only progs I > >>really use in X are, Firefox, Thunderbird, XMMS, Openoffice, and > >>occasionally KDevelop... mostly for editing my fvwm config. > >> > >>Thanks in advance for any help. > >> > >>Jeremy Abbott > >>jkbullfrog@comcast.net > >>- > >>To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-new= bie" > >> in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > >>More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > >>Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs --=20 ---------------------------------------- --EB > All is fine except that I can reliably "oops" it simply by trying to = read > from /proc/apm (e.g. cat /proc/apm). > oops output and ksymoops-2.3.4 output is attached. > Is there anything else I can contribute? The latitude and longtitude of the bios writers current position, and a ballistic missile. =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0--Alan Cox LKML-Decembe= r 08,2000=20 ---------------------------------------- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie"= in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs