Tag Archives: X windows

Compiling an X windows program on MINIX 3

Posted on 25 Mar 22 by mike632t

Compiling an X Windows program on MINIX 3 is slightly more complicated than usual because the different releases use store the include files and libraries that the compiler needs in slightly different locations.

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Installing X windows on MINIX 3

Posted on 25 Mar 22 by mike632t

How to install and configure X Windows and TWM on MINIX 3.

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Configuring X Windows on a Virtual Machine

Posted on 15 Jul 17 by mike632t

When using X windows on a virtual machine I have found that the screen resolution is detected automatically it can often default to a maximum resolution of 1024×768 pixels.

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Setting the screen resolution and refersh rate on Tru64 UNIX

Posted on 07 Mar 17 by mike632t

Another rather obscure post as I have finally figured out how to set the screen resolution and more importantly the refresh rate on my Alpha Server DS10 running Tru64 UNIX 5.1B now that I have a Radeon 7500 graphics card … Continue reading →

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Setting the screen resolution and refresh rate on DEC Windows

Posted on 26 Feb 17 by mike632t

A long time ago when I first had access to a VMS Workstation with DEC Windows you didn’t really need to worry about the screen resolution or refresh rate as the graphics options were essentially fixed by the hardware.

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Adding nVidia video drivers to Debian 8.0 (Jessie)

Posted on 11 Jun 15 by mike632t

Getting the nVidia drivers to work on whatever the current version of Debian can sometimes be a bit of a chore, there were binary drivers available in ‘lenny’, you had to download them and compile them for ‘squeeze’, and ‘wheezy’ … Continue reading →

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Installing MATE on Raspbian/Debian 8.0 (jessie)

Posted on 19 May 15 by mike632t

I don’t actively dislike the GNOME 3 look and feel, but I don’t really like it either and much prefer the MATE Desktop environment. Previously I installed MATE from the backports repository and used it with Debian wheezy for a … Continue reading →

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Script to connect to remote desktop using XDMCP

Posted on 30 Apr 15 by mike632t

As readers of my previous posts may have noticed I’m a bit of a fan of being able to work on multiple desktops, however trying to remember the right command parameters, or keep track of the next available display number … Continue reading →

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My new VAXstation

Posted on 24 Nov 14 by mike632t

I’ve known about this website for a while but although the author had made some (considerable) progress enhancing the VAX simulations in ‘simh‘ until a few months ago there was no code available to run on Linux.

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Installing MATE

Posted on 27 Feb 14 by mike632t

MATE is a fork of the original GNOME 2 desktop environment that retains the familiar GNOME 2 look and feel and provides an alternative to GNOME 3, particularly on older or less powerful machines, and with a little patience you … Continue reading →

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