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<SMALL>...<I>making Linux just a little more fun!</I></SMALL>
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<A NAME="answer"><BIG><BIG><STRONG><FONT COLOR="maroon"
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<STRONG>By Jim Dennis, Ben Okopnik, Dan Wilder, Breen, Chris, and...
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(<a href="tag/bios.html">meet the Gang</a>) ...
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the Editors of <i>Linux Gazette</i>...
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and You!
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<br>We have guidelines for <a href="http://www.linuxgazette.com/tag/ask-the-gang.html">asking</a> and <a href="http://www.linuxgazette.com/tag/members-faq.html">answering</a> questions. Linux questions only, please.
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<br><em><font color="#7F0000">We make <b>no guarantees</b> about answers, but you can be <b>anonymous</b> on request.</font></em>
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<br>See also: The Answer Gang's
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<a href="../tag/kb.html">Knowledge Base</a>
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and the <i>LG</i>
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<a href="http://www.linuxgazette.com/search.html">Search Engine</a>
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<H3>Contents:</H3>
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<dt><a href="#tag/greeting"
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><strong>¶: Greetings From Heather Stern</strong></A></dl>
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><strong>Triple booting</strong></a>
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><img src="../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" height="28" width="50"
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><strong>code safety</strong></a>
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><img src="../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" height="28" width="50"
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alt="(!)" border="0"
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><strong>PC-MOS</strong></a>
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><img src="../gx/dennis/qbub.gif" height="28" width="50"
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><strong>restoring broken X connections</strong></a>
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<H3 align="left"><img src="../gx/dennis/hbubble.gif"
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>Greetings from Heather Stern</H3>
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Welcome once more folks, to the world of The Answer Gang. We haven't
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decided where to hang the stockings; Tux goes out on Geek Cruises all
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the time, so he's rarely found at the South Pole anymore. Perhaps I
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should create a <TT>/hearth</TT> in my home directory, and give it a <TT>/chimney</TT>,
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some <TT>/stockings</TT>, and what the heck, <TT>/menorah</TT>, <TT>/presents</TT>, and
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<TT>/peace.on.earth.</TT> Top things off with a <TT>/var/log/yule</TT> we can burn in
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January, and...
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Oh, you didn't want to hear all this silliness. You wanted to get
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to the presents. Well, I can tell you this little nerdette is still
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looking for LCD monitor prices to come down. I guess my New Year's
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Resolution will have to be running past a nice scanner.
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If you can't think of anything for the geek in your life, I recommend
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a good uninterruptible power supply (UPS). We can always use more...
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For those who are wondering, the top reason for anyone not getting
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answered this month is: insufficient detail! Folks, we're pretty
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smart, and might even be accused of telepathy, but we are not there
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in the room with you, so we can't see that machine. We really need
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those error messages, any bleeps it's making, how it worked before
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and what you were expecting of it. With these things, we can provide
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answers you probably had no idea were available ... beyond just how
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to do the thing you think will work. WIthout these hints, we're
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as blind and as stumped as you are to what's going on.
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To all the tiny elves, Kris Kringles and Gnomes in our computers,
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enjoy your extra trons and blinkylights this season.
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<br>Copyright © 2002
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<BR>Published in Issue 85 of <i>Linux Gazette</i>, December 2002</H5>
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<SMALL><CENTER><H6 ALIGN="center">HTML script maintained by
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