Janed

mfillpot wrote: PCLinuxOS does not apear to have xscreensaver, even from root. The forums at PCLinuxOS are broken, just like PowerSaver controls, even though that is currently my favorite distro (that is able to run all sorts for java-crap my broker uses).

rj98942 wrote:

saqman2060 wrote: The program run the console has only one process and when exits returns to the console and nothing else until any time afterward I decide to run another program from that same console, five seconds later or five minutes later, the 2516 possibilities prompt then pops up.

mfillpot wrote: xmodmap -pke shows: keycode 9 = Escape ... keycode 98 = Up so its unlikely what's going on, because the program uses ncurses getch() for key input where KEY_UP is used to move something in the Y direction, KEY_RIGHT in the X direction, and so forth until a key not defined such as Esc is hit, then it exits…

That old a machine will not easily boot off USB. There is no need to mount the HD. Just cram it in the box where it won't bump against anything critical. If it doesn't fit, just hang the molex and ribbon cables outside. If they're too short, then get longer ones for a couple bucks...

mfillpot wrote: Just hold down the Esc key for more than 2 seconds and it will happen. The same thing also happens in Fedora, Mandriva, Mint, Susu, and Ubuntu. I would think that someone in this forum could tell me how to disable it? For this sort of problem googling appears useless.