test and a note on XF86Config

[Mark Kennedy]

"John A. Smolin" wrote:
> 
> Bill Mair wrote:
> >
> > I quoute the following from my XF86Config:
> >
> > #
> > # I have a german keyboard so this may have to be adapted
> > # for your system.
> > #
> >
> > Seeing as my file set has been downloaded from everywhere
> > between California <USA ;-) > and Tokio I had to setup some
> > kind of keyboard, so I left it as it is on my system.
> 
> Yes, the real gotcha is that I didn't read the
> file and adjust it to my system and myself.
> Perhaps you could add a note to this effect on
> the files download page.  It didn't occur to
> me to look at the thing until after I had problems.
> (Obviously I'm new to playing with linux or
> I would have known better).
> 
> Now, I find I have another problem.  I can't
> get the append "mem=127M" line in lilo.conf to
> work.  I have seen it on various webpages as
> append="mem=127M" or as
> append "mem=127M"
> and I've tried putting it at various spots in
> lilo.conf and nothing seems to work.  Is there
> something else I have to do to make linux recognize
> that there is a new lilo.conf or something?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John

you have to run the command 'lilo' (as root) before
lilo.conf changes are 'seen'.

/mark

ps - what is the reason for hand-specifying one meg less
than the maximum for a thinkpad?  or is this just superstition?

pps - thanks to everyone (bill mair in particular) for providing
such helpful info (and software).  so far, the hardest part about
putting linux on my TP has been pulling the win98/winNT sticker
off the lower left corner :-).