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Open your xorg.conf file add the following lines and save the file

Section “Extensions”
Option “Composite” “Disable”
EndSection


reboot

PS: My mistake^^

Ok, done. Before I restart, what does it do? The composite setting.

It speeds up the desktop but it should work without and you can turn it on again when Fred fixed the problem.

You don't have to reboot, just logout and press Ctrl+Alt+Backspace. (And be prepared for a messup with your dpi settings...)

That didn't work. Now I'm running the live cd.
I got an error when starting the machine about it failed to start the X server.
In the details it said something about incorrect or missing " sign in the section. How can I edit the conf file from the command prompt?

Not

Section “Extensions”
Option “Composite” “Disable”
EndSection

but

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

just use gedit or nano to edit the file within the terminal.[/quote]

Aaa I didn't see the difference at first hehehe.

I tried gedit but it won't start because the X server isn't running. Does nano need the graphics server too?

no nano doesn't need it and vim does neither

If the Ubuntu developers are sane, just type xorgconfig and answer the questions to create a new valid xorg.conf.

Got it fixed now. I typed sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf and corrected the file and restarted. Now PB works like a charm

Thanks for all the help guys
BUT, do expect some more lame linux questions in the very near future

I've tried making a sh file for launching PBbut it doesn't work. Nothing happens. What am I doing wrong?

Leave out the $ signs

Aaa

That worked. When I click the help menu in the PB editor I get this error "Cannot open the file '~/purebasic/purebasic.help' ! When I click OK the help program opens up but without any contents.



When I try to compile this I get the following error: Can't load any OSLibraries! Please re-install PureBasic

GeoTrail wrote:When I try to compile this

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RunProgram("export", "PUREBASIC_HOME=~/purebasic", WorkingDirectory.s)
RunProgram("export", "PATH=$PUREBASIC_HOME/compilers:$PATH", WorkingDirectory.s)
RunProgram("purebasic", Parameter.s, WorkingDirectory.s)

I get the following error: Can't load any OSLibraries! Please re-install PureBasic

Pity that RunProgram() PB function is still not perfect for linux, because it is one of the more interesting functions for that OS.
BTW of Ubuntu, i installed KUbuntu 6.10, and as a notice; if you are full that it checks filesystem partitions every time you boot, the solution is to edit /etc/fstab file (set to 0 the last parameters).
Info about that file:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fstab
Very good done, but in spanish:
http://es.tldp.org/Manuales-LuCAS/lfs-e ... fstab.html

This has nothing to do with RunProgram().
The expansion of environment variables is done by the shell, and running a program
directly does not involve the shell, so this kind of thing will never work.