It's a miracle

Feb 02, 2010 19:29

After more than a year of messing with it (though not, I admit, very diligently) I have succeeded in making the scroll wheel of the mouse work in Wolvix. Comparing the xorg.conf files on two different machines (neither of which worked, but for different reasons) I conclude that I just failed to follow directions very carefully. Duh-mb pony me. Not ( Read more... )

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gremy February 3 2010, 02:20:47 UTC
altivo February 3 2010, 12:38:35 UTC
Good luck. I've turned sour on the publishing world long ago. It's too closed and cliquish. I decided to enter the competition because it looks "mostly harmless." ;p

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avon_deer February 3 2010, 08:39:26 UTC
I did not follow your submission in 07. I will have to read that one. It's exactly the kind of story I like.

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altivo February 3 2010, 12:42:00 UTC
Once the fallout from the competition is over, I'll make the whole thing available somehow. It came close to publication in 2008 but I backed off then. This will undoubtedly generate one or more offers from the self-publishing places, since Createspace is one of the sponsors along with Amazon and Penguin. I'm also entitled to some sort of deal as a result of having completed the NaNo last year, but I haven't looked into it really.

I don't really expect to get past the first cut, but whenever they toss me out, I can send you a PDF if you like.

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avon_deer February 3 2010, 12:43:45 UTC
I'd love that. You have my address, right?

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altivo February 3 2010, 12:57:04 UTC
Yup, I think so. I have your birthday message from December, must be on there. ;D

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hellmutt February 5 2010, 23:55:20 UTC
Daisy Daisy DAISY <3

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altivo February 6 2010, 00:26:44 UTC
Yeah, Daisy is fun, isn't she?

"Horse not-horse!"

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