Re: tlug: kon probs.

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Takeshi Hakamada wrote:

> From: Florin Oprina <oprina@example.com>
> Message-ID: <36539F62.BBD1FF3D@example.com>
> > 
> > 
> > Takeshi Hakamada wrote:
> > 
> > > What versions of kon are you using?
> > > I have not run kon for four years.
> > >
> > 
> >   Well, I'm using version 1, it seems, from sept. 1996.
> > Is it so out-dated to use kon? it was the only thing I found to support kanji
> > display on my console, what are you people using?
> 
> I managed to compile kon2 and have no problem to run on my
> notebook(Western Digital WD90C24) and desktop(Riva128).
> PHT ftp site has rpm package for kon2, konfont. So you deserve
> downloading and install it.
> 
> IMO, kon is not so out-dated. Few years ago, I didn't felt
> comfortable to run X on notebook due to lack of memory and disk
> space. So I lived with kon. Fortunately, today's notebook PCs
> have sufficient memory and disk to run X. So hardly is kon used
> these days.

we use it for our Japanese installer.  In fact, kon2 is still being
maintained.  Manabe-san works for PHT on a consultant basis, actually.  So
if you find bugs in kon, you can report them either to me or through the
TLJ support system.

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com, sstone@example.com>
Head of TurboLinux Development/Systems Administrator
Pacific HiTech, Inc (USA) / Pacific HiTech, KK (Japan)


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