Re: [newbie] Oops - what happened?

2003-06-11 Thread ajx
rikona wrote: TBHey, one thing I forgot to mention. On some hardware you'll TB need to use the Left Alt key, the one on the right won't do. ;) Are you serious, or is this one of the list 'leg-pullers'? :-) If serious, what's the difference? I'm no doubt a bit late on this one. But

Re: [newbie] Oops - what happened?

2003-06-11 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 09 Jun 2003 7:24 am, ajx wrote: rikona wrote: TBHey, one thing I forgot to mention. On some hardware you'll TB need to use the Left Alt key, the one on the right won't do. ;) Are you serious, or is this one of the list 'leg-pullers'? :-) If serious, what's the

Re[2]: [newbie] Oops - what happened?

2003-06-11 Thread rikona
Hello ajx, Sunday, June 8, 2003, 11:24:01 PM, you wrote: a It isn't a leg-pull, Rikona, it's a key difference I now understand. -- Thank you for your help, rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re[8]: [newbie] Oops - what happened?

2003-06-04 Thread rikona
Hello Tom, Friday, May 30, 2003, 7:20:18 AM, you wrote: TB On Thursday May 29 2003 08:01 pm, rikona wrote: TB I've never needed to use Alt+SysRqr+s-e-i-u-b, but it's a good TB thing to look up the process and remember that goofy phrase ;) Goofy, but nice to know about. :-) TBHey, one

Re: [newbie] Oops - what happened?

2003-06-04 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 03 Jun 2003 7:22 pm, rikona wrote: Hello Tom, Friday, May 30, 2003, 7:20:18 AM, you wrote: TB On Thursday May 29 2003 08:01 pm, rikona wrote: TB I've never needed to use Alt+SysRqr+s-e-i-u-b, but it's a good TB thing to look up the process and remember that goofy phrase ;)

Re: [newbie] Oops - what happened?

2003-06-04 Thread Margot
Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 03 Jun 2003 7:22 pm, rikona wrote: Hello Tom, Friday, May 30, 2003, 7:20:18 AM, you wrote: TB On Thursday May 29 2003 08:01 pm, rikona wrote: TB I've never needed to use Alt+SysRqr+s-e-i-u-b, but it's a good TB thing to look up the process and remember that goofy

Re: [newbie] Oops - what happened?

2003-06-04 Thread Richard Urwin
On Tuesday 03 Jun 2003 8:56 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: Not a leg-pull. I can't tell you what the difference is, but it exists. For instance, on my keyboard, if I use Rt-Alt+4 I get ¤, but if I use left-Alt + 4 I get nothing at all. IIUC, the right Alt, Alt Gr is used to construct accented

Re: [newbie] Oops - what happened?

2003-06-04 Thread Robin Turner
Margot wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 03 Jun 2003 7:22 pm, rikona wrote: Hello Tom, Friday, May 30, 2003, 7:20:18 AM, you wrote: TB On Thursday May 29 2003 08:01 pm, rikona wrote: TB I've never needed to use Alt+SysRqr+s-e-i-u-b, but it's a good TB thing to look up the process and

Re: [newbie] Oops - what happened?

2003-06-04 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 04 Jun 2003 7:49 am, Robin Turner wrote: Margot wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: Not a leg-pull. I can't tell you what the difference is, but it exists. For instance, on my keyboard, if I use Rt-Alt+4 I get , but if I use left-Alt + 4 I get nothing at all. Anne On some

Re: [newbie] Oops - what happened?

2003-06-04 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 04 Jun 2003 7:28 am, Richard Urwin wrote: On Tuesday 03 Jun 2003 8:56 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: Not a leg-pull. I can't tell you what the difference is, but it exists. For instance, on my keyboard, if I use Rt-Alt+4 I get ¤, but if I use left-Alt + 4 I get nothing at all.

Re[2]: [newbie] Oops - what happened?

2003-05-31 Thread rikona
Hello Charlie, Wednesday, May 28, 2003, 8:04:19 AM, you wrote: C Here's one brief 'n' basic quickie type reference to keyboard C shortcuts. Thanks for the pointers. C bring a lunch when you click the new Howtos English (or whatever C installed your language is) in the documentation menu.

Re[3]: [newbie] Oops - what happened?

2003-05-30 Thread rikona
Hello FemmeFatale, Tuesday, May 27, 2003, 10:25:02 PM, you wrote: F See Attachment for explanations. This might help if I do get a freeze. Nice to know. -- Thank you, rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re[5]: [newbie] Oops - what happened?

2003-05-30 Thread rikona
Hello bascule, Tuesday, May 27, 2003, 11:13:42 PM, you wrote: b to get the 'process bar' back press alt-f2 and type 'kicker', this b should bring back the panel at the bottom That would have helped a lot - thanks. -- Thank you, rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re[4]: [newbie] Oops - what happened?

2003-05-30 Thread rikona
Hello FemmeFatale, Wednesday, May 28, 2003, 2:11:08 AM, you wrote: F Other than that... I dunno. Got my own problems... sigh. Fubared F my own installation in record time. Sorry I'm not much help. Even so, I appreciate your response. -- Thank you, rikona

Re[4]: [newbie] Oops - what happened?

2003-05-30 Thread rikona
Hello Derek, Wednesday, May 28, 2003, 2:20:10 AM, you wrote: Is there a 'master list' of MD keystrokes I could get (not from the MD box, for times like this)? DJ http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/doc/90c/en/Starter.html/troubleshooting-system-freeze.html I saw this, and on a web page I also

Re[6]: [newbie] Oops - what happened?

2003-05-30 Thread rikona
Hello Tom, Wednesday, May 28, 2003, 8:02:38 AM, you wrote: TB I've never needed to use Alt+SysRqr+s-e-i-u-b, but it's a good TB thing to look up the process and remember that goofy phrase ;) Goofy, but nice to know about. :-) -- Thank you, rikonamailto:[EMAIL

Re: Re[4]: [newbie] Oops - what happened?

2003-05-29 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Tuesday May 27 2003 10:43 pm, rikona wrote: Hello Dennis, Tuesday, May 27, 2003, 7:36:50 PM, you wrote: DM I'm not sure where to look, I tried a couple of man pages and no DM luck. Try a google search on linux keyboard shortcuts or DM variations thereof. I rummaged around a bit, but

Re: [newbie] Oops - what happened?

2003-05-29 Thread Charlie
quoting rikona's missive of Tuesday 27 May 2003 08:02 pm: Hello Dennis, Tuesday, May 27, 2003, 6:36:31 PM, you wrote: DM I'm not sure what happened but you can try hittine ctl-alt-F6 and DM that should take you to a console screen where you can type DM reboot. There is probably a more

Re[3]: [newbie] Oops - what happened?

2003-05-28 Thread FemmeFatale
At 10:58 PM 5/27/2003 -0700, you wrote: Hello FemmeFatale, Tuesday, May 27, 2003, 10:25:02 PM, you wrote: F See Attachment for explanations. Thanks for the notes. I was looking for a complete list, since one of the web pages mentioned there were many others. Dunno where it is though. :-))

Re: Re[2]: [newbie] Oops - what happened?

2003-05-28 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 28 May 2003 3:05 am, rikona wrote: Hello Joeb, Tuesday, May 27, 2003, 6:58:13 PM, you wrote: J ctl-alt-backspace will restart the window manager. That might be J all that is needed instead of a complete reboot. Thanks very much for the tip. Maybe should have waited, but

[newbie] Oops - what happened?

2003-05-27 Thread rikona
Hello, As I was reading email on another comp, Mandrake 'went to sleep' as it does after a short time. It has been doing this quite often, without incident. When I just moved the mouse to 'awaken' MD, all the many things I had open are gone, including the 'process' bar (or whatever it's called)

Re: [newbie] Oops - what happened?

2003-05-27 Thread Dennis Myers
On Tuesday 27 May 2003 08:30 pm, rikona wrote: Hello, As I was reading email on another comp, Mandrake 'went to sleep' as it does after a short time. It has been doing this quite often, without incident. When I just moved the mouse to 'awaken' MD, all the many things I had open are gone,

Re: [newbie] Oops - what happened?

2003-05-27 Thread Joeb
On Tue, 27 May 2003 20:36:31 -0500 Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 27 May 2003 08:30 pm, rikona wrote: Hello, As I was reading email on another comp, Mandrake 'went to sleep' as it does after a short time. It has been doing this quite often, without incident. When I

Re[2]: [newbie] Oops - what happened?

2003-05-27 Thread rikona
Hello Dennis, Tuesday, May 27, 2003, 6:36:31 PM, you wrote: DM I'm not sure what happened but you can try hittine ctl-alt-F6 and DM that should take you to a console screen where you can type DM reboot. There is probably a more elegant way to recover, so DM anyone who knows jump right in here.

Re[2]: [newbie] Oops - what happened?

2003-05-27 Thread rikona
Hello Joeb, Tuesday, May 27, 2003, 6:58:13 PM, you wrote: J ctl-alt-backspace will restart the window manager. That might be J all that is needed instead of a complete reboot. Thanks very much for the tip. Maybe should have waited, but already rebooted. Both replies used key strokes. Is there

Re: Re[2]: [newbie] Oops - what happened?

2003-05-27 Thread Dennis Myers
On Tuesday 27 May 2003 09:05 pm, rikona wrote: Hello Joeb, Tuesday, May 27, 2003, 6:58:13 PM, you wrote: J ctl-alt-backspace will restart the window manager. That might be J all that is needed instead of a complete reboot. Thanks very much for the tip. Maybe should have waited, but

Re[4]: [newbie] Oops - what happened?

2003-05-27 Thread rikona
Hello Dennis, Tuesday, May 27, 2003, 7:36:50 PM, you wrote: DM I'm not sure where to look, I tried a couple of man pages and no DM luck. Try a google search on linux keyboard shortcuts or DM variations thereof. I rummaged around a bit, but couldn't find a very complete list. On one page there