Re: re. [newbie] StarOffice Mandrake7

2000-05-18 Thread Paul
On Wed, 17 May 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: configuring sound. Lothar or sndconfig both error out with an error in an isapnp call. "Don't know what to do with (lines?) 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, or 15 on or about line 453." "/etc/isapnp.conf:453 -- fatal no action taken" And that file

Re: re. [newbie] StarOffice Mandrake7

2000-05-17 Thread Paul
On Tue, 16 May 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: These new guys don't realize what a revolution the TRS-80 was. At any rate, I don't know enough to much around with X configuration (I was hoping somebody would tell me when I first wrote a couple of weeks ago). At any rate I had nothing much

Re: re. [newbie] StarOffice Mandrake7

2000-05-17 Thread GAPrichard
My tan case Osborne was the first of a new type of computer: the luggable. I'm glad that luggable has gone out of common usage. -Gary-

Re: re. [newbie] StarOffice Mandrake7

2000-05-16 Thread Paul
On Mon, 15 May 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also, why is it so important to have Wordperfect in addition to Star Office (or visa versa)? I'm used to Word Perfect (and have a book about half-done with it) and I like it. I would also like to have a spread-sheet program under Linux. I'm

re. [newbie] StarOffice Mandrake7

2000-05-15 Thread GAPrichard
replying to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Garywhat does "reload Linux" mean exactly? After each problem with WordPerfect and StarOffice I did a total reinstall: partition, format, the works. Install of what, gave an '"install failed" at about 80% complete'? Sorry for summarizing to the

Re: re. [newbie] StarOffice Mandrake7

2000-05-15 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Garyso do you really need Star Office? I ask because whatever anomaly is causing this is getting you down and maybe a compromise is the best way out. Wasn't recofiguring X enough to fix things. Did you look for damage to the /etc/X11/XF86Config file? Possibly backing this file up before

Re: re. [newbie] StarOffice Mandrake7

2000-05-15 Thread vern
Alan Shoemaker wrote: Alan P.S. I bought my first computer in 1978, it was a TRS-80 Model I with 4 K of ram and a cassette deck to load programs and save data. This was way before my first wordprocessor, Electric Pencil. :-) Hey Alan remember when the "new thing" was Wordstar? I have

Re: re. [newbie] StarOffice Mandrake7

2000-05-15 Thread Mark Potochnik
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also, why is it so important to have Wordperfect in addition to Star Office (or visa versa)? I'm used to Word Perfect (and have a book about half-done with it) and I like it. I would also like to have a spread-sheet program under Linux. I'm dual-booting for

Re: re. [newbie] StarOffice Mandrake7

2000-05-14 Thread GAPrichard
I've registered my copy of Word Perfect, and with my video properly configured again tried to install Star Office when Word Perfect was already in place, and it still corrupts Xwindows to the extent that I have to reload Linux to fix it. Summarizing many installs of Linux and WP/SO: 1)

Re: re. [newbie] StarOffice Mandrake7

2000-05-14 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Garywhat does "reload Linux" mean exactly? Install of what, gave an '"install failed" at about 80% complete'? Also, why is it so important to have Wordperfect in addition to Star Office (or visa versa)? Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've registered my copy of Word Perfect, and

RE: re. [newbie] StarOffice Mandrake7

2000-05-12 Thread Glenn Crouch - ESB
GaryI certainly can't say what it is that caused your problems, but I have both SO and WP running on my mdk 7.0 system and have experienced no problems. Mine were installed from disc 5 of the MandrakeSoft Powerpack 7.0. Same here... Glenn Crouch mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:36017076

Re: re. [newbie] StarOffice Mandrake7

2000-05-11 Thread Paul
On Thu, 11 May 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any ideas on getting WP and SO to peacefully co-exist? Several more full installs of Mandrake-Linux 7 has determined that Word Perfect and Star Office will not co-exist. Clean installation configurations (fresh wipe and install, with no

Re: re. [newbie] StarOffice Mandrake7

2000-05-11 Thread Wayne Petherick
Gary, I would hate to tell you this but I have installed and still use WP and SO together on the same machine, same Linux distro without a problem. I would suggest it may be a problem with your graphics card perhaps. Wayne On Thu, 11 May 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any ideas on

Re: re. [newbie] StarOffice Mandrake7

2000-05-11 Thread Alan Shoemaker
GaryI certainly can't say what it is that caused your problems, but I have both SO and WP running on my mdk 7.0 system and have experienced no problems. Mine were installed from disc 5 of the MandrakeSoft Powerpack 7.0. Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any ideas on getting WP and SO

[newbie] StarOffice Mandrake7

2000-05-05 Thread GAPrichard
After 6 full installs, I now know what was corrupting my X. It was not desktop configuration, hdparm, video setup (as generics), or any of the other RPMs I loaded from Mandrake 7 Deluxe, (modem sound not configured) --Star Office so corrupted X that it froze Linux during boot, while