No problemo we are all newbies here. Its just a matter of degree..
On Wednesday 17 Jul 2002 2:09 pm, Joe Harkins wrote: > Derek, I appreciate the advice. Based upon the certainty with which you > state it, it appears you know what I need to do. But I am not able to > follow the instructions without more details. SNIP > > At 10:05 PM 7/16/2002 +0100, you wrote: > >1/ In konqueror enable viewing of Hidden Files > >View>Show hidden > > I'm stuck right there. I have looked and looked but do not find any menu > that says View>Show Hidden. Can you be more specific as to how to get to > it? For example, let's say I have the desktop displayed. The K icon is in > the lower left corner (that's Konqueror, right?). I click on it and that > displays a long menu. What do I click on next to get to this function? > No.. The K icon is the 'KMenu' like the 'Start' button in Windows Konqueror is an application that does two things It is a file manager like Windows Explorer, and it is a web browser like Internet Explorer. In this case we shall use it as a file manager in which case we start it by pressing the 'House' Icon to the right of the K Menu This will start konqueror up looking at the 'Home' menu for your user. Unlike Windows, Linux has a different 'Home' directory for each user. Now Find the 'View>Show Hidden files' option. In Linux any file that starts with '.' is a hidden file. They will be revealed when you select that option. > >Navigate in your home directory to .kde/share/config > > After the previous step, will .kde/share/config be in the same menu or are > there intermediate steps to get to it? .kde will be immediately below your home directory. In Linux the root directory is called '/' and all others hang below it. So your home will be /home/user_name and the directory we want to find is /home/user_name/.kde another way of writing that is ~/.kde where ~ means "Your home directory" > > >Right click on kmailrc and select an editor > > If there is more than one editor, which is most likely to be easiest for me > to understand and use? Kmenu>Applications>Editors>KEdit It is a plain text editor with no fancy features. Just type text and save. > > >2/ Edit out the offending account, adjust the account numbers and save. > > When you say "edit out" shall I assume you mean "delete"? Or am I modifying > something? A sample account looks like this :- [Account 2] Folder=inbox Name=ntlworld Type=pop auth=USER check-exclude=true check-interval=0 filter-on-server=false filter-os-check-size=50000 host=pop.ntlworld.com leave-on-server=false login=XXXXXXX pass=XXXXXXXXXX pipelining=false port=110 precommand= protocol=3 store-passwd=true use-ssl=false use-tls=false All you have to do is delete any phantom account and make sure the first account is [Account 1] > > I already have seen enough of Linux to anticipate that I probably will not > know what file name or extension I am looking for. Can you be more > specific? > The file name is ~/.kde/share/config/kmailrc It will take a while for you to find your way around the filesystem. One good thing about Linux is absolutely everything is controlled by a text file somewhere. Which means it is real easy to change anything if only you know where to look. I recommend you read around the subject. The Mandrake online manuals are a good place to start http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/fdoc.php3 Dont worry if it is confusing. I promise you will be delighted at the cool things you can do in Linux. This list is a good place to learn. Also check out the discussion pages at www.mandrakeuser.org. derek
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