flupke....apology accepted, let's get on with helping folks.
Alan
flupke wrote:
>
> Alan,
> I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to be rude. I just wanted to attract
> everybody's attention on the fact that there is generally no need to
> reinstall linux. I see too often people saying "It didn't work, so I
> reinstalled everything." And I REALLY felt like I had to say that it is
> not a good solution.
>
> If you think I have been rude towards you, please accept my apologies and
> let's forget about it. This remark wasn't meant to be read only by you,
> and that's why I insisted so much about it.
>
> Again, I'm sorry.
> Flupke
>
> On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, Alan Shoemaker wrote:
>
> > flupke....because your opinion/solution and mine differ is no
> > reason to be rude towards me when you expound upon your own
> > remedy. Yelling that my suggestion to help this person was
> > 'BAD' was simply not called for and I resent it.
> >
> > Yelling in general is rude, but what you said, in the manner
> > in which you said it, was pompous and condescending in the
> > extreme as well as just plain rude.
> >
> > Please contemplate and consider the above comments when
> > composing future public messages.
> >
> > Alan
> >
> >
> > flupke wrote:
> > >
> > > I also installed XFree4.0 while I shouldn't BUT I DIDN'T REINSTALL THE OS.
> > > Please FORGET about this BAD idea! You are in a UNIX environnement! This
> > > is NOT windows!
> > > If you have installed XFree4.O and want to install XFree3.3.6, then you
> > > just have to boot, uninstall XFree4.0 and install XFree3.3.6. And you are
> > > done.
> > > Everybody should understand that if one package has problems, then you
> > > just handle the faulty package. And you don't have to reinstall the whole
> > > thing from scratch. Could it be a problem with X, the security level, the
> > > internet connection, or anything, you can repair it.
> > >
> > > Sorry, but I had to say it.
> > > Flupke
> > >
> > > On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> > >
> > > > Carl....that sounds like what I experienced when I first
> > > > installed 7.1 and chose version 4 of XF86. I reinstalled 7.1
> > > > and picked version 3.6 of XF86 and those symptoms no longer
> > > > occured.
> > > >
> > > > Alan
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Carl Kehley wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I just installed Mandrake 7.1 yesterday, development install from
> > > > > install and ext. cd's, and I've got a few minor problems. Any help
> > > > > would be greatly appreciated.
> > > > >
> > > > > First, Mandrake refuses to recognize my mouse as Logitech MouseMan+,
> > > > > and instead keeps calling it a generic PS2. I've changed it in the
> > > > > mouseconfig in DrakConf, it's recognized correctly in Lothar, but I've
> > > > > got no support for the wheel(even as a third button).
> > > > >
> > > > > Next, gnome-ppp------what is meant by "remote name" in the config? I've
> > > > > set it up exactly the same as kppp, but it disconnects about 30 seconds
> > > > > after the handshake, and I've got no dns, even though everything is
> > > > > entered correctly.
> > > > >
> > > > > Finally, there seem to be major conflicts between the RealPlayer 7
> > > > > Netscape plugin and plugger in Communicator, to the point where
> > > > > RealPlayer freezes and I've got to reboot to get my sound back. I
> > > > > remember seeing something similar in the list last week, but I didn't
> > > > > save the message, and can't locate it in the archives.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any help, advice, creative criticism gladly accepted.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks in advance,
> > > > > Carl Kehley
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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> >
> >
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