Re: [newbie] Browser of Choice
Hi ~ Can I just say, I'm a newbie to Linux and I'm a home-user, not a Sys Admin. But I think you'll find that if you su to root, cd to /var/spool/mail/ and type: chmod -R 777 * Then that should solve the problem. For details of what this is doing, see the man (or info) pages on chmod. ttfn, Del --- Bob wrote: > When I clicka link in Mail Client the KFM file manager opens. A nice little > browser, just can't access it from my desktop. > > What I would like is to be able to select Netscape as my browser of choice. > > When I attempt to invoke Netscape's mail the following error message appears: > > "Can't move mail unable to write to /var/spool/mail/Bob Permission denied. > > It continues: > For the internal movemail method to work, we must be able to lock files. On > many systems, this is best accomplished by making that directory be mode 01777. > If that is not not possible, then an external setgid/setuid movemail program > must be used. > > All I can say is HUH??? > > Your advise please
[newbie] kppp
Hi ~ any kppp officianados out there ? Every time I go online, I get a whole string of these, sometimes dozens: Couldn't find interface ppp0: No such device Couldn't find interface ppp0: No such device Couldn't find interface ppp0: No such device Couldn't find interface ppp0: No such device Couldn't find interface ppp0: No such device Presumably I need to correct a config file? Del --- Personal website for M.E. news, views & treatments: http://www.godot.connectfree.co.uk - home of the ME Medics Online Directory.
Re: [newbie] Re : Enlightenment
Thanks for the tips. It was so good to get an iconbox at last, that I did it again, and got another one, right on top of the first. Then I tried iconifying a couple of windows, and both icons no doubt popped up in the (hidden) first iconbox! I don't suppose there's a way of moving an iconbox? I like to have my pager bottom-right anyway. Del. Antonio Noronha wrote: > > Hi Del > > Click with both right and left buttons in the mouse > a window will open, then go to the desktop and click > in the create iconbox. > Your iconbox will open !! and everything that you > minimize will be there!! > > Regards!! > > --- Del Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > escreveu: > > Hi ~ > > > > I have run KDE and Gnome for a while under redhat, > > but recently > > installed Mandrake and decided to try out > > Enlightenment. It's fine, but > > for one thing - if I iconify a window, it vanishes; > > there are no icons > > anywhere. > > > > So my question is : where do iconified windows go to > > ? (The > > iconified-window planet ?!) > > > > Cheers, > > Del. > > > >\\\|/// > >( o o ) > >--oO0o-U-oO0o-- > > > > > > = > Antonio Luiz Oliveira de Noronha > Nucleo de Estudos em Química Medicinal - NEQUIM > Chemistry Departament - DQ > Federal University of Minas Gerais - UFMG > Belo Horizonte, MG > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. > http://invites.yahoo.com -- \\\|/// ( o o ) --oO0o-U-oO0o--
Re: [newbie] going back to shell
Edit /etc/inittab (as root) and change the line id:5:initdefault ...to... id:3:initdefault Del. "Rivera, Oscar" wrote: > > hi > my machine boots directly into x windows and I want it to boot to the > command prompt > how can I do that? can you help? > > thanks -- \\\|/// ( o o ) --oO0o-U-oO0o--
[newbie] Re : Enlightenment
Hi ~ I have run KDE and Gnome for a while under redhat, but recently installed Mandrake and decided to try out Enlightenment. It's fine, but for one thing - if I iconify a window, it vanishes; there are no icons anywhere. So my question is : where do iconified windows go to ? (The iconified-window planet ?!) Cheers, Del. \\\|/// ( o o ) --oO0o-U-oO0o--
Re: [newbie] Moving usr and home
Do a copy (cp) not a move (mv) ! It's a whole lot safer. Then you can delete the old directories when you're *sure* you're system's *not* messed up. cp -R /home /mnt/b1/ I'm guessing you've already edited fstab in your /etc partition to automount the new partitions under ./mnt/. Otherwise, try a manual mount as root first: mount /dev/b1 /mnt/b1 (assuming you've created /mnt/b1 with mkdir first) I know, I know, you knew all that *but*. Del Paul wrote: > > Hi all, > > Now I am in need of an answer. > I have /usr and /home as subdirectories on the / (root) partition. This is > a 1.6 Gb partition. > Now I got 2 large partitions extra available, 4 and 4.5 Gb. I want to move > /usr to one of them, and /home to the other one. > These extra partitions now are called /b1 and /b2. > Can someone tell me how I should go about with this, without messing up my > entire system? > > Thanks for the help and advice you can give me. > Paul > > )0(---)0( > > Spring is nature's way of saying: > "Let's party!!" > > )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( > http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 > Registered Linux User 174403 -- \\\|/// ( o o ) --oO0o-U-oO0o--
Re: [newbie] HELP
this may be stating the obvious but... The login screen should include a selection box for which desktop manager you want at the foot. If you opted to install KDE then you should be able to just select it at that point. Otherwise, should drop you out of x-windows to a command prompt where you can log in as root and hack about. returns you to X. Hope this helps. BTW, it might be worth creating a new partition for a new installation - that way you've always got the old system to fall back on. Del. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I just did a new install of mandrake 70-2. I was using mandrake 6.2 with KDE and it >worked great. > I figured it would be the same with 7.02. I was > unfortunately wrong. When I installed I got threw flawlessly and rebooted. Now I'm >stuck. I got a log in screen in some unknown interface. I logged on and now I'm stuck >with a greenish blue background and two (2) console > windows. All the commands are different I'm screwed! I want KDE back if possible. I >am a little annoyed about having to learn all new console commands but I at least >need an interface I'm used to. > > PLEASE HELP ME I WOULD BE REALLY APPRECIATIVE > > Mike > > > Get your own free email account from > http://www.popmail.com -- \\\|/// ( o o ) --oO0o-U-oO0o--
