Re: [newbie] Default sounds - changing or turning off
Thanks ... I knew it something obvious! Adam On Sunday 23 January 2005 04:05 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: On Monday 24 January 2005 00:00, J Latham wrote: Hi all ... Just wondering how to go about turning off (or changing) the default sounds in KDE. For example, the startup and exit music ... I looked in System-Configuration-KDE and then the various submenus but didn't see anything appropriate ... But perhaps I'm missing the obvious ... Any/all help is appreciated ... Thanks! Adam MenuSystemKDELooknFeelSystemNotifications Highlight the event and choose a sound for it. derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Ugly display with KMail composer msgs.
Jason Wilson wrote: J Adam Latham wrote: Dear All: Whenever I send a message with KMail it delivers the message in a wierd and ugly format ... What it does is print a sentence of the message on one line, then on the next line it only prints a word, then a sentence, then a word ... (This message, I'm sure, is doing the same thing!) Yet my messages while typed, and in my Sent folder, look just fine ... But the receiver's copy is always a formatting disaster ... At first I thought it might be something related to word-wrap, but it's set at 78, so that should be fine ... I tried reducing it to 70 but still got the same results ... I didn't notice anything else in the Configure KMail options to remedy this ... Any/all suggestions as to how to fix this will be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Adam Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com I don't know exactly how to fix this but just so you know, your message came out fine. At least on my machine. Jason Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Thanks for the reply ... I have heard from a couple of other list-members that the msg. came thru fine on their end as well ... So it could be that the problem is with the app. that is reading the msg. and not with KMail ... For example, if I send a msg. to my Yahoo! acct. the message will come through in the jagged fashion I described ... It may just be a fact of life to get used to! Thanks again to everyone who replied ... Best, Adam Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Ugly display with KMail composer msgs.
Dear All: Whenever I send a message with KMail it delivers the message in a wierd and ugly format ... What it does is print a sentence of the message on one line, then on the next line it only prints a word, then a sentence, then a word ... (This message, I'm sure, is doing the same thing!) Yet my messages while typed, and in my Sent folder, look just fine ... But the receiver's copy is always a formatting disaster ... At first I thought it might be something related to word-wrap, but it's set at 78, so that should be fine ... I tried reducing it to 70 but still got the same results ... I didn't notice anything else in the Configure KMail options to remedy this ... Any/all suggestions as to how to fix this will be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Adam -- The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when someone asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer. -- Henry David Thoreau Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Troy got hitched!
She's not a Windows user, is she? Call me politically incorrect, but I don't think such 'mixed marriages' have much chance for success! :^) Seriously, congratualtions ... On Tuesday 27 April 2004 11:17 am, Troy T. Hall wrote: : ty : : Troy T. Hall : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : - Original Message - : From: Klemens Arro [EMAIL PROTECTED] : To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 04:01 : Subject: Re: [newbie] Troy got hitched! : : On Tuesday 27 April 2004 03:34, Troy T. Hall wrote: : We're home now. Unfortunately we had to end the honeymoon a lot sooner : then we would of liked. But thats life. Thanks Dan! : : Congratulations! : : May you both have a good and happy life together! : -- : Klemens Arro : : My software never has bugs; it just develops random features. : : Using: Mandrake Linux 10 : Registered Linux User#: 346118 : ICQ#: 179198850 : : --- :- : : : Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? : Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com : Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com : : : --- : Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. : Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). : Version: 6.0.669 / Virus Database: 431 - Release Date: 4/26/2004 -- If you really want to change the world, what you will have to teach is how to live in it. -- Joseph Campbell Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Three small questions.......
On Monday 15 March 2004 05:02 pm, Henriette Holm wrote: : Hi. : I just installed Mandrake 10 and I'm quite happy with it. I just have : three (quick) questions: : : 1) There used to be this small tool in KDE showing the different : partitions. It was found under the KDE menu - Information - : Partitions. Anybody knows where it is now? : : 2) On the desktop the icons seems to be very close together - almost on : top of each other. Is there any way of changing this? : : 3) After the installation I noticed two weird mounts: /mnt/hd and : /mnt/hd2. They both seem to be empty and they don't have anything to do : with the actual partitions on my hard drives, since these are mounted as : /mnt/win_c, /mnt/win_c2 and /mnt/win_c3. Any suggestions or do I just : remove then in my fstab? (see below) : : Best regards : Henriette 1) I'm using 9.2 and can find the partition info here: KDE Menu - Configuration - KDE - Information - Partition 2) You should just be able to move them with your mouse to the location you want, I think ... But if for some reason they get lumped back together (say on reboot) the answer is probably somewhere in here: KDE Menu - Configuration - KDE - LooknFeel Sorry I can't be more specific ... 3) No help, sorry! Adam Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How do I backup KMail filters/settings?
On Sunday 29 February 2004 08:08 am, Derek Jennings wrote: : On Sunday 29 Feb 2004 02:15, J Adam Latham wrote: : Hi, All ... : : Today I had to reinstall my user directory, which I had backed up on a : disc. But when I unpacked the contents of that backup (which included my : Mail dir) I was disappointed to discover that my KMail settings : (identities, networks, filters etc) were not backed up ... Also, any sub : directories ( their msgs) in my local folders were gone ... (Which : means, say, the folder Work was still there but not, say, Work - Bob, : Work - : : Susie, or whatever ... ) : : I had assumed (naively) that this info was stored either in my Mail dir : or in some hidden file in my home dir ... Obviously not. : : Can someone please let me know where this info is saved, and how I can : include it in backups so that I don't have to recreate all my settings : again? : : Any/all help is appreciated ... : : Best, : Adam : : Your mail settings are stores in ~/.kde/share/config/kmailrc : It looks like you did not include hidden files in your backup. : : A convenient way to do a backup to CD or ftp/ssh is drakbackup : It is in the drakxtools RPM (get the latest version of the updates mirror) : : derek Thanks, derek ... I had thought that by doing a backup by entering my home dir and executing tar cvf home.tar * it would've grabbed hidden files too ... Guess not! Thanks for the heads up on where these settings are stored ... Best, Adam Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Four Desktops
On Sunday 29 February 2004 11:55 am, Weiers Coetser wrote: : Hi... : : This is my third request for assitance and I've appreciated the input that : I've received every time. : : I don't know if the following scenario is a posible one: : : Lets say I've divided my work into four categories. I would like to use one : of the four KDE desktops for each of these four categories. : : At the moment I find that when I place a folder on my desktop it shows up : on all four the desktops. This gives my desktop a very cluttered feel and I : don't really see the purpose of having four desktops in this case. : : The same is true when I open several programmes. If I opened Open Office : Writer on Desktop one, I can still see the bar for that document at the : bottom, even if I am on Desktop two. If I have six or seven documents open : at the same time, I find it difficult to navigate my way between the : documents. : : Is it possible to change a setting that each of the four desktops function : almost independently. Eg. I can put all my MP3 files on Desktop 1 and run : the MP3 Player from there. Then I place all my written documents on desktop : two, and all my spreadsheets on desktop three. : : I hope my question makes sense. If it does not, can somebody please explain : again why there are four desktops in KDE. : : Greetings : Weiers Hi ... Just discovered this myself, so I'm please to have an opportunity to share it! From the K Menu go to Configuration - KDE - LookNFeel - Taskbar Under Taskbar there's a checkbox that reads Show windows from all desktops Uncheck that and you will only see the open apps/files/etc for each desktop you're actually in ... (So when you go to your mp3 desktop, then you'll see your mp3 player, etc, but not the Open Office apps/files ... ) Hope this helps ... Adam Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How do I backup KMail filters/settings?
On Saturday 28 February 2004 06:25 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: : On Saturday 28 February 2004 09:15 pm, J Adam Latham wrote: : Hi, All ... : : Today I had to reinstall my user directory, which I had backed up on a : disc. But when I unpacked the contents of that backup (which included my : Mail dir) I was disappointed to discover that my KMail settings : (identities, networks, filters etc) were not backed up ... Also, any sub : directories ( their msgs) in my local folders were gone ... (Which : means, say, the folder Work was still there but not, say, Work - Bob, : Work - : : Susie, or whatever ... ) : : I had assumed (naively) that this info was stored either in my Mail dir : or in some hidden file in my home dir ... Obviously not. : : Can someone please let me know where this info is saved, and how I can : include it in backups so that I don't have to recreate all my settings : again? : : Any/all help is appreciated ... : : Best, : Adam : : I'm guessing that you just went into Konqueror or some program like that : and copied and pasted all of the files and directories? I've tried that, : bad idea =P. There are hidden directories and files that begin with a '.'. : I'm sure you've noticed them. So if you want to back stuff up with a GUI, : just make sure to go into properties and check the option to show hidden : files and folders. It's under 'View'. I believe the Kmail settings are in : .Mail, but I'm not positive so just copy them all next time. : : --Marc Thanks for the reply, but I believe I did grab all the hidden files, too ... To backup my user dir I always just enter it and execute tar cvf home.tar * which does grab the hidden files ... Any other thoughts? :^) Thanks again, Adam Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How do I backup KMail filters/settings?
On Saturday 28 February 2004 06:40 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: : On Saturday 28 February 2004 09:36 pm, J Adam Latham wrote: : On Saturday 28 February 2004 06:25 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: : : On Saturday 28 February 2004 09:15 pm, J Adam Latham wrote: : : Hi, All ... : : : : Today I had to reinstall my user directory, which I had backed up on : : a disc. But when I unpacked the contents of that backup (which : : included my Mail dir) I was disappointed to discover that my KMail : : settings (identities, networks, filters etc) were not backed up ... : : Also, any sub directories ( their msgs) in my local folders were : : gone ... (Which means, say, the folder Work was still there but not, : : say, Work - Bob, Work - : : : : Susie, or whatever ... ) : : : : I had assumed (naively) that this info was stored either in my Mail : : dir or in some hidden file in my home dir ... Obviously not. : : : : Can someone please let me know where this info is saved, and how I : : can include it in backups so that I don't have to recreate all my : : settings again? : : : : Any/all help is appreciated ... : : : : Best, : : Adam : : : : I'm guessing that you just went into Konqueror or some program like : : that and copied and pasted all of the files and directories? I've tried : : that, bad idea =P. There are hidden directories and files that begin : : with a '.'. I'm sure you've noticed them. So if you want to back stuff : : up with a GUI, just make sure to go into properties and check the : : option to show hidden files and folders. It's under 'View'. I believe : : the Kmail settings are in .Mail, but I'm not positive so just copy them : : all next time. : : : : --Marc : : Thanks for the reply, but I believe I did grab all the hidden files, too : ... To backup my user dir I always just enter it and execute : : tar cvf home.tar * : : which does grab the hidden files ... : : Any other thoughts? :^) : : Thanks again, : Adam : : Hmm... : : Did you update KDE at all? I think the folders it stores settings in : changed. Not positive, but I thought I heard something like that. : : --Marc Nope, haven't updated KDE ... I also tried whereis kmail to see if it would pull up anything, but the only thing that comes up is /usr/bin/kmail ... I'm sure the answer will end up being an obvious one, but it eludes me right now! Thanks again for your suggestions ... Adam Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] C programs and graphical environment - may be OT
Thanks for responding, but actually I am logging in as myself (not root). On Monday 08 September 2003 11:47 pm, Richard Urwin wrote: On Tuesday 09 Sep 2003 2:25 am, J Adam Latham wrote: Hello all ... I'm beginning to learn C programming and recently came across an odd occurence. When my system is set to boot into graphical mode (via MCC-Boot) everything with the C programs works fine ... They compile and execute. However, if I disable the graphical environment at boot (i.e., boot into a shell, if that's the right terminology) the C programs will compile w/out error, but they won't execute ... Instead, I get the following message - bash: a.out: command not found. It sounds like you are logging in as root when not in the graphical environment. Root usually does not have the current directory in the execution path, as a security protection against trojans. ./a.out should work. A better plan would be to log in as a regular user. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] C programs and graphical environment - may be OT
On Monday 08 September 2003 10:48 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 11:25, J Adam Latham wrote: If anyone has any advice as to how to get the C programs to execute when booting into a non-graphical environment it'll be most appreciated ... Thanks in advance ... Best, Adam Sounds like a system search path is being munged somewhere...have you checked all the environmental variables or reconfigured them in any way? Not that I am aware of ... What should the environment variables be in order to execute the program, and how could I check such a thing? stephen kuhn - owner == illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com -- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents -- Many Myths are based on truth -- Spock, The Way to Eden, stardate 5832.3 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] C programs and graphical environment - may be OT
Hello all ... I'm beginning to learn C programming and recently came across an odd occurence. When my system is set to boot into graphical mode (via MCC-Boot) everything with the C programs works fine ... They compile and execute. However, if I disable the graphical environment at boot (i.e., boot into a shell, if that's the right terminology) the C programs will compile w/out error, but they won't execute ... Instead, I get the following message - bash: a.out: command not found. Even when I then go into an X environment I still get the error message. But if I go back into MCC-Boot and select launch into a graphical environment and reboot, everything works fine ... If anyone has any advice as to how to get the C programs to execute when booting into a non-graphical environment it'll be most appreciated ... Thanks in advance ... Best, Adam Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Real Player and Aumix
Hello, Today I installed the Real Player plugin so that I can listen to various radio programs on the web, including Car Talk. Plugin works fine. But there is a problem (it seems) with Aumix. The hour long Car Talk program is broken into 10 or so segments of a few minutes each ... Everytime one segment ends and the next begins, Aumix sets the volume level on PCM to zero ... Can someone please explain to me why this is happening, and better yet, how to stop it from happening in the future! Thanks, Adam Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] mail format
On Monday 14 October 2002 11:45 am, Paul Kaplan wrote: I receive e-mails from at least three sources that I think (emphasize think) are in html format and are not displayed correctly in KMail. One of those sources also delivers attachments in a non-attached format. What I see is a text message. For simple e-mails, the messages start with the line: html which is why I think the messages are html formatted. For the messages with attachments, the e-mail seems to contain the text contents of the attachment. (However other sources of e-mail are able to send attachments correctly.) When I forward these messages to another machine, they remain in text format. The problem is not my ISP since a windows client at home reads the same messages correctly. Am I correct that this is a configuration problem in KMail? What do I need to do to change this. All help greatly appreciated, Paul In KMail go to Settings Configure KMail Security General There is a box that reads something like Prefer HTML to text - You can check that if you'd like to receive HTML emails - but take strong notice of the security warning. Hope that helps, Adam Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
