Re: [newbie] desktop shortcut
On Wednesday 16 March 2005 06:02 am, Graham wrote: Stephen Kühn wrote: On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 20:46, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Wednesday 16 Mar 2005 22:30, Stephen Kühn wrote: On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 20:26, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Please ignore my first post. I went back to google and found another set of (easier for me as a newb) instructions. Have my icon, it works, and I am happy. cheers Rosemary Ah, but Grasshopper - are you TRULY happy...? Ah well - as Carl Sandburg says ... and sometimes you weep. But I AM happy that I got the icon sorted :-) Rosemary Last time I saw a happy Kiwi he was standing by the fence of a sheep station with all the sheep backed up to the fence...(bad bad bad joke) Shouldn't that be baaa-d baaa-d joke? -- Julie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] desktop shortcut
On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 03:07, Julie Sloan wrote: Last time I saw a happy Kiwi he was standing by the fence of a sheep station with all the sheep backed up to the fence...(bad bad bad joke) Shouldn't that be baaa-d baaa-d joke? I stand corrupted. -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales --- GNU/Linux/OpenSource Solutions and Alternatives 100% Microsoft Free :: Crashing is NOT an option. Registered Linux User # 267497 --- 18. where did you say those backup tapes were kept? --Top 100 things you don't want the sysadmin to say Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] desktop shortcut
On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 20:14, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: I've installed k3b and would like to have a desktop shortcut as it is not listed in my menus (that I have found yet). I can start it okay from command line, but thought there has to be another way. I found instructions to right click on desktop and enter path in link to application. The problem is that I do not know what the path is. k3b is in /usr/bin so I simply tried entering that which was no good. The example in the insrtuctions doesn't bear any resemblance to me, to my want/need. Thanks Rosemary If you installed via the urpmi sources, then you SHOULD be able to find it under SYSTEM = ARCHIVING = CD BURNING = K3B .and you can literally drag/drop it onto the desktop IF, perchance, it is NOT in your menus, open a term as root, and run: update-menus You MAY have to logout and back in again... HTH -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales --- GNU/Linux/OpenSource Solutions and Alternatives 100% Microsoft Free :: Crashing is NOT an option. Registered Linux User # 267497 --- Unceasing warfare gives rise to its own social conditions, which have been similar throughout the ages. One such condition is a permanent state of alertness to ward off attack. Another is the rule of the autocrat. -- CAMMAR PILRU, Ixian Ambassador in Exile: Treatise on the Downfall of Unjust Governments Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] desktop shortcut
On Wednesday 16 March 2005 10:14, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: I've installed k3b and would like to have a desktop shortcut as it is not listed in my menus (that I have found yet). I can start it okay from command line, but thought there has to be another way. I found instructions to right click on desktop and enter path in link to application. The problem is that I do not know what the path is. k3b is in /usr/bin so I simply tried entering that which was no good. The example in the insrtuctions doesn't bear any resemblance to me, to my want/need. Thanks Rosemary If you're using KDE it should under: System, archiving, CD Burning. You can add it yourself (any place you want) by right-clicking yellow star and selecting menu editor and copying the existing entry (or adding a new one) anywhere you want. The complete path shouldn't be nescessary, just:k3b (without the quotes) should do the trick. -- Good luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] desktop shortcut
On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 20:26, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Please ignore my first post. I went back to google and found another set of (easier for me as a newb) instructions. Have my icon, it works, and I am happy. cheers Rosemary Ah, but Grasshopper - are you TRULY happy...? -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales --- GNU/Linux/OpenSource Solutions and Alternatives 100% Microsoft Free :: Crashing is NOT an option. Registered Linux User # 267497 --- Life is like an onion: you peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep. -- Carl Sandburg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] desktop shortcut
On Wednesday 16 March 2005 10:26, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Please ignore my first post. I went back to google and found another set Too late;) of (easier for me as a newb) instructions. Have my icon, it works, and I am happy. cheers Rosemary BTW k3b should fire up automagically when inserting an empty writable in the cd-burner. -- Good luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] desktop shortcut
On Wednesday 16 Mar 2005 22:30, Stephen Kühn wrote: On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 20:26, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Please ignore my first post. I went back to google and found another set of (easier for me as a newb) instructions. Have my icon, it works, and I am happy. cheers Rosemary Ah, but Grasshopper - are you TRULY happy...? Ah well - as Carl Sandburg says ... and sometimes you weep. But I AM happy that I got the icon sorted :-) Rosemary -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales --- GNU/Linux/OpenSource Solutions and Alternatives 100% Microsoft Free :: Crashing is NOT an option. Registered Linux User # 267497 --- Life is like an onion: you peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep. -- Carl Sandburg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] desktop shortcut
On Wednesday 16 March 2005 10:36, Stephen Kühn wrote: H.J. = She just did an Aron Smith = She's got it workin now... -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales --- GNU/Linux/OpenSource Solutions and Alternatives 100% Microsoft Free :: Crashing is NOT an option. Registered Linux User # 267497 --- There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. -- Wm. Shakespeare, Hamlet Ta mate, getting a bit slow (and thick, some say) on me old day;) Repairing the old gal again so I've got some time to spare;) -- Good luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] desktop shortcut
On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 20:46, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Wednesday 16 Mar 2005 22:30, Stephen Kühn wrote: On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 20:26, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Please ignore my first post. I went back to google and found another set of (easier for me as a newb) instructions. Have my icon, it works, and I am happy. cheers Rosemary Ah, but Grasshopper - are you TRULY happy...? Ah well - as Carl Sandburg says ... and sometimes you weep. But I AM happy that I got the icon sorted :-) Rosemary Last time I saw a happy Kiwi he was standing by the fence of a sheep station with all the sheep backed up to the fence...(bad bad bad joke) -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales --- GNU/Linux/OpenSource Solutions and Alternatives 100% Microsoft Free :: Crashing is NOT an option. Registered Linux User # 267497 --- Professor Farnsworth: Oh my, that steamed carrot was a bit spicy for me. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] desktop shortcut
If you're using KDE it should under: System, archiving, CD Burning. You can add it yourself (any place you want) by right-clicking yellow star and selecting menu editor and copying the existing entry (or adding a new one) anywhere you want. The complete path shouldn't be nescessary, just:k3b (without the quotes) should do the trick. Thanks for that info - I didn't think of archiving and couldn't find k3b anywhere. Didn't need the desktop icon after all! cheers Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] desktop shortcut
Stephen Kühn wrote: On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 20:46, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Wednesday 16 Mar 2005 22:30, Stephen Kühn wrote: On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 20:26, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Please ignore my first post. I went back to google and found another set of (easier for me as a newb) instructions. Have my icon, it works, and I am happy. cheers Rosemary Ah, but Grasshopper - are you TRULY happy...? Ah well - as Carl Sandburg says ... and sometimes you weep. But I AM happy that I got the icon sorted :-) Rosemary Last time I saw a happy Kiwi he was standing by the fence of a sheep station with all the sheep backed up to the fence...(bad bad bad joke) -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales --- GNU/Linux/OpenSource Solutions and Alternatives 100% Microsoft Free :: Crashing is NOT an option. Registered Linux User # 267497 --- Professor Farnsworth: Oh my, that steamed carrot was a bit spicy for me. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Stephen you are one sick puppy! keep up the good work - we need your acerbic wit to keep us sane regards Graham Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] desktop shortcut
On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 22:02, Graham wrote: Stephen you are one sick puppy! keep up the good work - we need your acerbic wit to keep us sane regards Graham Someone's gotta fill in the spots that Aron, ET and Joe miss. -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales --- GNU/Linux/OpenSource Solutions and Alternatives 100% Microsoft Free :: Crashing is NOT an option. Registered Linux User # 267497 --- Moe: What did you give your wife for Valentine's Day? Joe: The usual gift -- she ate my heart out. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Desktop Shortcut
Trevor; If you're trying to read the output of the command, open a console (shell/terminal) , and run the command manually. The output should be the same whether it's in a terminal or not. If you're not seeing any output in the terminal, then the command is completing normally, and is not supposed to generate output. I've run it manually, but would like the ease of having the link on the desktop. Could I have a terminal link on the desktop with the command as the input? Trevor Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Desktop Shortcut
That can sometimes depend on the command, but, yeah, it should work. How's the weather down under today? Lanman On Thu, 2002-10-17 at 07:48, Trevor Rhodes wrote: Trevor; If you're trying to read the output of the command, open a console (shell/terminal) , and run the command manually. The output should be the same whether it's in a terminal or not. If you're not seeing any output in the terminal, then the command is completing normally, and is not supposed to generate output. I've run it manually, but would like the ease of having the link on the desktop. Could I have a terminal link on the desktop with the command as the input? Trevor Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Desktop Shortcut
That can sometimes depend on the command, but, yeah, it should work. Tried it but got an error. I wish knew how to do this stuff. :^) How's the weather down under today? Absolutely bloody beautiful me 'ol china!!! Shame I spent it all at the doctors or in front of my pooter. But I do love my pooter. Does anyone know when 9.0 is going to ship? Not USA, but Australia? Regards Trevor Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
