Re: [expert] can't load KDE - stuck on Gnome

2001-01-06 Thread Ernest N. Wilcox Jr.
e the screen which allows you to do your login, there should be a drop down menu [with down arrow] which will permit you to start KDE or which ever installed desktop you want to use. Hope this helps, -- Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: [expert] Sound on Dell Inspiron 5000

2001-01-02 Thread Ernest N . Wilcox Jr .
settings there, then the start-up and shut-down scripts use the information for the next time I turn the system on - however far into the future that may be :). Hope this helps, -- Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

[expert] Network / Internet basics - Suggested reading?

2000-07-03 Thread Ernest N. Wilcox Jr.
Hello to all. I am proud to say that I have just landed my first job in the computer industry (I'm nuts - right ?). I will be a tech support phone jockey for an ISP. They are going to provide training, but I wish to get a leg up on networking and internet protocols etc. Can any one suggest usefu

Re: [expert] zenith monitor scan frequencies needed

2000-06-20 Thread Ernest N. Wilcox Jr.
On Tue, 20 Jun 2000 - Daniel Woods, you wrote: | > I picked up an old Zenith monitor (model ZCM1492BA1). | > It does not list in Xconfigurator and so I am having | > a hard time getting it right. I used an 8514 monitor | > at 640x480, but I still can't see part of the top and | > b

Re: [expert] Mdk71 - su question !

2000-06-15 Thread Ernest N. Wilcox Jr.
On Wed, 14 Jun 2000 - Andre Steden, you wrote: | Hello, | | if i login as root an console 1 and want to switch to another user with | su frank | i get : | bash: /dev/tty1: permission denied | (with Mandrake 7.1) | | i tried the same with Mdk7.0 - there is no such mess

Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.1

2000-06-14 Thread Ernest N. Wilcox Jr.
On Mon, 12 Jun 2000 - TK Kim, you wrote: | Neither. | I am kinda sick of Netscape, too. I am probably gonna have to pay for | saying this, but IE5 is a wholelot better browser. I simply use KDE's file manager to read web pages. kfm does not do all the tricks the big guys do, but it can

Re: [expert] Re: DISCUSION Upgrade (fwd)

2000-06-09 Thread Ernest N. Wilcox Jr.
On Wed, 07 Jun 2000 - Denis HAVLIK, you wrote: | Hi, folks | | It feels strange when I have to reply to my own message but... I thought | that "upgrade" is an extremely important topic, yet no one wants to | discuss it. Does it mean that you are not interested (so we should stop

Re: [expert] Acrobat segmentation faults

2000-06-03 Thread Ernest N. Wilcox Jr.
On Sat, 03 Jun 2000 - root, you wrote: | I bought Mandrake 7.0 instead of downloading so I could read the linux | EBooks that came with the distribution. I can read the EBooks fine when | I boot to Windows 98 but I can get Acrobat to work in Linux. I have | tried acroread 4 which comes

Re: [expert] future distro ideas

2000-05-28 Thread Ernest N. Wilcox Jr.
On Sat, 27 May 2000 - Anton Graham, you wrote: | Submitted 27-May-00 by Bruce Endries: | | I have on too many occasions seen Linux machines shut off | | improperly and never run again until the OS is re-installed. | | This is like using explosives to solve a rodent problem. You de

Re: [expert] installing Wordperfect

2000-05-26 Thread Ernest N. Wilcox Jr.
On Thu, 25 May 2000 - lorne schachter, you wrote: | | I'm running Mandrake 7.0 and I'm trying to reinstall WordPerfect from | the tar files downloaded from Corel. | The first problem is that the uname values, especially version, aren't | recognized by the script, so I had to go |

Re: [expert] Improvement: Install by functions

2000-05-26 Thread Ernest N. Wilcox Jr.
On Thu, 25 May 2000 - Bill Shirley, you wrote: | Let me start off by saying I have been running Linux for over 5 years. Over | the years I have learned a lot about Linux. However, there is still a lot I | do not know. There are many packages out there that I know nothing about. | Wh

Re: [expert] dependency problems with rpms

2000-05-26 Thread Ernest N. Wilcox Jr.
On Thu, 25 May 2000 - Wade, you wrote: | Hi List, | | I just successfully installed my first several security rpms for | SSH/SSL/PGP etc. I think I downloaded seventeen security rpms and had | dependency problems with four of them. The first two were with 'sftp' | and 'slynx'

[expert] A better kpanel applet

2000-05-26 Thread Ernest N. Wilcox Jr.
I like the KDE desktop environment a lot. It is relatively configurable, and easy to master. The only thing about it that I miss from my Win9x environment is the enhanced task bar. I am able to creat tool bars or pop-up menus in the task bar at the bottom of the screen at will. I could point a "to

Re: [expert] Group Owner Of Dos Partitions

2000-05-26 Thread Ernest N. Wilcox Jr.
On Wed, 24 May 2000 - Adam Talbot, you wrote: | Hi. I've just setup Linux and I've got a user (me) that I want to | give access to the dos partitions (/mnt/DOS_hda1...) but I can't seem to | do that. I've tried changing the owner of these partitions (chgrp and | chown) but it says I

Re: [expert] could not open default font 'fixed' --help

2000-05-25 Thread Ernest N. Wilcox Jr.
On Tue, 23 May 2000 - Civileme, you wrote: | giancarlo wrote: | > | > Hi | > | > Suddently my XWindowns stopped to work. When I do startx I recive the | > follow message: | > | > -FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 | > failed to set

Re: [expert] Re: Welcome to new expert list : 7.1

2000-05-23 Thread Ernest N. Wilcox Jr.
On Tue, 23 May 2000 - Brian T. Schellenberger, you wrote: | "Colin L. Whipple" wrote: | > | > On Mon, 22 May 2000, Denis HAVLIK wrote: | > > On Mon, 22 May 2000, Colin L. Whipple wrote: | > > | > > :~>It would also be nice to have a little more info about what the "hard disk |

Re: [expert] How to install firewall?

2000-05-18 Thread Ernest N. Wilcox Jr.
On Tue, 16 May 2000 - Vu Nguyen, you wrote: | | Hi | I am just a new starter in Linux, I like to install and config a firewall for my computer. How can I install firewall and where can I get information about firewall installation? | | Please help | Thank | ---

[expert] sysinit and halt scripts

2000-05-16 Thread Ernest N. Wilcox Jr.
In the event that any one has had a problem keeping consistant sound settings, I have been mucking about in the /etc/rc.d/sysinit and /etc/rc.d/inet.d/halt scripts. Where these scripts save / load sound settings, I find two problems: 1) there is no /etc/.aumixrc file 2) there is n