Re: [expert] Program run directly on the root window?

2003-01-07 Thread Jack Coates
On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 20:44, Chuck Burns wrote: > I once noticed an option to allow programs to be run directly on the > root window? I never really had a use for it until now. However, I > have no clue how to go about this, and can't seem to find any HOWTO's on > this subject. Does anyone have

[expert] Program run directly on the root window?

2003-01-07 Thread Chuck Burns
I once noticed an option to allow programs to be run directly on the root window? I never really had a use for it until now. However, I have no clue how to go about this, and can't seem to find any HOWTO's on this subject. Does anyone have a clue they can loan me? I'll just copy it and hand it

Re: [expert] Program Failure: Tracing the failure

2001-06-15 Thread Laurent CREPET
On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 05:47:04PM -0400, NDBartley wrote: > Hey Guys, > > I'm attempting to determine why I can't access RPMdrake. I have updated to > the newest RPMDrake and it worked great for 3 or 4 hours. Now I'm not sure > what I installed during those 4 hours which would cause it not to w

[expert] Program Failure: Tracing the failure

2001-06-14 Thread NDBartley
Hey Guys, I'm attempting to determine why I can't access RPMdrake. I have updated to the newest RPMDrake and it worked great for 3 or 4 hours. Now I'm not sure what I installed during those 4 hours which would cause it not to work, but it just won't work. Now I figured that it might be an issue

Re: [expert] program

2000-08-20 Thread Sheldon
Ralph wrote: > > Hey All, > I use grip to make my mp3's. Is there a program for Linux > that will convert them back so I can burn cd's to work in reguler > cd players?? Hmm. I'm not sure but checkout sox, or there is a gui tool called eroaster: http://eclipt.uni-klu.ac.at/projects/eroaster/ t

Re: [expert] program

2000-08-20 Thread The Babbler
Yes, I posted one here less than two weeks ago. Please check the archives. (It's a five-line shell script, actually.) Ralph wrote: > > Hey All, > I use grip to make my mp3's. Is there a program for Linux > that will convert them back so I can burn cd's to work in reguler > cd players?? > > Th

[expert] program

2000-08-20 Thread Ralph
Hey All, I use grip to make my mp3's. Is there a program for Linux that will convert them back so I can burn cd's to work in reguler cd players?? Thank you, Ralph -- WHEREVER YOUR HEAD GOES YOUR ASS WILL FOLLOW !!

Re: [expert] Program for Handling StartUp Services?

2000-06-12 Thread David M. Kufta
** Reply to message from Alan Shoemaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sun, 11 Jun 2000 20:43:20 -0700 ntsysv will work from a console to configure system services. Dave David M. Kufta Konsult Ltd. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] Program for Handling StartUp Services?

2000-06-12 Thread Dave Lers
On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Alan Shoemaker wrote: > Excuse me? I have been talking about drakxconf, not > DrakConf. Please do not tell someone that I am referring to > something other than what I've typed. Mellow out, I realized that and said as much within minutes. There does appear to be a close con

Re: [expert] Program for Handling StartUp Services?

2000-06-12 Thread Dave Lers
On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Sevatio Octavio wrote: > Ok, I found the RPM "setuptool" off the Mdk7.0-2 CD. I installed it and was able to >run the console version "setup". Which gets me > where I want. HOWEVER, when I try to run "drakxconf", I get a bunch of errors in >return: FWIW drakxconf is a pa

Re: [expert] Program for Handling StartUp Services?

2000-06-11 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Excuse me? I have been talking about drakxconf, not DrakConf. Please do not tell someone that I am referring to something other than what I've typed. Alan Dave Lers wrote: > > On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Sevatio Octavio wrote: > > I'm not sure what I did along the way to wreck this but I am getting

Re: [expert] Program for Handling StartUp Services?

2000-06-11 Thread Dave Lers
On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Dave Lers wrote: > On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Dave Lers wrote: > > On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Sevatio Octavio wrote: > > > I'm not sure what I did along the way to wreck this but I am getting "command >not found" for both "setup" and "drakxconf". How do > > > you reinstall these? > > >

Re: [expert] Program for Handling StartUp Services?

2000-06-11 Thread Sevatio Octavio
e 7. Seve -Original Message- From: Alan Shoemaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, June 11, 2000 9:06 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Program for Handling StartUp Services? >SevatioI'll bet you haven't done an 'su -

Re: [expert] Program for Handling StartUp Services?

2000-06-11 Thread Dave Lers
On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Dave Lers wrote: > On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Sevatio Octavio wrote: > > I'm not sure what I did along the way to wreck this but I am getting "command not >found" for both "setup" and "drakxconf". How do > > you reinstall these? > > That's "DrakConf" (case sensitive) and it only

Re: [expert] Program for Handling StartUp Services?

2000-06-11 Thread Dave Lers
On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Sevatio Octavio wrote: > I'm not sure what I did along the way to wreck this but I am getting "command not >found" for both "setup" and "drakxconf". How do > you reinstall these? That's "DrakConf" (case sensitive) and it only runs from su or root. Typically it is an icon o

Re: [expert] Program for Handling StartUp Services?

2000-06-11 Thread Alan Shoemaker
t; for both "setup" and "drakxconf". How do > you reinstall these? > > Seve > > -Original Message- > From: Alan Shoemaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sunday, June 11, 2000 6:38 PM > Subject

Re: [expert] Program for Handling StartUp Services?

2000-06-11 Thread Alan Shoemaker
John & Seveactually, after I re-read the message I was responding to I realized that it's not quite as simple as I indicated. If you're in console mode then the command drakxconf will launch the console program that works and acts like the old setup program. But if you're in a console window

Re: [expert] Program for Handling StartUp Services?

2000-06-11 Thread Sevatio Octavio
MAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, June 11, 2000 6:38 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Program for Handling StartUp Services? >Seve & Johnunless Seve has upgraded (vs. a clean install) >it's likely he doesn't have the setup program on his 7.0 >system. So, Seve, if setup do

Re: [expert] Program for Handling StartUp Services?

2000-06-11 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, you wrote: > Seve & Johnunless Seve has upgraded (vs. a clean install) > it's likely he doesn't have the setup program on his 7.0 > system. So, Seve, if setup doesn't work, then type drakxconf > instead, which will start the updated version of setup. > AhOk. I haven'

Re: [expert] Program for Handling StartUp Services?

2000-06-11 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Seve & Johnunless Seve has upgraded (vs. a clean install) it's likely he doesn't have the setup program on his 7.0 system. So, Seve, if setup doesn't work, then type drakxconf instead, which will start the updated version of setup. Alan John Aldrich wrote: > > On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, you wro

Re: [expert] Program for Handling StartUp Services?

2000-06-11 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, you wrote: > I'm using Mdk7.0-2. I can't get my StartUp Services to > work from DrakConf. Can I run this from console or is > there another program > that I can from console? > You can open a console window, type "su -" and then the root password. Then, type "setup" and s

[expert] Program for Handling StartUp Services?

2000-06-11 Thread Sevatio Octavio
I'm using Mdk7.0-2. I can't get my StartUp Services to work from DrakConf. Can I run this from console or is there another program that I can from console? Seve

Re: [expert] Program Compatibility

2000-03-13 Thread Brian T. Schellenberger
I have a friend who uses kmail under Gnome/Enlightenment. The apps might have do all of their nify integrated tricks, but they won't just out-and-out refuse to come up. (Not that I've tried them under fvwm, you understand.) On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, you wrote: | On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, John Aldrich wro

Re: [expert] Program Compatibility

2000-03-12 Thread Marcos Dione
On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, John Aldrich wrote: > On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, you wrote: > > Are KDE programs compatible with IceWM or WindowMaker? I'm not all that > > impressed with KDE or GNOME, and thought I'd give one of the smaller and > > tighter GUI environments a try, but if apps won't run under them

Re: [expert] Program Compatibility

2000-03-12 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, John Aldrich wrote: > On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, you wrote: > > > I *think* you have to run the KDE Desktop Manager, but you can run > > > ANY "Window Manager" on top of that... > > > John > > > > Nop, the window manager must be kde compliant. Would have to ask Daniel or > > Dav

Re: [expert] Program Compatibility

2000-03-12 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, you wrote: > > I *think* you have to run the KDE Desktop Manager, but you can run > > ANY "Window Manager" on top of that... > > John > > Nop, the window manager must be kde compliant. Would have to ask Daniel or > David if or how this might be changed in kde2 > Ahh...O

Re: [expert] Program Compatibility

2000-03-12 Thread Richard Yevchak
KDE apps run fine under WindowMaker. Richard On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, you wrote: > Are KDE programs compatible with IceWM or WindowMaker? I'm not all that > impressed with KDE or GNOME, and thought I'd give one of the smaller and > tighter GUI environments a try, but if apps won't run under them, t

Re: [expert] Program Compatibility

2000-03-12 Thread Alex V Flinsch
On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, you wrote: > On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, you wrote: > > Are KDE programs compatible with IceWM or WindowMaker? I'm not all that > > impressed with KDE or GNOME, and thought I'd give one of the smaller and > > tighter GUI environments a try, but if apps won't run under them, then > >

Re: [expert] Program Compatibility

2000-03-12 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, John Aldrich wrote: > On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, you wrote: > > Are KDE programs compatible with IceWM or WindowMaker? I'm not all that > > impressed with KDE or GNOME, and thought I'd give one of the smaller and > > tighter GUI environments a try, but if apps won't run under them

Re: [expert] Program Compatibility

2000-03-12 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, you wrote: > Are KDE programs compatible with IceWM or WindowMaker? I'm not all that > impressed with KDE or GNOME, and thought I'd give one of the smaller and > tighter GUI environments a try, but if apps won't run under them, then > there's no sense in switching... > I *th

[expert] Program Compatibility

2000-03-12 Thread Joe Sheble
Are KDE programs compatible with IceWM or WindowMaker? I'm not all that impressed with KDE or GNOME, and thought I'd give one of the smaller and tighter GUI environments a try, but if apps won't run under them, then there's no sense in switching... thanx