Re: Blog Client

2008-08-22 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
Rahul Sundaram wrote: Srikanth Konjarla wrote: I have installed it. But, can't find API support for wordpress. Is it supported? Yep. Check this article for details: http://www.linux.com/feature/58265 Rahul I just tried installing it [yum] but could never get past the user/password?

Re: Yum Failure with mirrors unavailable

2008-08-17 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
Gregory P. Ennis wrote: Everyone, I have an FC8 unit that for some reason has stopped allowing yum updates. unname -a results in : Linux .Domain.com 2.6.25.10-47.fc8 #1 SMP Mon Jul 7 18:31:41 EDT 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux When I tried to do so manually with the command :

Re: Yum Failure with mirrors unavailable

2008-08-17 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
Gregory P. Ennis wrote: Yes, I believe it is the result of system problems. Bob Thanks Bob see the other posts now Things appear to be working now, I just finished the latest update. Bob -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe:

Re: Can I get a word in edgewise here, puhlease?

2008-07-28 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
g wrote: Ed Greshko wrote: snip I dislike having to filter since I need to keep track of what I've done. Then there are folks that may not be so good at filtering It is clear to me that a small minority of people have no regard for others on this list. They will tell you

Re: F7 aarrghh : how get gnome back?

2008-07-12 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
Beartooth wrote: I have an oldish (four or five year) machine, which I thought had major mechanical failure -- it would boot from any live CD, but not from the hard drive. Then a young friend who speaks hardware came and ran tests on it. He concluded that it just wasn't up to F9. So

Re: F8 and a GPS -

2008-07-08 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
g wrote: Bob Goodwin USA wrote: I have a Magellan 3100 GPS device that came with a USB cable and a collection of Windows software on a CD. bob, please excuse my questions if they have been covered. i thought i had a security problem that was just a 'heart beat', so i am late getting

Re: F8 and a GPS -

2008-07-08 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 08 July 2008 09:51:10 Bob Goodwin USA wrote: My daughter returned it to where she bought it last Christmas and exchanged it for a newer model [Magellan 3225] which I have not had the courage to fool with. Bob, two of us pointed you at gpsbabel. Did you

Re: F8 and a GPS -

2008-07-08 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 08 July 2008 10:54:29 g wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: Bob, two of us pointed you at gpsbabel. Did you ever try it? hi anne, he got mad at it and broke. ;o) daughter took it back, swapped for new and she will not let him play with it. lol. No

Re: F8 and a GPS -

2008-07-08 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
g wrote: Bob Goodwin USA wrote: I never told my daughter what I was doing, just that it was broke. some times that is best. Yes, since I wanted her to be able to exchange it without any qualms. I see that the gpsbabel -h help file does list a number of Magellan

Re: F8 and a GPS -

2008-07-08 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: Please don't send HTML mail to this list. poc Thunderbird is not supposed to send html to this address. Sometimes it happens! I am having a lot of trouble with it since upgrading to F8. I am about to remove and reinstall Thunderbird. Probably should have done

Re: F8 and a GPS -

2008-07-08 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
g wrote: Bob Goodwin USA wrote: Thunderbird is not supposed to send html to this address.  Sometimes it happens!  I am having a lot of trouble with it since upgrading to F8. I am about to remove and reinstall Thunderbird.  Probably should have done a fresh install. wondered

Re: F8 and a GPS -

2008-07-08 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
g wrote: Bob Goodwin USA wrote: Thunderbird is not supposed to send html to this address.  Sometimes it i had not noticed my 'h t m l' filter was working and why i was asking poc. this one came in 'text/plain'. how did you swing that? Thunderbird  Edit Preferences

Re: F8 and a GPS -

2008-07-08 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Tue, 2008-07-08 at 09:15 -0400, Bob Goodwin USA wrote: g wrote: Bob Goodwin USA wrote: Thunderbird is not supposed to send html to this address. Sometimes it i had not noticed my 'h t m l' filter was working and why i was asking poc

Re: F8 and a GPS -

2008-07-08 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: Removing and reinstalling a package rarely has any effect on Linux (barring dependancy issues), since any personal configuration options you changed are stored in your own home directory. I suggest you create a new user account on your machine and try it from there.

F8 and a GPS -

2008-06-30 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
I have a Magellan 3100 GPS device that came with a USB cable and a collection of Windows software on a CD. Is there an application for F8 that will permit me to communicate with it. At first I thought I would just plug it in and extract coordinate information for my present position but

Re: F8 and a GPS -

2008-06-30 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
Beartooth wrote: Wine 1.0 is out at last; so it's possible you can at last -- with it or CrossoverOffice. If you do, please post how here, with a large fanfare. I have Garmins, with software from Garmin, Maptech, Topo.com, and Delorme -- and I have curse, snarl, screech a machine I can

Re: png2txt -

2008-06-28 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
Craig White wrote: On Sat, 2008-06-28 at 11:53 -0400, Bob Goodwin USA wrote: Is there an F8 application that will convert a .png copy of a text list to a text file? png is a picture file and there is no text. If you want OCR (optical character recognition - software that scans

Re: png2txt -

2008-06-28 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
fred smith wrote: On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 12:05:22PM -0400, Bob Goodwin USA wrote: Craig White wrote: On Sat, 2008-06-28 at 11:53 -0400, Bob Goodwin USA wrote: Is there an F8 application that will convert a .png copy of a text list to a text file? png

Re: Bug in Thunderbird?

2008-06-27 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
Andrea Mastellone wrote: Mark Haney wrote: I don't know if this is a bug in Tbird, or if it's just my system here doing something funny with the display, but when I click 'View' - 'Headers' - 'All' I get the message headers, but they appear all the way down to the bottom of the screen and

Re: OT How to get National Public Radio FM on Rythmbox

2008-06-22 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
William Case wrote: Hi all and thanks; On Sun, 2008-06-22 at 05:21 -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote: On Sat, 2008-06-21 at 23:56 -0400, William Case wrote: Hi -- particularly to my American friends. Does anybody know how to get National Public Radio (NPR) as a feed on Rythmbox. I am

How to show password at boot -

2008-06-06 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
I boot my computer every morning usually before 04:00. The room is dark, the only other critters present are two large dogs who have little interest in what I do here. I've been doing this for more than ten years and have never had anyone in the room when I enter the password, much less

Re: How to show password at boot -

2008-06-06 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
Dario Lesca wrote: Il giorno ven, 06/06/2008 alle 09.59 -0400, Bob Goodwin USA ha scritto: Is there a way to display the password? How can I change that? http://www.google.com/linux?hl=itq=How+can+I+change+password+grubbtnG=Cercalr= I don't want to change the password, I want