Can anyone help me understand how the Debian package repository system is arranged?

2008-01-21 Thread Brett Davidson
I am trying to point some servers at both old and new Debian 4 repositories but don't know how these are defined :-( Cheers, Brett.

Amusing Article "Analyzing Microsoft’s OS by Linux Standards"

2008-01-21 Thread Nick Rout
http://www.easygeek.org/?p=5 I have been thinking of writing an article like that one for some time. -- Nick Rout

Re: can't change desktop wallpaper

2008-01-21 Thread yuri
On 22/01/2008, Roger Searle wrote: > I should add at this point that this installation of kubuntu made use of > the previous SuSE home folder which basically went without any problem > at all, aside from some minor reconfiguration of email etc. So this > would lend support to the theory that it is

Re: can't change desktop wallpaper

2008-01-21 Thread Steve Holdoway
Have you tried logging out, then logging back in again, rather than rebooting??? That might help. Steve On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:15:35 +1300 Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > yes that's what I do. no alterations made in here stick . . . > > > Nick Rout wrote: > > Works fine here. > > >

Re: can't change desktop wallpaper

2008-01-21 Thread Roger Searle
Permissions is often my first thought and frequently an answer to an issue I may have. However in this situation I have no idea what I'm looking for. Browsing through ~/.kde it APPEARS that my user has at least rw permissions on everything though there are a heap of sub-folders and files to l

Re: can't change desktop wallpaper

2008-01-21 Thread Roger Searle
yes that's what I do. no alterations made in here stick . . . Nick Rout wrote: Works fine here. How are you doing it? I am right clicking the desktop and choosing "Configure Desktop" On Mon, January 21, 2008 12:04 pm, Roger Searle wrote: One of the simplest desktop configurations - chan

Re: fedora 8 & firewire

2008-01-21 Thread Adrian Mageanu
Nick, Spot on, as always, thank you, not sure how I missed this link. Works like a charm now, both the external disk and the video camera. Cheers, Adrian On Sun, 2008-01-13 at 17:38 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: > > > > googling 'fedora 8 firewire' gives a lot of info, including:

Re: OT - HP priners

2008-01-21 Thread barry
Hi again All, I did buy an HP Color Laser 1600 and am quite impressed with its 1st output. It was very easy to set up for linux with cups and it just went. On the other hand I gave up under windows98 just before my screaming became uncontrollable. At the other end of the impression scale was