Re: Javascript question

2003-11-09 Thread Ian Stephen
On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 18:36, joel wrote: > this function doesn't work: > function ClearForm(form){ > for (i=0; i < form.length ; i++) { > form[i].checked = false > if (form[i].value.search(/^MARGINS *\$1U? *$/) > -1){form[i].checked=true} > par[i] = "" } > form[1].checked = true > } To get th

Re: Javascript question

2003-11-09 Thread Ian Stephen
On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 18:36, joel wrote: > I am going over some of my html/javascript beasties that I wrote for > work. I am still confounded why these don't work properly in netscape or > mozilla but do in opera6 and IE 5.5. > > For example, these buttons don't display properly in mozilla: > >

Re: X won't start

2003-10-10 Thread Ian Stephen
On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 05:49, Allan Rabenau wrote: > I've done that (at least in the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts directory). Each > subdirectory now has a new fonts.dir file. No luck. > Is not the "unix/:7100" error relating to a URL:port notation? If so, that > would lead me to suspect a net communi

Re: Laptop suggestions

2003-10-04 Thread Ian Stephen
rake 9.1/WinXP. It was about the cheapest thing on the shelf at Future Shop. Don't have PCMCIA initialize at boot time though. It will hang. I don't know the work-around 'cause I have no PCMCIA devices. -- Ian Stephen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __

RE: question

2003-10-03 Thread Ian Stephen
On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 10:01, Condon Thomas A KPWA wrote: > Rick, > > Sample of your HTML (from > View->Source): > *** > > > > Main Heading Goes Here > > http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/";> > > > > > > > > JTB Saws sty

Re: PDF Viewers?

2003-09-24 Thread Ian Stephen
On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 13:23, Robert E. Raymond wrote: > Does anyone know of a viewer in Linux that supports these comments, Dunno if (in Linux) it supports these comments, but how 'bout Adobe Acrobat Reader http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html Under "Platform" choose "Linux"

Re: Redhat 8/9 & hardware troubles

2003-09-20 Thread Ian Stephen
On Sat, 2003-09-20 at 06:43, Net Llama! wrote: > Could be a failing CPU too. If you've got a spare component on hand (PSU, > CPU, cables, etc) i'd swap them in 1 at a time to see if it makes a > difference. Easiest spare on hand was Mandrake 9.1. Have installed that to see if same trouble rep

Redhat 8/9 & hardware troubles

2003-09-20 Thread Ian Stephen
shed again when I logged off. Don't think it's a heat problem as I haven't changed any hardware in a long time. Box isn't dusty inside. What tests might I do? Maybe just change the mother board? Power supply? both? Any sug

Re: Netscape help

2003-09-09 Thread Ian Stephen
ed it up to Netscape though, I hadn't expected even that much after I first raised the issue with them and got more or less "What's your problem? Are you trying to sell something?" in reply. Will try the User Agent Widget, thanks Collins. -- I

Re: Netscape help

2003-09-09 Thread Ian Stephen
ool district site that a couple of days ago would only allow IE not allows Netscape 7.1. This followed a bit of discussion with the district information systems manager. I am hoping to demonstrate that Mozilla will work in their site too, but can't get in. Anyone had any success with

Re: moz 5

2003-08-28 Thread Ian Stephen
On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 04:54, Kurt Wall wrote: > I no that my spelling is core wrecked; my spell checker told > me sew. > > Kurt Wel Sed! Three Cheers four teknology! -- Ian Stephen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Linux-users mailing lis

RE: VBscript in html: Security threat?

2003-08-28 Thread Ian Stephen
all originate from the same ip address. I can ping it and 'dig' it. I imagine it's some poor Windows users who doesn't know they are infected. Is there some way that I can tell this person to get an anti-virus? -- Ian Stephen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___

Re: VBscript in html: Security threat?

2003-08-28 Thread Ian Stephen
y a school district website should be accessible to all. -- Ian Stephen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: No longer any xwindows on RedHat 7.3

2003-08-27 Thread Ian Stephen
ieve rpms without X if you need to. It's a bit wierd to use, but gets the job done. -- Ian Stephen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Email from 'Microsoft'

2003-08-24 Thread Ian Stephen
tely ! Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 11:30:35 -0600 (MDT) Dear friend , use this Internet Explorer patch now! There are dangerous virus in the Internet now! More than 500.000 already infected! -- Ian Stephen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Linux-use

Re: backing up windows

2003-08-22 Thread Ian Stephen
rite the Linux partitions... couldn't that thing have its way with my Linux stuff while the penquin is 'asleep'? -- Ian Stephen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Open Source content management

2003-08-22 Thread Ian Stephen
bsite. Thanks for any info, -- Ian Stephen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: backing up windows

2003-08-21 Thread Ian Stephen
t machine, or Linux machines on a mixed-platform network? -- Ian Stephen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: 'Make' error on komba

2003-08-20 Thread Ian Stephen
On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 06:56, Michael Hipp wrote: >export ACLOCAL_FLAGS="-I /usr/share/aclocal" > > since I don't have a /usr/local/share/aclocal on this RH9 box. But I > still get the same error. > > Any other ideas? Could what it wants be elsewhere?

undo rm

2003-08-19 Thread Ian Stephen
s of Mr Bandel. How might this person get those disappeared things back? Or even just find out what they were? Is it possible? Hypothetically of course. I'm not saying I did this... (ok fine, have a good belly-laugh. Damn.) -- Ian Stephen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __

Backup questions, was Re: hd problem

2003-08-17 Thread Ian Stephen
On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 09:03, David A. Bandel wrote: > > cpio has always had the advantage that it will grab > special files that tar won't. What format is best for cpio, or does it matter? I see the default is 'bin', but that bin is also obsolete. Is ustar better?

Re: OT: time waster, but also a question

2003-08-14 Thread Ian Stephen
plug-ins' one Flash 6.0 r79 and one Flash 6.0 r69 and artsd/KDE 3.0.5 I didn't get any sound until I right-clicked then clicked settings. When I clicked settings there was a pop and all worked after. Maybe just took that long for the whole thing to load? --

Re: System Drag - Solved

2003-08-14 Thread Ian Stephen
cs, Konsole and OpenOffice.org all open under KDE top shows CPU 96% idle. That top output you sent had CPU 0.0% idle. -- Ian Stephen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.l

Re: OT: time waster, but also a question

2003-08-05 Thread Ian Stephen
t, tried, waited a bit, tried. After 20 seconds? 30? it started 'popping' -- Ian Stephen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

[OT] Re: SPAM factoid...

2003-08-03 Thread Ian Stephen
elimited text file and generates a javascript file with a case statement for each name/address provided by the text file, using nested arrays to avoid having anything a bot is likely to read. The javascript file can be linked to from the head of each web page and email links placed with a call s

Re: [OT] Congrats

2003-07-28 Thread Ian Stephen
as used so well these past five tours. I tape them when I can. Of course I love riding in the mountains myself so perhaps I find it more interesting than some, as is likely the case with this thread. -- Ian Stephen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Linu

Re: Latest From SCO

2003-07-19 Thread Ian Stephen
I wondered why. Then a week or so later came the announcement that Japan is moving the national payroll system to Linux. That coincidence pretty much settled for me that SCO = M$ -- Ian Stephen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Linux-users mailing list [

Re: small network problem

2003-07-18 Thread Ian Stephen
/RedHat 8 machine. Booted Windows to retrieve and email a Lotus file for daughter and found Outlook would not connect, neither would Internet Explorer. Switched to Mozilla (still in Win98) and it worked fine, both browser and email. Does your XP box have Mozilla? -- Ian Stephen <[EMA

Re: SOLVED: Re: Zire still won't connect: Solved,but doesn't sync properly with jpilot databases

2003-07-16 Thread Ian Stephen
s good. However, searching for software in the warehouse is a > dream. You really don't need to know the package names very accurately. > > Joel There see, easy! Desktop Linux has arrived! Good to hear it's working and how it was done. 8-)

Re: Zaire still won't connect

2003-07-13 Thread Ian Stephen
s followed not too long after with "Ian, that was a really stupid question!" Be that as it may, what is PEBCAK? (If it's really horrible maybe reply off list) -- Ian Stephen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Linux-users mailing list

Re: Zaire still won't connect

2003-07-13 Thread Ian Stephen
amming with the compilers in my distro, umpteen things that would be difficult, expensive or impossible in some other OS. It's like the broader society, we can be taken care of by Big Brother in whatever form, but only in exchange for our freedom

Re: Zaire still won't connect

2003-07-12 Thread Ian Stephen
site. Am very happy. Email, Tasks, Calendar and Contacts all in one place. Memos get saved to a "MyPilot" folder. New memos created on PC and saved as plain text into that folder appear on Palm at next sync. -- Ian Stephen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: LOCKUP: GF4-MultiScreen kills machine with X

2003-07-11 Thread Ian Stephen
ress' menus etc the whole time. Wish I had some helpful suggestions, but scrolling thru my XF86Config-4 doesn't spark any ideas. Google? -- Ian Stephen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: Whoa Nelly! GF4-MultiScreen kills machine with X

2003-07-10 Thread Ian Stephen
t;window". If the type is left as "default" they span both monitors. I can drag maximized windows from one monitor to the other. Find it annoying now when I'm on an MS Windows machine and have to un-maximize before I can drag a window. -- I

Re: Whoa Nelly! GF4-MultiScreen kills machine with X

2003-07-07 Thread Ian Stephen
t being able to drag parts of apps where I want though. (Some may recall I said I'd do a sxs on X/Xinerama. Haven't forgotten, just haven't had time!) -- Ian Stephen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PR

Re: gimp question

2003-07-05 Thread Ian Stephen
;. >From jpg go image > mode > indexed then you can save as gif (if you have the gif bits in your GIMP. Here in Canada of course we can't do that for another year or something.) -- Ian Stephen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Linux-us

Re: Mozilla 1.4 Killed my Bookmarks File

2003-07-03 Thread Ian Stephen
g is wrong that isn't. Not that I would suggest any hint of 'pilot error' WRT a post from someone whose name I see on my bookshelf. -- Ian Stephen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/S

Re: your_details

2003-06-27 Thread Ian Stephen
e time the course was done the instructor was sending things in html. Also introduced the class to md5sums when handing in my group's final assignment. Got %110! :-) Cheers, Ian Stephen -- Keep the Internet public, avoid sending attachments in proprietary formats

Re: detach a process

2003-04-05 Thread Ian Stephen
I'm awfully new at this still, but in Linux wouldn't this be " cp folder/*.* destination & " Ian Stephen -- Keep the Internet public, avoid sending attachments in proprietary formats. Try plain text, html, rtf or pdf. ___ Linux-us

Re: We won't back down...

2003-03-29 Thread Ian Stephen
bs in Afghanistan. With friends like this... :-( Well. I feel a little better. Ian Stephen Canada On Sat, 2003-03-29 at 06:50, Ken Moffat wrote: > Do you feel a bit mislead, judging by the amount of resistance, and the > lack of open-armed welcome by the Iraqis? Our intentions may be g

Re: First impressions of a $200 lindows box: Good

2003-03-16 Thread Ian Stephen
Not exactly a Linux question, but I am going to be building a few low-budget Linux PC's for the family so... Is one brand of ram as good as the next or does it make a difference whose ram one buys? Thanks, Ian Stephen On Sun, 2003-03-16 at 16:29, Joel Hammer wrote: > > I up'ed

Re: Open Office Dictionary

2003-03-02 Thread Ian Stephen
You've probably seen this already, but just in case... If there are words spellcheck doesn't know and you click Tools > Spellcheck > Check a box pops up that includes selection boxes for language and dictionary. Maybe something there will point in the right direction? IanS On Sun, 2003-03-02

Re: Open Office Dictionary

2003-03-02 Thread Ian Stephen
rs really are missing I dunno. Maybe ask at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hope this helps, Ian Stephen On Sun, 2003-03-02 at 12:45, Tom Condon wrote: > > For some reason (perhaps operator error) my Open Office has no > associated dictionary. > > Is there one available? > > Where sho

Re: MSN clone

2003-02-23 Thread Ian Stephen
On Sun, 2003-02-23 at 08:32, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: > I need something that will talk to MSN messenger (I have to for a job!). > Anyone got any recommendations for Linux based clients? See also AMSN from http://amsn.sourceforge.net Ian Stephen -- Keep the Internet public, avoid s

Re: favicon.ico

2003-02-12 Thread Ian Stephen
Seems this doesn't work anymore with IE 5 or 6. I've tried both the favicon.ico in DOCROOT and the way with IE 5 & Win95 and IE 6 & Win98 using the specified 16x16 icon. I get no little image, just the "e". Guess M$ only likes to have their logo on IE address bars. :-( On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 20

Re: favicon.ico

2003-02-10 Thread Ian Stephen
Well, I should have seen that coming. How 'bout http://mail.ort.edu.ar/penguin/ On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 18:10, Kurt Wall wrote: > Feigning erudition, Ian Stephen wrote: > % There's some good information > % here...http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com/articles/favicon.html >

Re: favicon.ico

2003-02-10 Thread Ian Stephen
There's some good information here...http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com/articles/favicon.html IanS ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: favicon.ico

2003-02-08 Thread Ian Stephen
Here's one better, just tried it with a gif animation and it works! IanS On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 16:58, Ian Stephen wrote: > Here's the magic from mozilla's homepage. > > The "link REL="icon" HREF="images/mozilla-16.png" TYPE="image/png"

Re: favicon.ico

2003-02-08 Thread Ian Stephen
's stuff. Glad you asked, now I know how I'm going to use that on my pages! Ian Stephen On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 15:46, Kurt Wall wrote: > Many Web sites (www.mozilla.org and slashdot come to mind) have a little > icon that appears at the beginning of the URL in the address bar

Re: CSS Help, Please

2003-01-08 Thread Ian Stephen
On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 20:14, ronnie gauthier wrote: > Mozilla cannot handle nested css. when you include the style tags in the > external file which by default encloses the contents in tags you have caused a > nesting problem. When you say "cannot handle nested css" I hope you don't mean one can't

Re: CSS Help, Please

2003-01-08 Thread Ian Stephen
I don't think putting the

dual monitor setup

2003-01-02 Thread Ian Stephen
Hi list I feel like Mickey in Fantasia, I got two monitors working on my RH8.0 system, but now how do I turn it off? Sometimes, like for screenshots and Impress previews, I only want one monitor working. Tried going to runlevel 3 and doing variations of startx -xinerama, startx -e -xinerama... M

Re: DVD for Linux - audio problem

2002-12-31 Thread Ian Stephen
m multimedia player. www.videolan.org IanS ps - who is this you ask? I don't think I've introduced myself to the list. Suppose I should. Ian Stephen. Electrician, cyclist, wannabe web designer (www.tradeswest.ca) and new activist to the call "Freedom in software is the democratic future!&