Re: [newbie] cookies

Hi Michael. Delete /home/your-user/.netscape/cookies Take care! > Hello all, > Can someone tell me how to clear cookies from netscape? > Mike > -- > == > Michael Holt > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Kirkland, WA > == > The Penguins are coming!!! >

[newbie] lost X! help

well just when i thought i was doing ok, i went and deleted the contents of /tmp on account i had run out of disk space and i thought /tmp's contents were well, just that, temporary. obviously not so since now, i cannot boot into X, i can get into runlevel3, since my friend has my cd i thought i'd

Re: [newbie] 3COM, @Home Service and Linux Mandrake 7.0

Romanyou're not stupid, so I won't call you that. :-) The problem is that the MandrakeSoft Powerpack (and MacMillan's 7.0 Deluxe) does not include PQ Partition Magic. MacMillan's 7.0 Complete is the package that includes it. Alan Romanator wrote: > > Call me stupid but I have checked all

[newbie] IE and wine

I know, don't everybody attack at once! I was reading someones post a couple of days ago and I'm not sure if it was sarcasm, but I would like to know if anyone has really tried running Internet Explorer on wine under Linux and if it works. Thanks, Mike -- == Michael Holt

[newbie] cookies

Hello all, Can someone tell me how to clear cookies from netscape? Mike -- == Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kirkland, WA == The Penguins are coming!!! ==

[newbie] needed programs

i want an mp3 player, a good one, and an aol instant messanger clone, so i can contact people using IM. does anyone know of any really good ones? jd Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Re: [newbie] LILO again!

Good answer Michael, I'm keeping these answers so I can find them next time. I've heard the answers before but they just don't stick in my feable mind! vern Michael Holt wrote: > > vern wrote: > > > > I know this was covered somewhere sometime, but I going to > > have to reinstall Windoze on m

Re: [newbie] LILO again!

Thanks Paul, I suppose I still need Brother Bill's handy work on the front of my HD for some reason. vern Paul wrote: > > On Sat, 13 May 2000, vern wrote: > > >I know this was covered somewhere sometime, but I going to > >have to reinstall Windoze on my HD I know it messes up the > >MBR on the

Re: [newbie] Netscape 6

S, Anthony is there a way to install an icon for Netscape6 to my desktop in Mandrake 7.1?? Eunice Anthony Huereca wrote: > > So are you talking about the Windows or Linux versions? And why did you have to > reboot? I personally think N6/Mozilla is A LOT more stablier than N4.7x is, but > I gu

Re: [newbie] Netscape 6

I'm sorry. I am was thinking of Windows. You are right. TheN6/Mozilla is definitely more stable. Roman Anthony Huereca wrote: > So are you talking about the Windows or Linux versions? And why did you have to > reboot? I personally think N6/Mozilla is A LOT more stablier than N4.7x is, but > I g

Re: [newbie] Netscape 6

So are you talking about the Windows or Linux versions? And why did you have to reboot? I personally think N6/Mozilla is A LOT more stablier than N4.7x is, but I guess it might just depend on the machine and how it's configured. > Sure is. I think it is a little too early for Netscape 6. Just a

Re: [newbie] 3Dfx

Evan I did not mean you. The statement was supposed to be in response to the 20MB driver question. Charles - Original Message - From: "Evan Holt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2000 9:28 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] 3Dfx > > > > You did

Re: [newbie] Netscape 6

Sure is. I think it is a little too early for Netscape 6. Just a week or too ago it was labeled Beta. I tried Netscape 6 and didn't like it. The program is unstable, and needs to be tweaked. I was getting many Netscape.exe crashes. I downloaded Netscape 4.73. Then, I used the following steps to r

Re: [newbie] 3COM, @Home Service and Linux Mandrake 7.0

Hi Charles, So far so good. I have resized the partition to about 2 Gig. Next, I rebooted the computer. The install appeared to proceed okay, then... I think I missed a step. The penguin icon appeared at the top left corner of the screen. It was followed by a number of lines reading my drive type

[newbie] SENDMAIL WARNING

When I run kmail I am able to pull mail down from my ISP's server, but when I try to mail the list from kmail I get this; SENDMAIL WARNING SENDMAIL: is set-uid root, or run from set-uid root process SENDMAIL: fatal: No maildrop directory maildrop No such file or directory. Any help with this wou

Re: [newbie] Bambi/sometimes back to Windoze

Hi Paul, Yes, it will be good when people think that Linux is a viable option to Windoze. Some do now, but not enough. Some programs aren't even done for the Mac yet. (I wonder if that should tell us anything :) I will be glad when Corel comes out with their Ventura for Linux. One of the many h

Re: [newbie] formatting a hard drive

Fips? I thought that was for destructive formatting. Also, does it understand reiserfs? I've found that diskdrake does the trick rather nicely (finally tripped over the right howto), but it would be nice to know the behind the scenes method also. Mike Kenny wrote: > > doesnt fibs format an

Re: [newbie] shutdown

Paul wrote: > > On Sat, 13 May 2000, Michael Holt wrote: > > >No bugs here! I use shutdown -h now on my atx board, works fine. If > >you want a short cut, edit your /etc/inittab file at the point that > >defines what ctrl-alt-delete does - change the -r to -h. After you > >reboot once, your c

Re: [newbie] formatting a hard drive

Charles A Edwards wrote: > > Sorry Mike, I missunderstood your question. > >Charles No, my fault, should've been more clear. Anyway, found the answer - it was 'diskdrake'. I was thinking that there should've been some easy front end tool that would handle the task (rather than having to k

[newbie] Telnet/SSH

Hi List, I turned on Telnet and told it to connect to one of my remote domains, and no probs what so ever. The remote servers I use have SSH available and I would like to make use of it and was wondering if I can use kTelnet to make an SSH connection? Thanks, b/web Wade

Re: [newbie] LILO again!

vern wrote: > > I know this was covered somewhere sometime, but I going to > have to reinstall Windoze on my HD I know it messes up the > MBR on the disk and I need to use fdisk to do something and > how do I reinstate LILO back on the MBR? > thanks > vern > -- > Vernon Stilwell

[newbie] Install: can't get past SCSI yes/no dialog

... maybe because I have a Promise Ultra66 ?? I'm trying to install Mandrake 7.0 on a Gateway system under Win98. Things go swimmingly until just before I get to choose the partitions. The installer seems to have gone past the SCSI driver phase (and keyboard choice), but then it asks me whether

[newbie] X-Chat "No Ident response"

As I am checking things out I fired up X-Chat and told it to connect to EFNet right off the user menu on the tool bar and I get; irc.efnet.net.. irc.efnet.net (199.3.235.130> port 6667 Now logging in Looking up your hostname Found your hostname, cached Checking Ident No Ident response Closting L

Re: [newbie] shutdown

On Sat, 13 May 2000, Michael Holt wrote: >No bugs here! I use shutdown -h now on my atx board, works fine. If >you want a short cut, edit your /etc/inittab file at the point that >defines what ctrl-alt-delete does - change the -r to -h. After you >reboot once, your ctrl-alt-delete keys will tu

Re: [newbie] LILO again!

On Sat, 13 May 2000, vern wrote: >I know this was covered somewhere sometime, but I going to >have to reinstall Windoze on my HD I know it messes up the >MBR on the disk and I need to use fdisk to do something and >how do I reinstate LILO back on the MBR? >thanks >vern Make sure you have your L

[newbie] LILO again!

I know this was covered somewhere sometime, but I going to have to reinstall Windoze on my HD I know it messes up the MBR on the disk and I need to use fdisk to do something and how do I reinstate LILO back on the MBR? thanks vern -- Vernon Stilwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] H

Re: [newbie] Error message-Missing Component?

Wade I am afaid I will be of no help to you here. I have no idea what the /diald is supposed to be. I have a /usr/sbin directory but there is no /diald listing in it. Charles - Original Message - From: "Wade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2

Re: [newbie] 3Dfx

Evan You did look at the wrong driver. go to www.linux.3dfx.com There you will find all the VooDoo drivers and complete instructions for downloading and installing them. Charles . - Original Message - From: "Marc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 13

Re: [newbie] 3COM, @Home Service and Linux Mandrake 7.0

Hi Charles, I couldn't find PM in the PowerPack I checked all 6 CDs. But, I did find a Partition Magic Special Edition with The Multi-Boot Configuration Handbook. However, I am getting batch errors about lost clusters. I will have to run a complete scandisk overnight to correct this. This is one

Re: [newbie] 3COM, @Home Service and Linux Mandrake 7.0

Roman PM should be on disk 3. It may be that it is listed as PQPM (PowerQuest PartitionMagic) rather than as PM or PartitionMagic. Charles - Original Message - From: "Romanator" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2000 4:52 PM Subject: Re: [newbie]

Re: [newbie] formatting a hard drive

I understand that, I'm asking about how to change filesystems from ext2 to reiserfs - I realize that will erase the drive. I need to know if there is an option, at this time, to create the reiser filesystem during formatting of a hard drive. Since it will be the slave drive, I will not be losing

Re: [newbie] 3Dfx

the drivers i downloaded were around 1.50MB so i think you have the wrong drivers - Original Message - From: "Evan Holt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2000 5:17 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] 3Dfx | Hi there, | | | >Hi I just purchased a Voodoo3 3000 and

Re: [newbie] 3Dfx

Hi there, >Hi I just purchased a Voodoo3 3000 and the drivers at the >3Dfx site are there but the one I started to download was >30+ meg. in length not something you want to try on a 24K >modem hookup! :-( I have to wait till someone comes out >with them on CD! >vern I'm not sure you have the

Re: [newbie] Where's the experts??

On Sat, 13 May 2000, you wrote: > What has happened to the experts mailing list? > No mail for almost 3 days! > vern Nothing in the archives since Thursday morning either. The list must have died. -- Alex (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)

Re: [newbie] 3COM, @Home Service and Linux Mandrake 7.0

Call me stupid but I have checked all 6 CDs, and I cannot find Partition Magic. I purchased Linux Mandrake 7.0 Power Pack. Roman. Charles A Edwards wrote: > have a 10 Gig. Fujitsu hard drive that was formatted using DiskGo. I tried > using > fdisk but it only acknowledged that I had 8 Gig. > A

Re: [newbie] Wrong Charset in KDE

I searched "wrong charset" on google and it came up with a bunch of pages indicating this is a boo-boo in certain flavors of linux and not to loose any sleep over it. At 07:52 AM 5/12/00, you wrote: >Hi all, >why get I always the message 'KCharset: Wrong charset !'. >What did I wrong ? >Thanks >

Re: [newbie] formatting a hard drive

Mike Unless you are using a program such as DriveImage or Ghost or want to make a back-up copy of your HD to some other medium you cannot formatt your HD without reinstalling. Any time you formatt you are, in simplistic terms, erasing your HD. Charles - Original Message - Fro

[newbie] Error message-Missing Component?

After I reconfigured my settings in linuxconf to get kppp to dial out, I get this error message; Linuxconf can't locate the command /usr/sbin/diald on your system. The command is either missing (not installed) or installed with a different

Re: [newbie] Browser of Choice

You're out of luck then. You can't change the option of what browser opens when you click a link in KMail. You're just going to have to copy the link and paste into a Netscape window. > Thanks for the reply. I am using KMail. Will have to look into the other > mailer you mentioned. Will do as

Re: [newbie] Where's the experts??

vern wrote: > > What has happened to the experts mailing list? > No mail for almost 3 days! > vern > -- > Vernon Stilwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hardinsburg, Kentucky[EMAIL PROTECTED] > This email was created in a Micro$haft free environment! >Silly h

Re: [newbie] 3COM, @Home Service and Linux Mandrake 7.0

Here goes nothing. I will let you know of the results. Roman Charles A Edwards wrote: > have a 10 Gig. Fujitsu hard drive that was formatted using DiskGo. I tried > using > fdisk but it only acknowledged that I had 8 Gig. > After reading a ton of material on hard drives, I came across an artic

Re: [newbie] user window-sig

Hi Paul, I know..., also when open an xterm of course we can see the user with the prompt. for this an action must be done. What I mean is: for example a display in the panel displaying the currently user of the workstation same as the time display in the right corner of the panel. Eric Paul wr

Re: [newbie] Browser of Choice

Thanks for the reply. I am using KMail. Will have to look into the other mailer you mentioned. Will do as you suggested with chmod, but your reply begs the question. What do I know about chmod, so it is off to man, chmod land. See you on the other side. :) On Sat, 13 May 2000, you wrote: >

[newbie] my winmodem/[Fwd: Support Request] Creative Labs

Hi List, This may be of some interest or help to others working with winmodems too.This is a copy of the email that I sent and received from Creative Labs. Thanks, PS - It sounds as if the PCI makers who have answered my emails would like very much for their 'winmodems' to be 'linmodems', even

[newbie] formatting a hard drive

Hello again! I'm currently using hydrogen 7.1b and I've found that reiserfs is SO awesome, I'd like to use it on my second hard drive. Can anyone tell me how to format using reiserfs without reinstalling my system? Thanks again, Mike -- == Michael Holt [E

Re: [newbie] USB zip drive

Mike Check the /usr/doc/ directory you should be able to find some info in it. Charles - Original Message - From: "Michael Holt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "cooker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "expert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2000 3:17 PM Su

[newbie] lock file

After booting up today I found myself unable to establish a connection once again, so I did a little snooping in my netconf again and turned off the 'activate interface at boot time' selection in PPP/SLIP/PLIP and made certain to have turned off the 'use lock file' under PPP dialout. I get the f

[newbie] logitech trackball

Hello, I'm using a logitech trackball which has really nice drivers and software for windows, but according to the company, Linux just isn't worth supporting. Anyway, there's a really nice feature called 'smart move' that whenever you open a window, etc., the cursor automatically moves to

Re: [newbie] shutdown

Paul wrote: > > On Sat, 13 May 2000, Nickolay Belostotsky wrote: > > >Umm... Must be a bug in my Mandrake... Because halt *does* power down my > >conputer... Hm... > > *grin* I doubt it is a bug. I have always used poweroff on my ATX machine > and halt on the AT machine. Never tried it the othe

[newbie] Slow Modem/Downloading Speed

Well i got my modem up which took a little while. I connect at 31200 and 28800. But i download at 400-800 bytes/sec. So it only takes over an hour to download a megabyte. (sarcasm). I am using freewwweb. But i also tried it on my win machine to make sure it wasnt the ISP and i got a pretty good co

Re: [newbie] my winmodem/wish it was a linmodem

I will have to check my rc.serial file to verify whether the two lines are included or not. Thank for the tip on calling in about my modem, I think I will do just that, it will not hurt to see what they say about it. As per a couple of my other posts here you will see that I have written to fou

RE: [newbie] ppp0 woe-s

:) OK I did rgrep -r ppp0 * and I got nothing back from it. At 12:57 PM 5/12/00 -0500, you wrote: >Hmmm... that's a toughie... basically you messed something up :) J/k. >Okay, things I'd look for: >1. Go to /etc/rc.d >2. rgrep -r ppp0 * >3. If something shows up, reply back with what it sai

RE: [newbie] my winmodem/wish it was a linmodem

Thanks for all of the help with this question. I did just as everyone suggested and created the symbolic link to the com port and it worked great. I also had to reset which device to be used in kppp. Thanks, b/web Wade At 12:39 PM 5/12/00 -0500, you wrote: >Easiest way is to delete /dev/mode

Re: [newbie] Netscape 6

Uninstall Netscape 6, reboot your OS and install Netscape 4.72 Roman Eunice Thompson wrote: > How can I put an icon on the desktop to start Netscape 6; > Should I uninstall Netscape 4.72? > Thanks > Eunice Thompson

Re: [newbie] shutdown

On Sat, 13 May 2000, Nickolay Belostotsky wrote: >> /sbin/poweroff > >Isn't just > >halt > >easier? Or am I missing something? > >Thanks, > -- Koly Hi Koly, Halt is indeed even easier, but the newer computers have an ATX powersupply/mainboard, that allow you to switch off the power through a so

Re: [newbie] IDontLoveYou (fwd)

In a message dated 5/12/00 2:57:42 PM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >What is this email about? unix version of ILoveYou??? > > > >- Original Message - > >From: "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >| > >| This is the Unix version of "I Love You". It works on the hono

[newbie] Documentation on kernel??

Has anyone at Mandrake ever documented the difference between the "secure" kernel, and the "regular" kernels?? Is it only used in the highest levels of security? Thanks! vern -- Vernon Stilwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hardinsburg, Kentucky[EMAIL PROTECTED] This

[newbie] Where's the experts??

What has happened to the experts mailing list? No mail for almost 3 days! vern -- Vernon Stilwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hardinsburg, Kentucky[EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was created in a Micro$haft free environment! Silly hacker, root is for administrat

Re: [newbie] 3Dfx

Hi I just purchased a Voodoo3 3000 and the drivers at the 3Dfx site are there but the one I started to download was 30+ meg. in length not something you want to try on a 24K modem hookup! :-( I have to wait till someone comes out with them on CD! vern Evan Holt wrote: > > Hi there, > > >Sorry

Re: [newbie] Charset - Thanks, Paul!

On Sat, 13 May 2000, you wrote: > On Sat, 13 May 2000, Piero wrote: > > >I felt also reassured, since I had the same problem... But can anybody tell > >what's a Charset? > > > > On Sat, 13 May 2000, you wrote: > >> Paul, > >> thanks for the respons.I'm reassured. > >> Eric > > Hi Piero, > > A c

Re: [newbie] What's wrong with TAR???

Nickolay Belostotsky wrote: > > Hi all! > > After I've installed X 4, when I tar -xvf something, I get this error on > every file, but the files *do* unpack: > > $ tar -xvf kde-qt-support-1.90.tar > tar: couldn't set uid 1002 gid 1002 using chown: Operation not permitted > > The error message

Re: [newbie] Installing Linux Mandrake 7.0 with Lnx4Win

I had originally attached a vcard and then unchecked this. However, the characters still appeared. If you are still seeing this at the very bottom of the entire thread, it is from the original installation. Roman Ed Tharp wrote: > check Netscape "options"- "mail" - "identity" - "send signatures

[newbie] user window-sig

Hi, is there a way to see what user is actually running-on ? I mean on the workstation; on the panel or with a little widget/image. Eric

Re: [newbie] 3COM, @Home Service and Linux Mandrake 7.0

I am waiting for System Commander 2000 to arrive. I have also started up my other computer with Win98SE. I have a 10 Gig. Fujitsu hard drive that was formatted using DiskGo. I tried using fdisk but it only acknowledged that I had 8 Gig. After reading a ton of material on hard drives, I came across

Re: [newbie] shutdown

> In /sbin there even is a simpler solution: > > /sbin/poweroff Isn't just halt easier? Or am I missing something? Thanks, -- Koly

[newbie] What's wrong with TAR???

Hi all! After I've installed X 4, when I tar -xvf something, I get this error on every file, but the files *do* unpack: $ tar -xvf kde-qt-support-1.90.tar tar: couldn't set uid 1002 gid 1002 using chown: Operation not permitted The error message is not exactly as it is, this is my translation f

Re: [newbie] slow login in X

On Sat, 13 May 2000, bascule wrote: >the voodoo banshee is i believe a 2d/3d card based on the voodoo2 >chipset so it's one or two generations old, i hate to ask this question >because i think it's one of those linux questions that brings out >religion in some people but; what would be a good amo

Re: [newbie] Question about sound cards . . .

Peter Run # cat /proc/pci. this will give a listing of all the PCI cards Linux found in your system. There should be a listing for your sound card and it will give you your IRQ, DMA, and I/O range. Or. If you are also running Windows go into System, Device Mgr., Sound and video controllers.

Re: [newbie] my winmodem/wish it was a linmodem

Yay, I am writing the list from Netscape Mail within Linux Mandrake. The modem worked the very first time I told it to dial, but I did have to reconf kppp as my settings were still for ttyS3. After I connected to my ISP, I was unable to get any mail or browse Wade Sorry I failed to remind yo

Re: [newbie] slow login in X

the voodoo banshee is i believe a 2d/3d card based on the voodoo2 chipset so it's one or two generations old, i hate to ask this question because i think it's one of those linux questions that brings out religion in some people but; what would be a good amount of swap space? i've read a few artic

Re: [newbie] Wrong Charset ...What's a Charset?

On Sat, 13 May 2000, Piero wrote: >I felt also reassured, since I had the same problem... But can anybody tell >what's a Charset? > > On Sat, 13 May 2000, you wrote: >> Paul, >> thanks for the respons.I'm reassured. >> Eric Hi Piero, A charset is a Character Set. In most european countries, the

Re: [newbie] Installing Linux Mandrake 7.0 with Lnx4Win

check Netscape "options"- "mail" - "identity" - "send signatures file" uncheck box - Original Message - From: Romanator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 7:39 PM Subject: [newbie] Installing Linux Mandrake 7.0 with Lnx4Win > I have just opened the P

[newbie] Canon Printer Probs

Hi, Does anyone know if there are drivers available for a Canon BJC 2100 printer. Got the wrong printer today. I thought the printer configuration in Drakconfig said 2100 but it really said 100/200 PPs! -- Andrew Blackburn England -- In the pursuit of learning, Everyday so

[newbie] Wrong Charset ...What's a Charset?

I felt also reassured, since I had the same problem... But can anybody tell what's a Charset? On Sat, 13 May 2000, you wrote: > Paul, > thanks for the respons.I'm reassured. > Eric > > Paul wrote: > > > > On Fri, 12 May 2000, Eric MC DECLERCK wrote: > > > > >Hi all, > > >why get I always the

Re: [newbie] Keyboard Problem in X

Hi Anders, did you find the pb ? Take also a look at : KDE control center, Desktop, Fonts. Ther you'll find the charset. Eric Anders Linden wrote: > > Den ons, 03 maj 2000 skrev du: > > Anders Linden wrote: > > > > > > > > > Ok, > > > > > > in console (not in X) type 'X > /var/log/x.out 2>&1' w

Re: [newbie] Wrong Charset in KDE

Paul, thanks for the respons.I'm reassured. Eric Paul wrote: > > On Fri, 12 May 2000, Eric MC DECLERCK wrote: > > >Hi all, > >why get I always the message 'KCharset: Wrong charset !'. > >What did I wrong ? > >Thanks > >Eric > > I don't think you do something wrong. I assume that the packages t

Re: [newbie] Version number on new compile

If you compiled a new kernel, then you created a 'bzImage' or 'zImage'. So, do: (xxx is what you want) cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.xx cp /usr/src/linux/System.map /boot/System.map-2.2.xxx rm /boot/System.map ln -s /boot/System.map-2.2.x /boot/System.map

Re: [newbie] 3COM, @Home Service and Linux Mandrake 7.0

I used System commander 5 succesfully to set up 1 Win95 and 4 Linux installations on 2 hard drives, was very satisfied with it. I bought System Commander 2000 when wanted to install Mandrake 7.0 alongside Win98 on a laptop, tried to resize the Win98 partition to make room and it didn't work at all

Re: [newbie] S3 Trio 3D & X server

I hadn't read that the problems with this card had been fixed, when I upgraded my machine I bought this card believing it to be supported, could not get it to work so I bought a cheap card - some unheard of brand - but with a supported chipset, just to get my machine up and running until the S3 Tr

Re: [newbie] Netscape 6

On Sat, 13 May 2000, you wrote: > How can I put an icon on the desktop to start Netscape 6; Read Kde help.

Re: [newbie] shutdown

At 12-05-2000 10:16 PM, you wrote: > I thought I read here that to manually shutdown you entered "shutdown >now" at the command line. Doing this, my system then shut down to single >user mode. Next logon my system complained that it had not been shut down >properly and did a bunch of self-ch

Re: [newbie] Netscape 6

On Fri, 12 May 2000, Anthony Huereca wrote: >> How can I put an icon on the desktop to start Netscape 6 > >I'm not sure. Right click in the desktop, and in the "NEW" part of the menu select "application". Then a new window pops up where you can fill in the details. Important thing to know is whe

[newbie] Bambi/sometimes back to Windoze

On Fri, 12 May 2000, Fran Parker wrote: >Cute one Paul! > >Guess some people really miss that stuff that happens in Windows and >not in Linux :) > >I haven't been back in Windows since the I Love You Bug hit. > >Now, there's a deterrent to Windows that really works. > >Bummer is I do need to get

Re: [newbie] shutdown

On Fri, 12 May 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I thought I read here that to manually shutdown you entered "shutdown >now" at the command line. Doing this, my system then shut down to single >user mode. Next logon my system complained that it had not been shut down >properly and did a bun

Re: [newbie] Netscape 6

On Sat, 13 May 2000, you wrote: > > How can I put an icon on the desktop to start Netscape 6 > > I'm not sure. > > > Should I uninstall Netscape 4.72? > > This I know. No, you don't have to uninstall it. You can run N6 and N4.7 at the > same time with no problems. I've been running the two tog