[newbie] CD problem FIXED!

2004-02-19 Thread Adam Halesworth
Ok, so heres the basics. I have an HP 8100+ CD-RW drive and basically, every time I tried to access it, the desktop would crash (For around 15 minutes, and then come back) and basically the entire operating system was sluggish and sometimes programs failed to start. Today I bought a bog standard

[newbie] How to remove slider thingies...

2004-02-18 Thread Adam Halesworth
Im using GNOME and I have un-expanded (is that a word?) the main taskbar bit at the bottom. Now there are giant thick control bars so that i can drag the taskbar around. Is there a way to remove these? I'd just like a solid transparent bar at the bottom (Like MacOSX) for me to put programs in.