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2000-02-21 Thread Archer

Re: [newbie] Using multiple WM's

1999-11-26 Thread Ken Archer
Try a search on Freshmeat for "guichooser". With guichooser, you begin with startx and then you have a choice of the wm's you have installed. "Ty C. Mixon" wrote: > > Looking over this older e-mail, I see how I could manually switch my > default WM, but how can I set it so that I can start any

Re: [newbie] /swap file - 128 or 256

1999-11-24 Thread Ken Archer
I have 128 meg of RAM and a 128 meg swap file that I hardly ever use. Benjamin wrote: > > Dear friends: > > Last question: > > I have an AMD K6-2 400 Mhrtz with 128 megs of real RAM. Should I go for > a 128 swap file or a 256 swap file? Any special advantage to having a > 256 swap file? > > T

Re: [newbie] /home partition -- how?

1999-11-22 Thread Ken Archer
I usually run two distrobutions on a 8.4 meg hd. An even split gives 2.5 gig to / 1.5 gig to /home and the balance in swap. When you reinstall or upgrade you only have to worry about / Benjamin wrote: > > Dear friends: > > I will be reinstalling my Mandrake 6.1 from CD in a day or two. I wou

Re: [newbie] Here's the latest info on Opera for Linux...

1999-11-22 Thread Ken Archer
Some people would complain if you hung them with a new rope!!! Steve Philp wrote: > > M Thompson wrote: > > > > This story was copied from: http://www.opera.com/interviews/linux.html > > > > [SNIP] > > > > DS I'm thinking before Christmas because I get a bonus! The test group is > > quite please

Re: [newbie] Harddrive problem

1999-10-27 Thread Ken Archer
How? On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Axalon Bloodstone wrote: > just tell linux there are 3rd, and 4th ide chains and off ya go. Ata66 is > supposed tobe fully backward compliant, so it will pick them up as normal > ide. -- Kenneth Archer + San Antonio, Texas [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #24980801 P

Re: [newbie] changing window managers

1999-10-17 Thread Ken Archer
sion of Mandrake? > > Regards, > cyberclay > --- > cclay at fastlane dot net > http://www.abednego.com -- Kenneth Archer + San Antonio, Texas [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #24980801 Powered by Linux ++ Mailed by Kmail

Re: [newbie] KDE/XF86Config Question

1999-10-01 Thread Ken Archer
screen size. Removing the line > Virtual in the XF86Config does not help... > > Thanks and regards, > > - regis, > > TheThingThatShouldNotBe wrote: > > > I wonder if there is a way to mnake the Virtual > > screen to ALWAYS the same size as the current screen > > size... > > -- Kenneth Archer + San Antonio, Texas [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #24980801 Powered by Linux ++ Mailed by Kmail

Re: [newbie] STOP

1999-09-15 Thread Ken Archer
I just did it till I needed glasses. > Alas I cannot, been doin it for 45 odd years now. > > The Pope did say if I did not stop I'd go blind. > > Michael Doyle > Adelaide, South Australia > ICQ # 2635762 > http://landofoz.apana.org.au -- Kenneth Archer + San An

Re: [newbie] Runlevel 5

1999-09-12 Thread Ken Archer
el 5? > > Thanks in advance, guys > ___ > Andy Goth [EMAIL PROTECTED] zap.to/andygoth/ UIN: 35256413 -- Kenneth Archer + San Antonio, Texas [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #24980801 Powered by Linux ++ Mailed by Kmail

Re: [[newbie] say it isnt so...]

1999-09-12 Thread Ken Archer
to be the general consensus with the modem. I fill ya'll in when > I get some info on the Compaq printer. -- Kenneth Archer + San Antonio, Texas [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #24980801 Powered by Linux ++ Mailed by Kmail

Re: [newbie] aliases for shell?

1999-09-11 Thread Ken Archer
trc if the variable is not defined, and after the >/etc/inputrc > > # include the ~/.inputrc > > > > [ -z $INPUTRC ] && export INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc > > > > # Source global definitions > > > > if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then > > . /etc/

Re: [newbie] 3 Button Mouse -- Configuration

1999-09-11 Thread Ken Archer
work with this mouse? > Jeanette -- Kenneth Archer + San Antonio, Texas [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #24980801 Powered by Linux ++ Mailed by Kmail

Re: [newbie] ReWriting the MBR to linux?

1999-09-09 Thread Ken Archer
ed to > do this. > > Thanks for any help. > > -- > Best Regards, > Paul Hendrick > http://www.btinternet.com/~engprin1/linux.htm -- Kenneth Archer + San Antonio, Texas [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #24980801 Powered by Linux ++ Mailed by Kmail

Re: [newbie] How about this ? Red Hat GPL No Longer Available

1999-09-02 Thread Ken Archer
D] > > > -- > PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! > http://www.redhat.com http://archive.redhat.com > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with >"unsubscribe" as the Subject. -- Kenneth Archer + San Antonio, Texas [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #24980801 Powered by Linux ++ Mailed by Kmail

[newbie] Re:

1999-01-17 Thread Ken Archer
Do I detect a note of hostility. Then get off!!! "Mike J. Kesow" wrote: > I LOVE THE HUMOR AND SARCASM, BUT I HATE YOU ALL AND WANT OFF OF THIS > CRAP!