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 WM

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 pleased with what

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 would

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 Powered by

Re: [newbie] changing window managers

1999-10-17 Thread Ken Archer
I have been using "Guichooser" which can be found here. http://www.open-systems.com/guichooser/ It allows me to choose between KDE, Gnome, Afterstep, Blackbox, Enlightenment, Fvwm, Ice, Windowmaker and Xfce. You can see I like to try everything (at

Re: [newbie] KDE/XF86Config Question

1999-10-01 Thread Ken Archer
Edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config file and make sure you have "ViewPort 0 0" in each of the Subsection "Display" areas for your video card. See below. ---snip # The accelerated servers (S3, Mach32, Mach8, 8514, P9000, AGX, W32, Mach64) Section "Screen" Driver "accel" Device "ATI

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

1999-09-12 Thread Ken Archer
Since I work for a Compaq dealer, Radio Shack, I can assure you the Compaq IJ900, manufactured by Lexmark, requires Windows drivers. Just like your winmodem, you have a winprinter that I have never been able to get to work in Linux. On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, you wrote: Thanks. That seems to be the

Re: [newbie] Runlevel 5

1999-09-12 Thread Ken Archer
Try: Ctrl-Alt-F2 (thru F6) To get back to X: Ctrl-Alt-F7 On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, you wrote: I need to set runlevel 5 as default for my dad's sake. That way he can log in and shut down the system with ease (he doesn't know any other way). But with kdm, he just clicks his picture and enters

Re: [newbie] 3 Button Mouse -- Configuration

1999-09-11 Thread Ken Archer
Check out the instructions for imwheel located on your system at: /usr/doc/imwheel-0.9.6 On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, you wrote: Instructions? I didn't see any I just installed it from the Mandrake 6.0 CD-ROM. It does seem to be running just doesn't scroll, maybe doesn't work with this mouse?

Re: [newbie] aliases for shell?

1999-09-11 Thread Ken Archer
Logoff as user and then log back in again and your changes should take effect. On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, you wrote: OK, well, maybe there's a flaw in how I'm testing this: I edit ~/.bashrc which before I edit it looks like this: # .bashrc # User specific aliases and functions alias rm='rm

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

1999-09-02 Thread Ken Archer
If I am not mistaken, the GPL requires distributors to make their SOFTWARE available free of charge, not their NAME. NAME is what gives value to a software product. It just looks like you as a reseller are going to have to quit riding on their coattails and earn a little respect for your own