Re: [newbie] various issues - apology

2005-03-01 Thread Kenneth Rhodes
; Sort of supports my earlier posting in this thread ... I must use what > > is available first, then experiment with the latest and greatest. The link works in Firefox and Epiphany as well. :) -- Kenneth Rhodes 100% MicroSoft Free Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Web Page Design Software

2005-02-15 Thread Kenneth Rhodes
> > > B.J. Tracy I am a novice at webpage design -*.htm document editing. I've tried Quanta Plus, Screem, Mozilla Composer and just now took a look at Nvu. Mozilla Composer seems the most intuitive and easy to use. :) HTH, Kenneth Rhodes 100% MicroSoft Free

Re: [newbie] bash3 install problem

2005-02-12 Thread Kenneth Rhodes
2 /bin/bash > ln /bin/bash /bin/bash2 > > Mikkel Thanks Mikkel - works like a charm! :) -- Kenneth Rhodes 100% MicroSoft Free Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

[newbie] bash3 install problem

2005-02-11 Thread Kenneth Rhodes
, my bash version is still bash 2.05b. I can see several versions of bash in /bin/... /bin/bash* /bin/bash2@ -- highlighted a blueish color /bin/bash3* Can I just copy bash3 over bash? TIA, -- Kenneth Rhodes 100% MicroSoft Free Want to buy

[newbie] speedtouch suite

2005-02-06 Thread Kenneth Rhodes
>From time to time people have inquired about speedtouch adsl modems. I noticed an announcement for this driver installation suite on Freshmeat today: http://s1x.homelinux.net/projects/speedtouch_suite -- Kenneth Rhodes 100% MicroSoft F

Re: [newbie] turn off computer?

2005-01-22 Thread Kenneth Rhodes
is one of the easiest ways to make a worthwhile contribution to the commonweal. Sorry, to post off topic. You, or anyone who is interested in more information, please feel free to contact me. -- Kenneth Rhodes 100% MicroSoft Free _

Re: [newbie] XFCE 4.2 mouse scrolling

2005-01-20 Thread Kenneth Rhodes
On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 16:30 -0500, JoeHill wrote: > On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:53:12 -0500 > Kenneth Rhodes disseminated the following: > > > > ...and seeing if that makes it work properly... > > > > > Thanks, that worked like a charm - for the current session. >

[newbie] XFCE 4.2 panel crash

2005-01-20 Thread Kenneth Rhodes
and not as glitzy as KDE, but it is very smooth, solid, and dependable. -- Kenneth Rhodes 100% MicroSoft Free Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] XFCE 4.2 mouse scrolling

2005-01-20 Thread Kenneth Rhodes
seeing if that makes it work properly... > Thanks, that worked like a charm - for the current session. I converted that command line to an executable shell script as a stop gap measure while I search for the best way to incorporate that into the "startxfce4" script which

[newbie] XFCE 4.2 mouse scrolling

2005-01-19 Thread Kenneth Rhodes
e any suggestions as to how I can change the mouse wheel behavior in XFCE? Thanks in Advance, -- Kenneth Rhodes 100% MicroSoft Free Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club :

Re: [newbie] Fonts too small to see

2005-01-14 Thread Kenneth Rhodes
u are in Mozilla or some other browser in which case you can adjust the font from the preferences menu. You can also ajust your fonts system wide from one of the KDE, GNOME, or XFCE configuration menus. For example, in GNOME select system>configuration>Gnome>Fonts. Hope this helps, -- Kenneth

Re: [newbie] RE: nVidia

2005-01-11 Thread Kenneth Rhodes
__ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com > -- Kenneth Rhodes 100% MicroSoft Free __

Re: [newbie] Error message when any KDE app starts

2005-01-11 Thread Kenneth Rhodes
ponents > File Associations > application select "add" at the bottom of the known types list pick "application" from the pick menu enter "octet-stream" leave everything else blank. I believe that is what someone told

Re: [newbie] RE: nVidia

2005-01-10 Thread Kenneth Rhodes
ith a module called "rivafb". Can anyone tell me how to disable the "rivafb" module in my kernel? Thanks in advance, -- Kenneth Rhodes 100% MicroSoft Free Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: FW: [newbie] RE: nVidia

2005-01-10 Thread Kenneth Rhodes
o not deliver the full capabilities > of the ATI graphics card. They literally ARE made for MS Windows or OS/X > only. > > Experience is the best teacher. _ -- Kenneth Rhodes 100% MicroSoft Free Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] Re: FireFox speedup

2005-01-06 Thread Kenneth Rhodes
On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 18:44 -0600, David Reynolds wrote: > > This 'scheme' was proposed elsewhere last week to almost universal > condemnation. There are pieces in it that are worthwhile (like #3), but as > Kaj mentioned, there's a lot that's unethical as well: > > http://www.livejournal.com/c

Re: [newbie] Re: FireFox speedup

2005-01-06 Thread Kenneth Rhodes
On Fri, 2005-01-07 at 01:13 +0100, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > I've tried it for about a week now, and honestly, I can't tell any > difference. Do you have Broadband? Dumb question - of course you do, but I wonder what the variable(s) could be that enables this to work for me and evidently others

Re: [newbie] Re: FireFox speedup

2005-01-06 Thread Kenneth Rhodes
On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 23:55 +, Jonesy wrote: > On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 17:22:45 -0500, Kenneth Rhodes wrote: > > > > 1.Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. > > : > > : > > 3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer.

[newbie] FireFox speedup

2005-01-06 Thread Kenneth Rhodes
The following tips came from this link: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1299854/posts I implemented these procedures and I must say they really makes a difference: Here's something for broadband people that will really speed Firefox up: 1.Type "about:config" into the address bar and hi

Re: [newbie] Eeek! Video Card Problems.

2005-01-05 Thread Kenneth Rhodes
d the NVidia Linux driver page here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux.html but I haven't tried installing their official Linux driver yet. HTH, Kenneth Rhodes Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrake

Re: [newbie] Reply to settings?

2004-12-15 Thread Kenneth Rhodes
Thanks for the responses. As near as I can tell Ann is right about my using Web based email. I suppose I should unsubrscribe from this excite mail account and re-subscribe from my ISP account. I will do that now. Kenneth Rhodes 100% MicroSoft Free

[newbie] Reply to settings?

2004-12-15 Thread Kenneth Rhodes
e if it is working correctly. Well, suppose I could reply to myself :) Thanks for giving me a heads up on the problem. Kenneth Rhodes 100% MicroSoft Free! ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal

[newbie] Radeon 9200

2004-12-12 Thread Kenneth Rhodes
their hardware database? Summary: Radeon 9200 128mb works like a charm under Mandrake 10.1 CE Thanks again, Kenneth Rhodes 100% MicroSoft Free! Kenneth Rhodes 100% MicroSoft Free! ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on

RE: [newbie] 10.1CE & Speedtouch USB ADSL

2004-12-02 Thread Kenneth Rhodes
t it a piece of junk. Good Luck! Kenneth Rhodes 100% MicroSoft Free! ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandr

[newbie] make fails cpp sanity test

2004-10-31 Thread Kenneth Rhodes
h gcc3.4.1-4mdk because when I try to remove it I get a very scary message indicating that numerous major programs require it. Trying to install a different version of gcc results in an error message regarding conflicts in dependant files. Any help would be appreciated. Respectfully, Ken

[newbie] Way back when...... was some other topic

1999-11-07 Thread Kenneth Rhodes
I bought a Sinclair something or other long before the Times incarnation and couldn't get it to work so I bought a Commodore VIC-20 with 5K and a tape drive for about $500, summer of 92, eventually upgraded it to 32K. Hugh wrote: > I had one of those too, You could add extra ram buy plugi