[newbie] Can't resize certain windows

2001-03-06 Thread Owens, Blaine C
I've just about got all the kinks worked out of my new 7.2 install. It looks like I'm stuck with a resolution of 800x600 max. One nuisance problem is that some of the windows are larger than my monitor, DrakRPM for example, and I can't resize the window to fit my screen. I can get around the probl

[newbie] New install - Xwindows

2001-02-24 Thread Owens, Blaine C
After a new install my Xwindows has horizontal lines making most applications INCLUDING DrakConf applications basically unusable. Perhaps if I could get Xwindows working reasonably I could address some of the other problems I am having. I reinstalled this morning - still horizontal lines making mo

RE: [newbie] Execute Programs

2001-02-22 Thread Owens, Blaine C
If the first line of the script is: #!/path/to/perl then it is not necessary. -Original Message- From: Paul Rodríguez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 10:40 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Execute Programs I thought that to run a perl script

RE: [newbie] want my linux work faster and networking

2001-02-15 Thread Owens, Blaine C
Remember that MS Word is a stand-alone of a whole family of MS Office products. Star Office launches the entire office suite. If MS Office did the same it would need to launch Word, Power Point, Excel, etc., etc. You are not comparing apples to apples. -Original Message-From: Tafta

[newbie] Red Hat to Mandrake

2001-02-08 Thread Owens, Blaine C
A couple of years ago I was given a dual boot Win98/Red Hat 5.2 PC for some computer related work I had done for a friend. At the time my ISP was dialin and I had all working very well. Since (about 2 weeks ago) I have gone to cable modem and just haven't taken the time to try to figure out how to