Re: [newbie] GNOME login quirk

2003-01-20 Thread Rob Wideman
Then try Enlightenment - mso much more, er, ah, ummalternative? (Besides, there's a great utility called genmenu that creates menu structures for fluxbox, Enlightenment and WindowMaker that is bloody awesome - so when Gnome fails you, you have something to fall back on dude!)

Re: [newbie] GNOME login quirk

2003-01-20 Thread Brandon Vanderberg
I have tried E but i didnt like it too much. I have browsed for alternatives and i like the look of Fluxbox, its installed just not configured. I guess i am just too darn picky. Rob If you like fluxbox, you might like waimea also. very purty, and very light. I use xfce, cuz i'm a

[newbie] GNOME login quirk

2003-01-19 Thread Russ
Hi All, When I login to GNOME I get this error message before it loads; Could not look up internet address for (my computer name used to log onto attbi's cable network). This will prevent GNOME from operating correctly. It may be possible to correct this by adding (my computers name) to the file

Re: [newbie] GNOME login quirk

2003-01-19 Thread Chuck Burns
On Sun, January 19 2003 3:31 pm, Russ wrote: Hi All, When I login to GNOME I get this error message before it loads; *snip* Add the following line to your /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 whateveryourcomputerhostnameis like.. assume your computer is Factoid.. 127.0.0.1 Factoid -- Chuck Burns -

Re: [newbie] GNOME login quirk

2003-01-19 Thread Russ
It worked, and it didn't seem to affect the others either (I tend to jump around to different window managers (variety :-)) thanks On Sun, 2003-01-19 at 13:47, Chuck Burns wrote: On Sun, January 19 2003 3:31 pm, Russ wrote: Hi All, When I login to GNOME I get this error message before it

Re: [newbie] GNOME login quirk

2003-01-19 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 08:31, Russ wrote: Hi All, When I login to GNOME I get this error message before it loads; Could not look up internet address for (my computer name used to log onto attbi's cable network). This will prevent GNOME from operating correctly. It may be possible to

Re: [newbie] GNOME login quirk

2003-01-19 Thread Rob Wideman
KDE's looking better all the time... AAA I hate that damn thing...too cartooney like WinXP. Ah that would be another reason why i havent moved past Win2k as my other OS. Guess everyone has their own cuppa tea like you say. Rob __ Do you

Re: [newbie] GNOME login quirk

2003-01-19 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 17:50, Rob Wideman wrote: KDE's looking better all the time... AAA I hate that damn thing...too cartooney like WinXP. Ah that would be another reason why i havent moved past Win2k as my other OS. Guess everyone has their own cuppa tea like you say. Rob