Re: [newbie] desktop shortcut

2005-03-17 Thread Julie Sloan
On Wednesday 16 March 2005 06:02 am, Graham wrote: Stephen Kühn wrote: On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 20:46, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Wednesday 16 Mar 2005 22:30, Stephen Kühn wrote: On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 20:26, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Please ignore my first post. I went back to google

Re: [newbie] desktop shortcut

2005-03-17 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 03:07, Julie Sloan wrote: Last time I saw a happy Kiwi he was standing by the fence of a sheep station with all the sheep backed up to the fence...(bad bad bad joke) Shouldn't that be baaa-d baaa-d joke? I stand corrupted. -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389

[newbie] desktop shortcut

2005-03-16 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
I've installed k3b and would like to have a desktop shortcut as it is not listed in my menus (that I have found yet). I can start it okay from command line, but thought there has to be another way. I found instructions to right click on desktop and enter path in link to application. The

Re: [newbie] desktop shortcut

2005-03-16 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 20:14, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: I've installed k3b and would like to have a desktop shortcut as it is not listed in my menus (that I have found yet). I can start it okay from command line, but thought there has to be another way. I found instructions to right

[newbie] desktop shortcut

2005-03-16 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
Please ignore my first post. I went back to google and found another set of (easier for me as a newb) instructions. Have my icon, it works, and I am happy. cheers Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] desktop shortcut

2005-03-16 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 16 March 2005 10:14, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: I've installed k3b and would like to have a desktop shortcut as it is not listed in my menus (that I have found yet). I can start it okay from command line, but thought there has to be another way. I found instructions to right

Re: [newbie] desktop shortcut

2005-03-16 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 20:26, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Please ignore my first post. I went back to google and found another set of (easier for me as a newb) instructions. Have my icon, it works, and I am happy. cheers Rosemary Ah, but Grasshopper - are you TRULY happy...? --

Re: [newbie] desktop shortcut

2005-03-16 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 16 March 2005 10:26, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Please ignore my first post. I went back to google and found another set Too late;) of (easier for me as a newb) instructions. Have my icon, it works, and I am happy. cheers Rosemary BTW k3b should fire up automagically when

Re: [newbie] desktop shortcut

2005-03-16 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Wednesday 16 Mar 2005 22:30, Stephen Kühn wrote: On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 20:26, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Please ignore my first post. I went back to google and found another set of (easier for me as a newb) instructions. Have my icon, it works, and I am happy. cheers Rosemary

Re: [newbie] desktop shortcut

2005-03-16 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 16 March 2005 10:36, Stephen Kühn wrote: H.J. = She just did an Aron Smith = She's got it workin now... -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales --- GNU/Linux/OpenSource Solutions and Alternatives

Re: [newbie] desktop shortcut

2005-03-16 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 20:46, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Wednesday 16 Mar 2005 22:30, Stephen Kühn wrote: On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 20:26, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Please ignore my first post. I went back to google and found another set of (easier for me as a newb) instructions.

Re: [newbie] desktop shortcut

2005-03-16 Thread Rosemary McGillicuddy
If you're using KDE it should under: System, archiving, CD Burning. You can add it yourself (any place you want) by right-clicking yellow star and selecting menu editor and copying the existing entry (or adding a new one) anywhere you want. The complete path shouldn't be nescessary,

Re: [newbie] desktop shortcut

2005-03-16 Thread Graham
Stephen Kühn wrote: On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 20:46, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Wednesday 16 Mar 2005 22:30, Stephen Kühn wrote: On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 20:26, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Please ignore my first post. I went back to google and found another set of (easier for me as

Re: [newbie] desktop shortcut

2005-03-16 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 22:02, Graham wrote: Stephen you are one sick puppy! keep up the good work - we need your acerbic wit to keep us sane regards Graham Someone's gotta fill in the spots that Aron, ET and Joe miss. -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new

Re: [newbie] Desktop Background program

2005-02-17 Thread Travis Crook
On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 09:22 +, Anne Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 15 Feb 2005 23:44, Travis Crook wrote: Hi all, Quick question: when I try and manage my desktop background I get the following error message. snip Have you tried renaming

Re: [newbie] Desktop Background program

2005-02-16 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 15 Feb 2005 23:44, Travis Crook wrote: Hi all, Quick question: when I try and manage my desktop background I get the following error message. The diagnostics is: Possible reasons: An error occurred during your last KDE upgrade

[newbie] Desktop Background program

2005-02-15 Thread Travis Crook
Hi all, Quick question: when I try and manage my desktop background I get the following error message. The diagnostics is: Possible reasons: An error occurred during your last KDE upgrade leaving an orphaned control module You have old third party modules lying around. Check these points

Re: [newbie] desktop app at kde-look

2005-02-03 Thread Hugh Crissman
Definitely Superkaramba H. Crissman On Tuesday 01 February 2005 02:00 pm, Bill Winegarden wrote: Hi, I was checking out kde-look today and I saw a screenshot of a 'gkrellm like' computer monitoring application. However it is full size, transparent and very cool. Does anyone know the name.

[newbie] desktop app at kde-look

2005-02-01 Thread Bill Winegarden
Hi, I was checking out kde-look today and I saw a screenshot of a 'gkrellm like' computer monitoring application. However it is full size, transparent and very cool. Does anyone know the name. I'm sure it must be available for Mandrake and that someone on the list is already using it. The

Re: [newbie] desktop app at kde-look

2005-02-01 Thread Glenn
On Tue February 1 2005 12:00, Bill Winegarden wrote: Hi, I was checking out kde-look today and I saw a screenshot of a 'gkrellm like' computer monitoring application. However it is full size, transparent and very cool. Does anyone know the name. I'm sure it must be available for Mandrake and

[newbie] Desktop Icon

2004-12-07 Thread Mike Begin
Newbie question: How do I create an icon (shortcut) on the desktop in KDE? All I want to do is create an icon for RDESKTOP. TIA! Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club :

Re: [newbie] Desktop Icon

2004-12-07 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 07 December 2004 14:06, Mike Begin wrote: Newbie question: How do I create an icon (shortcut) on the desktop in KDE? All I want to do is create an icon for RDESKTOP. TIA! Mike Right click on Desktop CreateNewFileLink to application Fill in the details in the pop up box, and

[newbie] Desktop Icons - CD-RW and DVD-ROM

2004-12-04 Thread Peter Watson
I have two icons on my desktop for CD-RW (/dev/hdc) and DVD-ROM (/dev/hdd). How can I get rid of them. If I right click on them there is no delete option. I'm trying to get back to the good old days when I mounted and unmounted removeable devices when I wanted to instead of having magicdev or

Re: [newbie] Desktop Icons - CD-RW and DVD-ROM

2004-12-04 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Peter Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Desktop Icons - CD-RW and DVD-ROM Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 01:37:48 + I have two icons on my desktop for CD-RW (/dev/hdc) and DVD-ROM (/dev/hdd). How can I get rid of them. If I right

Re: [newbie] Desktop Icons - CD-RW and DVD-ROM

2004-12-04 Thread Erylon Hines
On Saturday 04 December 2004 05:37 pm, Peter Watson wrote: | I have two icons on my desktop for CD-RW (/dev/hdc) and DVD-ROM (/dev/hdd). | How can I get rid of them. If I right click on them there is no delete | option. | | I'm trying to get back to the good old days when I mounted and unmounted |

[newbie] desktop capture like ScreenCam

2004-11-28 Thread Teddy Widhi
Hi all, Some body knows what the name of Applications like ScreenCam that run on Linux? i want make like video training but that runs on linux. Thank you. Teddy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

[newbie] Desktop shifted up on laptop screen

2004-07-29 Thread Ron Hunter-Duvar
I've been very happy with Mdk 10 on my desktop machine, once I got a few initial problems (e.g. sound) ironed out. In fact, none of my semi-computer-literate friends and family have had the slightest difficulty using Linux instead of Windoze for day to day tasks (email, word processing, ...), even

Re: [newbie] Desktop shifted up on laptop screen

2004-07-29 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: I've been very happy with Mdk 10 on my desktop machine, once I got a few initial problems (e.g. sound) ironed out. In fact, none of my semi-computer-literate friends and family have had the slightest difficulty using Linux instead of Windoze for day to day tasks (email,

Re: [newbie] Desktop resolutions

2004-06-24 Thread Paul
Op Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:56:16 +0100 schreef Martin Foster: Is it possible to have different resolutions for different desktops, e.g. Desktop 1 = 1024 x 768, Desktop 2 = 800 x 600 etc. etc. I doubt that this is possible. The resolution is set when X starts. Your desktop manager program just

Re: [newbie] Desktop resolutions

2004-06-24 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Paul wrote: Op Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:56:16 +0100 schreef Martin Foster: Is it possible to have different resolutions for different desktops, e.g. Desktop 1 = 1024 x 768, Desktop 2 = 800 x 600 etc. etc. I doubt that this is possible. The resolution is set when X starts. Your desktop manager

[newbie] Desktop shortcuts

2004-02-15 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All Could someone here please teach me how to create desktop shortcuts? Thank you a lot in advance! Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Desktop shortcuts

2004-02-15 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 15 Feb 2004 12:06 pm, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All Could someone here please teach me how to create desktop shortcuts? Thank you a lot in advance! Paul Depends on which Window Manager you are using If it is KDE Right click on the desktop select 'Create NewLink to Application' In

Re: [newbie] Desktop shortcuts

2004-02-15 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 12:55:31 + Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 15 Feb 2004 12:06 pm, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All Could someone here please teach me how to create desktop shortcuts? Thank you a lot in advance! Paul Depends on which Window Manager you are

Re: [newbie] Desktop shortcuts

2004-02-15 Thread Paul Smith
It works! Thanks a lot for your help! Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Desktop Icons

2003-12-24 Thread moey tony
have u tried configuring from the Control Center in KDE? - Original Message - From: David [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 19:20:20 +1300 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Desktop Icons Hi all, i'm new to the list so if this has been addressed before please so so. I've

Re: [newbie] Desktop Icons

2003-12-24 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 24 December 2003 06:20, David wrote: Hi all, i'm new to the list so if this has been addressed before please so so. I've looked in the archives but could not find anything there on the subject. That does not mean its not there if it is its just I didn't find it. My problem is a

[newbie] Desktop Icons

2003-12-23 Thread David
Hi all, i'm new to the list so if this has been addressed before please so so. I've looked in the archives but could not find anything there on the subject. That does not mean its not there if it is its just I didn't find it. My problem is a minor but annoying one and is that on startup the

Re: [newbie] Desktop issues, revisited

2003-12-15 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Sunday 14 December 2003 07:18 pm, Guy Rouillier wrote: Bryan, please keep in mind this is a newbie list. I realized when I composed my initial message that I ran the risk of offending those who might perceive me as attacking their child, and I tried the best I could to keep subjective

Re: [newbie] Desktop issues, revisited

2003-12-15 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 15 Dec 2003 5:25 pm, Bryan Phinney wrote: On Sunday 14 December 2003 07:18 pm, Guy Rouillier wrote: Bryan, please keep in mind this is a newbie list. I realized when I composed my initial message that I ran the risk of offending those who might perceive me as attacking their

Re: [newbie] Desktop issues, revisited

2003-12-15 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Monday 15 December 2003 01:02 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: Bryan, I always respect your views, but I'm not entirely happy with parts of your reply. It seems to me that his line was generally that there are still many things that make linux newbie-unfriendly, and I have to agree. Well, I have a

Re: [newbie] Desktop issues, revisited

2003-12-15 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 15 Dec 2003 6:21 pm, Bryan Phinney wrote: I can be disagreeable when I think that someone is suggesting that Linux should conform to the expectation of Window's users especially because I feel that those expectations are impossible to meet, having been corrupted under the marketing

Re: [newbie] Desktop issues, revisited

2003-12-15 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Monday 15 December 2003 01:56 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: M$ marketing apart, it is a fact of life that most programmers have put their effort into M$ compatible apps, because that's where the sales and the money is. Simple economics. Let's hope that before long the message will get through

Re: [newbie] Desktop issues, revisited

2003-12-15 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 15 Dec 2003 7:45 pm, Bryan Phinney wrote: I may well talk to you later on that one, Bryan. I do miss my Lotus Approach databases. I used them for so many things. For the main part I'm living without them, but just occasionally I have to dip into windows to use one. It may

Re: [newbie] Desktop issues, revisited

2003-12-15 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 15 Dec 2003 7:45 pm, Bryan Phinney wrote: Kind of interesting you mention this. I recently printed out Xmas mailing labels to stock label media using OpenOffice with an interface into a Gnome Card address database using mail merge features that pull name, street address, city,

Re: [newbie] Desktop issues, revisited

2003-12-15 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Monday 15 December 2003 02:54 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: BTW, an Irish friend of ours used to recite a longish poem, in which the punch lines were for the knife was made of Sheffield steel but the cloth was Irish linen or words to that effect. Do you know it? I'd love to see it if you do.

Re: [newbie] Desktop issues, revisited

2003-12-15 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Monday 15 December 2003 03:42 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Monday 15 Dec 2003 7:45 pm, Bryan Phinney wrote: Kind of interesting you mention this. I recently printed out Xmas mailing labels to stock label media using OpenOffice with an interface into a Gnome Card address database using mail

Re: [newbie] Desktop issues, revisited

2003-12-14 Thread Melissa Reese
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Guy, On Saturday, December 13, 2003, at 10:33:09 PM PST, you wrote: Last night I spent an exasperating 6 hrs struggling with numerous issues. I'll submit them as bugs if appropriate. I feel these issues (and many more like them) are

Re: [newbie] Desktop issues, revisited

2003-12-14 Thread robin
Guy Rouillier wrote: smbumount from a command line. BTW, why can any user do smbmount, but only root do mount? Doesn't seem to make sense. Perhaps because smbmount is a virtual mount - all it does is give access to another machine. Sir Robin -- Certitude is possible for those who only own

Re: [newbie] Desktop issues, revisited

2003-12-14 Thread Dennis Myers
On Sunday 14 December 2003 12:33 am, Guy Rouillier wrote: Before I begin, let me start by saying I am a fan of Linux, so the points I raise below are from the converted. Last night I spent an exasperating 6 hrs struggling with numerous issues. I'll submit them as bugs if appropriate. I feel

Re: [newbie] Desktop issues, revisited

2003-12-14 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Sunday 14 December 2003 01:33 am, Guy Rouillier wrote: Before I begin, let me start by saying I am a fan of Linux, so the points I raise below are from the converted. Last night I spent an exasperating 6 hrs struggling with numerous issues. I'll submit them as bugs if appropriate. I feel

Re: [newbie] Desktop issues, revisited

2003-12-14 Thread robin
Dennis Myers wrote: (7) Open Office works okay, looks like the Windows version, but is glacial at loading. The Windows version loads much faster on the same hardware (dual boot.) Open Office loads the whole package when you call it. MS Office generally loads most of itself when you boot up

Re: [newbie] Desktop issues, revisited

2003-12-14 Thread Charlie Mahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sunday 14 December 2003 2:50 am, Melissa Reese wrote: ALERT! I feel another of those damned Charlie's writing another book moments approaching. Hi Guy, On Saturday, December 13, 2003, at 10:33:09 PM PST, you wrote: Last night I spent an

Re: [newbie] Desktop issues, revisited

2003-12-14 Thread Richard Urwin
I'll just add to two very good posts, that, in my experience (which is fairly balanced in this respect,) administrating Mandrake is no harder or easier than administrating Windows 2000 Professional. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Desktop issues, revisited

2003-12-14 Thread robin
Richard Urwin wrote: I'll just add to two very good posts, that, in my experience (which is fairly balanced in this respect,) administrating Mandrake is no harder or easier than administrating Windows 2000 Professional. Never having used Win2k, I don't know. But it's certainly easier than

Re: [newbie] Desktop issues, revisited

2003-12-14 Thread Guy Rouillier
Bryan Phinney wrote: Well, based on the rest of what you say, you don't sound very converted to me. Bryan, please keep in mind this is a newbie list. I realized when I composed my initial message that I ran the risk of offending those who might perceive me as attacking their child, and I

[newbie] Desktop issues, revisited

2003-12-13 Thread Guy Rouillier
Before I begin, let me start by saying I am a fan of Linux, so the points I raise below are from the converted. Last night I spent an exasperating 6 hrs struggling with numerous issues. I'll submit them as bugs if appropriate. I feel these issues (and many more like them) are impediments to

[newbie] Desktop icons (kde)

2003-09-12 Thread Jonesy
Exists there somewhere a collection of misc. desktop icons for KDE? I'm an OS/2 user slowly moving into the Mandrake world, and I've started trying to implement the functionality of my OS/2 desktop in my mdk boxen (8.2 and 9.1). One feature I use are desktop, and/or folder-included objects, to

Re: [newbie] Desktop icons (kde)

2003-09-12 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 11 Sep 2003 7:17 pm, Jonesy wrote: Exists there somewhere a collection of misc. desktop icons for KDE? I'm an OS/2 user slowly moving into the Mandrake world, and I've started trying to implement the functionality of my OS/2 desktop in my mdk boxen (8.2 and 9.1). One feature I use

[newbie] desktop icons

2003-07-04 Thread Tsyko
Please help!!! My icons for the multiple desktops have dissapeared, the oncly way i can change to the other desktops is with ctrl + f1 and so on, The icons were convenient but i don´t know where they went or how to get them back... Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?

Re: [newbie] desktop icons

2003-07-04 Thread Sharrea
On Sat, 05 Jul 2003 07:54, Tsyko wrote: My icons for the multiple desktops have dissapeared, the oncly way i can change to the other desktops is with ctrl + f1 and so on, The icons were convenient but i don´t know where they went or how to get them back... Assuming you're using KDE and you

Re: [newbie] desktop icons

2003-07-04 Thread Tsyko
yeah baby thats what I want Thanks On Friday, 4 July 2003 20:13, Sharrea wrote: On Sat, 05 Jul 2003 07:54, Tsyko wrote: My icons for the multiple desktops have dissapeared, the oncly way i can change to the other desktops is with ctrl + f1 and so on, The icons were convenient but i

[newbie] Desktop Question

2003-01-07 Thread Tom
My windows on KDE or GNOME are too large for the screen. I have tried every resolution setting but it does not fix the problem. I have searched documentation and still did not see a fix to this. I am sure it is a simple setting that I am overlooking but I cannot find it. In a WinBLows

Re: [newbie] Desktop Question

2003-01-07 Thread Marc
] Subject:[newbie] Desktop Question My windows on KDE or GNOME are too large for the screen. I have tried every resolution setting but it does not fix the problem. I have searched documentation and still did not see a fix to this. I am sure it is a simple setting that I am overlooking

Re: [newbie] Desktop Question

2003-01-07 Thread Jerry
I've noticed that a few apps' windows in mandrake don't fit on my screen example: the startup screen for linuxconf. I've not found a way to fix this either... i think it's just an issue of the program itself not drawing the window to fit on the desktop properly. On Tue, 07 Jan 2003 07:49:39

Re: [newbie] Desktop Question

2003-01-07 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 07 Jan 2003 1:49 pm, Tom wrote: My windows on KDE or GNOME are too large for the screen. I have tried every resolution setting but it does not fix the problem. I have searched documentation and still did not see a fix to this. I am sure it is a simple setting that I am

Re: [newbie] Desktop Question

2003-01-07 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 02:46, Jerry wrote: I've noticed that a few apps' windows in mandrake don't fit on my screen example: the startup screen for linuxconf. I've not found a way to fix this either... i think it's just an issue of the program itself not drawing the window to fit on the

Re: [newbie] Desktop Question

2003-01-07 Thread Tom
Size will only allow me to adjust it bigger Horizontally. I cannot adjust it vertically and I need it smaller, not bigger. - Original Message - From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 12:50 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Desktop Question

Re: [newbie] Desktop misalignment on laptop screen

2002-11-18 Thread Technoslick
PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 9:07 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Desktop misalignment on laptop screen Hi there. I was having the same problem on a Compaq EVO N150 except the screen was shifted a few pixels to the right instead of up. In any case, since you're using

Re: [newbie] Desktop misalignment on laptop screen

2002-11-18 Thread Flux
PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 9:07 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Desktop misalignment on laptop screen Hi there. I was having the same problem on a Compaq EVO N150 except the screen was shifted a few pixels to the right instead of up. In any case, since you're using a laptop, xvidtune won't

Re: [newbie] Desktop misalignment on laptop screen

2002-11-17 Thread Warren Post
El sáb, 16-11-2002 a las 16:49, Peter Spotts escribió: Folks, I have a slight (and only slightly annoying) problem with Mandrake 8.1 on a new Toshiba laptop (1905-303). My desktop, be it Ximian Gnome or Fluxbox, appears to be raised off the bottom of the screen by about four to six pixels.

Re: [newbie] Desktop misalignment on laptop screen

2002-11-17 Thread Robin Turner
Warren Post wrote: El sáb, 16-11-2002 a las 16:49, Peter Spotts escribió: Folks, I have a slight (and only slightly annoying) problem with Mandrake 8.1 on a new Toshiba laptop (1905-303). My desktop, be it Ximian Gnome or Fluxbox, appears to be raised off the bottom of the screen by about four

[newbie] Desktop misalignment on laptop screen

2002-11-16 Thread Peter Spotts
Folks, I have a slight (and only slightly annoying) problem with Mandrake 8.1 on a new Toshiba laptop (1905-303). My desktop, be it Ximian Gnome or Fluxbox, appears to be raised off the bottom of the screen by about four to six pixels. The side-to-side alignment seems OK. I have the laptop set up

Re: [newbie] Desktop misalignment on laptop screen

2002-11-16 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sun, 2002-11-17 at 09:49, Peter Spotts wrote: Folks, I have a slight (and only slightly annoying) problem with Mandrake 8.1 on a new Toshiba laptop (1905-303). My desktop, be it Ximian Gnome or Fluxbox, appears to be raised off the bottom of the screen by about four to six pixels. The

Re: [newbie] Desktop misalignment on laptop screen

2002-11-16 Thread Peter Spotts
Dang, you've got one heck of a wife! I'll go back to the dark (sorry, Windows) side of the partition and see about adjustments. I presume this means that I'm going to have to tolerate some degree of mismatch on the Windows side in exchange for a better fit on the Penguin side? Thanks for the

[newbie] Desktop Switching tool?

2002-11-05 Thread Stephen Kuhn
Having come from a RedHat and Slackware background, I personally don't have a problem in changing my desktops/window managers - but after loading Mandrake 9.0, I wasn't able to locate a tool/utility to do so via the GUI - not that it took me too much effort to manually edit the ~/.xsession file to

RE: [newbie] Desktop Switching tool?

2002-11-05 Thread Richard Urwin
:21 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Desktop Switching tool? Having come from a RedHat and Slackware background, I personally don't have a problem in changing my desktops/window managers - but after loading Mandrake 9.0, I wasn't able to locate a tool/utility to do so via the GUI

RE: [newbie] Desktop Switching tool?

2002-11-05 Thread Stephen Kuhn
.! !! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:newbie-owner;linux-mandrake.com] On Behalf Of Richard Urwin Sent: Tuesday, 5 November 2002 10:22 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [newbie] Desktop Switching tool? There's a drop-down list on the login dialog box... -- Richard Urwin

Re: [newbie] Desktop Switching tool?

2002-11-05 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Tue, 5 Nov 2002 22:49:33 +1100 Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmmmdrop down list - well, I'd say I see one, but ya know, I really hate logons with GDM/XDM/KDM - so I generally opt to logon and start X manually anyways...only time I like XDM's is on a Solaris/Irix/HPUX box...and

RE: [newbie] Desktop Switching tool?

2002-11-05 Thread Stephen Kuhn
. ! !! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:newbie-owner;linux-mandrake.com] On Behalf Of Charles A Edwards Sent: Tuesday, 5 November 2002 11:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Desktop Switching tool? You may already have it installed, if not install

RE: [newbie] Desktop Switching tool?

2002-11-05 Thread Franki
-mandrake.com]On Behalf Of Stephen Kuhn Sent: Tuesday, 5 November 2002 7:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Desktop Switching tool? Hmmmdrop down list - well, I'd say I see one, but ya know, I really hate logons with GDM/XDM/KDM - so I generally opt to logon and start X manually anyways

Re: [newbie] Desktop Switching tool?

2002-11-05 Thread Robert
On Tue, 5 Nov 2002 23:19:00 +1100 Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gollygee, that worked! Must say, gotta give ya a big Thanks for that one, Mr. Charles - and for all the years I cussed BellSouth...(grin) I think you can also go to the Mandrake control center, boot, and then boot

[newbie] Desktop Shortcut

2002-10-17 Thread Trevor Rhodes
Hi, I'm trying to put a link on the desktop in KDE. I've managed to get it there. I've even managed to get it to run in a terminal. But how do I get the terminal window to stay open long enough to read the output? Regards Trevor Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?

Re: [newbie] Desktop Shortcut

2002-10-17 Thread Trevor Rhodes
Trevor; If you're trying to read the output of the command, open a console (shell/terminal) , and run the command manually. The output should be the same whether it's in a terminal or not. If you're not seeing any output in the terminal, then the command is completing normally, and is not

Re: [newbie] Desktop Shortcut

2002-10-17 Thread Lanman
That can sometimes depend on the command, but, yeah, it should work. How's the weather down under today? Lanman On Thu, 2002-10-17 at 07:48, Trevor Rhodes wrote: Trevor; If you're trying to read the output of the command, open a console (shell/terminal) , and run the command manually. The

Re: [newbie] Desktop Shortcut

2002-10-17 Thread Trevor Rhodes
That can sometimes depend on the command, but, yeah, it should work. Tried it but got an error. I wish knew how to do this stuff. :^) How's the weather down under today? Absolutely bloody beautiful me 'ol china!!! Shame I spent it all at the doctors or in front of my pooter. But I do

[newbie] Desktop Linux

2002-05-30 Thread Bryan Tyson
On Wednesday 29 May 2002 22:30, Michael wrote: As you said Linux has come a long way, but I do not think that it is that far away from being an option for the desktop. I would go further and say not only is it not far away from being an option, it *is* an option, and it is the *best* option.

Re: [newbie] Desktop

2002-02-17 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 17:52:41 +0800 Tonton [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: When I go to KDE, my desktop in Gnome automatically open in my KDE desktop, what should I do to remove this? Open kpm and look for an instance of gmc running. kill that instance and any others

Re: [newbie] Desktop

2002-02-17 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 08:25:43 -0500, daRcmaTTeR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 17:52:41 +0800 Tonton [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: When I go to KDE, my desktop in Gnome automatically open in my KDE desktop, what should I do to remove this?

[newbie] desktop shortcuts

2002-01-20 Thread Derek fowler
How do I get shortcuts to CDrom HDd on desktop? 9I know it is probably inthe manual, but I am trying to fix 3 other problems at the same time) Derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] desktop shortcuts

2002-01-20 Thread Derek Jennings
Right click on desktop Select 'create NewCDROM device' Pick a name for it. In Device Tab use drop down menu to select which device you want, and enter the correct mount point for that device in the mount point window. Thats it.. dead easy. derek On Sunday 20 January 2002 12:33, you wrote:

[newbie] Desktop Floppy Icon?

2001-11-21 Thread Roy Hershberger
Somehow the icon of my floppy drive on the desktop has become corrupted and is no longer linked to the drive. It showed up as a generic icon and no longer lists the mount feature when I right click on it. How do I restore the proper drive link to the desktop. Roy Want to buy your Pack or

[newbie] Desktop Icon

2001-11-20 Thread D. Lee Wiggers
Hi All I have Opera installed and can use it from console. How do I add an Opera icon to my desktop? TIA Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Desktop icon

2001-11-20 Thread Jason Pearce
Hi lee, just right click on the desktop and create a new link to application and you are away cheers Jason Hi All I have Opera installed and can use it from console. How do I add an Opera icon to my desktop? TIA Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Desktop Icon

2001-11-20 Thread Anuerin G. Diaz
on the desktop, just create a link to the opera application. or use menudrake and use it to create an entry but first try to locate the opera icon files (find opera*xpm or opera*png at /usr) and place it on either /usr/share/icons (or in any directories inside it) or /usr/share/pixmaps. that

Re: [newbie] Desktop Icon

2001-11-20 Thread Erylon Hines
On Tuesday 20 November 2001 23:56, you wrote: Hi All I have Opera installed and can use it from console. How do I add an Opera icon to my desktop? TIA Lee Right click on your desktop. Choose Create New then Link to Application. Under the Application block type Opera. Open the

Re: [newbie] Desktop icon

2001-11-20 Thread D. Lee Wiggers
Thanks Even found the right icon. Lee 11/20/01 8:57:27 PM, Jason Pearce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi lee, just right click on the desktop and create a new link to application and you are away cheers Jason Hi All I have Opera installed and can use it from console. How do I add an

Re: [newbie] Desktop Icons

2001-11-12 Thread Kathy Montgomery
Funny, I'm not finding this option in my Nautilus preferences... ? I have set the preferences to Intermediate and Advanced. - Kathy David Robertson wrote: Hi If you are using Nautilus, go into preferences and make sure that use Nautilus to draw the desktop is checked. I think you need to

Re: [newbie] Desktop Icons

2001-11-12 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Mon, 12 Nov 2001 14:43:24 -0500 Kathy Montgomery [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Funny, I'm not finding this option in my Nautilus preferences... ? I have set the preferences to Intermediate and Advanced. - Kathy David Robertson wrote: Hi If you are using Nautilus, go into

RE: [newbie] Desktop Icons

2001-11-12 Thread David Robertson
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Desktop Icons Funny, I'm not finding this option in my Nautilus preferences... ? I have set the preferences to Intermediate and Advanced. - Kathy David Robertson wrote: Hi If you are using Nautilus, go into preferences and make sure that use Nautilus to draw

[newbie] Desktop Icon from Hell.

2001-10-31 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Okay, I've finally (I think!) gotten my XawTV icon to disappear from my normal users desktop. I had to go into (as root/su): /etc/dynamic and either /hooks, /launchers, or /scripts had an icon/script for XawTV. I deleted it, and so far grin, its not reappeared. XawTV still works fine too...so.

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