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

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