[SLUG] gnome error msg

Hi, I'm a newbie; I attended the slug meeting last night (28th June) and someone gave a talk re gnome 2.0 -- i'm sorry his name slipped by me. I told him about this error msg i keep getting when i startx (gnome) and he advised to post to here & he would advise what to do. Error msg: "Coul;d

[SLUG] re: corrupt partition table ... fix?

Hi, There's an article in the current linux planet newsletter (8 july) that may help: Rescuing Linux Systems--Generic and Distribution-Specific Safety Nets The time comes when every Linux system administrator experiences a system failure

[SLUG] accessing package descriptions

(newbie-ish): I am trying to learn more about linux (Mdk 8.1) by (install:) deselecting everything and looking at what remains. So far that means reading & hand-writing the little package descriptions. But even so, there are so many! writers cramp strikes! Is there any way I could access/prin

[SLUG] 1337 file systems

* The problem is that you'll have some files that you'll want to work on and access both on your desktop and notebook * computer, how do you ensure that they both have current versions and how do you deal with the situation where the same * files have been modified on both computers when synchro