[SLUG] Mandrake up and running.

2002-05-06 Thread Ian Nicoll
Hi all, Well, thanks to the help from a fellow slug list attendee, I managed to get Mandrake up on my system. Thanks to everyone who gave advise over the past couple of weeks. I'm sure I'll be annoying you all for a while. Apologies if this is in HTML. I think it might NOT be, but I'm using E

Re: [SLUG] Mandrake up and running.

2002-05-06 Thread Jeff Waugh
> Apologies if this is in HTML. I think it might NOT be, but I'm using > Evolution, and right now I'm lucky to even be using Linux. Little steps I > guess. If this IS in HTML, any quick (polite) tutorial on how to fix the > problem would be appreciated. [ It wasn't - Evolution has sensible d

Re: [SLUG] Mandrake up and running.

2002-05-06 Thread Jeff Waugh
> Firstly, there is a very WEIRD fault that has occurred after the > install. Basically, some of the punctuation keys (like ' for example) > will NOT type on the first go. If I type a ', I have to hit it twice. Which keyboard type did you select, and did you see a setting for 'dead keys' swi

Re: [SLUG] Mandrake up and running.

2002-05-06 Thread Trevor Rhodes
Ian, Go down to the taskbar and you will find the icons. One is a black screen, that is the terminal. Next to it you will find a black screen with green on the left hand side, that is the Control Center. Click on that one. Then go to 'peripherals - keyboard'. Take the X out of 'Disable Ke

Re: [SLUG] Mandrake up and running.

2002-05-06 Thread Matthew Hannigan
Jeff Waugh wrote: > Which keyboard type did you select, and did you see a setting for 'dead > keys' switched on during the install? Dead keys assist with typing special > characters, and it sounds like you have them enabled. Funny, when asked about 'dead keys' during installs I've always taken t