Re: A couple questions about gnome.

2007-04-01 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Alan Ianson wrote: > When I select an odt (openoffice) file from gnome's Places -> Recent > Documents menu an error window opens and says "could not find a sutable > application". How can I configure gnome to use openoffice for .odt and > other openoffice file formats? > > I had another question

Re: A couple questions about gnome.

2007-04-01 Thread Marko Randjelovic
Alan Ianson wrote: > When I select an odt (openoffice) file from gnome's Places -> Recent > Documents menu an error window opens and says "could not find a sutable > application". How can I configure gnome to use openoffice for .odt and > other > openoffice file formats? You didn't write which dis

A couple questions about gnome.

2007-04-01 Thread Alan Ianson
When I select an odt (openoffice) file from gnome's Places -> Recent Documents menu an error window opens and says "could not find a sutable application". How can I configure gnome to use openoffice for .odt and other openoffice file formats? I had another question too, but I have forgotten what

Re: Couple Questions Before I install for first time.

2004-07-29 Thread Clive Menzies
On (29/07/04 08:12), Jason Skala wrote: > Thanks everyone that replied to this, apparently it is easier then I > thought to get everything I want on the install. Hopefully I should not > run into any problems and it will all go smooth if not I know I can come > here and get some help. > A couple of

Re: Couple Questions Before I install for first time.

2004-07-29 Thread Jason Skala
Thanks everyone that replied to this, apparently it is easier then I thought to get everything I want on the install. Hopefully I should not run into any problems and it will all go smooth if not I know I can come here and get some help. A couple of you replied saying Sarge is the way to go and not

Re: Couple Questions Before I install for first time.

2004-07-28 Thread Jason Rennie
On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 09:15:37PM -0400, Jason G Skala wrote: > I have a Intell LX440GX+ Motherboard with Dual PIII 500's running software > raid currently, I have found some great articles on getting the Software > Raid portion to work with debian so I think I am ok on that. My real concern > is

Re: Couple Questions Before I install for first time.

2004-07-28 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Jason G Skala: > This weekend I am getting ready to switch my server over to Debian Woody > from Red Hat 9.0. And have a few questions before I go and do this about SMP > Kernels. > > I have a Intell LX440GX+ Motherboard with Dual PIII 500's running software > raid currently, I have

Re: Couple Questions Before I install for first time.

2004-07-28 Thread Simon Kitching
On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 13:15, Jason G Skala wrote: > This weekend I am getting ready to switch my server over to Debian > Woody from Red Hat 9.0. And have a few questions before I go and do > this about SMP Kernels. > > I have a Intell LX440GX+ Motherboard with Dual PIII 500's running > software ra

RE: Couple Questions Before I install for first time.

2004-07-28 Thread Steven Jones
.   I actually use a pci perc2 Dell hardware raid card in it now   regards   S -Original Message-From: Jason G Skala [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Thursday, 29 July 2004 1:16 p.m.To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Couple Questions Before I install for first time. This weekend

Couple Questions Before I install for first time.

2004-07-28 Thread Jason G Skala
This weekend I am getting ready to switch my server over to Debian Woody from Red Hat 9.0. And have a few questions before I go and do this about SMP Kernels. I have a Intell LX440GX+ Motherboard with Dual PIII 500's running software raid currently, I have found some great articles on gett

Re: Semi-new to linux, couple questions...

2004-01-07 Thread Pigeon
On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 01:08:22AM -0500, Shaun ONeil wrote: > On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 15:48, Victor Varsanyi wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > After tying a few distroes i've settled on debian. I have a couple > > questions: firstly can anyone recommend a good webcam that

Re: Semi-new to linux, couple questions...

2004-01-06 Thread Shaun ONeil
On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 15:48, Victor Varsanyi wrote: > Hello everyone, > After tying a few distroes i've settled on debian. I have a couple > questions: firstly can anyone recommend a good webcam that has drivers > available for linux? Also I just upgraded my kernel to 2.6.0 a

Re: Semi-new to linux, couple questions...

2004-01-06 Thread tripolar
On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 14:48, Victor Varsanyi wrote: > Hello everyone, > After tying a few distroes i've settled on debian. I have a couple > questions: firstly can anyone recommend a good webcam that has drivers > available for linux? Also I just upgraded my kernel to 2.6.0 a

Semi-new to linux, couple questions...

2004-01-06 Thread Victor Varsanyi
Hello everyone, After tying a few distroes i've settled on debian. I have a couple questions: firstly can anyone recommend a good webcam that has drivers available for linux? Also I just upgraded my kernel to 2.6.0 and gnome to 2.2, when playing mp3's in xmms they sound like crap

Re: Couple questions

2000-05-16 Thread Graeme Mathieson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Cameron Matheson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What's the difference between typing 'su', and 'su root'? Nothing at all. Just that instead of typing 'su root', you can also do 'su otheruser'. > Are their any noticable differences between the 2

Re: Couple questions

2000-05-15 Thread Brad
Sean, please wrap your lines at <76 characters, to allow for quoting. On Mon, May 15, 2000 at 03:36:02PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > On 15-May-2000 Cameron Matheson wrote: > > Hey, > > > > I have two questions: > > > > What's the difference between typing 'su', and 'su root'? > > not

RE: Couple questions

2000-05-15 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 15-May-2000 Cameron Matheson wrote: > Hey, > > I have two questions: > > What's the difference between typing 'su', and 'su root'? nothing, however there is a difference between 'su user' and 'su - user'. When the dash is used, it means to run that user's initialization files (.bashrc and t

Couple questions

2000-05-15 Thread Cameron Matheson
Hey, I have two questions: What's the difference between typing 'su', and 'su root'? -and- Are their any noticable differences between the 2.2.14 kernel and 2.2.15? Thanks Cameron Matheson

Re: Couple Questions

2000-01-25 Thread Kent West
Cameron Matheson wrote: > Hey, > > I just have a few quick questions: > > 1. Is it possible to switch resolutions while in X (I like using > 640x480, but occasionally I need 800x600)? > Ctrl-Alt and + or Ctrl-Alt and -, IF you have working resolutions defined in /etc/X11/XF86Config (in the appro

RE: Couple Questions

2000-01-25 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 25-Jan-2000 Cameron Matheson wrote: > Hey, > > I just have a few quick questions: > > 1. Is it possible to switch resolutions while in X (I like using > 640x480, but occasionally I need 800x600)? control-alt-+ takes you up in res, - takes you down in res. This works IF and only IF you have

Couple Questions

2000-01-25 Thread Cameron Matheson
Hey, I just have a few quick questions: 1. Is it possible to switch resolutions while in X (I like using 640x480, but occasionally I need 800x600)? 2. to use pon as a normal user, do I just use chmod? 3. would I be better off using the kernel source off the Debian 2.1 Slink CD, or the source I

Re: Thinkpad 560 - some info, a couple questions

1999-10-20 Thread Marius Aamodt Eriksen
Hi again, Have you tried the linux tpctl ? in that case, what does "tpctl --info-all" report? Just curious, to compare it with mine. Marius. On Sat, Oct 16, 1999 at 02:18:36PM -0700, John Miskinis wrote: > Hi Marius, > > Thanks for the info. It appears you have a VERY old BIOS, as I > downdr

Thinkpad 560 - some info, a couple questions

1999-10-16 Thread John Miskinis
Hi Marius, Thanks for the info. It appears you have a VERY old BIOS, as I downdraded mine recently from the IBM 1.1 system disk (I was previously using 1.2). My Power Management version is 1.35 (yours 1.25) My BIOS is 1.28 (yours 0.21) The "Thinkpad Configuration" software is the Windows based