Re: ls --color

2022-12-05 Thread Kenneth Marcy
On 12/5/22 05:22, Patrick Dupre wrote: Hello, If I do ls --color=auto -lt "$@" --color | more and that the last displayed color is red, this red color is used for all my following ls How can I reset the color setting? Thank The help facility built into the ls command may be useful to you

Re: resurrecting old laptops

2022-05-24 Thread Kenneth Marcy
On 5/23/22 07:59, jim.cro...@gmail.com wrote: so Ive got some old i686 computers, electronics recycle day approaches, but before I do that, I thought Id try to get them working <(snip)> If you're willing to step away from Fedora a small distance, you may wish to check out the Mageia Linux d

Re: LibreOffice Base?

2022-05-03 Thread Kenneth Marcy
On 5/2/22 15:28, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 5/2/22 11:30, Kenneth Marcy wrote: I include this link because it includes reminders to insure that the system itself is up-to-date, and it features the Flatpak installation process that now seems to be preferred for Fedora systems.  Whichever I don&#

Re: LibreOffice Base?

2022-05-02 Thread Kenneth Marcy
On 5/2/22 09:12, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 5/2/22 11:34, Kenneth Marcy wrote: On 5/2/22 05:12, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 5/2/22 08:03, Kenneth Marcy wrote: On 5/1/22 19:54, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 5/1/22 22:01, Dave Stevens wrote: On Sun, 1 May 2022 21:31:06 -0400 Robert

Re: LibreOffice Base?

2022-05-02 Thread Kenneth Marcy
On 5/2/22 05:12, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 5/2/22 08:03, Kenneth Marcy wrote: On 5/1/22 19:54, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 5/1/22 22:01, Dave Stevens wrote: On Sun, 1 May 2022 21:31:06 -0400 Robert Moskowitz wrote: I want to create an Access Database on my F35 system so my wife can

Re: LibreOffice Base?

2022-05-02 Thread Kenneth Marcy
On 5/1/22 19:54, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 5/1/22 22:01, Dave Stevens wrote: On Sun, 1 May 2022 21:31:06 -0400 Robert Moskowitz wrote: I want to create an Access Database on my F35 system so my wife can also use it on her Windows system using Access. So I did a quick bit of googling and

Re: Not Able To Use External Monitor with Laptop

2022-04-28 Thread Kenneth Marcy
On 4/27/22 15:49, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: Hi, all, I'm having an odd problem. On two of my laptops, on which I've just done fresh installs, I cannot get the external monitor to work. Using either the XFCE display configuration tool, it shows up, but it's marked as 'disabled'. I do not s

Re: Time to update the hardware?

2022-03-07 Thread Kenneth Marcy
On 3/6/22 22:47, Javier Perez wrote: Hi. I am using Fedora 35 and everything  is working fine in general. But I was checking out my hardware and I realized that It is from 2013. My CPU is 4th generation intel and I am using the nvidia-470 drivers for my video card. Motherboard uses the H87 ch

Re: [Trust] I spent a lot of time driving today

2018-03-14 Thread Kenneth Marcy
both rare topics on that list, so it's an altogether unusual message, not to mention two copies of it. Ken On 03/14/2018 06:55 AM, Kenneth Marcy wrote: <[delete off-topic and wrong list message]> ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedora

Re: [Trust] I spent a lot of time driving today

2018-03-14 Thread Kenneth Marcy
On 03/13/2018 09:41 PM, Linda Frasier wrote: > Why are all the Japanese cars looking more and more like Transformers? The > only exception seems to be Nissan, which has suddenly discovered chrome. Ford > clearly has a young Japanese guy or a young American fan of Transformers on > its design tea

Re: OS for Thinkpad T42??

2017-08-15 Thread Kenneth Marcy
On 08/15/2017 10:32 AM, Beartooth wrote: > Some years ago, I bought an > IBM-refurbished Thinkpad T42, Since you did not mention how much RAM it contains, I assume the least usually supplied -- 256 MB. I suggest you remove that memory module and replace it with two modules eac

Re: Skypefor linux-64.rpm 5.3 Beta

2017-07-25 Thread Kenneth Marcy
On 07/25/2017 07:36 AM, Kenneth Marcy wrote: > On 07/25/2017 05:20 AM, Ger van Dijck wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Got a problem : I tried to install the last new version of Skype (4.3 >> is not supported anymore) and I get the message ""wrong architexture"

Re: Skypefor linux-64.rpm 5.3 Beta

2017-07-25 Thread Kenneth Marcy
On 07/25/2017 05:20 AM, Ger van Dijck wrote: > Hi all, > > Got a problem : I tried to install the last new version of Skype (4.3 > is not supported anymore) and I get the message ""wrong architexture"" . > > Question is What is wrong and is there a solution for this problem ? > > I run Fedora 26. >

Re: Do I need KDE??

2017-07-17 Thread Kenneth Marcy
On 07/17/2017 01:06 PM, Beartooth wrote: > I run F26 with MATE. I use Konqueror for man pages, and K3B > sometimes. (Past experience has been that one of Brasero, K3B, or one > other (I'll think of it ...) will normally burn any CD or DVD I may want, > but often I can't tell in advance whi

Re: Brother, can you spare a printer?

2016-12-10 Thread Kenneth Marcy
On 12/10/2016 04:56 AM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: John Morris writes: On Fri, 2016-12-09 at 16:57 -0500, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > The most likely definition for "Linux is supported" is that somewhere on > Brother's dusty web site you can find a binary blob that you can install on > an Ubuntu L

Re: [spam?] Re: Install Woes with F25

2016-12-03 Thread Kenneth Marcy
On 12/03/2016 03:35 PM, Tim Evans wrote: On 12/03/2016 04:41 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 12/03/2016 01:00 PM, Tim Evans wrote: During the boot from bootable thumb drive, several hundred messages of the following ilk showed up: [nn] printk messages dropped [timestamp] pcieport :00:1c.0 PCIebus E

Re: [OT?] Dell XPS 8900

2016-11-28 Thread Kenneth Marcy
On 11/28/2016 06:16 AM, Tim Evans wrote: Dell's got a cybermonday offer on this machine today. 6th Gen i7, 16GB, 1TB disk, Nvidia GT 730/2GB. Any reason F25 won't run on it? Other comments? Thanks. I haven't tried this combination of hardware/software, so no specifics here. Ultimately, it

Re: Hardware Suggestions for Desktop Fedora

2016-08-14 Thread Kenneth Marcy
On 08/14/2016 01:14 PM, Drew Samson wrote: <[snip details]> Thanks for any advice & feedback. You may wish to check out a large Lenovo luggable laptop, their 17.3-inch ThinkPad model P70. Your choice of either its Core i7 or its Xeon processor can drive a pair of 4K monitors, a pair of SSD

Re: Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-21-5 on Alienware laptop

2015-01-25 Thread Kenneth Marcy
On 1/25/2015 5:46 PM, don fisher wrote: I have an Alienware 17-1 laptop that I would like to run Fedora linux on. The laptop has 2TB of disk, 32GB of ram and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M graphics, so I thought it would make a great development platform. I inserted the Fedora live DVD and booted. I

Re: Saving screenshots

2015-01-25 Thread Kenneth Marcy
On 1/24/2015 3:29 PM, Alex Regan wrote: Hi, I'm having a problem with tigervnc and would like to take a screenshot of the error message to file a bug report. I know how to take screenshots, but where are they saved? The answer depends on the environment installed. I just did this within KD

Re: End of 32-bit support?

2015-01-19 Thread Kenneth Marcy
On 1/19/2015 10:50 PM, Michael Cronenworth wrote: On 01/19/2015 08:24 PM, Kevin Fenzi wrote: Note that this is all from a blog post.:) It is unfortunate that site writes sensational headlines on a random few words. There's not been any formal proposal, or even discussion on the devel list

Linux Hardware Compatibility List (was: HP Envy ...)

2014-11-17 Thread Kenneth Marcy
On 11/17/2014 7:30 AM, Bill Oliver wrote: <[snip]> I'm thinking about replacing my aging laptop. I remember a few years ago that there were some places that listed what laptops were and were not linux-friendly. Is there a good site that lists the degree of fedora-friendliness for (relati

Re: wanted: performance laptop, no windoze tax

2014-07-16 Thread Kenneth Marcy
On 7/16/2014 1:01 PM, poma wrote: On 16.07.2014 20:36, Kenneth Marcy wrote: No need to apologize for the subject because technology advances, so the answer changes for the same questions. Vorsprung durch technik. Fahrvergnügen. Ken -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To

Re: wanted: performance laptop, no windoze tax

2014-07-16 Thread Kenneth Marcy
On 7/16/2014 4:41 PM, Temlakos wrote: So what you're saying is, Microsoft makes no money, or even loses money, on OEM installations, and hopes to make all their money on those who upgrade existing hardware from one version of Windows to another. Or maybe on advertising through the Bing search

Re: wanted: performance laptop, no windoze tax

2014-07-16 Thread Kenneth Marcy
On 7/16/2014 8:07 AM, Neal Becker wrote: Sorry, I know this subject has been written about before. But google shows mostly 5 year old info. No need to apologize for the subject because technology advances, so the answer changes for the same questions. What are some recommendations for a r

Re: Kmail and QP

2013-12-25 Thread Kenneth Marcy
On 12/25/2013 12:32 AM, Martin S wrote: I have one contact that uses an email client that sends everyting in QP- encoded. Unfortunately she is also one of the more important contacts I have. Apparently KMail chokes on these messages and displays nothing (apart from a boilerplate message which is

Re: Do people still install from CDs ?

2013-01-22 Thread Kenneth Marcy
From: Timothy Murphy To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 9:14 AM Subject: Do people still install from CDs ? Do most people install Fedora from CDs? This seem to be the default in all the Fedora-18 documentation I have seen. I w

Re: Re: Are all cores unlocked?

2010-09-22 Thread Kenneth Marcy
On Sep 22, 2010, JD wrote: On my notebook, which has an old 2.2 GHz athlon65 uniicore (3700+), cpuinfo shows cpu MHz as 798.103 OK Does that mean that as I am typing this message, the cpu is running at only 790MHz?? Approximately, yes. Your machine is also not discharging its battery quite so