Re: Netscape4, Mozilla - Now what is X? - How to stop X?

2002-02-13 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Ibrahim Shaame ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020131 23:18]: > --- "Karsten M. Self" wrote: > > There's a short FAQ on GNU/Linux X display manager > > disabling you may > > find useful, at: > > > http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/xdm-disable.html > > > > Thank you. > > I think before sending him t

Re: Netscape4, Mozilla - Now what is X? - How to stop X?

2002-02-01 Thread ben
On Thursday 31 January 2002 11:15 pm, Ibrahim Shaame wrote: > I think before sending him to FAQ you could have given > him a quick answer and then refer him to the URL. The > most discouraging thing in Linux for a beginner is to > start going through thousands of pages of man, FAQs > and HOWTOs whi

Re: Netscape4, Mozilla - Now what is X? - How to stop X?

2002-02-01 Thread Ibrahim Shaame
I think before sending him to FAQ you could have given him a quick answer and then refer him to the URL. The most discouraging thing in Linux for a beginner is to start going through thousands of pages of man, FAQs and HOWTOs which are long in first place, and difficult to understand for a new conv

Re: Netscape4, Mozilla - Now what is X? - How to stop X?

2002-01-31 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 09:33 PM +1300, Alan Shrimpton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Okay now X starts atomatically but I rather it not. I know it was my fault > because I said yes to have it as default.. Now, how can I change back. > Also once running how do I stop it? There's a short FAQ on GN

Re: Netscape4, Mozilla - Now what is X? - How to stop X?

2002-01-31 Thread Mario Vukelic
On Fri, 2002-02-01 at 01:30, benfoley wrote: > depending on whether it starts from xdm, gdm, or kdm, you can run > > update-rc.d remove > > when you reboot, you'll have a console prompt. to run x from there, use > startx. No need to reboot. Just go to a console (Alt-Ctrl F1) and do as

Re: Netscape4, Mozilla - Now what is X? - How to stop X?

2002-01-31 Thread benfoley
On Thursday 31 January 2002 12:33 am, Alan Shrimpton wrote: > Okay now X starts atomatically but I rather it not. I know it was my fault > because I said yes to have it as default.. Now, how can I change back. > Also once running how do I stop it? > [snip] depending on whether it starts from xdm

Re: Netscape4, Mozilla - Now what is X? - How to stop X?

2002-01-31 Thread Alan Shrimpton
Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 7:26 PM Subject: Re: Netscape4, Mozilla - Now what is X? > Stupid I am. I have heard the letter X being used alot but I don't know > what it is. Doubt I have the package downloaded. > > What is X? > How d

Re: Netscape4, Mozilla - Now what is X?

2002-01-27 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 07:26:02PM +1300, Alan Shrimpton wrote: > What is X? The X Window System. The most common GUI for unix-type systems. > How do you run it in case I have it? If you have a GUI (which is pretty much a given if you're running Netscape or Mozilla), X is already running. --

Re: Netscape4, Mozilla - Now what is X?

2002-01-27 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Sun, 27 Jan 2002, Alan Shrimpton wrote: > What is X? > How do you run it in case I have it? Try this: apt-get install xfree86 Then try startx. If that doesn't work, then you've gotta configure it, which is a whole nother can of worms (and explained in the howtos at http://www.linuxdoc.org/)

Re: Netscape4, Mozilla - Now what is X?

2002-01-27 Thread ben
On Saturday 26 January 2002 10:26 pm, Alan Shrimpton wrote: > Stupid I am. I have heard the letter X being used alot but I don't know > what it is. Doubt I have the package downloaded. > > What is X? > How do you run it in case I have it? > [snip] xfree86. do a google search and start reading. if

Re: Netscape4, Mozilla - Now what is X?

2002-01-27 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 07:26:02PM +1300, Alan Shrimpton wrote: > Stupid I am. I have heard the letter X being used alot but I don't know > what it is. Doubt I have the package downloaded. > > What is X? > How do you run it in case I have it? It is X window system. Run "tasksel" from root and

Re: Netscape4, Mozilla - Now what is X?

2002-01-27 Thread Alec
On Sunday 27 January 2002 01:26 am, Alan Shrimpton wrote: > Stupid I am. I have heard the letter X being used alot but I don't know > what it is. Doubt I have the package downloaded. apt-get install xlibs > What is X? (after you install it) man X > How do you run it in case I have it? startx

Re: Netscape4, Mozilla - Now what is X?

2002-01-27 Thread Alan Shrimpton
lan Shrimpton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 4:37 AM Subject: Re: Netscape4, Mozilla > On Sat, 26 Jan 2002, Alan Shrimpton wrote: > > > I obviously didn't have mozilla after all. I have installed it now but when > > I type mozilla & a

Re: Netscape4, Mozilla

2002-01-25 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Sat, 26 Jan 2002, Alan Shrimpton wrote: > I obviously didn't have mozilla after all. I have installed it now but when > I type mozilla & and hit enter I get the message. No DISPLAY is set. Is > there somewhere I can read up on this or may be someone can help? Make sure you're in X. Failing

Re: Netscape4, Mozilla

2002-01-25 Thread Alan Shrimpton
27; Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Alan Shrimpton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 12:06 AM Subject: Re: Netscape4, Mozilla > On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, Alan Shrimpton wrote: > > > Okay, now I installed it. How do I start it? > > netscape & > o

Re: Netscape4, Mozilla

2002-01-24 Thread Alec
On Thursday 24 January 2002 06:03 am, Alan Shrimpton wrote: > Hi, > > Okay, now I installed it. How do I start it? > > Cheers Al /usr/X11R6/bin/netscape & /usr/bin/mozilla & echo Starting Netscape4, Mozilla; echo Please wait...; sleep 30

Re: Netscape4, Mozilla

2002-01-24 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, Alan Shrimpton wrote: > Okay, now I installed it. How do I start it? netscape & or mozilla & Just use Mozilla, Netscape's a honking piece of crap. -- Baloo

Re: Netscape4 -- Font Problem

1998-11-21 Thread Craig R. Hodges
(PST) > From: George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: "Craig R. Hodges" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Netscape4 -- Font Problem > Resent-Date: 21 Nov 1998 08:47:52 - > Resent-From: debi

Re: Netscape4 -- Font Problem

1998-11-21 Thread Craig R. Hodges
I just noticed that it only does this in KDE! My .xsession-errors has KCharset: Wrong charset! in it. Time to chuck KDE. On Sat, 21 Nov 1998, Craig R. Hodges wrote: > Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 01:51:39 -0600 (EST) > From: "Craig R. Hodges" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Sub

Re: netscape4.x cannot read debian-user list archives

1998-10-17 Thread Jan Krupa
On Sat, 17 Oct 1998, Christopher Barry wrote: > I had this problem to with an earlier Netscape. I'm using 4.06 right now > (though there is 4.07) and it seems to work okay. By the way, the 4.5 > final came out just today. The only time I've ever had Linux *really* > crash hard was with a 4.5 bet

Re: netscape4.x cannot read debian-user list archives

1998-10-17 Thread Christopher Barry
I had this problem to with an earlier Netscape. I'm using 4.06 right now (though there is 4.07) and it seems to work okay. By the way, the 4.5 final came out just today. The only time I've ever had Linux *really* crash hard was with a 4.5 beta and it crashed anyways whenever I did a lot of rapid fi

Re: netscape4.x cannot read debian-user list archives

1998-10-16 Thread Jan Krupa
On 16 Oct 1998, Rene Hojbjerg Larsen wrote: > Jan Krupa wrote: > > I have installed netscape4.5b2 under debian2.0. > > When I try to read debian-user mailing list archives > > (e.g. from September, august) first > > time it's O.K. but next times on the same month archives > > netscape just han

Re: netscape4.x cannot read debian-user list archives

1998-10-16 Thread Rene Hojbjerg Larsen
Jan Krupa wrote: > I have installed netscape4.5b2 under debian2.0. > When I try to read debian-user mailing list archives > (e.g. from September, august) first > time it's O.K. but next times on the same month archives > netscape just hangs I have to kill it (the archives are very big). > > Whe

Re: netscape4.x cannot read debian-user list archives

1998-10-16 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
[ netscape 4 chokes on mailing list archives ] I recognize this behaviour. I suppose what is wrong is the netscape has some, er, `shortcommings' (i.e. bugs). I always use lynx to access the debian mailing list archives or bug-track system. HTH, Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: netscape4's program size

1998-10-04 Thread Remo Badii
That file is an installer for the actual Netscape package. I installed netscape-4.06 with it and it works perfectly. Remo | Dr. Remo Badii | Paul Scherrer Institute | | Nonlinear Dynamics and | 5232 Villigen PSI |

Re: netscape4 mail reader

1998-09-16 Thread Shaleh
Hmmm, try the command alt+2 (that is hold alt and type the number 2). That is the shortcut key. If you do not have a communicator menu along the file menu row in Netscape, then whatever you are using is NOT communicator (4.x). -- = Linux, because I'd like to *get there* today

Re: netscape4 mail reader

1998-09-16 Thread Ralph Winslow
Shaleh wrote: > > 3) click the communicator menu and chose mailbox Thanks for your prompt replies, Shaleh. Unfortunately, I don't seem to have any icons at all in the lower right hand corner nor any communicator menu. I guess I chose the wrong package to pull from netscape or something. > > Ra

Re: netscape4 mail reader

1998-09-16 Thread Shaleh
Ralph, your email address is sending failure notices from tempest.nac.net. Invalid mailbox. I can send the whole message to you if you give me an e-mail address. -- = Linux, because I'd like to *get there* today

Re: netscape4 mail reader

1998-09-16 Thread Shaleh
3) click the communicator menu and chose mailbox Ralph Winslow wrote: > > Since upgrading to 4.02 I've noticed two things. The first is that > 4.02 seems to be a lot slower than v3, and the second is that I must > run v3 to read my mail since I still haven't been able to get exmh > to putt mail

Re: netscape4 mail reader

1998-09-16 Thread Shaleh
Netscape Messenger (the mail app) can be invoked in two ways: 1) click the second icon on the lower right hand corner (if you can see it, the icon is of envelopes in a bin) 2) run netscape -mail Ralph Winslow wrote: > > Since upgrading to 4.02 I've noticed two things. The first is that > 4.02 se

Re: netscape4 and long keys

1998-05-23 Thread Tommi Virtanen
On Fri, May 22, 1998 at 07:37:32AM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > On 22 May 1998, Douglas Bates wrote: > > > Is it possible to get a copy of netscape4.05 with hard encryption (128 > > bit keys) for Linux 2.0? I would like to install this if possible. I > > am in the U.S. and qualify to obtain such

Re: netscape4 and long keys

1998-05-22 Thread Bob Nielsen
On 22 May 1998, Douglas Bates wrote: > Is it possible to get a copy of netscape4.05 with hard encryption (128 > bit keys) for Linux 2.0? I would like to install this if possible. I > am in the U.S. and qualify to obtain such a version if it is > available. > > I seem to a recall discussion of m

Re: netscape4

1998-03-14 Thread Martin Bialasinski
"M.C. Bezemer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm using a bo system with netscape 3.01 gold. I now want to upgrade to > netscape 4, using the installer package from hamm. Now my question is, > which of the files from ftp.netscape.com should I use, and where exactly I > can find them. Any of the ve

Re: netscape4

1998-01-19 Thread Oleg Krivosheev
On Sat, 17 Jan 1998, Dennis Drapeau wrote: > Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 19:18:21 -0400 > From: Dennis Drapeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian List > Subject: netscape4 > Resent-Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 23:09:52 + > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.DEBIAN.org > Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ;

Re: netscape4

1998-01-18 Thread John Boggon
>Hi, > >I am wondering which version of netscape the install wrapper for hamm >uses. I have downloaded communicator 4.04 >(communicator-v404-export.x86-unknown-linux2.0.tar.gz) and the install >script exits with a version compatability. > I had the same problem. I had to change the name of t

Re: netscape4

1998-01-18 Thread Damir J. Naden
Hi Dennis Drapeau; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > Hi, > > I am wondering which version of netscape the install wrapper for hamm > uses. I have downloaded communicator 4.04 > (communicator-v404-export.x86-unknown-linux2.0.tar.gz) and the install > script exits with a version compatability