Re: [techtalk] problems upgrading to gnome 1.2 and enlightenment 0.16.4

2000-08-05 Thread Malcolm Tredinnick
On Fri, Aug 04, 2000 at 02:43:06PM -0700, colin parr wrote: > Hope somebody can help - I'm having a complete nightmare trying to upgrade > to the above over a standard RH6.1 install (completely fresh - I thought I'd > start over...) on a PIII 500MHz, 64MB, RIVA 32MB TNT2 dual boot w W98. Don't

[techtalk] A Seattle newbie

2000-08-05 Thread Elizabeth Aoki
Dear all, my name is Betsy Aoki and I've just started up the Seattle Linuxchix chapter. I have some experience doing this kind of thing because I founded the Seattle Webgrrls chapter in 1995 and it is now about 3,000 women - but I am an utter Linux newbie and I apologize in advance for dumb quest

[techtalk] Goodby Windows, hello Linux!

2000-08-05 Thread MSYBlood
Hi, My name is Mike Youngblood and I'm a newbie regarding Linux. I have been using computers since early 1983. I do computer graphics and at the time, the only machine that would do color was the IBM (Macs weren't out yet). Consequently, my money is invested in WIntel machines. Last year I

Re: [techtalk] Goodby Windows, hello Linux!

2000-08-05 Thread Glen Strom
At 03:59 PM 8/5/00 EDT, you wrote: >Hi, >My name is Mike Youngblood and I'm a newbie regarding Linux. I have Hello, Mike. >1. I believe the best plan for me is to install Mandrake on a second hard >drive rather >than to dual boot it from the same drive that now runs windows. That way, I >

Re: [techtalk] A Seattle newbie

2000-08-05 Thread jenn
Elizabeth Aoki wrote: > > Dear all, > I would like to know what you think the Linux tech "basics" are in terms of > what my chapter should cover for newbies like myself, and then to keep our > guru women happy, what whizzy items should we focus on? We meet once a month > for install parties but

Re: [techtalk] Goodby Windows, hello Linux!

2000-08-05 Thread jenn
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 1. I believe the best plan for me is to install Mandrake on a second hard > drive rather > than to dual boot it from the same drive that now runs windows. That way, I > can learn to use Linux without screwing up my Windows OS and applications. The only real danger

Re: [techtalk] A Seattle newbie

2000-08-05 Thread Nicole Zimmerman
> I would like to know what you think the Linux tech "basics" are in terms of > what my chapter should cover for newbies like myself, and then to keep our > guru women happy, what whizzy items should we focus on? We meet once a month > for install parties but I'm trying to get a few more interest

[techtalk] XDM and xinitrc

2000-08-05 Thread Subba Rao
I use XDM to start my X-Window sessions. My window manager is FVWM2. I have $HOME/.fvwm2rc which is being read when FVWM starts. I have my .xinitrc in $HOME, which is not being read. I have some customizations which are not being executed. When I try to modify the global xinitrc, then after login

Re: [techtalk] XDM and xinitrc

2000-08-05 Thread Malcolm Tredinnick
On Sat, Aug 05, 2000 at 08:44:47PM -0400, Subba Rao wrote: > > I use XDM to start my X-Window sessions. My window manager is FVWM2. > I have $HOME/.fvwm2rc which is being read when FVWM starts. I have my > .xinitrc in $HOME, which is not being read. I have some customizations > which are not bein