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Subject: Re: Mandrake Linux menus
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 12:32:22 -0400
From: "D. Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Yes I did. I compile stuff myself whenever possible. It's better that way. As
the developers intended it to be and stuff.

Anyhow, I guess my menu is good enough for now. If I install something new,
I'll just add it in myself. No biggie.

--
D. Olson
The Mandrake eXPerience
http://mdkxp.by-a.com/

MUB-NWN
http://nwn.by-a.com/

WinXP - the best thing since induced vomitting.

On Friday 12 July 2002 10:47 am, you wrote:
> Did you compile bb yourself?  I'm using the mandrake blackbox rpm which
> includes a blackbox script in /etc/menu-methods/.  I'm assuming this is
> needed for mandrake to create the bb menu.  I may be completely wrong,
> however, as I'm pretty new to blackbox and linux.
>
> hope this helps.
>
> Ben
> the pAved earth
> http://www.thepavedearth.com
>
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "D. Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 18:51:27 -0400
>
> >On Thursday 11 July 2002 03:41 pm, you wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >> Mandrake generates a blackbox menu automatically.  Just include
> >> /etc/X11/blackbox/blackbox-menu in your blackbox menu.  You can also
> >> edit it using the menudrake utility.  In menudrake, make sure you change
> >> your environment to blackbox.
> >
> >That's strange... Look:
> >
> >[dana@digory dana]$ cd /etc/X11/blackbox/
> >bash: cd: /etc/X11/blackbox/: No such file or directory
> >[dana@digory dana]$
> >
> >
> >What am I doing wrong? I am in Blackbox now (it's the onyl WM I use now -
> > it rocks), so I KNOW that it works.
> >
> >My current menu file is in my ~/.blackbox/ folder.  I don't want just
> >Mandrake's menu as my Blackbox menu, as I like the options to configure
> > and restart and quit bb in there. As well as other stuff.
> >
> >Oh, and FYI, menu-update is included with Mandrake too, but I never used
> > it.
> >
> >
> >--
> >D. Olson
> >The Mandrake eXPerience
> >http://mdkxp.by-a.com/
> >
> >MUB-NWN
> >http://nwn.by-a.com/
> >
> >WinXP - the best thing since induced vomitting.

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-- 
D. Olson
The Mandrake eXPerience
http://mdkxp.by-a.com/

MUB-NWN
http://nwn.by-a.com/

WinXP - the best thing since induced vomitting.

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