ha. Now KWrite won't work. It's time to get down to the nitty gritty and do my research.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Shawn, > >Sorry for the tardy reply, busy with work yesterday. > >1. Lexmark Z52 printer >Like I mentioned at the meeting, you probably want to search through the >archives of any staroffice mailing list or newsgroup for printer tech >support questions. Another member on the list recently had a problem >concerning a Lexmark printer and solved it, though it wasn't associated with >Star Office. Since Lexmark is a spinoff of IBM, you might try finding out >what the similar IBM model is and checking to see if that model appears in >your list of printers for SO. Also, is there a postscript mode for your >printer? I'd be surprised if SO didn't support some basic postscript mode. > >2. Netscape Mail > >I suspect this is a netscape.com problem, since you don't mention that >general web browsing is not working. Pinging ok (ping home.netscape.net)? I >don't see how some config issue on Linux would affect this, but I've been >accused of dullness before. Somebody educate me. > >3. Saving files to a floppy disk >I've had weird root and normal user problems before with SO and don't >remember if I resolved them or not. I haven't used SO in a couple of months. >I believe the problem is the result of how SO is installed, though I would >have to test it to make sure. In any case, Linux provides many ways to solve >this problem: >a. run SO as root (prb not safe) >b. give user write access to /dev/fd0 (prb what you want, look at >/etc/fstab) >c. set suid on the command that SO uses to save to floppy for user (um, prb >not practical) >d. figure out problem from source (left as exercise for the reader) > >Does the same problem occur with the latest version of SO (6.0b?)? > >Good luck! > >John Hebert > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Shawn Hudson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 11:36 AM >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: [brluglist] A Few Simple Questions >> >> >>I've just installed SuSe 6.2 and I'm having a few problems with it: >> >>1. I have a Lexmark Z52 printer that is supported by >>everything except >>StarOffice. Now, I tried using printer setup in StarOffice, >>but after I >>follow the instructions and set up the generic lp as my >>printer, I still >>have a problem. StarOffice will only print out a few lines of text >>before my printer stops in its tracks. Any suggestions? >> >>2. I'm using Netscape Mail, but as of now, everytime I >>attempt to click >>the WebMail link on the top bar in Navigator, I get a message saying >>"The connection was refused when attempting to contact >>home.netscape.net." >> >>3. Saving files to a floppy disk - how do you do it? When I >>attempt to >>save to the floppy from StarOffice, it says something about me having >>insufficient user rights. Is there a way that I can remain >>in superuser >>mode throughout. Security precautions may be useful for business but >>it's annoying me at the moment. >> >>Well, that's about all I can think of now. >> >>Thanks for any help you can give, >>Shawn Hudson >> >> >> >> >> >>================================================ >>BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group >>Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. >>Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change >>your subscription information. >>================================================ >> >================================================ >BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group >Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. >Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change >your subscription information. >================================================ > ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
