Forward 3 steps, back 2. :) John Hebert
> -----Original Message----- > From: Shawn Hudson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 3:34 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [brluglist] A Few Simple Questions > > > 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. > ================================================ > ================================================ 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. ================================================
