On Wednesday 06 May 2009 02:43 pm, Paul Saenz wrote: > I think that Jeff is hung up on the fact that he cannot get he cannot > get kalarm in ubuntu, nevertheless, I think that kalarm will work in > ubuntu,
It doesn't. It comes up in the center of the screen without any windows decorations, nothing to click on to close or to move it. > and of course in kubuntu (but he doesn't like the current > kdm) What I want is the ability to choose between gnome and kde and make a decison later. > Nevertheless, if you can't get kalarm to work, here is another > alternative: > > http://debaday.debian.net/2008/12/21/watch-from-procps-execute-a-prog >ram-at-regular-intervals-and-show-the-output/ I see no way to make this do anything similar to what Kalarm do. Unless you mean I should write my own program to execute at regular intervals. > http://debaday.debian.net/2008/11/16/remind-a-text-based-agenda-and-t >odolist-manager/ Might work; I'll look at it. > between these two tools, I thing you can do exactly what kalarm is > doing for you by simply writing a few simple scripts. If I wanted to write scripts then certainly I could do everything your first solution can do using cron. I don't want to write scripts; I want to click. Thanks, though! Jeff -- Jeff Lasman, Nobaloney Internet Services P.O. Box 52200, Riverside, CA 92517 Our jplists address used on lists is for list email only voice: +1 951 643-5345, or see: "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html";
