Re: F10 not connected at start up -

2009-03-11 Thread Bob Goodwin
Craig White wrote: Bob - you're making this like pulling teeth. Is NetworkManager turned on or off at boot? chkconfig --list NetworkManager 'shows a number of references to NetworkManager. I'm not sure what they mean or why they are there' ... Crystal ball cloudy, sorry, perhaps you want to

Mount added drive -

2009-02-26 Thread Bob Goodwin
This is an F-10 updated box to which I've added a second drive which is not mounting automatically at boot. I have to mount it after I log in. Obviously I've messed up something in configuration but I haven't been able to find it. I am not sure what ftab should look like but presently it

Re: Mount added drive -

2009-02-26 Thread Bob Goodwin
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Bob Goodwin wrote: This is an F-10 updated box to which I've added a second drive which is not mounting automatically at boot. I have to mount it after I log in. Obviously I've messed up something in configuration but I haven't been able to find it. I am

Re: Mount added drive -

2009-02-26 Thread Bob Goodwin
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: The reason it shows as being in use is because you have an active logical group on it. You have to deactivate VolGroup01/LogVol02 before you can do anything else with /dev/sdb1. You can use Logical Volume Management to do this as well. Mikkel Ok that problem is

Re: Mount added drive -

2009-02-26 Thread Bob Goodwin
Todd Denniston wrote: Bob Goodwin wrote, On 02/26/2009 02:45 PM: Now I'm stuck. The simplest thing would be to reinstall the system but bandwidth for updates is killing me. Wildblue is a satellite service and I'm limited to 17 Gigs/30 days. I hate to keep burning up my bw. Suggestion: 1

Re: Mount added drive -

2009-02-26 Thread Bob Goodwin
Aldo Foot wrote: I may be missing something obvious. Why not define a mount point for /dev/mapper/VolGroup01-LogVol02? For instance you defined / to be the mount point for /dev/VolGroup01/LogVol00. ~af The installer on the live cd did that, I added the second drive later and began

uuid display -

2009-02-25 Thread Bob Goodwin
How do I display the uuid for /dev/sdb? system-config-lvm displays it in a tiny red font unreadable even with a magnifier. Bob -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines:

Re: uuid display -

2009-02-25 Thread Bob Goodwin
Tom Horsley wrote: On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:06:38 -0500 Bob Goodwin wrote: How do I display the uuid for /dev/sdb? system-config-lvm displays it in a tiny red font unreadable even with a magnifier. Bob The blkid tool will show uuids (don't remember if you have to be root to run

Boot display -

2009-02-25 Thread Bob Goodwin
Another question I know has been answered before but I haven't found it. How do I restore the normal boot text display using inittab set to 3? All I see now is a blue progress bar. Bob -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe:

Re: F-10 xmodmap/xkeycaps problem -

2009-02-24 Thread Bob Goodwin
Kevin Kofler wrote: Bob Goodwin wrote: One indication that it does not work is that when I run /usr/bin/xmodmap -e 'keycode 116=degree' in F-9 the key to the right of the right ALT key produces a degree ° symbol. The same command in F-10 makes it useless, that same key does nothing

Re: F-10 xmodmap/xkeycaps problem -

2009-02-23 Thread Bob Goodwin
Steven W. Orr wrote: On Sunday, Feb 22nd 2009 at 11:52 -, quoth Kevin Kofler: =Bob Goodwin wrote: = Can anyone tell me why xmodmap and xkeycaps = do not work in F-10 as they do in F-9? = =Because Fedora 10 switched to evdev as the default keyboard driver. I'm not sure why you think

Re: F-10 xmodmap/xkeycaps problem -

2009-02-23 Thread Bob Goodwin
Kevin Kofler wrote: Bob Goodwin wrote: One indication that it does not work is that when I run /usr/bin/xmodmap -e 'keycode 116=degree' in F-9 the key to the right of the right ALT key produces a degree ° symbol. The same command in F-10 makes it useless, that same key does nothing

Re: F-10 xmodmap/xkeycaps problem -

2009-02-22 Thread Bob Goodwin
Kevin Kofler wrote: Bob Goodwin wrote: Can anyone tell me why xmodmap and xkeycaps do not work in F-10 as they do in F-9? Because Fedora 10 switched to evdev as the default keyboard driver. Kevin Kofler It looks to me like I will have to suffer with the absence

F-10 xmodmap/xkeycaps problem -

2009-02-21 Thread Bob Goodwin
Can anyone tell me why xmodmap and xkeycaps do not work in F-10 as they do in F-9? This keeps me from upgrading this computer. Bob -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines:

How to add drive lvm -

2009-02-21 Thread Bob Goodwin
In an F-10 computer I have a second drive that I would like to designate lvm VolGroup01 but have not had much success at finding how to proceed. Need some guidance ... How to do it, where to look? Thanks. Bob -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe:

User unlock too frequent -

2009-02-20 Thread Bob Goodwin
I'm trying to configure F-10 on a new computer, an effort that takes considerable time. I collect information on this computer and then when I turn back to the new computer it's sleeping and requires me to jog the mouse and enter a long password again. I don't mind doing that but over the

Re: User unlock too frequent -

2009-02-20 Thread Bob Goodwin
Bryn M. Reeves wrote: Bob Goodwin wrote: I'm trying to configure F-10 on a new computer, an effort that takes considerable time. I collect information on this computer and then when I turn back to the new computer it's sleeping and requires me to jog the mouse and enter a long password again

Re: User unlock too frequent -

2009-02-20 Thread Bob Goodwin
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Bob Goodwin wrote: Ok, I am embarrassed! It never occurred to me it might be a screen saver function, it seemed like a password/security thing. I will turn it off. Thank you. Bob If you want, you can also keep the screen saver, and turn off asking

Partition XP disk to add F-10 -

2009-02-19 Thread Bob Goodwin
I've acquired a computer with a 40 gig hard drive with one NTFS partition and XP installed. Can I somehow repartition it to reduce the XP partition to a minimum using the F-10 live cd? Or should I forget that and install an additional drive for F-10? Bob -- fedora-list mailing list

Re: Partition XP disk to add F-10 -

2009-02-19 Thread Bob Goodwin
Craig White wrote: On Thu, 2009-02-19 at 14:10 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: I've acquired a computer with a 40 gig hard drive with one NTFS partition and XP installed. Can I somehow repartition it to reduce the XP partition to a minimum using the F-10 live cd? Or should I forget

Re: Partition XP disk to add F-10 -

2009-02-19 Thread Bob Goodwin
Aldo Foot wrote: On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Bob Goodwin bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: I've acquired a computer with a 40 gig hard drive with one NTFS partition and XP installed. Can I somehow repartition it to reduce the XP partition to a minimum using the F-10 live cd? Or should I

Re: Partition XP disk to add F-10 -

2009-02-19 Thread Bob Goodwin
Aldo Foot wrote: On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Bob Goodwin bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: Aldo Foot wrote: If you've already installed XP, use Gparted from the Live CD to resize the XP partition and make space for the F10 install. ~af The installer acts like it is going

Re: Partition XP disk to add F-10 -

2009-02-19 Thread Bob Goodwin
Craig White wrote: On Thu, 2009-02-19 at 12:20 -0800, Aldo Foot wrote: On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Bob Goodwin bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: Aldo Foot wrote: If you've already installed XP, use Gparted from the Live CD to resize the XP partition and make space

AGP PRO Video replacement -

2009-01-30 Thread Bob Goodwin
. I have an F-10 box that will not post, it just keeps trying to start intermittently. I have reduced the system to power supply, motherboard, and video card with the same result. Changing the power supply does not help. I do not have a spare video card to try but would like to try one

Re: AGP PRO Video replacement -

2009-01-30 Thread Bob Goodwin
Thierry wrote: Bob Goodwin a écrit : I would appreciate some help on this. What do I look for in the board spec's to get one that fits? Thanks. Bob You motherboard will only accept AGP 4x cards as per http://www.asus.com/999/html/events/mb/socket478/p4b533-e

Re: AGP PRO Video replacement -

2009-01-30 Thread Bob Goodwin
g wrote: Bob Goodwin wrote: I have an F-10 box that will not post, it just keeps trying to start intermittently. I have reduced the system to power supply, motherboard, and video card with the same result. Changing the power supply does not help. I do not have a spare video card

Smolt data reporting -

2009-01-14 Thread Bob Goodwin
I happened to look at smolt this morning and it is still reporting this F-9 computer as running F-8. It also claims it's a Laptop. It's a desktop. I don't suppose any of this really matters but curiously after an hour of searching Google where there are numerous items about Smolt, I still

Re: Upgrade from F9 - F10 xorg.conf problem

2008-12-08 Thread Bob Goodwin
the keyboard mapping, the worst thing is that the down arrow key prints a ° degree symbol to the screen with the first command which should change a Windows key to °. I am satisfied if I can simply disable the Caps Lock key. I will be watching responses to your problem. Bob Goodwin -- fedora

Re: F-10 Keyboard errors -

2008-12-04 Thread Bob Goodwin
Bob Goodwin wrote: Bob Goodwin wrote: I have a problem with the F-10 keyboard producing the wrong codes. XEV displays keycode 104 when I press the down arrow on this F-9 box but on the F-10 box it shows 116. 116 is normally one of the Windows keys [next to the RH ALT key] which I normally

Re: Could not detect stabilization, waiting 10 seconds

2008-12-02 Thread Bob Goodwin
Zhanhui Li wrote: Hello, buddies, I've tried to google a solution to the problem when starting the system Could not detect stabilization, waiting 10 seconds., but unfortunately I do not find a viable one, someone alleges it is a later found bug...But I am not sure...by the way, My computer is

F-10 Keyboard errors -

2008-12-02 Thread Bob Goodwin
I have a problem with the F-10 keyboard producing the wrong codes. XEV displays keycode 104 when I press the down arrow on this F-9 box but on the F-10 box it shows 116. 116 is normally one of the Windows keys [next to the RH ALT key] which I normally have mapped [via xkeycaps] to produce

Re: F-10 system-config-network problem

2008-11-27 Thread Bob Goodwin
Pavel Lisy wrote: Bob Goodwin píše v St 26. 11. 2008 v 15:06 -0500: I've just installed from the F10 live cd. It did not ask me for the network setup information, I may have missed something with the sun shining in on the screen? But I should be able to set it up with system-config

F-10 system-config-network problem

2008-11-26 Thread Bob Goodwin
I've just installed from the F10 live cd. It did not ask me for the network setup information, I may have missed something with the sun shining in on the screen? But I should be able to set it up with system-config-network. I can enter the data without a problem but it insists on changing

Re: F-10 system-config-network problem

2008-11-26 Thread Bob Goodwin
Bob Goodwin wrote: I've just installed from the F10 live cd. It did not ask me for the network setup information, I may have missed something with the sun shining in on the screen? But I should be able to set it up with system-config-network. I can enter the data without a problem

F-10 installs -

2008-11-24 Thread Bob Goodwin
In the near future I intend to replace Fedora 9 with 10. My bandwidth allotment is limited by the satellite provider I use so I have been installing the Live CD version and adding to that with yum. I rarely use the Gnome desktop beyond the initial install, replacing that with XFCE which

Re: F-10 installs -

2008-11-24 Thread Bob Goodwin
Fred Silsbee wrote: --- On Mon, 11/24/08, Bob Goodwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Bob Goodwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: F-10 installs - To: For users of Fedora Core releases fedora-list@redhat.com Date: Monday, November 24, 2008, 3:09 PM In the near future I intend to replace Fedora 9

ASUS M3A78-EM -

2008-11-06 Thread Bob Goodwin
I see that Newegg has a sale on ASUS M3A78-EM AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard. I had a failure in a back-up computer last month and have been looking for a cheap replacement board. This board has on-board video which I would like to use. I have not been able to determine

Re: ASUS M3A78-EM -

2008-11-06 Thread Bob Goodwin
Seann Clark wrote: Bob Goodwin wrote: I see that Newegg has a sale on ASUS M3A78-EM AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard. I had a failure in a back-up computer last month and have been looking for a cheap replacement board. This board has on-board video which I would like

Re: ASUS M3A78-EM -

2008-11-06 Thread Bob Goodwin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Bob Goodwin I see that Newegg has a sale on ASUS M3A78-EM AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard. I guess what I want to know is does anyone have experience with this board? I would not install Windows, only Fedora Linux, probably F-9

Re: control-center??

2008-11-02 Thread Bob Goodwin
Beartooth wrote: How do I get a control-center launcher on my panel?? It seems I have it, all right : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ rpm -q control-center control-center-2.20.3-3.fc8 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ But I can't find it in the Main Menu. Does it wear some weirdly unrecognizable other

OpenOffice and .pps files -

2008-10-22 Thread Bob Goodwin
I thought openoffice usually opens .pps files? Suddenly I have a file that it wont open. This is an up to the minute updated F-9 system created from the live CD so perhaps there is some appendage to OO that I need? This really has me puzzled because I thought it was working but perhaps I

Re: OpenOffice and .pps files -

2008-10-22 Thread Bob Goodwin
Ed Greshko wrote: Bob Goodwin wrote: I thought openoffice usually opens .pps files? Suddenly I have a file that it wont open. This is an up to the minute updated F-9 system created from the live CD so perhaps there is some appendage to OO that I need? This really has me puzzled because I

Re: OpenOffice and .pps files -

2008-10-22 Thread Bob Goodwin
Ed Greshko wrote: Bob Goodwin wrote: I thought openoffice usually opens .pps files? Suddenly I have a file that it wont open. This is an up to the minute updated F-9 system created from the live CD so perhaps there is some appendage to OO that I need? This really has me puzzled because I

Firefox page style switching -

2008-10-13 Thread Bob Goodwin
it. I can use View Page Style No Style but that's a lot of mouse clicks compared to what I had before. Is anyone familiar with this and how can I restore it? Bob Goodwin -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list

Re: Firefox page style switching -

2008-10-13 Thread Bob Goodwin
Cameron Simpson wrote: On 13Oct2008 16:51, Bob Goodwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Before I replaced F-8 with F-9 I had an item on the Firefox toolbar to change the page style. It was very convenient, when I ran into a page that displayed poorly I could click on that item and reduce

Re: Yumex gui configuration ??

2008-09-14 Thread Bob Goodwin
Gene Heskett wrote: On Sunday 14 September 2008, William Case wrote: Hi; Just a small issue. Is there a way (e.g. a .*rc file or an /etc/.. config) by which I can change and save gui configurations in yumex? For example, I would like to make the overall geometry slightly wider and change

Thunderbird header 'date' display -

2008-09-06 Thread Bob Goodwin
Until changing to F-9 Thunderbird used to display the e-mail sender's time and offset in the header above the text field like 14:03:08 -0500 instead of 15:03 which is an almost totally useless bit of information [to me] and is already displayed in the list of incoming messages. I've spent

Re: Thunderbird header 'date' display -

2008-09-06 Thread Bob Goodwin
Ed Greshko wrote: Bob Goodwin wrote: Until changing to F-9 Thunderbird used to display the e-mail sender's time and offset in the header above the text field like 14:03:08 -0500 instead of 15:03 which is an almost totally useless bit of information [to me] and is already displayed

Re: Thunderbird header 'date' display -

2008-09-06 Thread Bob Goodwin
Ed Greshko wrote: Bob Goodwin wrote: One way to accomplish this is to install the ConfigDate addon. In the preferences it says: There is a hidden option to display the original date string instead of the formated date in messages headers. I've been too lazy to find the hidden option

Re: Thunderbird header 'date' display -

2008-09-06 Thread Bob Goodwin
Ed Greshko wrote: I think you are misunderstanding what I am trying to say. I guess ... I am *was* too lazy to find out exactly what the check box was doing under the hood. I know what the results are...otherwise I would not have been able to answer your question. :-) Under the odd

Yum plugins -

2008-09-04 Thread Bob Goodwin
I've installed F-9 and in the process lost the yum plugins such as fastest mirror and I can't find where they came from? Can someone point me in the right direction? Bob -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list

Re: Yum plugins -

2008-09-04 Thread Bob Goodwin
Frank Murphy wrote: On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 08:39 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: I've installed F-9 and in the process lost the yum plugins such as fastest mirror and I can't find where they came from? Can someone point me in the right direction? Bob yum install yum-fastestmirror yum

Re: Yum plugins -

2008-09-04 Thread Bob Goodwin
Chris G wrote: On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 07:55:37AM -0700, Dennis Kaptain wrote: - Mensaje original De: Bob Goodwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Para: For users of Fedora Core releases fedora-list@redhat.com Enviado: jueves, 4 de septiembre, 2008 7:39:51 Asunto: Yum plugins - I've

Re: Can't switch to KDE

2008-09-04 Thread Bob Goodwin
Aaron Konstam wrote: On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 11:51 -0700, Aldo Foot wrote: On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Timothy Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: I've never used switchdesk. Does it do something spectacular? I've always logged out, used the icon on the

Re: time stupidity

2008-08-26 Thread Bob Goodwin
Tim wrote: On Mon, 2008-08-25 at 15:37 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: I thought I was the only one running Windows on GMT? And you found that works? Some time ago I looked at pages about putting your hardware clock on GMT, and making Windows work with that like Linux does

Re: H.D. install problem -

2008-08-25 Thread Bob Goodwin
Tim wrote: On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 19:58 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: I had hoped to make the new drive a third one but sadly I found only two SATA connectors on the motherboard so I had to revert to plan B. Or there's plan c - buy a SATA card to plug into your motherboard. Yes, I

Re: H.D. install problem -

2008-08-25 Thread Bob Goodwin
Roger Heflin wrote: Bob Goodwin wrote: Tim wrote: On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 19:58 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: I had hoped to make the new drive a third one but sadly I found only two SATA connectors on the motherboard so I had to revert to plan B. Or there's plan c - buy a SATA card

Re: time stupidity

2008-08-25 Thread Bob Goodwin
g wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Todd Denniston wrote: snip If the machine is always running Unix/Linux, then UTC is usually better. If you are also running MSWIN then you either need to use LOCAL or find the tweak someone posted ~1 week ago, that you can do to

Re: H.D. install problem -

2008-08-25 Thread Bob Goodwin
Roger Heflin wrote: Bob Goodwin wrote: Roger Heflin wrote: Bob Goodwin wrote: Tim wrote: On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 19:58 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: I had hoped to make the new drive a third one but sadly I found only two SATA connectors on the motherboard so I had to revert to plan B

Re: H.D. install problem -

2008-08-25 Thread Bob Goodwin
g wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Bob Goodwin wrote: snip HighPoint ROCKETRAID1520 W/O PCI SATA Controller Card - *Operating Systems Supported:* Windows 98 / ME / NT4.0 / 2K / XP / 2003 Linux (SuSE, Red Hat), and FreeBSD It looks to me

H.D. install problem -

2008-08-24 Thread Bob Goodwin
I removed the 80gB WindowsXP hard drive [/dev/sda] and replaced it with a larger drive on which I installed F9 from a Live CD. The second drive [dev/sdb] has F8 on it, my primary Linux until this morning. I would like to extract some configuration date from the F8 drive but have been

Re: H.D. install problem -

2008-08-24 Thread Bob Goodwin
Roberto Ragusa wrote: Bob Goodwin wrote: Any suggestions appreciated. The output of the following commands would be useful: pvs vgs lvs Best regards. Ok, thanks, more information to ponder, not sure what to do with it yet ... # pvs PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree

Re: H.D. install problem -

2008-08-24 Thread Bob Goodwin
Russell Miller wrote: You now have your partition list, which you can mount. --Russell Ok, I can't mount it on / because that's already used but I can mount it on /mnt and copy files at least. Thats a start, more than I've been able to do so far! mount /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00

Re: H.D. install problem -

2008-08-24 Thread Bob Goodwin
Kevin J. Cummings wrote: Bob Goodwin wrote: Ok, I can't mount it on / because that's already used but I can mount it on /mnt and copy files at least. Thats a start, more than I've been able to do so far! Why on earth would you want to mount it on / Then you wouldn't have access

Re: H.D. install problem -

2008-08-24 Thread Bob Goodwin
Joel Rees wrote: On Aug 25, 2008, at 5:31 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: Russell Miller wrote: You now have your partition list, which you can mount. --Russell Ok, I can't mount it on / because that's already used but I can mount it on /mnt and copy files at least. Thats a start, more than

Re: Blog Client

2008-08-22 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
Rahul Sundaram wrote: Srikanth Konjarla wrote: I have installed it. But, can't find API support for wordpress. Is it supported? Yep. Check this article for details: http://www.linux.com/feature/58265 Rahul I just tried installing it [yum] but could never get past the user/password?

Re: Yum Failure with mirrors unavailable

2008-08-17 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
Gregory P. Ennis wrote: Everyone, I have an FC8 unit that for some reason has stopped allowing yum updates. unname -a results in : Linux .Domain.com 2.6.25.10-47.fc8 #1 SMP Mon Jul 7 18:31:41 EDT 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux When I tried to do so manually with the command :

Re: Yum Failure with mirrors unavailable

2008-08-17 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
Gregory P. Ennis wrote: Yes, I believe it is the result of system problems. Bob Thanks Bob see the other posts now Things appear to be working now, I just finished the latest update. Bob -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe:

Re: Can I get a word in edgewise here, puhlease?

2008-07-28 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
g wrote: Ed Greshko wrote: snip I dislike having to filter since I need to keep track of what I've done. Then there are folks that may not be so good at filtering It is clear to me that a small minority of people have no regard for others on this list. They will tell you

Re: F7 aarrghh : how get gnome back?

2008-07-12 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
Beartooth wrote: I have an oldish (four or five year) machine, which I thought had major mechanical failure -- it would boot from any live CD, but not from the hard drive. Then a young friend who speaks hardware came and ran tests on it. He concluded that it just wasn't up to F9. So

Re: F8 and a GPS -

2008-07-08 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
g wrote: Bob Goodwin USA wrote: I have a Magellan 3100 GPS device that came with a USB cable and a collection of Windows software on a CD. bob, please excuse my questions if they have been covered. i thought i had a security problem that was just a 'heart beat', so i am late getting

Re: F8 and a GPS -

2008-07-08 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 08 July 2008 09:51:10 Bob Goodwin USA wrote: My daughter returned it to where she bought it last Christmas and exchanged it for a newer model [Magellan 3225] which I have not had the courage to fool with. Bob, two of us pointed you at gpsbabel. Did you

Re: F8 and a GPS -

2008-07-08 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 08 July 2008 10:54:29 g wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: Bob, two of us pointed you at gpsbabel. Did you ever try it? hi anne, he got mad at it and broke. ;o) daughter took it back, swapped for new and she will not let him play with it. lol. No

Re: F8 and a GPS -

2008-07-08 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
g wrote: Bob Goodwin USA wrote: I never told my daughter what I was doing, just that it was broke. some times that is best. Yes, since I wanted her to be able to exchange it without any qualms. I see that the gpsbabel -h help file does list a number of Magellan

Re: F8 and a GPS -

2008-07-08 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: Please don't send HTML mail to this list. poc Thunderbird is not supposed to send html to this address. Sometimes it happens! I am having a lot of trouble with it since upgrading to F8. I am about to remove and reinstall Thunderbird. Probably should have done

Re: F8 and a GPS -

2008-07-08 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
g wrote: Bob Goodwin USA wrote: Thunderbird is not supposed to send html to this address.  Sometimes it happens!  I am having a lot of trouble with it since upgrading to F8. I am about to remove and reinstall Thunderbird.  Probably should have done a fresh install. wondered

Re: F8 and a GPS -

2008-07-08 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
g wrote: Bob Goodwin USA wrote: Thunderbird is not supposed to send html to this address.  Sometimes it i had not noticed my 'h t m l' filter was working and why i was asking poc. this one came in 'text/plain'. how did you swing that? Thunderbird  Edit Preferences

Re: F8 and a GPS -

2008-07-08 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Tue, 2008-07-08 at 09:15 -0400, Bob Goodwin USA wrote: g wrote: Bob Goodwin USA wrote: Thunderbird is not supposed to send html to this address. Sometimes it i had not noticed my 'h t m l' filter was working and why i was asking poc

Re: F8 and a GPS -

2008-07-08 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: Removing and reinstalling a package rarely has any effect on Linux (barring dependancy issues), since any personal configuration options you changed are stored in your own home directory. I suggest you create a new user account on your machine and try it from there.

F8 and a GPS -

2008-06-30 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
I have a Magellan 3100 GPS device that came with a USB cable and a collection of Windows software on a CD. Is there an application for F8 that will permit me to communicate with it. At first I thought I would just plug it in and extract coordinate information for my present position but

Re: F8 and a GPS -

2008-06-30 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
Beartooth wrote: Wine 1.0 is out at last; so it's possible you can at last -- with it or CrossoverOffice. If you do, please post how here, with a large fanfare. I have Garmins, with software from Garmin, Maptech, Topo.com, and Delorme -- and I have curse, snarl, screech a machine I can

Re: png2txt -

2008-06-28 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
Craig White wrote: On Sat, 2008-06-28 at 11:53 -0400, Bob Goodwin USA wrote: Is there an F8 application that will convert a .png copy of a text list to a text file? png is a picture file and there is no text. If you want OCR (optical character recognition - software that scans

Re: png2txt -

2008-06-28 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
fred smith wrote: On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 12:05:22PM -0400, Bob Goodwin USA wrote: Craig White wrote: On Sat, 2008-06-28 at 11:53 -0400, Bob Goodwin USA wrote: Is there an F8 application that will convert a .png copy of a text list to a text file? png

Re: Bug in Thunderbird?

2008-06-27 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
Andrea Mastellone wrote: Mark Haney wrote: I don't know if this is a bug in Tbird, or if it's just my system here doing something funny with the display, but when I click 'View' - 'Headers' - 'All' I get the message headers, but they appear all the way down to the bottom of the screen and

Re: OT How to get National Public Radio FM on Rythmbox

2008-06-22 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
William Case wrote: Hi all and thanks; On Sun, 2008-06-22 at 05:21 -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote: On Sat, 2008-06-21 at 23:56 -0400, William Case wrote: Hi -- particularly to my American friends. Does anybody know how to get National Public Radio (NPR) as a feed on Rythmbox. I am

How to show password at boot -

2008-06-06 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
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Re: How to show password at boot -

2008-06-06 Thread Bob Goodwin USA
Dario Lesca wrote: Il giorno ven, 06/06/2008 alle 09.59 -0400, Bob Goodwin USA ha scritto: Is there a way to display the password? How can I change that? http://www.google.com/linux?hl=itq=How+can+I+change+password+grubbtnG=Cercalr= I don't want to change the password, I want

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