Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-10-10 Thread Keith Powell
On Monday 09 October 2006 8:59 pm, Charles A Edwards wrote: On Mon, 9 Oct 2006 20:03:35 +0100 Keith Powell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have now checked on my 2007 hard drive and XFCE is the 4.4 BETA2 version. You can get RC1 from the 2007.0 dir on my site Charles Thanks, Charles,

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-10-10 Thread Keith Powell
On Monday 09 October 2006 8:59 pm, Charles A Edwards wrote: On Mon, 9 Oct 2006 20:03:35 +0100 Keith Powell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have now checked on my 2007 hard drive and XFCE is the 4.4 BETA2 version. You can get RC1 from the 2007.0 dir on my site Charles Charles I have

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-10-10 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 09:57:53 +0100 Keith Powell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have tried to install XFCE from your site, via urpmi, but it won't install. Says that xfwm-4.3.99 is missing. Fixed. Thanks. Charles -- Fortune's real live weird band names #72: Big Fish Ensemble

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-10-10 Thread Keith Powell
On Tuesday 10 October 2006 2:24 pm, Charles A Edwards wrote: On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 09:57:53 +0100 Keith Powell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have tried to install XFCE from your site, via urpmi, but it won't install. Says that xfwm-4.3.99 is missing. Fixed. Thanks. Charles That

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-10-09 Thread JoeHill
On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:44:12 +0100 Keith Powell got an infinite number of monkeys to type out: Thank you very much for your help and the information. I must admit that a desktop looks nice and clean with out any icons, but I haven't decided what I am going to do about them yet. Better to

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-10-09 Thread Keith Powell
On Monday 09 October 2006 5:05 pm, JoeHill wrote: On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:44:12 +0100 Keith Powell got an infinite number of monkeys to type out: Thank you very much for your help and the information. I must admit that a desktop looks nice and clean with out any icons, but I haven't

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-10-09 Thread Keith Powell
On Monday 09 October 2006 6:33 pm, Keith Powell wrote: Hello Joe. No, Joe, I couldn't find that elusive file to edit, so that came to nothing. However, I have installed the 4CD download version of 2007 on my spare hard drive, using the KDE desktop. This afternoon, I got a round tuit and

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-10-09 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Mon, 9 Oct 2006 20:03:35 +0100 Keith Powell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have now checked on my 2007 hard drive and XFCE is the 4.4 BETA2 version. You can get RC1 from the 2007.0 dir on my site Charles -- Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success. -- Christopher

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-21 Thread Keith Powell
On Wednesday 20 Sep 2006 18:20, JoeHill wrote: On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:41:54 +0100 Keith Powell got an infinite number of monkeys to type out: Do you run it with KDE or Gnome also installed? Do I have KDE installed?? Hell, that was the first thing I *unchecked* in the package selection

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-21 Thread Keith Powell
On Wednesday 20 Sep 2006 23:24, Charles A Edwards wrote: On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:03:19 +0100 Keith Powell wrote: With KDE installed, I got the extra - non working - icons on the XFCE desktop, that I mentioned in my original posting (second Home, second Wastebin, etc). I deleted them, only

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-20 Thread Keith Powell
Margot, Joe, and any other XFCE 4.4rc1 users. Do you run it with KDE or Gnome also installed? I have run it with a Gnome installation and it works perfectly. I have tried it with KDE and all my problems have come back. Trying to sort them, has completely messed up both KDE and XFCE. So I was

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-20 Thread Margot
Keith Powell wrote: Margot, Joe, and any other XFCE 4.4rc1 users. Do you run it with KDE or Gnome also installed? I have run it with a Gnome installation and it works perfectly. I have tried it with KDE and all my problems have come back. Trying to sort them, has completely messed up both

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-20 Thread Keith Powell
On Wednesday 20 September 2006 2:15 pm, Margot wrote: Keith Powell wrote: Margot, Joe, and any other XFCE 4.4rc1 users. Do you run it with KDE or Gnome also installed? I have run it with a Gnome installation and it works perfectly. I have tried it with KDE and all my problems have

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-20 Thread JoeHill
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:41:54 +0100 Keith Powell got an infinite number of monkeys to type out: Do you run it with KDE or Gnome also installed? Do I have KDE installed?? Hell, that was the first thing I *unchecked* in the package selection during install... ;-) However, my wife's/daughter's

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-20 Thread Margot
Keith Powell wrote: On Wednesday 20 September 2006 2:15 pm, Margot wrote: Keith Powell wrote: Margot, Joe, and any other XFCE 4.4rc1 users. Do you run it with KDE or Gnome also installed? I have run it with a Gnome installation and it works perfectly. I have tried it with KDE and all my

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-20 Thread JoeHill
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:21:23 +0100 Margot got an infinite number of monkeys to type out: If your Xfce has desktop icons, there is something wrong with it - icons should be in the panel, and in either the taskbar or iconbox, whichever you use. There shouldn't be any icons on the desktop at

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-20 Thread JoeHill
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:03:19 +0100 Keith Powell got an infinite number of monkeys to type out: My latest idea is to do a Mandriva installation with, perhaps, just the lean IceWM desktop, This has no icons on the desktop, but will have installed the basic packages. Then install XFCE. Before

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-20 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:03:19 +0100 Keith Powell wrote: With KDE installed, I got the extra - non working - icons on the XFCE desktop, that I mentioned in my original posting (second Home, second Wastebin, etc). I deleted them, only to find they were no longer on the KDE desktop. So I got

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-18 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 01:19:55 -0400 Miark wrote: How else can I reset it? You can launch it with /usr/bin/xfce4-panel Save session when you logout and it will auto start next time. Charles -- Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough.

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-18 Thread Margot
Miark wrote: Charles, My panel up-and-disappeared after a crash (I was playing with kernels). I figured there was probably a .xfce4 folder that I could blow away, but there wasn't. I found XFCE stuff in .cache and .config, but when I deleted those, the panel did not come back on the following

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-17 Thread JoeHill
On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 14:33:43 +0100 Keith Powell got an infinite number of monkeys to type out: All is now well and Xfce is working properly. I have tried most things and have not come across any problems. I can only assume that 'something went wrong' with the previous download. Okay, I went

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-17 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 20:17:04 -0400 JoeHill wrote: Do either of you use the Mailwatch Plugin? I used it to watch /var/spool/mail/joehill, but now that does not seem to be working, though I installed the new version. It never shows 'new mail', even though my term I don't, and if you would

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-17 Thread Miark
On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 23:31:38 -0400, JoeHill wrote: How is the process for switching to Claws? Relatively painless, ie. config wise? I don't recall because it was so long ago from me--although I'm sure it's effortless--but what I can tell you is that it's really well worth it. I can't live

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-17 Thread Miark
Charles, My panel up-and-disappeared after a crash (I was playing with kernels). I figured there was probably a .xfce4 folder that I could blow away, but there wasn't. I found XFCE stuff in .cache and .config, but when I deleted those, the panel did not come back on the following login. How

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-16 Thread Keith Powell
Success! I decided to start again from scratch, so I did a clean install of Mandriva, followed by a new installation of Xfce4, on to my experimenting hard drive (just in case it still didn't work!). All is now well and Xfce is working properly. I have tried most things and have not come

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-15 Thread Keith Powell
Margot, Joe, or anyone else who has installed the new Xfce-4.4RC1. It seemed to install correctly, and initial impressions were excellent. However, I find that I have several quite severe problems. My first question. Did you install it by adding http://eslrahc.com/2006.0 with hdlist.cz to

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-15 Thread Margot
Keith Powell wrote: Margot, Joe, or anyone else who has installed the new Xfce-4.4RC1. It seemed to install correctly, and initial impressions were excellent. However, I find that I have several quite severe problems. My first question. Did you install it by adding http://eslrahc.com/2006.0

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-15 Thread Keith Powell
On Friday 15 September 2006 7:21 pm, Margot wrote: Keith Powell wrote: Margot, Joe, or anyone else who has installed the new Xfce-4.4RC1. It seemed to install correctly, and initial impressions were excellent. However, I find that I have several quite severe problems. My first

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-15 Thread JoeHill
On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 21:26:40 +0100 Keith Powell got an infinite number of monkeys to type out: Just for information, the problems I have found so far are: Freezing for no apparent reason, desktop shortcuts don't work, can't change the icons on the desktop shortcuts, can't change the theme.

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-13 Thread Margot
JoeHill wrote: On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:03:59 +0100 Margot got an infinite number of monkeys to type out: Thanks, Charles! All downloaded, no problems so far, but haven't got round to logging out back in again yet - fingers crossed! I'm in suspense...you're my test subject! LOL! 'Course, I'd

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-13 Thread Keith Powell
On Wednesday 13 September 2006 8:39 am, Margot wrote: JoeHill wrote: On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:03:59 +0100 Margot got an infinite number of monkeys to type out: Thanks, Charles! All downloaded, no problems so far, but haven't got round to logging out back in again yet - fingers crossed!

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-13 Thread JoeHill
On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:11:04 +0100 Keith Powell got an infinite number of monkeys to type out: I'm looking forward to using it instead of KDE. Heh. Muahahahahahahahahahaha! I don't care about my previous oath. Those words are just freakin' beautiful to see. Three cheers for Charles! --

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-13 Thread JoeHill
On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 08:39:23 +0100 Margot got an infinite number of monkeys to type out: Go for it, Joe - and good luck! From 4.2 -- 4.4 will totally hose my config. Gimme til the weekend when I can devote some time to rebuilding. Playing with 4.4 on my XUbuntu box (over VNC on an old P3 450

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-12 Thread Miark
On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:48:00 -0400, Charles wrote: If any are interested Xfce-4.4 RC1 (4.3.99.1) for Mdk 2006.0 can be obtained from the 2006.0 directory on my site. They rpms include all the Xfce base pkg and current Goodies as well as any extra Requires which are needed. Thanks

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-12 Thread JoeHill
On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:48:00 -0400 Charles A Edwards got an infinite number of monkeys to type out: If any are interested Xfce-4.4 RC1 (4.3.99.1) for Mdk 2006.0 can be obtained from the 2006.0 directory on my site. They rpms include all the Xfce base pkg and current Goodies as well as any

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-12 Thread Margot
JoeHill wrote: On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:48:00 -0400 Charles A Edwards got an infinite number of monkeys to type out: If any are interested Xfce-4.4 RC1 (4.3.99.1) for Mdk 2006.0 can be obtained from the 2006.0 directory on my site. They rpms include all the Xfce base pkg and current Goodies as

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-12 Thread Margot
Charles A Edwards wrote: If any are interested Xfce-4.4 RC1 (4.3.99.1) for Mdk 2006.0 can be obtained from the 2006.0 directory on my site. They rpms include all the Xfce base pkg and current Goodies as well as any extra Requires which are needed. Charles Thanks, Charles! All downloaded,

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-12 Thread JoeHill
On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:02:23 +0100 Margot got an infinite number of monkeys to type out: Does zinging yourself count as part of the list's ration of zings for this week? ;-) Well, since I've not posted in awhile, I think there's quite a backlog ;) -- JoeHill / RLU #282046

Re: [newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-12 Thread JoeHill
On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:03:59 +0100 Margot got an infinite number of monkeys to type out: Thanks, Charles! All downloaded, no problems so far, but haven't got round to logging out back in again yet - fingers crossed! I'm in suspense...you're my test subject! LOL! 'Course, I'd be coming all

[newbie] Xfce-4.4 RC1 rpms for 2006

2006-09-11 Thread Charles A Edwards
If any are interested Xfce-4.4 RC1 (4.3.99.1) for Mdk 2006.0 can be obtained from the 2006.0 directory on my site. They rpms include all the Xfce base pkg and current Goodies as well as any extra Requires which are needed. Charles -- Linux: the choice of a GNU generation -- [EMAIL