Re: [newbie] 2007 Official

2006-10-08 Thread Keith Powell
On Saturday 07 October 2006 9:16 pm, JRH wrote: On Saturday 07 October 2006 21:09, Keith Powell wrote: Have you tried: Control Centre - Appearance Themes - Icons - Advanced - Size Cheers Keith Ooops! No, I hadn't! Thanks Keith! James I'm pleased I could help someone for

Re: [newbie] 2007 Official

2006-10-08 Thread Dennis Myers
On Sunday 08 October 2006 03:10, Keith Powell wrote: On Saturday 07 October 2006 9:16 pm, JRH wrote: On Saturday 07 October 2006 21:09, Keith Powell wrote: Have you tried: Control Centre - Appearance Themes - Icons - Advanced - Size Cheers Keith Ooops! No, I

Re: [newbie] 2007 Official

2006-10-07 Thread JRH
On Saturday 07 October 2006 03:45, Miark wrote: On Fri, 6 Oct 2006 17:28:49 -0700, Grumpy_Penguin wrote: By brute strength and awkwardness [and xcfe] I managed to reset it to 1024x768 KDE is fine now Pray tell: how? Miark Yes, please tell. I'm having the same problem! I'm fed up

Re: [newbie] 2007 Official

2006-10-07 Thread Grumpy_Penguin
On Saturday 07 October 2006 02:26 am, JRH wrote: On Saturday 07 October 2006 03:45, Miark wrote: On Fri, 6 Oct 2006 17:28:49 -0700, Grumpy_Penguin wrote: By brute strength and awkwardness [and xcfe] I managed to reset it to 1024x768 KDE is fine now Pray tell: how? Miark Yes,

Re: [newbie] 2007 Official

2006-10-07 Thread JRH
On Saturday 07 October 2006 11:08, Grumpy_Penguin wrote: boot into xcfe then into MCC turn off your 3D and accelerated options reset the monitor to flatscreen 1024x768 @60 hz then log out and reboot HTH Ok, so now I'm showing my intelligence level. I only been using Mandrake/MDV for 4

Re: [newbie] 2007 Official

2006-10-07 Thread Paul
Ok, so now I'm showing my intelligence level. I only been using Mandrake/MDV for 4 years... What's xcfe? and how do I get into it? It is a window manager (see www.xfce.org). I used it for a long time and liked it. If you install it from RPM's there is a chance that you can activate it

Re: [newbie] 2007 Official

2006-10-07 Thread Miark
On Sat, 7 Oct 2006 10:52:34 +0100, JRH wrote: On Saturday 07 October 2006 11:08, Grumpy_Penguin wrote: boot into xcfe then into MCC turn off your 3D and accelerated options reset the monitor to flatscreen 1024x768 @60 hz then log out and reboot HTH Ok, so now I'm showing my

Re: [newbie] 2007 Official

2006-10-07 Thread Miark
On Sat, 7 Oct 2006 10:26:15 +0100, JRH wrote: On Saturday 07 October 2006 03:45, Miark wrote: On Fri, 6 Oct 2006 17:28:49 -0700, Grumpy_Penguin wrote: By brute strength and awkwardness [and xcfe] I managed to reset it to 1024x768 KDE is fine now Pray tell: how? Miark Yes,

Re: [newbie] 2007 Official

2006-10-07 Thread Grumpy_Penguin
On Saturday 07 October 2006 02:52 am, JRH wrote: On Saturday 07 October 2006 11:08, Grumpy_Penguin wrote: boot into xcfe then into MCC turn off your 3D and accelerated options reset the monitor to flatscreen 1024x768 @60 hz then log out and reboot HTH Ok, so now I'm showing my

Re: [newbie] 2007 Official

2006-10-07 Thread JRH
On Saturday 07 October 2006 17:17, Grumpy_Penguin wrote: On Saturday 07 October 2006 02:52 am, JRH wrote: On Saturday 07 October 2006 11:08, Grumpy_Penguin wrote: boot into xcfe then into MCC turn off your 3D and accelerated options reset the monitor to flatscreen 1024x768 @60 hz then

Re: [newbie] 2007 Official

2006-10-06 Thread Grumpy_Penguin
On Thursday 05 October 2006 09:08 am, Miark wrote: On Thu, 5 Oct 2006 09:07:56 -0700, Grumpy_Penguin wrote: On Thursday 05 October 2006 08:40 am, Miark wrote: On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 22:33:07 -0700, Grumpy_Penguin wrote: On Wednesday 04 October 2006 09:41 pm, Miark wrote: On Wed, 4 Oct

Re: [newbie] 2007 Official

2006-10-05 Thread Miark
On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 22:33:07 -0700, Grumpy_Penguin wrote: On Wednesday 04 October 2006 09:41 pm, Miark wrote: On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 19:08:56 -0700, Grumpy_Penguin wrote: On Wednesday 04 October 2006 05:25 pm, Miark wrote: On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 15:36:14 -0700, Grumpy_Penguin wrote: trying

Re: [newbie] 2007 Official

2006-10-05 Thread Grumpy_Penguin
On Thursday 05 October 2006 08:40 am, Miark wrote: On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 22:33:07 -0700, Grumpy_Penguin wrote: On Wednesday 04 October 2006 09:41 pm, Miark wrote: On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 19:08:56 -0700, Grumpy_Penguin wrote: On Wednesday 04 October 2006 05:25 pm, Miark wrote: On Wed, 4 Oct

Re: [newbie] 2007 Official

2006-10-05 Thread Miark
On Thu, 5 Oct 2006 09:07:56 -0700, Grumpy_Penguin wrote: On Thursday 05 October 2006 08:40 am, Miark wrote: On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 22:33:07 -0700, Grumpy_Penguin wrote: On Wednesday 04 October 2006 09:41 pm, Miark wrote: On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 19:08:56 -0700, Grumpy_Penguin wrote: On

Re: [newbie] 2007 Official

2006-10-04 Thread Russ Kepler
On Wednesday 04 October 2006 04:36 pm, Grumpy_Penguin wrote: trying Mandriva 2007 now it seems to have difficulty finding my video card Video problems here as well, after upgrading a working 2006 install. I can't find a display like my Dell 2405 (1920x1200 LCD, and LCDs are picky about

Re: [newbie] 2007 Official

2006-10-04 Thread Miark
On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 15:36:14 -0700, Grumpy_Penguin wrote: trying Mandriva 2007 now it seems to have difficulty finding my video card What have you done thus far? Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to

Re: [newbie] 2007 Official

2006-10-04 Thread Miark
On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 19:08:56 -0700, Grumpy_Penguin wrote: On Wednesday 04 October 2006 05:25 pm, Miark wrote: On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 15:36:14 -0700, Grumpy_Penguin wrote: trying Mandriva 2007 now it seems to have difficulty finding my video card What have you done thus far? tried it

Re: [newbie] 2007 Official

2006-10-04 Thread Grumpy_Penguin
On Wednesday 04 October 2006 09:41 pm, Miark wrote: On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 19:08:56 -0700, Grumpy_Penguin wrote: On Wednesday 04 October 2006 05:25 pm, Miark wrote: On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 15:36:14 -0700, Grumpy_Penguin wrote: trying Mandriva 2007 now it seems to have difficulty finding my

Re: [newbie] 2007 Official........

2006-10-03 Thread Christopher Taylor
James, Once you have updated your sources you should be able to urpmi --auto-update. It will pull down a lot of files. And I got all opf your messages. Chris On 10/3/06, JRH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is on the mirrors!Just updated my URPMI sources, and I'm going to upgrade at least until

Re: [newbie] 2007 Official........

2006-10-03 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Tue, 3 Oct 2006 12:55:19 -0400 Christopher Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: James, Once you have updated your sources you should be able to urpmi --auto-update. It will pull down a lot of files. And I got all opf your messages. Chris On 10/3/06, JRH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [newbie] 2007 Official........

2006-10-03 Thread Grumpy_Penguin
On Tuesday 03 October 2006 10:55 am, Lee Wiggers wrote: On Tue, 3 Oct 2006 12:55:19 -0400 Christopher Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: James, Once you have updated your sources you should be able to urpmi --auto-update. It will pull down a lot of files. And I got all opf your