[kde-linux] kde-linux Digest, Vol 29, Issue 32

Mon Aug 29 15:30:19 UTC 2005

Hi Stephan, I am trying to install a wireless card on
my SUSE 9.0 but the ndiswrapper is not working. Also i
have the old version of gaim and i downloaded the
latest version but after unpacking or unzipping it i
couldn't install it.
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>    3. Any way to restart mouse services in KDE? (Ed
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 13:15:24 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Dan Maday <danmaday at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [kde-linux] Fedora Core 3/4
> To: For people using KDE on Linux with related
> questions/problems
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> I went from FC3 to FC4. I started from scratch. In
> FC3 I found the MySql was still at version 3 when
> every other distro was at version 4. I had to play
> with Apache and PHP to get them started. After that
> FC3 was solid. Oh yeah I did have to fool with sound
> cards to get a CD to play.
>  
> Thanks for the info on NTFS.
>  
> I guess my biggest complaint about FC4 is the
> "Kernel Panic". Okay the distro is free so why
> complain if you have to tweak it? Well "Kernel
> Panic" makes a newbie think he created the CDs wrong
> and discourages Linux use. Kernel panic should have
> been seen by the testers. My other complaints are
> pretty much common to all versions of FC. FC is a
> kit you build not a finished product so you expect
> so bumps in the road. 
>  
> If you have so extra $ try Novell's SUSE. It loaded
> on first shot. It's not cheap. Retail $90 for the
> desktop but I think you can get a free trial. What's
> the downside? The $90 version is a desktop so you
> have to download PHP, Perl, MySql, Apache, Ruby
> whatever.
>  
> Thanks for responding.
>  
>  
> 
> Mike Bear <scubapro.bear at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just recently tried FC 3 and found it to be a good
> distro, loaded without incident and seemed stable.
> 
> However, my main complaint with it is that it is the
> only distro [to my knowledge] that does not
> recognize NTFS disks out of the box and I have
> several that I need to copy files from into Linux,
> so I  switched to SuSe 9.3, which does the job quite
> well: you can copy your NTFS files directly into
> Linux from a File browser, such as Nautilus or
> Konqueror in Suse. 
> 
> Tip: I don't recommend the so-called 'NTFS Kernel
> Patches' that supposedly allow FC to 'recognize'
> NTFS disks [read only]. If you 'google' them, you'll
> see that most support for them has been withdrawn
> from the main websites offering them [I think it's
> only one, I believe] and they caution you: Use at
> Your Own Risk, ie: you risk data loss.
> 
> Just my two cents,
> 
> Mike Bear
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> "Blessed are they who learn from their mistakes. For
> they shall make, if not necessarily fewer of them,
> different and more interesting ones."
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> Message: 2
> Date: 29 Aug 2005 05:07:05 -0500
> From: Ed Tenn <edtenn at prodigy.net>
> Subject: [kde-linux] Any way to restart mouse
> services in KDE?
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> I am using a KVM and something causes the mouse to
> stop working on
> occasion when I switch to a different system. 
> Turning the KVM off/on
> solves that piece of the issue but then I'm forced
> to restart X to get
> full functionality back.  I would prefer to simply
> rerstart mouse
> services in X, is this possible?  Thanks for your
> help.
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 3
> Date: 29 Aug 2005 05:07:13 -0500
> From: Ed Tenn <edtenn at prodigy.net>
> Subject: [kde-linux] Any way to restart mouse
> services in KDE?
> To: kde-linux at kde.org
> Message-ID: <1125310024.4542.7.camel at linux-b>
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> I am using a KVM and something causes the mouse to
> stop working on
> occasion when I switch to a different system. 
> Turning the KVM off/on
> solves that piece of the issue but then I'm forced
> to restart X to get
> full functionality back.  I would prefer to simply
> rerstart mouse
> services in X, is this possible?  Thanks for your
> help.
> 
> 
> 
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