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Duke Robillard | 1 Mar 2004 01:52
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Off-Topic: OOo 1.1.1 for Mac OS X

From: Kevin B.Hendricks <kevin.hendricks <at> sympatico.ca>

 >OOo font use is improving significantly.  With the forthcoming OOo
 >1.1.1 plus a nice new Wizard called FontOOo (that is currently in
 >...
 >What makes things even nicer, is that with my latest build of OOo 1.1.1
 >for MacOSX Panther (running X11), now I get complete cross-platform
 >layout of my documents and documents that get sent to me from MS Word
 >...
 >Kevin
 >PPC Linux, MacOSX X11 Porting Team for OpenOffice.org

Tease!   :-)

So, when do we get 1.1.1 for Mac OS X?  We're dying out here, man.  :-)

(Thanks for all your work, BTW.  I love you OOo guys!)

Duke

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Ray Auge | 1 Mar 2004 04:46
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Re: Airport Extreme and Post-startup Ethernet

On Sun, 2004-02-29 at 15:30, Dan Fontenot wrote:

> 2) How do I activate ethernet IP if I don't have the ethernet cable 
> connected at startup. YDL nicely configure ethernet/IP settings if the 
> cable is connected when I boot, but I would like to be able to connect 
> via ethernet without having to reboot.

It's a pain, but do:

su -c "/sbin/service network restart"

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James A. Ricken | 1 Mar 2004 12:39

tryed new kernels

Hi everybody

Over this weekend I went to the kernel ppc website and downloaded the
bitkeeper 2.4 stable kernel,also kernel 2.6 for yellowdog.
I did not download the source code.

I installed both them and they both booted fine,and everything works
except my network card won't.

anybody have any ideas?

Thanks
Jim

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Kevin.Hendricks | 1 Mar 2004 20:40
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Re: Off-Topic: OOo 1.1.1 for Mac OS X

Hi,

> So, when do we get 1.1.1 for Mac OS X?  We're dying out here, man.  :-)

OOo 1.1.1 release candidate for x86 Linux has been built and if
there are no show-stoppers it will become OOo 1.1.1.

Shortly after that I will make builds available for PPC Linux and
for MacOSX Panther (Jaguar users will have to make their own build or
find someone to build it for them).

Right now the MacOSX OOo 1.1.1 for X11  should build out of the
box on Panther using Apple's X11.

The bad news is that Java support still is an issue for MacOSX, and
there will only be the standard Unix installer (same as used by PPC 
Linux)
and not some special installer just for MacOSX users
(as was used for OOo 1.0.3 gold master.for MacOSX).

So hopefully, if you can live with those shortcomings, it should come 
soon.

Kevin

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Andrew Poole | 1 Mar 2004 23:55

how to bring up non-X console windows?

Hey there,

Just got YDL installed on my old PowerMac 6100 and it seems to be 
running, besides for what seems like a display calibration issue.  I 
see everything in "triples" (or more) and there are a bunch of 
horizontal lines running across the screen.

I suppose I need to bring up a console window so I can fool around to 
begin to diagnose it.  Problem is, its an old keyboard, and I don't 
know what the key combo is to bring up a console window.  I have apple, 
option, shift, and control buttons if that helps.  Anyone know the 
correct key combo?

And- can anyone help me out in configuring the display settings so that 
my 12'' monitor will work correctly?

thanks a bunch,

Andrew P.

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Greg Hamilton | 2 Mar 2004 00:15
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XFce

I've been reading about a lightweight desktop environment called XFce 
(http://xfce.org).
Has anybody here tried building it for YDL? Does anybody have any 
experience with it?
According to the web site it's supposed to be lightweight and fast 
which would be handy
on a slow box.

Greg

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Clinton MacDonald | 2 Mar 2004 00:22
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Re: how to bring up non-X console windows?

Mr. Poole:

Andrew Poole wrote:
> I suppose I need to bring up a console window so I can fool around to 
> begin to diagnose it. Problem is, its an old keyboard, and I don't know 
> what the key combo is to bring up a console window. I have apple, 
> option, shift, and control buttons if that helps. Anyone know the 
> correct key combo?

I do not know the answer to your first question, but I can help you with 
this. To go to a new console, choose control-option-Fn, where "Fn" is 
one of the function keys from F1 to F6 (F7 brings you back to your KDE 
or Gnome window).

Good luck!

Best wishes,
Clint

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Clinton MacDonald | 2 Mar 2004 00:38
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Re: XFce

Mr. Hamilton:

Greg Hamilton wrote:
> I've been reading about a lightweight desktop environment called XFce 
> (http://xfce.org). Has anybody here tried building it for YDL? Does
> anybody have any experience with it?

I have not played with XFce. However, I have had a reasonable amount of 
experience with BlackBox, another "lightweight" window manager. I am 
pretty happy with BlackBox (which may already be installed on your 
Yellow Dog Linux box). There are a few oddities -- and no documentation, 
neither in the environment nor on the Web -- but it is quite likable.

If you decide to experiment with BlackBox, here are a few hints:

[1] right-click to start any and all applications, middle-click to 
manage windows

[2] if you "iconize" an application, in fact you hide the application 
entirely, and can only visualize it using the middle-click window 
manager ("icon" was a very poor choice of name for this hiding feature)

[3] several of the options in the applications (right-click) menu are 
not active

[4] there is a text file (I don't recall its location, as I am not at my 
YDL box right now -- type "whereis blackbox," go to that directory, and 
look for a file called "menu"; the file is *not* in your home directory) 
that will allow you to edit the applications menu
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Felix Jodoin | 2 Mar 2004 00:46
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Re: XFce

I made a sort of hack of blackbox, if anyone cares, called elf:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/envire-elf/
As for XFCE, I have succesfully build the tarballs and the cvs on ydl 
3.0.
-AliasN

On 1-Mar-04, at 5:38 PM, Clinton MacDonald wrote:

> Mr. Hamilton:
>
> Greg Hamilton wrote:
>> I've been reading about a lightweight desktop environment called XFce 
>> (http://xfce.org). Has anybody here tried building it for YDL? Does
>> anybody have any experience with it?
>
> I have not played with XFce. However, I have had a reasonable amount 
> of experience with BlackBox, another "lightweight" window manager. I 
> am pretty happy with BlackBox (which may already be installed on your 
> Yellow Dog Linux box). There are a few oddities -- and no 
> documentation, neither in the environment nor on the Web -- but it is 
> quite likable.
>
> If you decide to experiment with BlackBox, here are a few hints:
>
> [1] right-click to start any and all applications, middle-click to 
> manage windows
>
> [2] if you "iconize" an application, in fact you hide the application 
> entirely, and can only visualize it using the middle-click window 
> manager ("icon" was a very poor choice of name for this hiding
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Longman, Bill | 2 Mar 2004 01:17
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RE: how to bring up non-X console windows?

> Andrew Poole wrote:
> > I suppose I need to bring up a console window so I can fool 
> around to 
> > begin to diagnose it. Problem is, its an old keyboard, and 
> I don't know 
> > what the key combo is to bring up a console window. I have apple, 
> > option, shift, and control buttons if that helps. Anyone know the 
> > correct key combo?
> 
> I do not know the answer to your first question, but I can 
> help you with 
> this. To go to a new console, choose control-option-Fn, where "Fn" is 
> one of the function keys from F1 to F6 (F7 brings you back to 
> your KDE 
> or Gnome window).

Do you mean the key combination when you're running X windows? That is, do
you just want an xterm to pop up? Or do you want to switch to the virtual
consoles? Using Clint's advice above, you'll get the virtual consoles.
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