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Desktop switching 5,957 Views / 69 Replies  
I know this is on the list already (as you showed above), but I'd *love* (and would pay for) something that gave me multiple desktop functionality like I get in KDE.

I know I can get multiple...
Posted by LuckyJack, on Mar 4, 2004 at 12:22 PM, in Applications
You know what I hate? It's when people jump to... 54,902 Views / 279 Replies  
You know what I hate? It's when people jump to the last page of a multi-page discussion and ask someone to summarize. Take the ten minutes and read the thread!

The MS Office apps work fine for me,...
Posted by LuckyJack, on Oct 24, 2003 at 01:22 AM, in macOS
Try fixing the ownership and permissions in your... 54,902 Views / 279 Replies  
Try fixing the ownership and permissions in your /Library/Application Support/ directories. I couldn't install LifeBalance because the permissions for the Palm HotSync condiuts were all screwey. A...
Posted by LuckyJack, on Oct 24, 2003 at 01:20 AM, in macOS
Three things: 1. I can't believe that you... 2,619 Views / 109 Replies  
Three things:

1. I can't believe that you people are actually excited about working at a retail mall store. It's a MALL STORE SALESMAN, not a product manager.

2. Go there everyday? What do you...
Posted by LuckyJack, on May 9, 2001 at 06:35 PM, in MacNN Lounge
StarOffice 656 Views / 5 Replies  
Today, Sun released the source for StarOffice.
http://openoffice.org/

If you haven't used StarOffice, it's a pretty-close knockoff to MS Office, only it's free (and now Open Source). It can...
Posted by LuckyJack, on Oct 13, 2000 at 04:03 PM, in Developer Center
I tried to compile it from generic Unix source... 489 Views / 28 Replies  
I tried to compile it from generic Unix source myself... it compiled OK but then got hung up because I hadn't tweaked all the file loc'ns in some files before making it. So just download the binaries...
Posted by LuckyJack, on Oct 13, 2000 at 03:48 PM, in macOS
Try this: boot into verbose mode (holding down... 410 Views / 7 Replies  
Try this: boot into verbose mode (holding down the 'v' key). You'll see all sorts of scary messages zooming past in white letters on your black screen.

While your mileage may vary, when this...
Posted by LuckyJack, on Oct 4, 2000 at 09:23 AM, in macOS
Speaking personally, I'm very, very glad to have... 393 Views / 7 Replies  
Speaking personally, I'm very, very glad to have OS X on a different partition. I've had to re-install X twice, and each time erase the whole disk. Because I had a) backed up, and b) used another...
Posted by LuckyJack, on Oct 2, 2000 at 09:50 AM, in macOS
Whoa, I'm starting to feel woozy. Everyone is... 531 Views / 8 Replies  
Whoa, I'm starting to feel woozy. Everyone is condeming poor pneumatic for mucking around with his system and telling him that Apple will be Most Unhappy with his Feedback and that he should just Sit...
Posted by LuckyJack, on Oct 2, 2000 at 09:44 AM, in macOS
pneumatic, after some more research, I've made a... 531 Views / 8 Replies  
pneumatic, after some more research, I've made a little progress, but still no solution. Check out my topic about the "init:getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/console, sleeping" error.

Just...
Posted by LuckyJack, on Sep 30, 2000 at 03:35 AM, in macOS
I'm running a Powerbook (firewire). Reading... 1,731 Views / 5 Replies  
I'm running a Powerbook (firewire).

Reading the man page for init tells me that the error message is standard when a system is quitting as quickly as it starts. I don't know what that means, and...
Posted by LuckyJack, on Sep 30, 2000 at 03:32 AM, in macOS
Ummm. Packley. That's a great idea, except for... 320 Views / 2 Replies  
Ummm. Packley. That's a great idea, except for the fact that there's no login screen. That's the problem. No login. Can't login. Hangs before I get to the login. Nada login-o.

I actually can boot...
Posted by LuckyJack, on Sep 30, 2000 at 03:29 AM, in macOS
init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/console, sleeping 1,731 Views / 5 Replies  
Hm. No login, but in verbose mode I get the following error flashed on the screen:

Sept 29 15:25:17 init:getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/console, sleeping

I can boot fine into...
Posted by LuckyJack, on Sep 29, 2000 at 04:13 PM, in macOS
boot into console? 320 Views / 2 Replies  
My wittle OS X partition is having a little difficulty with the desktop services... everything starts -- network initalizes and starts up, application services start, etc. The whole rigamarole with...
Posted by LuckyJack, on Sep 29, 2000 at 02:46 PM, in macOS
Ahem Gordy. That's really very helpful of you.... 531 Views / 8 Replies  
Ahem Gordy. That's really very helpful of you. Thanks. Thanks a ton.

I also have lost my login prompt (however I did not delete anything except Omniweb). Everything starts until the login should...
Posted by LuckyJack, on Sep 29, 2000 at 10:58 AM, in macOS
Ditto. I had originally thought the problem was... 490 Views / 5 Replies  
Ditto. I had originally thought the problem was due to Classic and a hang I had trying to shut that down.

Two monitors and I lost my keyboard. I'll have to go back and rescind my comments to Apple...
Posted by LuckyJack, on Sep 25, 2000 at 04:07 PM, in macOS
Printing with a cover page in LPR 437 Views / 0 Replies  
We use NT-based networked printers here at my office, but LPR also works. I can print (from Carbon apps only, alas), but I don't know to print a cover page. Since we have an entire floor printing to...
Posted by LuckyJack, on Sep 25, 2000 at 03:54 PM, in macOS
I successfully sent mail using sendmail simply by... 504 Views / 14 Replies  
I successfully sent mail using sendmail simply by checking the appropriate checkbox in the "Sending" pane of the Mail.app prefs. It went out as <username>@localhost, but since I had set up a replyto:...
Posted by LuckyJack, on Sep 25, 2000 at 03:51 PM, in macOS
In any and all Unixes, if you don't have the root... 885 Views / 6 Replies  
In any and all Unixes, if you don't have the root password, you're hosed. You *do* need to reinstall.

Lesson: don't ever forget your root password.
Posted by LuckyJack, on Sep 22, 2000 at 02:40 PM, in macOS
Ditto with myself. My Pismo 500 installed like a... 497 Views / 6 Replies  
Ditto with myself. My Pismo 500 installed like a dream, and has worked wonderfully since installation.

A couple of notes:
Sleep does indeed work almost instantenously. Unlike some other reports...
Posted by LuckyJack, on Sep 21, 2000 at 11:14 AM, in macOS
Aniraf: Don't be freaked out by the daemon, it's... 2,550 Views / 68 Replies  
Aniraf: Don't be freaked out by the daemon, it's harmless. That cute little sneaker-wearing fella is the mascot of BSD -- which is now the heart of Darwin. Check this out:

...
Posted by LuckyJack, on Sep 20, 2000 at 12:37 PM, in macOS
You're right, and I'm blind. Thanks. ... 368 Views / 3 Replies  
You're right, and I'm blind. Thanks.

However, the sharing pane (control panel?) doesn't options for mail, shell, login, printing, finger, or Mach IPC (whatever that is). Any word on those?...
Posted by LuckyJack, on Sep 15, 2000 at 11:55 AM, in macOS
Telnet, FTP servers in PB? 368 Views / 3 Replies  
I checked out the screen shots on MacAddict, and it appeared that in the Network Services pane of the System Preferences (or whatever it's called) had only "Web Server on/off" for an option.
...
Posted by LuckyJack, on Sep 15, 2000 at 10:58 AM, in macOS
Emacs on OS X? 478 Views / 5 Replies  
I'll assume that emacs, if it isn't already complied, will be done by someone soon. But what about xemacs? Will I need to use xf86 to get xemacs, or is that port-able to os x?
Posted by LuckyJack, on Sep 14, 2000 at 11:03 PM, in macOS
Awww, you really don't want Pine, you want Mail.... 453 Views / 17 Replies  
Awww, you really don't want Pine, you want Mail. If you're going to do email on the command line, do it right.

Although, one could argue that doing it "right" would, by necessity, include emacs...
Posted by LuckyJack, on Sep 14, 2000 at 10:58 PM, in macOS
While I agree it would have been better to use a... 3,813 Views / 14 Replies  
While I agree it would have been better to use a tested, open algorithm for the encryption, I also welcome the presence on my computer.

I'll use the FEE encryption (when I get os9) for most of my...
Posted by LuckyJack, on Oct 15, 1999 at 01:10 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Having purchased my cute little Que! Drive for my... 435 Views / 5 Replies  
Having purchased my cute little Que! Drive for my rev.A just a bit ago, I'm still trying to figure out the fine-grained aspects of cd burning...



I was able to mount a CD-RW using the internal...
Posted by LuckyJack, on Oct 15, 1999 at 12:33 AM, in Mac Desktops
 
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