[Sheflug] Re: No connection yet

[Richard <nospam [at] sheflug.co.uk>]

Paul

> Paul.Miller [at] csuh.nhs.uk wrote:

> Scilab for instance does not
> appear to work when run from KDE but if you run it under Gnome it
> works OK. Confusing isn't it?

Never seen that one before.

 Add to this the fact that not all the
> applications appear in the desktop menus and there is no catalog to
> tell you what applications are installed on your system. Oh well
> (sigh).. .. .  .   .

Look under the Gnome and KDE directories.  Do 'whereis gnome' and
'whereis kde'.  You should be able to create a desktop icon or taskbar
icon for each program.  That's how I use mine.
 
>         Why cant we standardize on one desktop? Or make the two
> desktops compatible with each other so that any application will run
> on either of them?

There is much work in progress with this.... 

http://www.helixcode.com

>         I still have no connections. The two PC's connected by
> NE2000 ethernet cards (works OK under windows) will not talk to each
> other under Linux (SuSE 6.4). I have finally found out how to get
> yast to admit that there IS an ethernet card in the computer (Yast2
> the graphic installer told me the card was not detected). Now there
> are a host of other things which need to be set up correctly before
> it will work.

This is normal with Linux.  MS Windoze will work with any old crappy
hardware.  When you try to use it with Linux you'll find any faults. 
If you do need to get hold of an NE 2000 card that works then go to
Maplin Electronics and they'll sell you one for about £15.  

>         There is still no luck with the internet either. Compuserve
> does not support Linux. I spent quite a long time speaking to
> unhelpful drones from compuserve customer services before being put
> through to someone who sounded as though he knew what he was talking
> about but was equally as helpful. 


As I said don't bother to waste money talking to them :)  By the way,
you are using an ISA modem card aren't you ?

>He said that compuserve had its
> own authentication protocols for the added security of its
> customers. His advice was "not to run a non standard operating
> system" and "if you would re install Windows it will solve all your
> problems". Oh well it seems like I need a new ISP.


They *do_not_have* any security at Compuserve at all.

Thanks


-- 
Richard

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