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>From: Bryan Rockwood <address@hidden> >Organization: Creighton >Keywords: 199910042035.OAA02665 McIDAS LDM Bryan, re: betting on bad network >Well, low and behold, yesterday was a much better network day. Pings to >chinook where much more resonable (300ms-400ms) so most of the data made >it. I just hope that it can keep that momentum... Even that is not great. re: Fkey menu vs GUI >For the time being, I will tell the folks around here to use the Fkey menu >for NIDS only. My only question is this: how do I enable the CNTRL key to >access that part of the menu? I am running KDE on linux, and I figure >that it is a configuration issue, but have not really delved in too deep. It must be a configuration issue since I use the Fkey menu on my RedHat 5.2 Linux box at home and on a RedHat 6.0 system here at work. I am using Fvwm2 at home and the new Gnome here at work. The fkey menu works for both with the exception of a couple of ALT-Fkey strokes. I ran into this just before heading to Madison earlier this week, and I have not had time to figure out exactly what is going on. >I am hoping that you have heard of a way to fix this. I figure it is a >setting, but because of new machines coming soon, midterms, and other such >pressing matters, I have not had the time to really sit down and play. Try sending a note out to the other Linux users out there: address@hidden If you are not already a member of this list, you can sign up at: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/mailing-list-form.html You need to be a member of a list before you can post to it. Tom