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> : what does this line mean - "dpkg was > interrupted, you must manually run > 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the > problem." In a terminal window, type sudo dpkg --configure -a and see if it can correct itself.

GDBM_File.pm is a perl module -- the place to look would be cpan.org, but that module should be included in 5.8.0. Usually you can install modules with the command perl -MCPAN -e shell but when I try to use that to install GDBM_File on my perl 5.6 system, it tries to upgrade me to perl 5.8.

wnowak1 - I think what you're looking for is: /System/Library/StartupItems/IPServices/IPServices start

>>ah that's it, So i can't amend the default >>path in x11? Jule - There's no such thing as an path in X11 -- in Unix, there's a path associated with the shell that you use, which the Applications menu of X11 also uses. So once you set the right path in your shell, everything will fall...

There is the tantalizingly named file /usr/share/init/tcsh/aliases which would seem like a reasonable place to put these things, but it seems that this file is not used by default. I think the best bet would be to use /etc/csh.cshrc which is used by both csh and tcsh. One approach...

bol - Have you quit and restarted System Preferences? It only looks for new preference panes when it first starts up.

loom001 - I'm a long-time UNIX/Linux guy, and I just got a 12" PB (my first contact with a Mac in many years). I can tell you most assuredly that the BSD UNIX kernel that's at the heart of MAC OS X is a complete UNIX implementation, and OS X has the potential to be a great place to learn...

The Apple key/drag combination worked perfectly. Thanks for the help!!

I accidentally ran iChat, and now there is a little balloon in the menu bar every time I log in. How can I remove it?

Paul - The abbreviation "rc" stands for "run commands", and is often used in the UNIX world as the last two letters of a file of commands to be run each time a program starts. The commands in .cshrc are run each time you run csh (the default shell that Mac OS X uses when you open a...

If fink is installed correctly, and you're using the tcsh shell, you should add the following line to the file .cshrc in your home directory: source /sw/bin/init.csh You could check to make sure the file is there by typing ls /sw/bin/init.csh at the tcsh prompt -- you should just see the...