Is there an apple fancier on the list? (was Re: [BLUG] Maildrop rules)

[Beartooth]

On Fri, 23 Mar 2007, Joe Auty wrote:

> Gaddis, Jeremy L. wrote:
>> Joe Auty wrote:
>>
>>> if (/^Subject:Xanthippe down$/)
>>>
>>
>> I'm no expert, but shouldn't there be a space after Subject? 
>> I could be completely wrong, as I don't believe I've ever 
>> touched maildrop, just going by my previous experience with 
>> regexps.
>>
>> -j
>
> That's it! You figured it out!!!
>
> I'm such a dummy.... It's working now!
>
> Thanks! :)
>
> You guys must think I'm the dumbest guy in the whole Universe 
> or something by now! :)

 	I'll fix that right now. I have a G3 iBook (whatever that 
means) that I've been running strictly Fedora Core .ppc releases 
on ever since they started. The current one is all fouled up --
  for a reason I have guess at -- in several ways. First it 
would only run KDE (which, alas!, sets my teeth on edge) ; 
then it ran Gnome for a while; now it boots only to command 
line, and I have to do startx to get any GUI at all.

 	When I do, running Opera 9.10 (which used to be OK) 
freezes it up.

 	I'm ready to wipe it and re-install FC6 -- but I can't 
get the fool thing to boot from any CD or DVD I have or can burn.

 	I always did have a nasty time with that. But this time 
I'm beginning to think I've developed hardware problems.

 	I try cold booting with the "option" (alt) key held down; 
that lets me get to a prompt where I can hit C, and it will say 
"booting from CDRom" -- for a minute. Then I get an error 
message.

 	I've tried it over and over, with and without the option 
key at various points and for various durations. No joy ever, 
with any of them.

 	Can somebody tell me a Magic Secret Known Only to Apple 
Fanciers? Or do I really have a hardware problem?

--
Beartooth Staffwright, Neo-Redneck Double Retiree,
Not Quite Clueless Linux Power User 
I have precious (very precious) little idea where up is.