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[edit] December 2

[edit] LaTeX figure captions

Howdy, does anyone know if there is a method of setting up a figure caption to appear in the list of figures, but not in the text itself? I'm working on a bit of a hack to get the placement of a figure to be consistent with my school's thesis guidelines (ugh). Thanks, --TeaDrinker 00:38, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

  • If you don't get any satisfaction here, you might try the Math desk, which has lots of LaTeX pros. --Sean 03:50, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks! I did get another workaround for it, but (as with most of the LaTeX I put together, it was a bit of a hack). --TeaDrinker (talk) 18:11, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Japanese IME input

I'm trying to use the Japanese IME for XP but it's a little confusing. I'm used to the two-letter input system, for example typing "k" then "a" to produce か - however, the Japanese IME by default uses some sort of mapping system that maps each English letter to a kana, and I have no idea how to change this. Any help would be appreciated. -Wooty [Woot?] [Spam! Spam! Wonderful spam!] 07:57, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

I've only seen the one where you type romaji and it gives you kana, and I got that by default. Are you sure you're using Japanese IME standard 2002? --antilivedT | C | G 10:17, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
Yepo, v8.1. Tried messing around in the settings (including input settings) to no luck. -Wooty [Woot?] [Spam! Spam! Wonderful spam!] 10:54, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
Did you try this: Control Panel -> Regional and Language Options -> Languages -> Details -> Select "Microsoft IME Standard 2002 ver. 8.1" and then click on Properties. In the General tab there is Input method combobox where you should select "Romaji input". I always use Romaji input, but when you mentioned your problem, I switched this to Kana Input and got same symptoms as you. So, try switching this to Romaji input. — Shinhan < talk > 13:36, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
Was a combination of things including the above, but it's fixed now. Thanks for the help! -Wooty [Woot?] [Spam! Spam! Wonderful spam!] 22:31, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fedora 8 problem: Picture spontaneously disappears

Since I switched to Fedora 8 from Fedora 7, I've had problems with my screen. Sometimes, the entire picture just spontaneously disappears from the monitor. The monitor switches to standby mode, as if it didn't have a video input at all. The computer keeps responding to keyboard and mouse input (as far as I can tell without seeing anything - but the keyboard lock lights still work), but no picture is displayed. Unplugging and replugging the monitor doesn't help. Restarting the X server does help, but I lose everything I had open in my session. What is at fault here, Fedora 8, my video card, or my monitor? JIP | Talk 09:59, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

I would initially turn off power management services. It is possible that it is errantly putting your computer into sleep mode. -- kainaw™ 18:05, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
I can't find power management services anywhere in the services list. What is the service or daemon called? JIP | Talk 18:22, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
Screen saver gone bad? Try xset s off --tcsetattr (talk / contribs) 21:09, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A network prompt problem

Please help anyone I have a network problem. I have been running a network comprising 25 nodes using a Novell 4.1 version. When establishing the network some 20 years back the nodes were loaded/booted with MSDOS. Later this has changed to windows95 and windows98. But now when Windows xp is loaded and comes to the DOS prompt for running the original Clipper program the DOS prompt is not showing the path in full. When we use Windows xp the mapped drives in the novell login script are not showing the path at the dos prompt. More clearely, at the dos prompt it shows only the mapped drive letter only. But this is not the case with Windows 95 and Windows 98, they show the prompt with detailed path. The same login script is used for Windows xp. for example

 If we map 
       G:= Vol1:\MAINCOMP\WORK1
 when using Windows 98 at the dos prompt we get
       G:\MAINCOMP\WORK1>
 but with Windows xp at the dos prompt we get only
       G:\>
 In both the case above the command $P$G is already there.

Further if there is a subdirectory below the mapped drive ie if there is a subdirectory NEWWORK below WORK1 and if we changed to that subdirectory using CD then the prompt will be

     G:\MAINCOMP\WORK1\NEWWORK>   with WINDOWS 98

AND G:\NEWWORK> with WINDOWS XP

This problem casused much difficulty to the users as well as to me in understanding where we are actually!. Please help me. 61.1.227.94 11:12, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Maybe just map G: to be Vol:\ ? That should result in the same former behavior. I think its because only the NT Windowses (Or maybe just XP and up) will map a drive letter to a directory, 9x could only map to another base drive itself? 68.39.174.238 03:51, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
While I haven't run a 4.1 LAN in awhile, I do remember some tricks. Novell's scripting language allows IF/THEN constructs, and the script has access to info in the client, like the version of DOS being run. You can do something like IF (DOSVER) = 5 THEN Map etc and IF (DOSVER) = 7 THEN Map etc, where the Map statement differs according to the OS reported. You'll have to look up the exact syntax; all I have here is an NT domain and I refuse to get my hands and mind dirty... -SandyJax 21:08, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Java plugin for Mozilla Firefox installs, but doesn't work (once again)

After I upgraded from Fedora 7 to Fedora 8, my Java plugin stopped working. I have registered the plugin by creating a symlink from /usr/java/jreversion/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so to ~/.mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so (where version is the version of the JRE), and checked that libjavaplugin_so isn't found anywhere else in either the Mozilla Firefox install directory or my personal settings directory. When I start Firefox, about:plugins finds the plugin, but Java Console does not appear in the Tools menu, and no web pages recognise the Java plugin. This worked all well and great under Fedora 7, but not any more. What the heck is wrong? JIP | Talk 18:25, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Help finding a game

I'm looking for the name of a fairly old game for the Xbox (I think), but definately a console from that generation. The game focuses on running a pre-historic nomadic Tribe, and using yourself and those from your tribe to tackle monsters and whatnot. From what I remember, you can also customise your Tribes design, by altering the Headdress and colours etc. I only know of the game from reading an old Games magazine a while ago, and as such do not know its name or even if it was released. I know this isnt much information - but its all I have, and as such its fruitless to try and find it through Google or Wikipedia. Therefore the only person that will be able to give me the name of the game is someone who owns it (I imagine).

Again, sorry for the lack of information on the game, but I think its unique enough for anyone who has it to know what game it is. 90.207.56.119 23:29, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Seemed you were talking about Black and White at first, but I doubt it, as I am not sure there was ever an Xbox version, and I do not remember the headdresses. If that's it, cheers. I'll see if I can remember any others. BTW Black and White was Games Magazines Game of the year for 2002(same year the Xbox came out, maybe thats why you associate it with the Xbox) - Dureo 06:43, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
Just realised this was in the wrong section, sorry for that. As for Black and White, it seems to be a simaler game to that, but thats not it. Thanks for the help anyway. 90.207.56.119 09:46, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
Okay, this might be a stupid guess, but I've been looking at this question for a while, and wondering "Is that person talking about Ooga Booga on the Dreamcast"? I suspect you're probably not, but hey, it's worth a shot --Monorail Cat 11:26, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
Afraid not, it seemed to have more of a mature tone 90.207.56.119 18:05, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
Populous: The Beginning? That fits much of your description, although it wasn't an Xbox title. --DeKay01 (talk) 22:29, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Nada, I'm afraid. To clarify more (I should really add all this at once, but it takes things like this to refresh my memory of what type of game it actually is, so sorry for that), it seemed to have "Realistic" Graphics, and use a Third Person view of one character , I think. 90.207.117.231 (talk) 17:58, 7 December 2007 (UTC)