Three issues: .dmrc, wireless networking, and NetFlix previews

[Kenneth P. Turvey]

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I've been running Ubuntu for a few months.  It has worked out quite well
for me as a laptop operating system that handles most of what I want quite
well.  This primarily involves USENET, email, web, Java development, and
some Mathematica (I'm really just getting started with this).  I only have
a few problems with it right now.  

I get a message about the .dmrc file having the wrong permissions every
time I log in.  I've tried setting the .dmrc file to the correct
permissions (as stated in the message), deleting it entirely, and copying
it from another user on the box that doesn't have this problem (and
changing ownership and permissions appropriately), but none of these have
solved the problem.  This is a minor annoyance, but I would like it to
work correctly.  

Every time I go to a cafe and use my wireless card by switching from
"Home" to "Cafe" in the wireless applet I still have to set the
configuration for "Cafe".  It doesn't seem to remember what I had it set
to previously.  Worse, when I set it to "Cafe", I lose my WEP key for when
I want it connected to home.  I would like to be able to easily switch
back and forth.  This has been a hassle in the past.  Now I just keep my
home WEP key in a file on the desktop and copy it back into the
configuration, but this isn't ideal.  I've tried installing network
manager and it tells me that my PCMCIA wireless card doesn't support
scanning and that therefore it won't work well.  

Last, I can't seem to view some videos on my box.  The example that is
most annoying is the video provided by NetFlix for previewing movies.  I
would like this to work, but it isn't a show stopper.  I guess none of
these are.  

Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks. 

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Kenneth P. Turvey <kt-usenet at squeakydolphin.com> 
http://kt.squeakydolphin.com (not much there yet)
Jabber IM: kpturvey at jabber.org
Phone: (314) 255-2199
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