[gentoo-user] How to read an audio cd image
Hi there, I used cdrdao to create an audio cd image, namely image.iso, and the corresponding toc file, image.iso.toc. I know since audio cd has no filesystem on it, we cannot mount it as usual. So I want to ask if there is anyway to play this audio cd image. If you guys know any reference I can refer to, that will be the best. I also want to know how libcdio acts on the audio cd image. I tried to use cd-info with -t option on this image, but it seems not to be the right way to handle this problem. Thank you in advance. Best, Teng
Re: [gentoo-user] How to read an audio cd image
Hi, Thanks. I will try later since my laptop is not beside me. However I think I did this before but also failed. It looks weird. If this ways works, we should also can use mplayer /dev/cdrom to play audio cd. Best, Teng
Re: [gentoo-user] vixie cron
Hi, Thank you very much. But how I can use @reboot? It might be good if I just run fetchmail once after rebooting. -- Wish you well! Teng Wang -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] vixie cron
Hi there, I am using vixie cron to maintain my scheduled jobs. Everything is just fine other than one. I find that when I use, for example, 0 * * * * /usr/bin/eix-sync to update the portage everyday, the cron works without any problem. But I was told by manpage I could still use @daily instead. So I tried but failed. The system does nothing at all. It is not a big issue, but I just want to make sure it has nothing to do with my setting. Furthermore, I still want to start some program like fetchmail after reboot. Then I put @reboot in crontab. I also tried, and failed. Does anybody have any idea about this? Best, -- Teng Wang -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] I applied mkswap on root partition
Hi there, Today, I applied mkswap on root partition by accident ( I thought that was swap, but it is root). And since this is the only system on my laptop, I even don't dare to reboot my computer after that. Does it really matter? Or what should I do to recover? Thank you all! --- Teng -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] I applied mkswap on root partition
No, I don't have a backup. And I still didn't turn off my laptop. The problem is how I can recover my system? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] I applied mkswap on root partition
I still wonder that after mkswap the root partition, I even do swapon. But this time, it says it is invalid argument. So I think the data on that disk will not be lost, since it did not serve as the swap partition. So is it still screwed? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] I applied mkswap on root partition
I think it is not hard to do a backup right now. But the problem is I use separate partition for /home /usr /usr/portage/distfiles /var /tmp. So, how can I exclude these directory when I use cp -av? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] I applied mkswap on root partition
Since I don't think there is anything important in the root partition, I still try to reboot my computer to see what will happen. Very Lucky, my computer reboot normally. Thank you for all your suggestion. But I still want to know what on earth mkswap does to the disk. IF it would rewrite the metadata, I don't think I can use this partition anymore. It also does not format the disk or even write anything. Really strange. Since if I want to use one partition/file as swap, I must run this command. But actually, it writes nothing. (Maybe this is the reason it gives no warning) --- Teng Wang -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] vixie cron
I see, thank you! Do I need add news to /etc/cron.allow? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] vixie cron
hey all, Recently, I set up a local news server and want to fetch news by using vixie cron. For security, I want to drop root to news ( only news and root can run fetchnews). So I add one line in crontab by using crontab -e: */5 * * * * news fetchnews Actually, I just follow the examples from previous lines, which are 0 * * * * rootrm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly 1 3 * * * rootrm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.daily 15 4 * * 6 rootrm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.weekly 30 5 1 * * rootrm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.monthly */10 * * * * roottest -x /usr/sbin/run-crons /usr/sbin/run-crons But, vixie seem cannot tell the user name from command, every time it will send me an system email says that root/news command not find. Can anybody tell me why it is so? Does vixie support to specify the user who run the command. Thank you. If not, is this a small bug in vixie ( when I read /usr/share/doc/vixie*/crontab.bz2, I saw exactly the same configuration)? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: Daylight savings time
I suggest you install ntpd, which will sync time with ntp server. And I dont think set CLOCK=UTC is a good idea. If you are using WINXP, it will change your clock to local always. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
