Re: Asking

2002-04-22 Thread Alexander Skwar
»Meino Christian Cramer« sagte am 2002-04-21 um 13:29:56 +0200 : Is it possible to download that papers and specifications with Konqueror also ? Don't know, try it! If you'd have provided the URL, somebody could have checked... PS: Please no full quotes. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote

Re: Asking

2002-04-21 Thread Alexander Skwar
»Meino Christian Cramer« sagte am 2002-04-21 um 06:07:48 +0200 : From: Joerg Schilling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Asking Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 14:31:36 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] What browser do you recommend (Linux machine) ? Mozilla Alexander Skwar -- How

Re: several cdwriters at once

2002-01-03 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach »SIS Carlos Williams« am 2002-01-03 um 17:40:31 -0500 : how can i copy on several cdwriters at once (line command), and the Open multiple xterms and start cdrecord on each. requirements of the system -can i burn on ide devices or scsi?- SCSI: Sure IDE: I would not try more than

Re: mkisofs writing additional data to iso image (with patch)

2001-12-10 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach »Eduardo Pérez« am 2001-12-10 um 19:25:10 + : On 2001-12-09 22:22:06 +0100, Alexander Skwar wrote: Sorry, but what privacy leak? I can see that some extremely paranoid might see an issue if mkisofs actually writes the command line, but [...] But what about the version sector

Re: cdrecord, FreeBSD

2001-12-05 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach »Joerg Schilling« am 2001-12-05 um 18:10:03 +0100 : Try to clean the lens Uh? You can actually tell that because of the error message? Wow, that's really amazing! (No flame intended!) Alexander Skwar -- Wohnung in Gelsenkirchen und Umgebung gesucht

Re: priveledges

2001-11-28 Thread Alexander Skwar
Zitat von Joerg Schilling [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Mmmm PAM is Pluggable Authentication Mudule and is a Sun invention for Solaris from around 1990. Yes, I know. I simply didn't know that PAM does do that. Thanks anyhow. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (de) http://quote

Re: priveledges

2001-11-28 Thread Alexander Skwar
Zitat von Joerg Schilling [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Dont install cdrecord SIGD, and (more iportant) dont tell people to do so Why not? What's so bad about cdrecord being SGID? Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (de) http://quote.6x.to (en) Homepage: http

Re: priveledges

2001-11-27 Thread Alexander Skwar
: [askwar@teich RPM]$ ls -la /usr/bin/cdrecord /dev/scd0 brw-rw1 askwar cdwriter 11, 0 Aug 30 11:54 /dev/scd0 -rwsr-s---1 root cdwriter 183324 Aug 2 20:56 /usr/bin/cdrecord* Mandrake does some magic things with the /dev files, that's why /dev/scd0 is owned by me. Alexander

Re: priveledges

2001-11-27 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach »Denis Pelletier« am 2001-11-27 um 12:23:45 -0500 : The magic is called pam. I doubt that it's exclusive to Mandrake. Oh, pam does that? Didn't know that, because I didn't care about it :) You're right, pam certainly isn't anything Mandrake-special. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote

Re: cdrecord and solaris volume manager

2001-10-26 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach »Len Sorensen« am 2001-10-26 um 12:04:28 -0400 : eject on solaris has: Bummer. Okay, thank's a lot, I didn't know that. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.iso

Re: 2.4.10ac10, cdrecord 1.9-6, Mitsumi CR-4804TE: lock up burning too large image

2001-10-22 Thread Alexander Skwar
Zitat von Joerg Schilling [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 1.10 is outdated too, please read If you say so, then it's surely right, however, the latest cdrtools/cdrecord package I can find on ftp://ftp.fokus.gmd.de/pub/unix/cdrecord/ is 1.10 Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (de

Re: Cdrecord--ProDVD test versions

2001-10-21 Thread Alexander Skwar
and loads Mandrake over the internet. So he doesn't have to buy anything at all. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.iso-top.de iso-top.de - Die günstige Art an Linux

cdrecord: Starting with no pause?

2001-10-06 Thread Alexander Skwar
Hi! How can I start to write a CD at once, ie. without the 9 second pause at the beginning? Using cdrecord 1.10 Thanks, Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (de) http://quote.6x.to (en) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.iso-top.de

Error during optimum power calibration (opc)

2001-10-06 Thread Alexander Skwar
Sense Key: 0x4 Hardware Error, Segment 0 Sense Code: 0x9C Qual 0x00 (opc execution eror) Fru 0x0 Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) cmd finished after 3.610s timeout 60s done. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (de) http://quote.6x.to (en) Homepage: http

Re: CDcontrol software released (

2001-06-20 Thread Alexander Skwar
the guts to look what's going on in the biggest part of the world. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.iso-top.de iso-top.de - Die günstige Art an Linux Distributionen zu

Good bye

2001-06-20 Thread Alexander Skwar
Okay, I'll now unsubscribe from this list. I don't want to take Jörgs constant attacks anymore. Jörg, I'll not read your mails. Replies by other persons by private mail will be read, though. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english

Re: CDcontrol software released (

2001-06-19 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach [EMAIL PROTECTED] am Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 07:54:02PM +0200: There was not UNIX in 1968. Ah, so you never did a typo? You are using a own custom version of tail, I use the UNIX tail command. Fine, so what? Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http

Re: CDcontrol software released (

2001-06-19 Thread Alexander Skwar
). dialog is used to easily create, well, dialog windows from within shell scripts. Further information is at http://www.advancedresearch.org/dialog/ It is not part of UNIX. That's not what I asked. I asked if it's pre-installed, not if it's part of some standard., Alexander Skwar -- How to quote

Re: CDcontrol software released (

2001-06-19 Thread Alexander Skwar
the most safe answer without looking at the source - but you're most certainly right. It does. Your method is insecure, that's the difference. But it's not standard. Uhuh... Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http

Re: CDcontrol software released (

2001-06-19 Thread Alexander Skwar
- is there something like this for legacy systems?), bash Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.iso-top.de iso-top.de - Die günstige Art an Linux Distributionen zu kommen

Re: CDcontrol software released (

2001-06-19 Thread Alexander Skwar
, and there $PAGER isn't set. I really don't know about your RedHats, but it is unset at 6.2 and 7.1. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.iso-top.de iso-top.de - Die günstige

Re: CDcontrol software released (

2001-06-18 Thread Alexander Skwar
, which would change the /etc/alternatives/editor symlink to /usr/bin/vile. IMHO, this is a *VERY* nice concept. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.iso-top.de iso-top.de

Re: CDcontrol software released (

2001-06-18 Thread Alexander Skwar
6.2 installations, and there PAGER is not set. And yes, less is available. Hmm, what tools page files other than man which seems to default to less even if PAGER is unset? And also Mandrake 7.2 and 8.0 do not have PAGER set, even with less being installed by default. Alexander Skwar -- How

Re: CDcontrol software released (

2001-06-18 Thread Alexander Skwar
to be the default - however, could someone please tell me of another tool besides 'man' that silently calls the default pager? From what all of you have said here, I *VERY* much would like to check if less is really treated as the default inspite of PAGER being unset. Thanks, Alexander Skwar -- How

Re: CDcontrol software released (

2001-06-18 Thread Alexander Skwar
systems, but it is not universal in UNIXland and should definitely not be relied upon. That's *EXACTLY* my opinion. I never said anything different. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com

Re: CDcontrol software released (

2001-06-18 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach Gleydson Mazioli da Silva am Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 08:16:17AM -0400: install system and points to /bin/ae. Please check yourself, I'm one of But there isn't a /bin/ae on UNIX *LOL* Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english

Re: CDcontrol software released (

2001-06-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
. Indeed, this should be changed to /bin/sh Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.iso-top.de iso-top.de - Die günstige Art an Linux Distributionen zu kommen

Re: CDcontrol software released (

2001-06-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
present in bash. And it is nice to see how development done on Linux yields in nonportable results without reason. And it's nice to see that no progress should be made just because some sh's are still in the stoneage. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote

Re: CDcontrol software released (

2001-06-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
this for users who are so unfortunate to still have to use more: which $pager 2/dev/null || pager=more which $pager 2/dev/null || unset pager if [ x$pager == x ]; then echo no pager can be found exit 1 fi Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http

Re: CDcontrol software released (

2001-06-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
suspect the most (Linux ?) users don't have set), he expects the standard pager to be invoked. On Linux, the standard pager is less, and *NOT* more. DONT DO THIS! Why? Because the user might get what he's used to? Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote

Re: CDcontrol software released (

2001-06-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
(in this order *IMHO*): - $PAGER - less - more Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.iso-top.de iso-top.de - Die günstige Art an Linux Distributionen zu kommen Uptime

Re: CDcontrol software released (

2001-06-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
? Maybe a simple check if the $PAGER variable exists and trying which less and which more (as last resource) could be the enought... Yes. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http

Re: CDcontrol software released (

2001-06-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
, so your comment isn't right. Do you have numbers to prove me wrong? Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.iso-top.de iso-top.de - Die günstige Art an Linux Distributionen zu

Re: CDcontrol software released (

2001-06-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
). This script is supposed to be used by normal users, I suppose. So less is standard. BTW: Do real UNIX systems come with dialog pre-installed? Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http

Re: CDcontrol software released (

2001-06-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
' for a long time the needed information has been scrolled out. So in the superior OSes, there's then no way to get this information? Too bad... Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http

Re: CDcontrol software released (

2001-06-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
of creating temp files, aren't you? Or, in how far is /tmp/A_Quite_Long_Filename_Made_With_mktemp_b0RaZe shorter than what you can do with the shell (the 'b0RaZe' was made by mktemp)? Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage

Re: CDcontrol software released (

2001-06-17 Thread Alexander Skwar
and executable in your PATH. But this test must be done in a portable way. What's the portable way to check if it's executable in the path when 'which' cannot be used? Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http

Re: CDcontrol software released (

2001-06-16 Thread Alexander Skwar
, that tempfile isn't installed. That's right, it's not installed, and none of the packages from my distribution (Mandrake Cooker) has such a file. Thanks, Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http

Re: CDcontrol software released (

2001-06-16 Thread Alexander Skwar
as replacement. Hmm, isn't mktemp the standard tool do this? I will sent the tempfile of Linux for you, it also worked file in *BSD system. Got it, and will test. Thanks. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http

Re: Could we have two lists, please?

2001-06-15 Thread Alexander Skwar
are writing so extremely provoking sentences like you just did, it's no wonder that a meta-discussion about tar implementations lives so long. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http

Re: cdrtools-1.11a02 ready

2001-06-13 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach [EMAIL PROTECTED] am Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 04:26:26PM +0200: I will not go to a nonstandard archive format. Uhm - please define 'standard'! Is it, what most people use and which creates the least fuzz, or is it something else? Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote

Re: cdrtools-1.11a02 ready

2001-06-05 Thread Alexander Skwar
extracting the files from long.ustar.gz Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.iso-top.de iso-top.de - Die günstige Art an Linux Distributionen zu kommen Uptime: 9

Re: cdrtools-1.11a02 ready

2001-06-05 Thread alexander . skwar
On 05.06.2001 02:48:21 Carsten Neumann wrote: I also never had any trouble using GNU tar to extract the archives. But maybe there are _outdated_versions_ ( ;-)) ) of GNU tar which had trouble with them. Yeah, that's what I'm beginning to think as well. Some ancient versions may have

Re: cdrtools-1.11a02 ready

2001-06-05 Thread alexander . skwar
On 05.06.2001 10:16:32 Joerg Schilling wrote: The last test I did is about half a year ago and this GNU tar was definitely _not_ POSIX compliant. Okay, but what kind of problems might there be? Or, could you create a completely POSIX compliant tar archiv which is not extractable with GNU

Re: cdrtools-1.11a02 ready

2001-06-04 Thread Alexander Skwar
that GNU tar has problems with cdrtools.tar.gz files from your FTP? GNU tar 1.13.19 extracts the files without any problems at all. What kind of 'minor trouble' might there be? Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http

Re: ide-scsi problem!

2001-05-22 Thread Alexander Skwar
care less about Open/Close/Lock tray, but the other features are much more important, IMHO. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.iso-top.de iso-top.de - Die günstige Art

Re: ide-scsi problem!

2001-05-22 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach Denis Pelletier am Tue, May 22, 2001 at 01:22:37PM -0400: If it is so then I don't see the need for a new IDE and SCSI implementation. Am I missing something? If you are, than I'm also missing something. That's how I understood Jörg as well... Alexander Skwar -- How to quote

Re: ide-scsi problem!

2001-05-22 Thread Alexander Skwar
standard? I mean, this wouldn't mean that anything at all would have to be changed in code, would it? All he's asking for is to change the default to something more current-compliant (so to speak). OTOH I still think that this should also be done on a distribution kind of level. Alexander Skwar

Re: ide-scsi problem!

2001-05-22 Thread Alexander Skwar
? Be realistic! As the problem is important, we need a solution now - not in three years. exactly Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.iso-top.de iso-top.de - Die günstige Art

Re: ide-scsi problem!

2001-05-22 Thread Alexander Skwar
including a 'lousy' text file even for 2.4 or 2.2, would he? I can't think of a reason why it should be of any problem whatsoever... Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.iso

Re: making an iso of a solaris 2.6 cd

2001-05-19 Thread Alexander Skwar
. The easiest way to copy a CD is to simply read it and copy the output to a file, like so: cat /dev/cdrom /tmp/Solaris-2.6.raw Now you can burn the image you've got in /tmp/Solaris-2.6.raw to a CD, liks so: cdrecord /tmp/Solaris-2.6.raw Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http

Re: CD-ROM backup systems?

2001-05-16 Thread Alexander Skwar
at level N. Hmm, isn't that what mkisofs's split parameter does? Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.iso-top.de iso-top.de - Die günstige Art an Linux Distributionen zu

Re: Problem with mkisofs/cdrecord

2001-05-10 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach Stacy Mader am Fri, May 11, 2001 at 08:30:05AM +1000: Has anyone else found this? Nope, never noticed this. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.iso-top.de