Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-06 Thread Eric Huff
and don't ferget tab-completion while yer at it... Tab completion is the best ever. Including Esc ! to complete args. type cd /u[tab]lo[tab]ga[tab] and see where it gets you. /usr/local/games $ ll total 0 :) -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Join the

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 05 Sep 2003 11:22 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 05 Sep 2003 11:09 pm, Steve Browne wrote: On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 22:40:50 +0100, you wrote: I was installing 9.1 on David's box while he was out. It has booted to the point of the blue wave, then it can't get

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 05 Sep 2003 9:50 pm, Joerg Mertin wrote: Hi Anne, you mean - you have to run XFdrake in text mode ? or does it start in graphic mode ? It was in text mode, which I expected. I have done it that way before, but this time I couldn't edit anything at all. Anyway - make sure there

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-06 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
*** Eric Huff Sat, 6 Sep 2003 00:19:35 -0700 : and don't ferget tab-completion while yer at it... Tab completion is the best ever. Including Esc ! to complete args. type cd /u[tab]lo[tab]ga[tab] and see where it gets you. /usr/local/games $ ll total 0 No. Right after the second

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread James Sparenberg
On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 00:31, Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 05 Sep 2003 9:50 pm, Joerg Mertin wrote: Hi Anne, you mean - you have to run XFdrake in text mode ? or does it start in graphic mode ? It was in text mode, which I expected. I have done it that way before, but this time I

Re: [expert] 9.2rc1 installer is alpha screws current system...

2003-09-06 Thread Michael Adams
On Thu, 4 Sep 2003 21:52:34 -0400 Pierre Fortin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 11:58:06 +1200 Michael Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sounds like you are dual booting 9.1 and 9.2. and your boot into 9.2 is reasonably ok. There are steps that need to be made by you when dual

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-06 Thread Eric Huff
type cd /u[tab]lo[tab]ga[tab] and see where it gets you. /usr/local/games $ ll total 0 No. Right after the second [tab] you'll have to decide Where you wanna go today? Not for me. What else do yo have that starts with ga? -- Mandrake HowTo's More:

Re: [expert] RC1; mount points are _what?_ (bit wordy, sorry)

2003-09-06 Thread Dick Gevers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 14:58:08 -0600, Charlie M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about [expert] RC1; mount points are _what?_ (bit wordy, sorry): Another weird thing; lmsensors have decided to suddenly accumulate CPU temperature readings and set off that

Re: [expert] Don't tell me we have another major annoyance on our hands!

2003-09-06 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Friday 05 September 2003 08:03 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: Might be as elusive as the chalice of Yendor (sp?) *grin* James Er...isn't that amulet of Yendor? (or is that why the chalice is so elusive!!!) grin --

Re: [expert] Building Mozilla Firebird - Error in compiling

2003-09-06 Thread Dick Gevers
Hi, On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 21:24:24 +0100, Gérald Verdon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about [expert] Building Mozilla Firebird - Error in compiling: rpm -qa | grep libIDL give me: libIDL2_0-0.8.2-2mdk libIDL2_0-devel-0.8.2-2mdk It looks to me that you only have libIDL2_0*, but you don`t have

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-06 Thread HaywireMac
On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 00:19:35 -0700 Eric Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: /usr/local/games $ ll total 0 :) no games?! bah! -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ Mandrake HowTo's More:

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-06 Thread HaywireMac
On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 09:36:25 +0200 Wolfgang Bornath [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: No. Right after the second [tab] you'll have to decide Where you wanna go today? you must have a dir I do not... just out of curiosity...what other dirs are there for you that start with /usr/lo? -- HaywireMac

[expert] KDE 3.1.3 for 9.1 : go or no-go ?

2003-09-06 Thread Stefano Pogliani
Would it be ok now to migrate to KDE 3.1.3 for MDK 9.1 or is it still unstable ? In case of yes, which is the most stable source : TexStar or the Mdk Club ? Thanks a lot. Best regards /stefano

Re: [expert] Configuring apcupsd

2003-09-06 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 1:08 am, James Sparenberg wrote: Wel,, the new Smart-UPS700 is in and working, except for two problems - 1) It complained about line 61 in the config file. I take it that it was expecting to find a log file to which it could append, but didn't find it. The line

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Greg Meyer
On Saturday 06 September 2003 03:25 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 05 Sep 2003 11:22 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 05 Sep 2003 11:09 pm, Steve Browne wrote: On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 22:40:50 +0100, you wrote: I was installing 9.1 on David's box while he was out.

Re: [expert] keeping 9.2 rc1 current

2003-09-06 Thread Greg Meyer
On Friday 05 September 2003 08:15 pm, Greg Sarsons wrote: I'm drawing a complete blank at figuring out how to update the rc1 installation with all the fixes that have taken place. What is the command that I should use. The Cooker HOWTO has this info.

[expert] Speaking of Wiki's and HOWTO's

2003-09-06 Thread Greg Meyer
Hi folks. This is just a general information post about our wiki situation. There seems to be a lot of discussion on this list about the Community Wiki. It seems the membership of this list has really taken to the concept. I also see a lot of questions on this list about how to deal with

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 12:45 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: If you are installing 9.1 with an LCD monitor, the appropriate driver for the video card may not be present. For instance, I have an Nvidia video card and a Viewsonic LCD; I had to download Nvidia's driver before I could get

Re: [expert] Speaking of Wiki's and HOWTO's

2003-09-06 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 12:51 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: Hi folks. This is just a general information post about our wiki situation. There seems to be a lot of discussion on this list about the Community Wiki. It seems the membership of this list has really taken to the concept. I also see a lot

Re: [expert] Speaking of Wiki's and HOWTO's

2003-09-06 Thread Thomas Backlund
From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 12:51 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: Hi folks. This is just a general information post about our wiki situation. There seems to be a lot of discussion on this list about the Community Wiki. It seems the membership of this list has really

Re: [expert] Speaking of Wiki's and HOWTO's

2003-09-06 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 1:39 pm, Thomas Backlund wrote: From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 12:51 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: Hi folks. This is just a general information post about our wiki situation. There seems to be a lot of discussion on this list about the

Re: [expert] Speaking of Wiki's and HOWTO's

2003-09-06 Thread Greg Meyer
On Saturday 06 September 2003 08:16 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 12:51 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: Hi folks. This is just a general information post about our wiki situation. There seems to be a lot of discussion on this list about the Community Wiki. It seems the membership of

Re: [expert] Change HD speed depending on HD temperature and system load

2003-09-06 Thread Olaf Marzocchi
At 02.03 06/09/2003, you wrote: to extract temperature: i don't know about hddtemp output, so i use var=/dev/hda: IC350L40AVER07-0: 42°C for this example - $ set -- $var; echo ${!#//[^0-9]/} to extract the 3rd field from /proc/loadavg $ set -- $(/proc/loadavg); echo $3 Thanks, this is another

Re: [expert] Speaking of Wiki's and HOWTO's

2003-09-06 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 2:02 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: On Saturday 06 September 2003 08:16 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 12:51 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: Hi folks. This is just a general information post about our wiki situation. There seems to be a lot of discussion on this

Re: [expert] 9.2rc1 installer is alpha screws current system...

2003-09-06 Thread ed tharp
On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 03:43, Michael Adams wrote: snip I'd show my 'df' but i dont mount them in this boot and i have /dev/hda18 so nya-nya-nya! snip nya-nya-nya to you too g -- ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to

Re: [expert] RC1; mount points are _what?_ (bit wordy, sorry)

2003-09-06 Thread Thomas Backlund
From: Dick Gevers [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 14:58:08 -0600, Charlie M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about [expert] RC1; mount points are _what?_ (bit wordy, sorry): Another weird thing; lmsensors have decided to suddenly

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Joerg Mertin
Hi Anne, in that case - I would make sure the system is using XFree-4.3.0 - as the MAtrox drivers in there are pretty good. Just make ssure XFree86-4.3 is installed, not the 3.3.6 ! REmove that one. Once the othre one is in - run XFDrake - and you should be done. Cheers Joerg Anne Wilson

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 8:42 am, James Sparenberg wrote: If you run startx from runlevel 3 ... what does it give you as the reason for not starting? There are no error messages. KDE is obviously trying to start up. I hear the .wav file, and bits of the display flash on screen then off

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-06 Thread Jack Coates
On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 01:06, Eric Huff wrote: type cd /u[tab]lo[tab]ga[tab] and see where it gets you. /usr/local/games $ ll total 0 No. Right after the second [tab] you'll have to decide Where you wanna go today? Not for me. What else do yo have that starts with ga? lo.

Re: [expert] Speaking of Wiki's and HOWTO's

2003-09-06 Thread Eric Huff
I wouldn't want to put people off, but I'm frequently shocked to find newbies installing cooker packages without any understanding of what they are taking on. I'll bet a lot of newbies just think that's what Linux is, not realizing we actually have stable releases to choose from.

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-06 Thread Eric Huff
/usr/local/games $ ll total 0 :) no games?! bah! In all these years of computers and people around me playing games, NetTrek, etc, i just haven't gotten into any games since i stopped using my dad's Sinclair. :) (a lot of my friends think i'm strange, too...) -- Mandrake

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 4:11 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 8:42 am, James Sparenberg wrote: If you run startx from runlevel 3 ... what does it give you as the reason for not starting? There are no error messages. KDE is obviously trying to start up. I hear the .wav file,

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Eric Huff
There must be a way to get it to look again at this. Does harddrake run from the cli, and will it allow me to set the graphics card? I should be able to get to the machine again in around 1/2 hour g XFdrake lets you choose video cards, and will run in the cli and in text mode, if

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-06 Thread Eric Huff
lo. He (and I) have /usr mounted on its own partition, so there's a /usr/lost+found. Hmmm... I have /usr on its own part, too. Does lost+found only get created when you lose something? I don;t think i have ever had a dirty boot on this machine, so i may not have ever had any lost+found

Re: [expert] RC1; mount points are _what?_ (bit wordy, sorry)

2003-09-06 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 6, 2003 03:29 am, Dick Gevers wrote: Hi, On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 14:58:08 -0600, Charlie M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about [expert] RC1; mount points are _what?_ (bit wordy, sorry): Another weird thing; lmsensors have decided to suddenly

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 3:39 pm, Eric Huff wrote: There must be a way to get it to look again at this. Does harddrake run from the cli, and will it allow me to set the graphics card? I should be able to get to the machine again in around 1/2 hour g XFdrake lets you choose video cards,

Re: [expert] RC1; mount points are _what?_ (bit wordy, sorry)

2003-09-06 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 6, 2003 08:13 am, Thomas Backlund wrote: chop From: Well, not with every kernel..., but since lm_sensors switched to 2.8.0 beginning with kernel-2.4.22.0.1mdk, old setups / configs might not work Between 2.7.0 (in MDK 9.1) and current

Re: [expert] Configuring apcupsd

2003-09-06 Thread Ray Warren
On Sat, Sep 06, 2003 at 12:07:34PM +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: The file in question appears to be /var/lock/subsys/apcupsd On My system there is also a file named /var/lock/LCK..ttyS0 If You're using a com port other than com1 you need to change the DEVICE setting to match the com port

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Eric Huff
OK - I'm in failsafe, logged in as root. I have XFdrake showing a menu in text mode on screen. I can move around the menu, but I can't change anything. What am I missing? Here is how it works for me: up down arrow moves in the menu tab moves between menu and quit and do enter pushes a

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 5:12 pm, Eric Huff wrote: OK - I'm in failsafe, logged in as root. I have XFdrake showing a menu in text mode on screen. I can move around the menu, but I can't change anything. What am I missing? Here is how it works for me: up down arrow moves in the menu Yes

Re: [expert] Poll: Successful Boot Disk Creation

2003-09-06 Thread David E. Fox
fdutils, includes among other utilities, superformat. But it's only for formatting DOS file system floppy's. Won't work for an What would be the difference between a 10 sector per track DOS file system floppy and an ext2 fs floppy? I don't mean from a file system standpoint, I know the

Re: [expert] Poll: Successful Boot Disk Creation

2003-09-06 Thread David E. Fox
I have done this with a winblows program and still have some disks like this, up to 1.72mb which was very handy at times. I don't know how to achieve this Use a special device for that format you want. I'd suggest first trying # fdformat /dev/fd0h1660 see what happens. Back in the old days

Re: [expert] RC1; mount points are _what?_ (bit wordy, sorry)

2003-09-06 Thread Dick Gevers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Charlie, On Sat, 06 Sep 2003 09:34:27 -0600, Charlie M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about Re: [expert] RC1; mount points are _what?_ (bit wordy, sorry): I'm getting kernel bus collisions that are causing the misreads I`ve seen that when I loaded

Re: [expert] Speaking of Wiki's and HOWTO's

2003-09-06 Thread Thomas Backlund
From: Charlie M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 6, 2003 06:39 am, Thomas Backlund wrote: Well the CookerHowTo does tell you exacty what it is, so the fact at it makes some people terrified is _intentional_ So if you intend to run Cooker,

Re: [expert] Poll: Successful Boot Disk Creation

2003-09-06 Thread Larry Sword
David E. Fox wrote: I have done this with a winblows program and still have some disks like this, up to 1.72mb which was very handy at times. I don't know how to achieve this Use a special device for that format you want. I'd suggest first trying # fdformat /dev/fd0h1660 see what

Re: [expert] RC1; mount points are _what?_ (bit wordy, sorry)

2003-09-06 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 6, 2003 10:53 am, Dick Gevers wrote: Hi Charlie, On Sat, 06 Sep 2003 09:34:27 -0600, Charlie M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about Re: [expert] RC1; mount points are _what?_ (bit wordy, sorry): I'm getting kernel bus collisions that are

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 5:12 pm, Eric Huff wrote: OK - I'm in failsafe, logged in as root. I have XFdrake showing a menu in text mode on screen. I can move around the menu, but I can't change anything. What am I missing? Here is how it works for me: up down arrow moves in the menu

Re: [expert] Speaking of Wiki's and HOWTO's

2003-09-06 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 6, 2003 10:55 am, Thomas Backlund wrote: From: Charlie M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 6, 2003 06:39 am, Thomas Backlund wrote: Well the CookerHowTo does tell you exacty what it is,

Re: [expert] Poll: Successful Boot Disk Creation

2003-09-06 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Saturday September 6 2003 11:39 am, David E. Fox wrote: fdutils, includes among other utilities, superformat. But it's only for formatting DOS file system floppy's. Won't work for an What would be the difference between a 10 sector per track DOS file system floppy and an ext2 fs

[expert] root-tail

2003-09-06 Thread michael
Hey, I was reading and got inspired by this 'root-tail' program. Any suggestions on how to pipe the output of 'top' to this? Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [ok] Re: [expert] Building Mozilla Firebird - Error in compiling

2003-09-06 Thread Gérald Verdon
Le Samedi 06 Septembre 2003 10:50, Dick Gevers a écrit : Hi, On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 21:24:24 +0100, Gérald Verdon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about [expert] Building Mozilla Firebird - Error in compiling: rpm -qa | grep libIDL give me: libIDL2_0-0.8.2-2mdk libIDL2_0-devel-0.8.2-2mdk It

Re: [expert] root-tail

2003-09-06 Thread kwan
Hey, I was reading and got inspired by this 'root-tail' program. Any suggestions on how to pipe the output of 'top' to this? Sure, use top with the '-b' option for batch mode. You can then monitor with any program that uses stdin. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [expert] Configuring apcupsd

2003-09-06 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 5:05 pm, Ray Warren wrote: On Sat, Sep 06, 2003 at 12:07:34PM +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: The file in question appears to be /var/lock/subsys/apcupsd On My system there is also a file named /var/lock/LCK..ttyS0 If You're using a com port other than com1 you need to

Re: [expert] root-tail

2003-09-06 Thread michael
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Hey, I was reading and got inspired by this 'root-tail' program. Any suggestions on how to pipe the output of 'top' to this? Sure, use top with the '-b' option for batch mode. You can then monitor with any program that uses stdin. Cool! But here's another stupid

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Eric Huff
Hi, Eric. Well, I'm not sure whether it was the curry, the wine or hitting the keyboard harder, but I finally got it to accept my input. LOL! Reminds me of Apu's grace: Good rice, good curry, good Gandhi let's hurry. -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Join

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 8:47 pm, Eric Huff wrote: Hi, Eric. Well, I'm not sure whether it was the curry, the wine or hitting the keyboard harder, but I finally got it to accept my input. LOL! Reminds me of Apu's grace: Good rice, good curry, good Gandhi let's hurry. Apu??? Anne --

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Guilmot Mike
Apu??? Apu nahaseesomething ... in The Simpsons ? :-) Kind regards, Guilmot Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Eric Huff
Reminds me of Apu's grace: Good rice, good curry, good Gandhi let's hurry. Apu??? He's the Indian owner of the Kwiki Mart on The Simpsons. Having many friends from India makes Apu all the funnier -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Join the content

[expert] User shutdown

2003-09-06 Thread Anne Wilson
Remind me where to find the setting that allows users to shut down? Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 9:08 pm, Guilmot Mike wrote: Apu??? Apu nahaseesomething ... in The Simpsons ? :-) Kind regards, Guilmot Mike Ah - I must be the only person in the western world that has never seen The Simpsons g Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Greg Meyer
On Saturday 06 September 2003 11:11 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 8:42 am, James Sparenberg wrote: If you run startx from runlevel 3 ... what does it give you as the reason for not starting? There are no error messages. KDE is obviously trying to start up. I hear the

Re: [expert] Speaking of Wiki's and HOWTO's

2003-09-06 Thread Greg Meyer
On Saturday 06 September 2003 09:14 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 2:02 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: Do you mean an intro in the Community Wiki with a link to the Cooker HOWTO? That's what I was thinking I will do it tonight. -- /g Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a

Re: [expert] root-tail

2003-09-06 Thread kwan
Cool! But here's another stupid question: since root-tail seems to be designed to read log files - how do I make it read stdin? I've not used root-tail so this may not work: I'd create a named pipe and send the output of top to the pipe. You can then use root-tail on the named pipe. E.g.:

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 9:37 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: On Saturday 06 September 2003 11:11 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 8:42 am, James Sparenberg wrote: If you run startx from runlevel 3 ... what does it give you as the reason for not starting? There are no error

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Saturday 06 September 2003 04:28 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 9:08 pm, Guilmot Mike wrote: Apu??? Apu nahaseesomething ... in The Simpsons ? :-) Kind regards, Guilmot Mike Ah - I must be the only person in the western world that has never seen The Simpsons g

Re: [expert] User shutdown

2003-09-06 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 9:27 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: Remind me where to find the setting that allows users to shut down? I've found it in kde's control centre, where I have it set to allow everybody to shutdown, but still all I'm getting is a small square offering logout or cancel. Logging out

Re: [expert] root-tail

2003-09-06 Thread HaywireMac
On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 12:50:16 -0700 (PDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Cool! But here's another stupid question: since root-tail seems to be designed to read log files- how do I make it read stdin? top -b filename then root-tail filename -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage:

Re: [expert] root-tail

2003-09-06 Thread HaywireMac
On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 15:12:32 -0400 (EDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Sure, use top with the '-b' option for batch mode. You can then monitor with any program that uses stdin. weird, when I use top -b, it only shows my user's processes and postfix, not root. even with the -u switch, it won't let

Re: [expert] Change HD speed depending on HD temperature and system load

2003-09-06 Thread jipe
On Sat, 06 Sep 2003 13:16:35 +0200 Olaf Marzocchi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 02.03 06/09/2003, you wrote: to extract temperature: i don't know about hddtemp output, so i use var=/dev/hda: IC350L40AVER07-0: 42°C for this example - $ set -- $var; echo ${!#//[^0-9]/} to extract the 3rd

Re: [expert] root-tail

2003-09-06 Thread HaywireMac
On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 16:41:25 -0400 (EDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I'd create a named pipe and send the output of top to the pipe. You can then use root-tail on the named pipe. E.g.: mkfifo top-output nohup -b top-output root-tail +whatever parameters you need to pass IIRC, the

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 16:53, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Saturday 06 September 2003 04:28 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 9:08 pm, Guilmot Mike wrote: Apu??? Apu nahaseesomething ... in The Simpsons ? :-) Kind regards, Guilmot Mike Ah - I must be the only

Re: [expert] keeping 9.2 rc1 current

2003-09-06 Thread Ingo Bauer
Thank you Charlie; This works like a charm on my system .:) Ingo Charlie M. wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 5, 2003 07:40 pm, Greg Sarsons wrote: whack tks ... had my line syntax off You still have the address wrong. That mirror for 9.1 will do you no

Re: [expert] User shutdown

2003-09-06 Thread Charles-Roberts
Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 9:27 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: Remind me where to find the setting that allows users to shut down? I've found it in kde's control centre, where I have it set to allow everybody to shutdown, but still all I'm getting is a small square offering logout or

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-06 Thread Jack Coates
On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 08:29, Eric Huff wrote: lo. He (and I) have /usr mounted on its own partition, so there's a /usr/lost+found. Hmmm... I have /usr on its own part, too. Does lost+found only get created when you lose something? I don;t think i have ever had a dirty boot on this

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Eric Huff
Not to worry - I don't think I've ever watched a complete episode. ;-) You do watch Enterprise, though...right? :) *Catch Star Trek Enterprise, Wednesdays on UPN* This next wednesday the 10th, of course, being the season premier. -- Mandrake HowTo's More:

Re: [expert] root-tail

2003-09-06 Thread Eric Huff
mkfifo top-output nohup -b top-output root-tail +whatever parameters you need to pass IIRC, the nohup is so that when you close the term that started all this, the process keeps running, no? That's what i use it for (got the idea from you!) -- Mandrake HowTo's More:

Re: [expert] root-tail

2003-09-06 Thread michael
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Cool! But here's another stupid question: since root-tail seems to be designed to read log files - how do I make it read stdin? I've not used root-tail so this may not work: I'd create a named pipe and send the output of top to the pipe. You can then use

Re: [expert] root-tail

2003-09-06 Thread kwan
IIRC, the nohup is so that when you close the term that started all this, the process keeps running, no? Yes. BTW, someone else mentioned redirecting the top output without the named pipe. This will also work, but you'll need to periodically clear the file or it will grow. Want to buy your

Re: [expert] keeping 9.2 rc1 current

2003-09-06 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 6, 2003 03:48 pm, Ingo Bauer wrote: Thank you Charlie; snip You're very welcome. This works like a charm on my system .:) Ingo My pleasure. Enjoy yourself. :-) Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at

Re: [expert] root-tail

2003-09-06 Thread HaywireMac
On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 15:06:59 -0700 Eric Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: That's what i use it for (got the idea from you!) Old man=memory ain't what it used to be... ;-) -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ Mandrake

Re: [expert] root-tail

2003-09-06 Thread HaywireMac
On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 15:24:32 -0700 (PDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Awesome! That did it - instead of 'nohup -b' I did 'top -b' and it does exactly what I was hoping for. did you notice, though, that if you compare what is showing on the root-tail and what shows if you run top and look at what

Re: [expert] root-tail

2003-09-06 Thread kwan
nohup -b top-output Duh! I meant, of course, to type top -b... Not enough caffeine yet. Gotta brew another carafe or two. root-tail +whatever parameters you need to pass Awesome! That did it - instead of 'nohup -b' I did 'top -b' and it does exactly what I was hoping for. Now I

[expert] Re: That movie

2003-09-06 Thread LRudnik
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Re: [expert] root-tail

2003-09-06 Thread michael
HaywireMac said: On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 15:24:32 -0700 (PDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Awesome! That did it - instead of 'nohup -b' I did 'top -b' and it does exactly what I was hoping for. did you notice, though, that if you compare what is showing on the root-tail and what shows if you run

Re: [expert] root-tail

2003-09-06 Thread michael
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: nohup -b top-output Duh! I meant, of course, to type top -b... Not enough caffeine yet. Gotta brew another carafe or two. hehe :) I know the feeling. root-tail +whatever parameters you need to pass Awesome! That did it - instead of 'nohup -b' I did 'top

Re: [expert] Configuring inetd.

2003-09-06 Thread Michael Viron
It uses xinetd (and has since 7.2) -- you have to create a file such as: # CVS configuration for xinetd don't forget to specify your CVSROOT in # /etc/cvs/cvs.conf. service cvspserver { disable = yes socket_type = stream protocol= tcp

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-06 Thread James Sparenberg
On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 08:29, Eric Huff wrote: lo. He (and I) have /usr mounted on its own partition, so there's a /usr/lost+found. Hmmm... I have /usr on its own part, too. Does lost+found only get created when you lose something? I don;t think i have ever had a dirty boot on this

Re: [expert] Don't tell me we have another major annoyance on our hands!

2003-09-06 Thread James Sparenberg
On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 02:39, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Friday 05 September 2003 08:03 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: Might be as elusive as the chalice of Yendor (sp?) *grin* James Er...isn't that amulet of Yendor? (or is that why the chalice is so elusive!!!) grin You are correct...

Re: [expert] Configuring apcupsd

2003-09-06 Thread James Sparenberg
On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 04:07, Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 1:08 am, James Sparenberg wrote: Wel,, the new Smart-UPS700 is in and working, except for two problems - 1) It complained about line 61 in the config file. I take it that it was expecting to find a log file to

Re: [expert] User shutdown

2003-09-06 Thread Rolf Pedersen
Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 9:27 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: Remind me where to find the setting that allows users to shut down? I've found it in kde's control centre, where I have it set to allow everybody to shutdown, but still all I'm getting is a small square offering logout or

Re: [expert] Filter mail: bcc case

2003-09-06 Thread Nigel Wilkinson
On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 22:26:54 +0200 Olaf Marzocchi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a way to have fetchmail add something I can use to recognize the mailbox I downloaded the mail from? Thanks Olaf I think you need to examine the full list of headers as you get them. I get the following

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Greg Meyer
On Saturday 06 September 2003 04:44 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: Forcing it to recognise that it is a Matrox card, not a SiS did the trick. I've done all the upgrades now. It seems unbelievable, but I couldn't get eth0 up either, and as soon as the video problem disappeard eth0 was fine! So

Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble

2003-09-06 Thread Nigel Wilkinson
Loads of hints on how to effect the install but no-one's asked if you're still married or isn't he back yet On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 22:40:50 +0100 Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have to get this fixed before he gets home, or I'll be divorced g What do I do now? Anne -- Want

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-06 Thread HaywireMac
On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 11:55:38 +0700 Fajar Priyanto [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I've installed root-tail, but when I run it using the example, nothing happens. ferget dat. it's not compiling, so it's not installed. 1. Go here and configure all your sources:

Re: [expert] Making routine job easier

2003-09-06 Thread Eric Huff
lo. He (and I) have /usr mounted on its own partition, so there's a/usr/lost+found. Hmmm... I have /usr on its own part, too. Does lost+found only get created when you lose something? I don;t think i have ever had a dirty boot on this machine, so i may not have ever had any

[expert] Interesting times with sound

2003-09-06 Thread Patricia Fraser
Hi folks, I'm hoping that someone will have been through this! I've got a new PC, and I'm attempting an install of 8.2 (waiting for the 9.1 CDs to arrive). I've installed ALSA, with some success - the sound is an onboard VIA8233/AC97, and I can play MP3s, I'm getting some noises out of KDE

Re: [expert] Interesting times with sound

2003-09-06 Thread HaywireMac
On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 13:02:15 +1000 Patricia Fraser [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Any clues where to look for answers? It may just be that the volume is turned all the way down. Open the mixer panel in KDE (I don't use KDE, but I know it's in the menu or something somewhere), and you will see

Re: [expert] Interesting times with sound

2003-09-06 Thread Larry Sword
Patricia Fraser wrote: Hi folks, I'm hoping that someone will have been through this! I've got a new PC, and I'm attempting an install of 8.2 (waiting for the 9.1 CDs to arrive). I've installed ALSA, with some success - the sound is an onboard VIA8233/AC97, and I can play MP3s, I'm getting

Re: [expert] Interesting times with sound

2003-09-06 Thread Joeb
Patricia Fraser wrote: Hi folks, I'm hoping that someone will have been through this! I've got a new PC, and I'm attempting an install of 8.2 (waiting for the 9.1 CDs to arrive). I've installed ALSA, with some success - the sound is an onboard VIA8233/AC97, and I can play MP3s, I'm getting

Re: [expert] Interesting times with sound

2003-09-06 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 6, 2003 09:13 pm, Larry Sword wrote: Patricia Fraser wrote: Hi folks, I'm hoping that someone will have been through this! I've got a new PC, and I'm attempting an install of 8.2 (waiting for the 9.1 CDs to arrive). I've installed

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