[expert] question for 9.2 users re:htdig and kde help centre

2003-11-15 Thread bascule
does this feature work now? i really liked it when it used to, indexing all the documentation on my box was really useful bascule -- Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Want to buy your

Re: [expert] sblive installed and usb audio

2003-11-09 Thread bascule
so i think there was a more general problem there (even though the kernels were newer) bascule On Saturday 08 Nov 2003 6:59 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 12 Sep 2003 5:52 am, bascule wrote: i've got my logitech quickcam pro 4000 working, after a new kernel compile and stuff, but i can't

Re: [expert] xtart and a new session

2003-11-09 Thread bascule
thanks everyone! now i have to find out why switching from the new session that i have started back to the first will freeze my display, not even ctrl-alt-backspace/delete will work, i have to alt-sysrq etc to reboot possibly the ati radeon drivers... bascule On Sunday 09 Nov 2003 9:27 pm

[expert] screensaver in 9.0,9.1

2003-11-04 Thread bascule
for it to stop kicking in bascule -- Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Oggs to mp3

2003-10-20 Thread bascule
to the original wav that the ogg was made from and an mp3 of the decoded wav will then lose a different set of info, your best bet is to make the highest quality mp3s you can from the oggs - space permitting - to cut down on the second lossy process bascule On Monday 20 Oct 2003 6:32 am, Rob

Re: [expert] wav to mp3 enmasse?

2003-10-13 Thread bascule
basename will remove trailing suffixes: mv $i $(basename $i .OK) this removes '.OK' from the end of filenames but nowhere else bascule On Monday 13 Oct 2003 9:15 am, Brian Parish wrote: for i in *.OK; do mv $i `echo $i | tr -d '.OK'`;done; removes the .OK just fine, but also removes ., O

Re: [expert] gaim compile problem

2003-10-02 Thread bascule
system and then installed the rpm, still, i wish i could have found out what the problem was... bascule On Wednesday 01 Oct 2003 4:47 am, James Sparenberg wrote: Bascule, On the Gaim site (gaim.sourceforge.net if I remember right) there is an rpm specifically for MDK 9.1 that just flat

[expert] gaim compile problem

2003-09-30 Thread bascule
thanks to rolf and haywiremac for replying, neither the original post or replies have made my inbox yet, i've just checked the archives bascule -- Nac mac Feegle wha hae! (Carpe Jugulum) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] gaim compile problem

2003-09-29 Thread bascule
from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.61678 (%build) however i believe i have the devel package installed so: [EMAIL PROTECTED] downloads-linux]$ rpm -q libgtk+2.0_0-devel libgtk+2.0_0-devel-2.0.6-8mdk so is there another devel package i need? bascule -- He dropped his voice still lower. In the stillness, a fly

[expert] mnf firewall list

2003-09-18 Thread bascule
i think may be firewall related i need to do, can anyone enlighten me if there is a public list for mnf? bascule -- Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz smiled very slowly. This was done not so much for effect as because he was trying to remember the sequence of muscle movements. Want to buy your Pack

Re: [expert] mnf firewall list

2003-09-18 Thread bascule
heh! my favourite support technique, ask a question in public and the answer will appear to you as if by magic :) found the answer on the mandrakesecure site, though www.linux-mandrake.com don't mention it! bascule oh, its [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thursday 18 Sep 2003 9:07 pm, bascule wrote: i

[expert] chmod adn chgrp confusion on symbolic links

2003-09-17 Thread bascule
have a bug, the two symbolic links are: [EMAIL PROTECTED] bascule]$ ls /dev/mix* /dev/mixer@ /dev/mixer1@ bascule -- Zaphod grinned two manic grins, sauntered over to the bar and bought most of it. -- Zaphod in paradise. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [expert] Why is urpmi such a pain in the ...?

2003-09-16 Thread bascule
openssh and then insatll the upgrade i had problems, but you should try that too since my problems are hopefully local to me bascule On Wednesday 17 Sep 2003 4:05 am, Avi Schwartz wrote: Today, Mandrake has issued a security update to ssh (BTW, if you did not update it yet, you better do

[expert] compiling kernel- what is 'vmlinuz' file?

2003-09-11 Thread bascule
as the image file link in /boot that the mandrake kernel rpms install bascule -- FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC. -- The motto of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch (Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] compiling kernel- what is 'vmlinuz' file?

2003-09-11 Thread bascule
well that makes sense, thanks now i don't suppose you know why a 2.4.19-35 kernel would run an opengl screensaver like molasses while an earlier 2.4.19-16 is as smooth as silk? :) oh well maybe 9.2 will make it go away! bascule On Friday 12 Sep 2003 3:48 am, James Sparenberg wrote: On Thu

[expert] sblive installed and usb audio

2003-09-11 Thread bascule
the single slider for the cam mic, even then the mic doesn't record, does anyone have this setup, perhaps using another usb cam with built in mic? bascule -- ...[Arthur] leapt to his feet like an author hearing the phone ring... -- Who says that the character of Arthur isn't autobiographical

[expert] using kate

2003-09-08 Thread bascule
when using kate i can switch from the editor to the built in terminal with 'shift-tab' but try as i might i cannot find a key combo to take me back to the editor, meaning i have to reach for the mouse just to change windows! anyone know this? bascule -- Too many people want to *have written

Re: [expert] Sending mail throughout several smtp servers?

2003-09-07 Thread bascule
a windows alternative to stuff like postfix or sendmail, i use postfix on my linux box, that way i don't have to worry about smtp servers at all (except where outblaze think i'm a spammer cos i deliver direct!) bascule On Sunday 07 Sep 2003 3:12 pm, Francisco wrote: I have two e-mail accounts, one

[expert] internet printing protocol

2003-09-05 Thread bascule
, is this how others do this, i googled for a combination of 'winxp linux printing' but all the results seem to point to samba and cups and as i said this only works by enabling netbios on the win box, am i missing something simple? bascule -- I AM DEATH, NOT TAXES. I TURN UP ONLY ONCE. (Feet

Re: [expert] internet printing protocol

2003-09-05 Thread bascule
to be the proverbial piece once that's sorted :) bascule On Friday 05 Sep 2003 8:00 am, bascule wrote: i've been struggling to get my winxp box to print via the printer attached to my mandrake box, i was under the impression that using cups and ipp only tcp/ip was necessary, however in the end i had

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

2003-09-04 Thread bascule
i don't have hdtemp on my system but the following should give a clue: [EMAIL PROTECTED] bascule]$ echo /dev/hda: IC350L40AVER07-0: 42C|gawk '{print $1,$3}'|sed 's/C//' /dev/hda: 42 [EMAIL PROTECTED] bascule]$ bascule On Thursday 04 Sep 2003 6:05 pm, Olaf Marzocchi wrote: I noticed hdparm

Re: [expert] Gotmail

2003-08-21 Thread bascule
anne my gotmail.rc looks like this: username=usernamehere password=deleted [EMAIL PROTECTED] folders=Inbox save-to-login delete #only-new folder-dir=/home/bascule/Mail/gotmail/ retry-limit=3 this creates a file called usernamehere in the ../gotmail directory, i then set up a local account

Re: [expert] Comcast Routing

2003-08-02 Thread bascule
these are relevant questions bascule On Saturday 02 Aug 2003 4:19 pm, Sevatio wrote: Hardware Scenario: 2 PCs connected to a hub/switch and the hub/switch is connected to a Comcast cable modem that is connected to the Comcast Cable Internet system. Main Question: Is it possible to route things in a manner

Re: [expert] konqueror and streaming mp3s

2003-07-18 Thread bascule
not :( i've tried adding mpegurl, x-mpeg-url to konqueror's file association list with plugger unsinstalled but this didn't work either bascule On Friday 18 Jul 2003 3:48 am, James Sparenberg wrote: On Thu, 2003-07-17 at 18:09, bascule wrote: having had a run in recently with plugger4.0

[expert] konqueror and streaming mp3s

2003-07-17 Thread bascule
with the link still being displayed bascule -- Crowley was in Hell's bad books. Not that Hell has any other kind. -- (Terry Pratchett Neil Gaiman, Good Omens) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Internal mail

2003-07-16 Thread bascule
i set up a receiving account in settingsconfigure kmailnetwork thse are my details: name:bascule-local location:/var/spool/mail/bascule locking method:none destination folder:system obviously i made the 'system' folder! i didn't alter anything about sending mail is this useful? bascule

[expert] .m3u files in konqueror

2003-07-16 Thread bascule
associations in the configkdecomponentsfile associations and restarted and still xmms launches when i click on a link like the above is there somewhere esle to configure file associations feo web browsing? bascule -- I AM DEATH, NOT TAXES. *I* TURN UP ONLY ONCE. (Feet of Clay) Want to buy your Pack

Re: [expert] .m3u files in konqueror

2003-07-16 Thread bascule
james, i can't find an xmms file association setting in xmms' preferences, i have removed all references to xmms in the kde file associations dialogue bascule On Thursday 17 Jul 2003 2:29 am, James Sparenberg wrote: On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 18:13, bascule wrote: i wish to choose which

Re: [expert] strange behaviour :grip

2003-07-04 Thread bascule
have a look in /dev/and see what you do have and try: $grip --device=/dev/whatever bascule On Friday 04 Jul 2003 11:03 pm, Richard Bown wrote: Thanks Kevin It will run from a root console, and ripping and encoding is faster than arson or k3b if I try to start from a user console I get

Re: [expert] strange behaviour :grip

2003-07-04 Thread bascule
sorry no, i use lame from the plf notlame package bascule On Friday 04 Jul 2003 11:34 pm, Richard Bown wrote: On Fri, 2003-07-04 at 22:17, bascule wrote: have a look in /dev/and see what you do have and try: $grip --device=/dev/whatever bascule Thanks bascule that got it sorted, just

Re: [expert] strange behaviour :grip

2003-07-04 Thread bascule
any advantage over lame on a single cpu box? bascule On Friday 04 Jul 2003 11:38 pm, KevinO wrote: Ever use Gogo? (Based on Lame, assembly hand optimized for speed. Can use multiple CPUs.) I have seen it do better than 50x compression speeds and it sounds as good as Lame.(Which sounds

[expert] ATTN: James Sparenburg

2003-06-12 Thread bascule
hi james, i accidentally deleted your reply to my popup query, saw it on the archives :) thanks for getting back, is it possible to block such things generally or do i just have to either disable java or block the popup ip? bascule -- Ahahahahaha! Ahahahaha! Aahahaha! BEWARE

Re: [expert] ATTN: James Sparenburg

2003-06-12 Thread bascule
and i spelt your name wrong, sheesh! bascule On Thursday 12 Jun 2003 10:32 pm, bascule wrote: hi james, i accidentally deleted your reply to my popup query, saw it on the archives :) thanks for getting back, is it possible to block such things generally or do i just have to either disable

[expert] maybe OT re:popups

2003-06-11 Thread bascule
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Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-06-03 Thread bascule
,exec 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda7 /usr ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 #added by bascule /dev/hdc /tempmount ext3 ** i.e. comment out all references to cd/dvd/readers, then make a temp

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-06-03 Thread bascule
of the lilo.conf entries you posted, it most closely resembles 'linux-nonfb' but has a 'quiet' entry which that stanza in your lilo.conf doesn't bascule snip Kernel command line: auto BOOT_IMAGE=linux ro root=305 devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi acpi=off quiet ide_setup: hdc=ide

Re: [expert] hd device file doesn't get created

2003-05-27 Thread bascule
, this will write your /etc/fstab (without which the new drive won't be mounted at start up and won't show up in file managers) and, i would have thought, set lilo.conf to rights too, though i can't be sure 'bout that come back if this doesn't help bascule On Wednesday 28 May 2003 1:53 am

[expert] modules.conf being rewritten without notice

2003-04-15 Thread bascule
should be able to control this aspect of my system - shouldn't i? lm9.1 plus updates bascule -- 'Today Is A Good Day For Someone Else To Die!' (Feet of Clay) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] keyboard shortcut for 'show desktop' - solved(ish)

2003-04-12 Thread bascule
special button doesn't give the icon a preferences sheet to see what it calls, unlike the icons for 'help', 'konq' etc bascule On Saturday 12 Apr 2003 7:25 pm, J. Grant wrote: Well, its Desktop Access , find that and set a short cut key, its on the Special Button menu. Gambatte! JG

[expert] downloader for x

2003-04-06 Thread bascule
as /downloaddirectory/filename and not /downloaddirectory/complete/url/to/the/file anyone know the setting for this cos i've scoured the options and nothing seems to apply bascule -- The fact is that camels are far more intelligent than dolphins. Footnote: Never trust a species that grins all

Re: [expert] downloader for x

2003-04-06 Thread bascule
yes i've seen that option but what i get is the following: download directory is /home/bascule/mydirectory, url is www.somesite.com/path/to/the/file the file then gets saved in /home/bascule/mydirectory/path/to/file instead of /home/bascule/mydirectory/file is this supposed to happen? bascule

Re: [expert] lm_sensors and i2c devices

2003-03-23 Thread bascule
have you tried: [EMAIL PROTECTED] sensors]# modprobe adm1021 without the '.o.gz'? bascule On Monday 24 Mar 2003 12:20 am, Rob Blomquist wrote: On Sunday 23 March 2003 11:05 am, Jack Coates wrote: On Sun, 2003-03-23 at 08:44, Rob Blomquist wrote: I am trying to get lm_sensors up

Re: [expert] How to mend a stupid slip?

2003-03-09 Thread bascule
anne, i can't see what browser you are using but form completions in konqueror are stored in: ~/.kde/share/apps/khtml/formcompletions make a copy, edit out what you don't want, if it doesn't work put the old one back - if you're using konq that is :) bascule On Sunday 09 Mar 2003 9:35 am, Anne

Re: [expert] building box for sound recording studio

2003-02-27 Thread bascule
achieve the best peak it lessens the likelyhood of getting the best sustained:) beyond the 32bit pci are 66mhz slots and also 64bit ones, of course if you are my gran then i guess you already know about egg-sucking! bascule On Thursday 27 Feb 2003 4:45 pm, tarvid wrote: U160 is closer the norm

Re: [expert] Slipstreaming 9.0 Updates

2003-02-27 Thread bascule
to install on a machine that might not have a broadband connection, of course it's not that hard to keep a cd of all the updates that one downloads and install and then update from that but i like the elegance of a slipstreamed install :) bascule On Thursday 27 Feb 2003 7:51 am, Tom wrote

[expert] postfix rewrite, trying to rewrite email header

2003-02-24 Thread bascule
on port 25 on this host is it possible to rewrite this header to something else (without changing my hostname back to 'localhost')? bascule -- Crowley was in Hell's bad books. Not that Hell has any other kind. -- (Terry Pratchett Neil Gaiman, Good Omens) Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [expert] How do I update the urpmi database for cooker?

2003-02-24 Thread bascule
this happens to me when the mirror i use for cooker has been updated but i haven't done: #urpmi.update my_cooker_source thus the info on my machine regarding package versions is out of date bascule On Tuesday 25 Feb 2003 1:09 am, Trevor Rhodes wrote: Ok, I know this will be something simple

Re: [expert] lilo and change rules for extended partition

2003-02-19 Thread bascule
command line i'm up and running with it, thankyou for making me look twice! :) bascule On Tuesday 18 Feb 2003 7:13 pm, Felix Miata wrote: bascule wrote: thanks felix but my winxp will not see the ntfs partition that is within the extended partition unless the typ is other than 05, specifically

[expert] lilo and change rules for extended partition

2003-02-18 Thread bascule
partition so i'm assuming it's id can be changed (i read that this can't be done for logical partitions) can anyone tell me what the nomenclature is for the set= line to change the extended partition to id 05 (Extended) and to 0f (ExtendedX) cheers bascule -- Ah, said Arthur, this is obviously

Re: [expert] lilo and change rules for extended partition

2003-02-18 Thread bascule
that winxp pro should be able to do this from within a 05 id extended partition then i shall have to double check the integrity but there are no signs of errors, this linux install is booted from within the same extended partition bascule On Tuesday 18 Feb 2003 6:25 pm, Felix Miata wrote

Re: [expert] lm_sensors on gigabyte ga-7zxe

2003-01-27 Thread bascule
just to butt in, if using gkrellm have you entered names for the temp readings? in my stock 9.0 install gkrellm wont show the readings untill you give then a label via the config dialogue sorry if this is off beam bascule On Monday 27 Jan 2003 6:15 pm, flacycads wrote: Then after a shutdown

Re: [expert] lm_sensors on gigabyte ga-7zxe

2003-01-23 Thread bascule
i seem to remember that although i needed to put the entries in /etc/modules.conf i didn't need to add anything to any of the rc scripts, i think one of them sources /etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors which is written by the sensors-detect prog bascule p.s. going to see if my bios reports temps now

Re: [expert] backup for files onto cd including catalogue and incremental changes

2003-01-23 Thread bascule
james, hmm that makes sense, what i need now is a prog to backup to cd and do incremental backups, preferably one that would either say how much was to be written - so i could wait till there was a cds worth, - or do multisession backups any recommendations? bascule On Thursday 23 Jan 2003 7

Re: [expert] lm_sensors on gigabyte ga-7zxe

2003-01-23 Thread bascule
it's true i have 9.0 with the latest lm_sensors installed, perhaps the sensors-detect in that does it for me bascule On Thursday 23 Jan 2003 10:32 pm, flacycads wrote: All I know is I had to edit the rc.local file too, as that's what sensors detect instructed. I'm certainly no expert, but I

[expert] cd backups part deux

2003-01-23 Thread bascule
which although it puts scripts into /usr/local or wherever you chose, they call other scripts in that untarred directory; any way, i'm on cd 3 of 18 so i thought i'd mention this in case other folk find it useful bascule -- `Ford, you're turning into a penguin. Stop it.' -- Arthur experiences

[expert] lm_sensors on gigabyte ga-7zxe

2003-01-22 Thread bascule
know how much to adjust them so i'm hoping someone else with this board or similar might be able to give me a pointer bascule -- Does it worry you that you don't talk any kind of sense? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] backup for files onto cd including catalogue and incremental changes

2003-01-22 Thread bascule
be able to handle this as long as it could use cds as a medium but it seems that 'as long it could use cds' is a problem so, even if you think my googling skills should be better than they are, if you know of a prog that does the above please tell me its name:) bascule -- Zaphod grinned two manic

Re: [expert] hostname and postfix

2003-01-21 Thread bascule
main.cf but there still seems to be something fishy here, who knows what else might be broken over the hostname issue? bascule On Tuesday 21 Jan 2003 7:22 am, Martin Fahrendorf wrote: postfix calculates the domainname from your hostname. so a hostname like my.hostname.com results

hardware requirements for mail server, was: Re: [expert] imap server and kmail features

2003-01-21 Thread bascule
case i can install vnc on it, but of course i may have to install some web client for this if i want to get my mail from a mates box, features aside, what woud that do to hardware requirements? bascule On Tuesday 21 Jan 2003 5:12 pm, Ric Tibbetts wrote: All the rest is just techno-geek toys

Re: [expert] hostname and postfix

2003-01-20 Thread bascule
, no amount of service postfix restart or reloading would fix this, in the end i rebooted and that did it, can you say how i could have achieved this without rebooting? cheers bascule On Monday 20 Jan 2003 8:45 am, Todd Lyons wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- What about in /var/spool

[expert] imap server and kmail features

2003-01-20 Thread bascule
over the lan? bascule -- What our ancestors would really be thinking, if they were alive today, is: Why is it so dark in here? (Pyramids) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] imap server and kmail features

2003-01-20 Thread bascule
chuck, it's not about multiple accounts its about using multiple addresses depending on whom i'm writing to, for instance posts to mailing lists come from 'bascule [EMAIL PROTECTED]' mail to friends comes from ' somethingelse' but messages to both these addresses go to the same isp

[expert] mandrake update, arts1.0.5a, kdebase 3.0.5a, kdelibs upgrade failure - resolution?

2003-01-20 Thread bascule
choked after i said yes, just now i upgraded kdemultimedia which also requested removing timidity++ which i agreed to and the package installed, the thing is, i can now upgrade arts and kdebase etc so for some reason the problem appears to be the order in which packages are upgraded bascule -- I

[expert] hostname and postfix

2003-01-19 Thread bascule
recognise this subject? poor praedor had a whole saga with this last year and now i have the same situation, i have just read the whole archived thread and i can say the following: [root@mycroft bascule]# hostname mycroft [root@mycroft bascule]# hostname -d excession [root@mycroft bascule

Re: [expert] web cam for linux

2003-01-15 Thread bascule
thanks dave, i'll take a look at that bascule On Wednesday 15 Jan 2003 4:17 am, Dave Seff wrote: I use the Philips PCA646VC. Works quite nicely. -Dave On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 19:37, bascule wrote: i would welcome recommendations from folk in the uk for a cheap basic webcam that will work

[expert] web cam for linux

2003-01-14 Thread bascule
i would welcome recommendations from folk in the uk for a cheap basic webcam that will work with gnomemeeting etc. bascule -- This is Art holding a Mirror up to Life. That's why everything is exactly the wrong way around. (Wyrd Sisters) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft

[expert] proftpd and /etc/hosts.allow

2003-01-12 Thread bascule
. proftpd :192.168.0. bascule -- This is Art holding a Mirror up to Life. That's why everything is exactly the wrong way around. (Wyrd Sisters) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] xchat and sound file in 'edit event'

2003-01-01 Thread bascule
i can't get a sound file to play on an event in xchat, i've entered the path to the sounds dir in ctcp setup and specified 'play' as the player, how exactly do i specify a sound to play, whenever i add a sound file in the 'edit event' dialogue it isn't saved, bascule -- 'Begone From

Re: [expert] xchat and sound file in 'edit event' - solved?

2003-01-01 Thread bascule
any difference in itself when i installed it bascule On Thursday 02 Jan 2003 2:04 am, bascule wrote: i can't get a sound file to play on an event in xchat, i've entered the path to the sounds dir in ctcp setup and specified 'play' as the player, how exactly do i specify a sound to play, whenever

Re: [expert] ksirc changing ircname

2002-12-23 Thread bascule
log on to, if i use /set ircname etc this only takes efect on my next connection, anyway i make sure i'm not shown as my local user and i'm happier cheers bascule On Sunday 22 Dec 2002 6:32 am, Jack Coates wrote: probably, but ident is still overridden by /nick. Try with another client -- I

[expert] ksirc changing ircname

2002-12-21 Thread bascule
not being a proficient irc user i've been having difficulty changing my ircname, i've got: IRCNAME=ircname export IRCNAME in my .bash_profile but whenever i connect to a server with ksirc it shows my ircname as bascule, if i try /set ircname ircname /whois still gives bascule i read something

Re: [expert] timestamp info in bash script

2002-12-19 Thread bascule
thanks guys, stat looks like it, have to work out how to strip all those strange zeros though: 2002-12-20 04:08:37.0 + 2002-12-20 04:08:37.0 + what are those zeros after the seconds? bascule On Thursday 19 Dec 2002 4:57 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 19 Dec 2002

[expert] timestamp info in bash script

2002-12-18 Thread bascule
is there a way to obtain the time and date of a file without having to parse the ls command output? bascule -- 'I think, if you want thousands, you've got to fight for one.' (Small Gods) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] changing permissions fails quietly

2002-11-19 Thread bascule
hmm, i was misled by the fact that another link is shown as having mode 0755 [bascule@mycroft cron.daily]$ ls -l total 5 -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 37 Aug 10 18:10 logcheck* -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 51 Aug 14 04:12 logrotate* -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 402

Re: [expert] USB Storage Device - /dev/sd?? mappings

2002-11-19 Thread bascule
i wonder if it's a lun thing, like if you have multi cd changer? i know nothing about scsi devices with more than one lun in linux but maybe it's a start in a google search? bascule On Wednesday 20 Nov 2002 2:16 am, Theo Brinkman wrote: Well, its /dev/scsi/host1/... because the laptop has

[expert] changing permissions fails quietly

2002-11-18 Thread bascule
root 104 Sep 12 21:15 rpm* lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 29 Nov 19 04:10 slocate - /etc/cron.weekly/slocate.cron* -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 314 Feb 22 2002 tmpwatch* [root@mycroft cron.daily]# bascule -- The reaper does not listen to the harvest. (Reaper Man

Re: [expert] USB Storage Device - /dev/sd?? mappings

2002-11-17 Thread bascule
well i can't say i know what you should do next, there's definitely nothing extra in /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/ ? (was wondering if it was just a case of missing links?) bascule On Sunday 17 Nov 2002 7:35 am, Theo Brinkman wrote: I mount the filesystem on the card as /dev/sda1. /dev/sda2, etc do

Re: [expert] USB Storage Device - /dev/sd?? mappings

2002-11-16 Thread bascule
can you clarify theo, you are supposed to be able to read more than one media card type 'at the same time'? bascule On Saturday 16 Nov 2002 10:16 pm, Theo Brinkman wrote: Ok. I need some help with a couple USB Storage Device issues. First, I have a digital camera which shows up as /dev/sda1

Re: [expert] USB Storage Device - /dev/sd?? mappings

2002-11-16 Thread bascule
/sda2 etc? if you have an actual scsi disk partitioned as /dev/sda1 sda2 etc it would show up under windows as seperate drives as well, it may be that you need another card plugged in to find these, if you have two cards in the reader and run: #fdisk /dev/sda what do you get? bascule On Sunday

[expert] rpm signature using sudo

2002-11-14 Thread bascule
using urpmi via sudo, will the key checking be done as root or as the user runing sudo, that would explain some messages i get about 'bad' keys since i haven't got the mandrake ones installed as user, just wanted to check the behaviour here bascule -- 'And trust no-- Trust practically no-one

Re: [expert] rpm signature using sudo

2002-11-14 Thread bascule
hmm, thanks for that vincent, glad i asked 'cos i wasn't expecting that answer :-) i'll pay greater attention next time i get a 'key' warning using urpmi and see if i can't find the root! cause - (i slay me sometimes!) bascule On Thursday 14 Nov 2002 11:02 pm, Vincent Danen wrote: On Thursday

Re: [expert] New Motherboard

2002-11-06 Thread bascule
there are also usb-ohci and plain uhci usb modules, perhaps you need to look in etc/modules.conf and/or /etc/modules and replace any reference to usb-uhci with one of those, to test do (as root): # modprobe uhci or #modprobe usb-ohci see what you get bascule On Wednesday 06 Nov 2002 8:01 pm

Re: [expert] scrolling with the keyboard and window focus

2002-11-01 Thread bascule
alt-tab moves the focus to the window, but i still have to click in the window with the mouse or else scrolling wiht the cursor keys doesn't work, scrolling with the mouse wheel will work, but without the click in the window no keyboard scroll bascule On Thursday 31 Oct 2002 5:44 pm, Jayme

Re: [expert] scrolling with the keyboard and window focus

2002-11-01 Thread bascule
is still not there unless i actually click in the page bascule On Friday 01 Nov 2002 12:26 pm, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 11:40 +, bascule wrote: alt-tab moves the focus to the window, but i still have to click in the window with the mouse or else scrolling wiht

[expert] scrolling with the keyboard and window focus

2002-10-31 Thread bascule
in my efforts to learn to to avoid the mouse i've discovered that often i can't get a window to scroll without clicking somewhere inside it, even if the window has the focus, is there some way to perform this action (whatever it is) using the keyboard rather than the mouse bascule

Re: [expert] user sshd does not exist

2002-10-30 Thread bascule
: 1 /etc/rc.d/init.d/ D: 2 /etc/ssh/ D: 3 /usr/lib/ssh/ D: 4 /usr/sbin/ D: 5 /usr/share/man/man5/ D: 6 /usr/share/man/man8/ D: 7 /var/ (i don't know what output may be significant) and i still get: [rootmycroft bascule]# service sshd restart

Re: [expert] user sshd does not exist

2002-10-29 Thread bascule
what and thus the line doesn't do anything as it is cheers bascule On Tuesday 29 Oct 2002 7:19 am, Todd Lyons wrote: Run 'rpm -q --scripts openssh-server' and you'll see the command that is normally used to create that user. Run that command (type it in manually) and then it will start

[expert] user sshd does not exist

2002-10-28 Thread bascule
, no point having it if it's not set up correctly bascule -- 'Have you lost your senses?' 'Yes, but I may have found some better ones.' (Interesting Times) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] modem woes

2002-10-27 Thread bascule
RETRYTIMEOUT=60 BOOTPROTO=none PEERDNS=yes DNS1=194.168.8.100 DNS2=194.168.4.100 should there be a line with the tel. no in here? if not where should the no. to dial be written to launch ipup-ppp0? bascule -- 'There's something not right about this,' said Rincewind. 'What's that?' said the parrot

[expert] file properties viewing as in win

2002-10-26 Thread bascule
in win one can r.click on some files and view their properties to see who wrote them or what version they are etc. is there a way to get this info in linux bascule -- He expanded his chest to make it totally clear that here was the sort of man you only dared to cross if you had a team

[expert] kmail spellcheck

2002-10-25 Thread bascule
and are executable, what am i missing? bascule -- Worlds of belief, she [Susan] thought. Just like oysters. A little piece of shit gets in and then a pearl grows around it. (Hogfather) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Wish for 9.1

2002-10-25 Thread bascule
i miss this too, i did some googling and noticing a turbolinux result i checked and kdebase-3.1-0.beta2.16mdk.i586.rpm has htdig as a requires unlike kdebase-3.0.3-68mdk.i586.rpm which is what comes with my 9.0, maybe it's getting put back in? bascule On Friday 25 Oct 2002 7:58 am, Jim C

Re: [expert] arts not working in two displays at once

2002-10-24 Thread bascule
crossed my alterations stay altered upon reboot :-) bascule On Thursday 24 Oct 2002 7:20 am, Martin Fahrendorf wrote: Am Donnerstag, 24. Oktober 2002 03:09 schrieb bascule: this devfs thing is really starting to hack me off, i see no reason why the 'first' user to log on locally gets to be 'king

Re: [expert] arts not working in two displays at once

2002-10-24 Thread bascule
also need to chmod 660 /dev/snd/* (or else no xmms!) bascule On Thursday 24 Oct 2002 9:15 am, bascule wrote: yey! took your advice, looked at man pam_console, i edited /etc/security/console.perms to comment out the line for the sound permissions: #console 0600 sound 0600 root.audio

Re: [expert] /mnt/removable

2002-10-23 Thread bascule
up to 9.0 'cos xmms got trashed! bascule On Tuesday 22 Oct 2002 12:14 am, Jack Coates wrote: I'm starting to wonder if it is getting the base name by looking at the PCI or USB information for the device... /etc/dynamic/scripts/part.script seems to be the one making the directory and modifying

Re: [expert] /mnt/removable

2002-10-23 Thread bascule
my camera isn't supported by gphoto apparently but, since it is identified in usbview as a different casio camera that is supported by gphoto, that's not a bad idea, i'll play with editing files, though i'll be just guessing what to mess with, back up first i think :-) cheers bascule

[expert] arts not working in two displays at once

2002-10-23 Thread bascule
denied), is this normal or can i fix it? bascule -- 'You know me,' said Rincewind. 'Just when I'm getting a grip on something Fate comes along and jumps on my fingers.' (Interesting Times) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] arts not working in two displays at once

2002-10-23 Thread bascule
annoyed? bascule On Wednesday 23 Oct 2002 9:53 pm, Mikko Lipasti wrote: Hi, When you logged in on display 0, the system (pam - devfsd, if I recall correctly) set you to be the owner of /dev/dsp (actually /dev/sound/dsp, /dev/dsp is a symlink to that), hence the Permission Denied. I think

Re: [expert] arts not working in two displays at once

2002-10-23 Thread bascule
even logged as my daughter, ls -l /dev/sound/dsp has: crw---1 bascule audio just as mikko said in his reply to me bascule On Thursday 24 Oct 2002 3:01 am, Todd Lyons wrote: bascule wrote on Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 02:09:03AM +0100 : this devfs thing is really starting to hack me off, i

Re: [expert] /mnt/removable

2002-10-21 Thread bascule
and go back to good old manual mounting bascule On Monday 21 Oct 2002 7:58 pm, Jack Coates wrote: I took a look at this area, and it's definitely cause for suspicion, but I can't find exactly where it's doing what it does because it's a morass of functions which pass each other flags (so a variable

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