Linux-Misc Digest #848, Volume #25 Sun, 24 Sep 00 00:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Midnight Commander problem... (Garry Knight)
Re: /boot/message (Garry Knight)
Re: Helix Bug/Black Screen of Death, any ideas?? (Anita Lewis)
Re: cuecat dejavu (Cokey de Percin)
Re: /boot/message (sena)
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From: Garry Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Midnight Commander problem...
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 13:05:31 +0100
On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, Bill Thompson wrote:
>I'm using Midnight Commander 4.5.51. It has a mixed display of
>directories and
>files. I've been unsuccessful to configure it to display all directories
>together and all files together, case-sensitive. How is it done?
Options, Configuration, "Mix all files".
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From: Garry Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: /boot/message
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 01:29:14 +0100
On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, YY Lee wrote:
>Is there a trick to reset LILO prompt after editing '/boot/message'?
Yes. Run lilo:
$ lilo -v
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anita Lewis)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Helix Bug/Black Screen of Death, any ideas??
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Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 01:34:42 GMT
On Sun, 24 Sep 2000 00:43:24 GMT, Bill B wrote:
>Hi All,.
>Hope someone has an idea as to how to resolve this, my Red Hat 6.2 system is
>completely hosed thanks to Helix, I'm pretty sure anyway. I really need
>help I am writing this from my other Windows NT, system (ugh!!).
>
>I installed helix gnome a couple days ago, and managed to get it working, a
>little bit flaky but not too bad. Did shut the machine down using shutdown,
>came back up ok. Did a Helix update uisng the update manager last night
>that seemed to go OK....this morning a pest sprayer that came in to the
>building turned my machines off without my being there/or asking. I know
>you are not supposed to poweroff a linux system without a shutdown, usually
>though most buffers should have been flushed right???
>
>Anyways now I can't get a gui logon screen or one of the non gui
>screens(ctrl-alt-shift 1-7 nothing comes up).
>Out of desperation, I've shut it off a couple of times...once in a great
>while I will get a weird little window in the upper left had corner that is
>flickering at the edges(like the refresh rate has some home been cranked
>high? I didn't do that I know I didn't maybe helix did?). Usually though,
>the monitor refuses to display anything though (and I know the monitor is
>good since it's working on my windows system right now.).
>
>How can I fix this? Or if that isn't possible how can I force linux to boot
>into a non graphical mode for login, even if I can't see the screen as it is
>now? I really don't want to have to reinstall 6.2, I have some files on
>there that I did not have a chance to back up.
>Any help or suggestions are much appreciated!
>Thanks
>Bill Baker
You can start the system in console mode by typing 'linux 3' at the LILO
prompt.
Anita
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From: Cokey de Percin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cuecat dejavu
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 02:54:06 GMT
Rob Blomquist wrote:
>
> We picked up a cuecat the other day at RS, but we can't get it working,
> as I am still using an AT keyboard, and my wife's laptop has only one
> PS2 slot designed for both the kb and the mouse.
>
> But really, I am thankful. You give the CC folks your info, then you
> start scanning for thier database, no?
>
> I am not really interested in letting the world know everything about
> what's in my house. But I think it would be way better to hack into a
> standard barcoade reader.
>
Agreed, but there's a way to kill the the id imbedded in the cuecat
by cutting a trace. After that, it generates random garbage. ;-))
Let'm trace THAT!
For more info:
http://matrixpm.com/~haveblue/cuecat/
Best
Cokey
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (sena)
Subject: Re: /boot/message
Date: 24 Sep 2000 01:02:29 GMT
I heard YY Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> saying:
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>Is there a trick to reset LILO prompt after editing '/boot/message'?
>
My guess is that you forgot to run "/sbin/lilo" after editing your boot
message file.
Regards, sena..
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