Compatibility Issues With Windows Files

2011-10-04 Thread RiverWind
Hey There, When attempting to extract rar files in either Linux or Unix, the file naming protocol seems to be a very crucial issue. To wit, should a file be fraught with open spaces, many Unix and Linux utilities will not work, because it seems that MS-Windows allows for blank spaces within

RAR/ apt-get Question

2011-09-14 Thread RiverWind
Hey There, Whilst trying to get and install the rar file compression utility, I encountered a bit of an interesting obstacle. It seems that this file is either obsolete and hence no longer supported by Linux, or something else of that nature has made this application unavailable via mainstream

Re: Just a Quick Question

2011-09-13 Thread RiverWind
, 2011 at 07:53:19PM -0400, RiverWind wrote: How does one go about turning off the screen saver on the Debian system? Thanks so much in advance. It depends on which desktop environment you use (KDE/GNOME/XFCE/Other?). Each one has its own way. Alternately, if you run xscreensaver, xscreensaver-demo

Problems with Orca Cutting Out

2011-09-12 Thread RiverWind
Hey There, For some reason, I have had quite a problem with Orca cutting out when ever my system is in use. I have no way of knowing why this phenomenon occurs, so I am hard put to try and find a solution for the problem. I thought that I might have too many extraneous files or windows open,

In Need of Advice

2011-09-05 Thread RiverWind
Hey There, I have two computers, a DOS and a Linux box. Now then, I am wanting to access my Linux box via my DOS box. I would ultimately like to use my Linux box as my sole ISP. I do not believe that using my modem in order to dial up my Linux machine would work, but I also know that there is

Most Perplexing

2011-08-28 Thread RiverWind
Hey There, Well folks, in order to run the conversion suggested by Bob, I did the following. I first saved the script he outlined and called it cb.sh. I then tried to make the file executable with chmod +x cb.sh. I then ran the file with ./cb.sh. I got the following response. Quote On

Re: A Bit of a Strange Situation

2011-08-26 Thread RiverWind
My Blog http://windraven13.livejournal.com/ On Thu, 25 Aug 2011, Bob Proulx wrote: RiverWind wrote: You see, the files have a bit of an unconventional extension, to wit cookbook3.html#SEC1 or cookbook14.html#SEC2 and so on. You see, the first number before the .html I believe designates the part

Re: A Bit of a Strange Situation

2011-08-25 Thread RiverWind
://riverwind.shellworld.net My Blog http://windraven13.livejournal.com/ On Thu, 25 Aug 2011, Curt wrote: On 2011-08-25, Jude DaShiell jdash...@shellworld.net wrote: pdf has accessibility issues for screen reader users and riverwind and I missed the part about screen reading, if it was included in the OP. I

Re: A Bit of a Strange Situation

2011-08-25 Thread RiverWind
to visit my website and my blog and learn more about me and what I stand for. My Website @ http://riverwind.shellworld.net My Blog http://windraven13.livejournal.com/ On Thu, 25 Aug 2011, Bob Proulx wrote: RiverWind wrote: The idea was to concat a large html file and then convert it to text. The pdf

A Bit of a Strange Situation

2011-08-24 Thread RiverWind
Hey There, I first of all wish to thank everyone who helped me out with my secure shell issues. It turns out that there was an addressing problem with my router, modem and my ISP, not to mention the fact that my linux box has a static IPP address. Things got a bit interesting, but the matter is

Followup With ssh problem

2011-08-23 Thread RiverWind
Hey There, I would first of all like to thank everyone who responded altruistically to my originally posts. I would say that I now have half a problem compared to the whole specimen that I had before. I do indeed have an ssh server installed on my linux box, and it seems to be working just

Just a Quick Question

2011-08-19 Thread RiverWind
Hey There, I used to be able to ssh from my shellworld account into my Linux box before I got the latest version of the squeeze disk. I am not able to do so now. Exactly what needs to be set up or in place in order for me to once again be able to access my Linux box via ssh or telnet from

Re: Just a Quick Question

2011-08-19 Thread RiverWind
://riverwind.shellworld.net My Blog http://windraven13.livejournal.com/ On Fri, 19 Aug 2011, Bob Proulx wrote: Including the mailing list back in the discussion... RiverWind wrote: I do not seem to have an ssh server installed on my system. How could I get one, and how extensive would the config

Setting up Email on A Linux Box Using Alpine

2011-08-16 Thread RiverWind
Hi There, I would sincerely appreciate all the input I can get regarding setting up email on my debian system using alpine. At present, alpine is behaving very strangely, and it would require quite a lengthy email to this list in order to demonstrate the problems. I am wondering if it wouldn't