Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-23 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 23 October 2021 22:00:42 piorunz wrote: > On 17/10/2021 17:18, Gene Heskett wrote: > > The local electrical system, while better than Haiti's is getting to > > be a nuisance with 5 second power failures about weekly, or is that > > weakly? (...) > > I made some mods to a 3d printer

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-23 Thread piorunz
On 17/10/2021 17:18, Gene Heskett wrote: The local electrical system, while better than Haiti's is getting to be a nuisance with 5 second power failures about weekly, or is that weakly? (...) I made some mods to a 3d printer project in openscad last week, printed it, but forgot to save it. So I

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-23 Thread mick crane
On 2021-10-17 19:09, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 06:35:01PM +0200, deloptes wrote: > 2. and another pesky thing is starting a konsole to do work, needs a > $PATH modification that we used to put in ~.profile. But opening a > terminal hasn't called a ". .profile" since about

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-22 Thread David Wright
On Sun 17 Oct 2021 at 17:36:19 (+), Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 01:23:34PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sunday 17 October 2021 12:35:01 deloptes wrote: > > > > > Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > 1. Before the latest failure I could do all this as me because the > > > >

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-18 Thread David Wright
On Mon 18 Oct 2021 at 09:44:28 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 08:56:47AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Monday 18 October 2021 07:17:05 Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 01:42:43AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > On Monday 18 October 2021 01:12:42

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-18 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 08:56:47AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 18 October 2021 07:17:05 Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 01:42:43AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Monday 18 October 2021 01:12:42 Will Mengarini wrote: > > > > * Gene Heskett [21-10/17=Su 12:18

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-18 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 18 October 2021 07:17:05 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 01:42:43AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Monday 18 October 2021 01:12:42 Will Mengarini wrote: > > > * Gene Heskett [21-10/17=Su 12:18 -0400]: > > > > [...] opening a terminal hasn't called > > > > a ".

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-18 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 01:42:43AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 18 October 2021 01:12:42 Will Mengarini wrote: > > > * Gene Heskett [21-10/17=Su 12:18 -0400]: > > > [...] opening a terminal hasn't called > > > a ". .profile" since about jessie [...] > > > > Check whether you *also*

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 18 October 2021 01:12:42 Will Mengarini wrote: > * Gene Heskett [21-10/17=Su 12:18 -0400]: > > [...] opening a terminal hasn't called > > a ". .profile" since about jessie [...] > > Check whether you *also* have either .bash_profile or > .bash_login, because either of those supersedes

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-17 Thread Will Mengarini
* Gene Heskett [21-10/17=Su 12:18 -0400]: > [...] opening a terminal hasn't called > a ". .profile" since about jessie [...] Check whether you *also* have either .bash_profile or .bash_login, because either of those supersedes .profile: ls -lA ~/.bash_{profile,login}

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 17 October 2021 21:15:21 Douglas McGarrett wrote: > On 10/17/21 8:38 PM, David Christensen wrote: > > On 10/17/21 2:12 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >>> normally when a storm comes through i turn off the PC anyways > >>> because I really don't want to have things fried (even if i do > >>>

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-17 Thread songbird
Stefan Monnier wrote: >> normally when a storm comes through i turn off the PC anyways because >> I really don't want to have things fried (even if i do have the UPS >> and surge protection). > > Hmmm does turning them off make any difference w.r.t a surge large > enough to pass through the surge

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-17 Thread Douglas McGarrett
On 10/17/21 8:38 PM, David Christensen wrote: On 10/17/21 2:12 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: normally when a storm comes through i turn off the PC anyways because I really don't want to have things fried (even if i do have the UPS and surge protection). Hmmm does turning them off make any

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-17 Thread Stefan Monnier
> normally when a storm comes through i turn off the PC anyways because > I really don't want to have things fried (even if i do have the UPS > and surge protection). Hmmm does turning them off make any difference w.r.t a surge large enough to pass through the surge suppression? I thought the

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-17 Thread David Christensen
On 10/17/21 2:12 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: normally when a storm comes through i turn off the PC anyways because I really don't want to have things fried (even if i do have the UPS and surge protection). Hmmm does turning them off make any difference w.r.t a surge large enough to pass through

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 17 October 2021 15:45:36 songbird wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sunday 17 October 2021 12:39:50 Dan Ritter wrote: > >> Gene Heskett wrote: > >> > The local electrical system, while better than Haiti's is getting > >> > to be a nuisance with 5 second power failures about weekly, or

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-17 Thread songbird
Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 17 October 2021 12:39:50 Dan Ritter wrote: > >> Gene Heskett wrote: >> > The local electrical system, while better than Haiti's is getting to >> > be a nuisance with 5 second power failures about weekly, or is that >> > weakly? >> >> That's a great case for a UPS...

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 17 October 2021 14:09:23 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 06:35:01PM +0200, deloptes wrote: > > > 2. and another pesky thing is starting a konsole to do work, needs > > > a $PATH modification that we used to put in ~.profile. But opening > > > a terminal hasn't called a ".

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 17 October 2021 12:39:50 Dan Ritter wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > The local electrical system, while better than Haiti's is getting to > > be a nuisance with 5 second power failures about weekly, or is that > > weakly? > > That's a great case for a UPS... > Yup, but thats 4 more of

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-17 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 06:35:01PM +0200, deloptes wrote: > > 2. and another pesky thing is starting a konsole to do work, needs a > > $PATH modification that we used to put in ~.profile. But opening a > > terminal hasn't called a ". .profile" since about jessie.  So thats > > another PITA. > > >

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-17 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 01:23:34PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 17 October 2021 12:35:01 deloptes wrote: > > > Gene Heskett wrote: > > > 1. Before the latest failure I could do all this as me because the > > > mount point for the card is in my home directory, I own it all. And > > >

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 17 October 2021 12:35:01 deloptes wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > 1. Before the latest failure I could do all this as me because the > > mount point for the card is in my home directory, I own it all. And > > didn't have to be root to do any of it.  This was not fixed by a 2nd > >

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-17 Thread Dan Ritter
Gene Heskett wrote: > > The local electrical system, while better than Haiti's is getting to be a > nuisance with 5 second power failures about weekly, or is that weakly? That's a great case for a UPS... > 1. Before the latest failure I could do all this as me because the mount > point for

Re: A .profile puzzle

2021-10-17 Thread deloptes
Gene Heskett wrote: > 1. Before the latest failure I could do all this as me because the mount > point for the card is in my home directory, I own it all. And didn't > have to be root to do any of it.  This was not fixed by a 2nd reboot. > I guess this problem is not related to the .profile