Re: now I did it ..

2005-03-19 Thread Mike Medai
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: # adduser mikem disk The adduser command does not work. I get this as a result .. even if I go back all the way to the root directory: That command is intended to add your username to the disk group. I don't know what distribution you're using, so I just went

Re: now I did it ..

2005-03-19 Thread Jim Kuzdrall
On Saturday 19 March 2005 07:22 pm, Mike Medai wrote: > Sadly, this was not the case. I've tried various different settings > for this using all the possibilities for /dev/ and even toggling > the AutoDetect option after each one to see if that might kick-start > it. > > When I botch somethin

Re: now I did it ..

2005-03-19 Thread Neil Joseph Schelly
On Saturday 19 March 2005 07:06 pm, Mike Medai wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >do you recall playing with these files' permissions before? > Nope .. not to my knowledge. But then again, I am groping in the dark > with all this. Well, Derek's comment makes it seem as though this wasn't so od

Re: Primary Education & linux (advocacy)

2005-03-19 Thread Neil Joseph Schelly
On Saturday 19 March 2005 04:12 pm, Jeff Smith wrote: > education software for Linux (I'll even settle for open > source that runs on Windows - but am shooting for linux). For open source Windows software, check out TheOpenCD.org, which has a lot of great software on it for Windows. Other than th

Re: now I did it ..

2005-03-19 Thread Mike Medai
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On the up side, if you did take these actions, pam_console /should/ fix them for you after you log out... I took those actions except my system balked at the "adduser mikem disk" command complaining that it couldn't find the adduser command. My CD problem was not fixe

[OT]Yet Another Perl Conference, North America, 2005 Registration now open

2005-03-19 Thread glim
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Re: now I did it ..

2005-03-19 Thread Mike Medai
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: do you recall playing with these files' permissions before? Nope .. not to my knowledge. But then again, I am groping in the dark with all this. Anyway, this ought to correct matters... as root: # chown root /dev/sr0 # chmod 664 /dev/sr0 # chmod 664 /dev/scd0 # ln -

Re: Primary Education & linux (advocacy)

2005-03-19 Thread Larry Cook
Jeff, I think it would great if you could add what you find to: http://wiki.gnhlug.org/twiki2/bin/view/Www/LinuxInSchool Thanks, Larry Jeff Smith wrote: I need some help! I have a debate going on about moving Brookline Schools (primary education) from Windows to Linux. Anyone have pointers/expe

Re: Primary Education & linux (advocacy)

2005-03-19 Thread paul.cour1
Hello Please contact David Trask with this question. He is a major force behind the adoption of Linux in a K-12 environment (in the state of Maine). He and others hold a super 4 day Workshop, each summer on these very issues. Re: David N. Trask Technology Teacher/Coordinator Vassalboro Community

Re: now I did it ..

2005-03-19 Thread Derek Martin
On Sat, Mar 19, 2005 at 03:45:39PM -0500, Neil Joseph Schelly wrote: > On Saturday 19 March 2005 10:33 am, you wrote: > > >Just for kicks, what is the output for this command then? > > >ls -l /dev/cdrom /dev/sr0 /dev/scd0 > > lrwxrwxrwx ? ?1 root ? ? root ??3 2005-03-15 17:59 /dev/cdrom-> sr0 > > b

CORRECTION: Hosstraders, May 6 and 7, Hopkinton State Fair Grounds

2005-03-19 Thread Ted Roche
Correction! I got the dates wrong On Mar 19, 2005, at 9:32 AM, Ted Roche wrote: Looks like Hosstraders is coming up in about six weeks. I understand there's usually a Linux contingent there. What goes on there ("what happens at Hosstraders stays at Hosstraders?"), what the attraction is for non

Re: Primary Education & linux (advocacy)

2005-03-19 Thread Jeff Kinz
On Sat, Mar 19, 2005 at 01:12:09PM -0800, Jeff Smith wrote: > I need some help! I have a debate going on about moving > Brookline Schools (primary education) from Windows to > Linux. Anyone have pointers/experience with primary > education software for Linux (I'll even settle for open > source th

Re: Hosstraders, April 30th and May 1st, Hopkinton State Fair Grounds

2005-03-19 Thread Jim Kuzdrall
On Saturday 19 March 2005 09:32 am, Ted Roche wrote: > Looks like Hosstraders is coming up in about six weeks. I understand > there's usually a Linux contingent there. What goes on there ("what > happens at Hosstraders stays at Hosstraders?"), what the attraction > is for non-hams. From the links

Primary Education & linux (advocacy)

2005-03-19 Thread Jeff Smith
I need some help! I have a debate going on about moving Brookline Schools (primary education) from Windows to Linux. Anyone have pointers/experience with primary education software for Linux (I'll even settle for open source that runs on Windows - but am shooting for linux). Also, pointers to ca

Re: now I did it ..

2005-03-19 Thread Neil Joseph Schelly
On Saturday 19 March 2005 10:33 am, you wrote: > >Just for kicks, what is the output for this command then? > >ls -l /dev/cdrom /dev/sr0 /dev/scd0 > lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root   3 2005-03-15 17:59 /dev/cdrom-> sr0 > brw-r-1 root disk 11, 0 2003-09-23 13:59 /dev/scd0 > brw-

Re: now I did it ..

2005-03-19 Thread Derek Martin
On Sat, Mar 19, 2005 at 11:21:07AM -0500, Mike Medai wrote: > >Okay, I guess I wasn't clear enough: this is -expected behavior-. > >There is *NO WAY* to "access" an audio CD with Konqueror, Nautilus, or > >most any other file browser. > > But that is the rub .. previously using Konqueror I WA

Re: now I did it ..

2005-03-19 Thread Mike Medai
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I eject and close with a music disk in, the icon changes to reflect that there is a music cd in the drive, but I still cannot access it through Konqueror or the terminal. Okay, I guess I wasn't clear enough: this is -expected behavior-. There is *NO WAY* to "access

Re: automount on debian help

2005-03-19 Thread Derek Martin
On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 10:34:28PM -0500, Paul Lussier wrote: > Derek Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > ...which is precisely what I wanted to know! He seemed unsure which > > he was running... The command I gave was tailor-made to determine > > that, and revealed that he was running auto

Hosstraders, April 30th and May 1st, Hopkinton State Fair Grounds

2005-03-19 Thread Ted Roche
Looks like Hosstraders is coming up in about six weeks. I understand there's usually a Linux contingent there. What goes on there ("what happens at Hosstraders stays at Hosstraders?"), what the attraction is for non-hams. From the links below, it looks like there are some computer parts vendor

Re: now I did it ..

2005-03-19 Thread Neil Joseph Schelly
On Friday 18 March 2005 07:35 pm, Mike Medai wrote: > > Running the command results with: > > lrwxrwxrwx1 root root3 2005-03-15 17:59 /dev/cdrom > -> sr0 > Just for kicks, what is the output for this command then? ls -l /dev/sr0 /dev/scd0 And: groups Finally, what is your boo