strange cd problem

2003-10-23 Thread dep
greets, folks! this one is kind of weird. i have a cd, burned by a friend, containing data in mbox format that i really need to get to. i can open the cd in, say, midnight commander, and can view the files, no problem. but if i try to copy those files to the hard drive, i get an input/output

Re: strange cd problem

2003-10-23 Thread Net Llama!
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003, dep wrote: greets, folks! this one is kind of weird. i have a cd, burned by a friend, containing data in mbox format that i really need to get to. i can open the cd in, say, midnight commander, and can view the files, no problem. but if i try to copy those files to the

Re: strange cd problem

2003-10-23 Thread dep
quoth Net Llama!: | A bad CD, or failing HW. Something is failing when attempting to | read or write the data. How are you copying the data? If not with | the command line, then i'd suggest trying that, and checking dmesg or | messages for useful errors. it says, at the prompt, input/output

Re: strange cd problem

2003-10-23 Thread Net Llama!
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003, dep wrote: quoth Net Llama!: | A bad CD, or failing HW. Something is failing when attempting to | read or write the data. How are you copying the data? If not with | the command line, then i'd suggest trying that, and checking dmesg or | messages for useful errors.

Re: strange cd problem

2003-10-23 Thread Roger Oberholtzer
Is your cd reader happy with other CDs burned by the burner? What speed was it burned at? Not-so-very-old CD readers can have trouble reading CDs burned 'fast' on some other burner. On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 08:40:13 -0400 dep [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: greets, folks! this one is kind of weird. i

Re: strange cd problem

2003-10-23 Thread Mike Reinehr
Following up on what Net Llama Roger have said, what type of CD is it, CD-R or CD-R/W? Have you noticed your CD drive laboring to read the CD, i.e., seeming to thrash and then failing? I have a CD reader that is only about a year or so old, which can not read CD-R/W's, no matter how slowing

Re: strange cd problem

2003-10-23 Thread dep
quoth Roger Oberholtzer: | Is your cd reader happy with other CDs burned by the burner? What | speed was it burned at? Not-so-very-old CD readers can have trouble | reading CDs burned 'fast' on some other burner. problem is, this is the only cd i have that was burned on that machine, which was a

Re: strange cd problem

2003-10-23 Thread Mike Reinehr
The universe doesn't hate you -- it just doesn't care! ;-) mike On Thursday 23 October 2003 09:17 am, you wrote: i never did anything to anger the universe. i do not know why the universe seems to set on ruining me. -- Debian 'Sarge': Registered Linux User #241964 More laws, less

Re: strange cd problem

2003-10-23 Thread dep
quoth Mike Reinehr: | The universe doesn't hate you -- it just doesn't care! ;-) that's always been pretty much my view -- but today there's abundant evidence that it is actually going out of its way to dig little potholes specifically for me. -- dep Writing takes no time. It's finding

Re: strange cd problem

2003-10-23 Thread dep
quoth Mike Reinehr: | Following up on what Net Llama Roger have said, what type of CD is | it, CD-R or CD-R/W? Have you noticed your CD drive laboring to read | the CD, i.e., seeming to thrash and then failing? I have a CD reader | that is only about a year or so old, which can not read CD-R/W's,

Linux users' mailing list down?

2003-10-23 Thread Susan Macchia
For the last several weeks, when I try to access the mailing list (to change my subscription from temp on, to off, or to look at the archives (http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users), I get the following error: Not Found The requested URL /mailman/listinfo/linux-users was not found on

Re: Linux users' mailing list down?

2003-10-23 Thread Andrew Mathews
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Susan Macchia wrote: | For the last several weeks, when I try to access the mailing list (to change my | subscription from temp on, to off, or to look at the archives | (http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users), I get the following error: | |

database of rcs and rpm

2003-10-23 Thread M.W. Chang
in openlinux, rpm-3.0.6 uses /var/lib/rpm to store her databases. what about rcs-5.7? and does it apply to other distro? -- .~.Might, Courage, Vision. In Linux We Trust. / v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org /( _ )\ Linux 2.4.22 ^ ^12:36am up 1 day, 11:40, 1 user, load average: 1.00,

Re: Linux users' mailing list down? (fwd)

2003-10-23 Thread Net Llama!
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 10:35:21 -0600 From: Andrew Mathews [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Linux users' mailing list down? -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Susan Macchia wrote: | For the last

Re: database of rcs and rpm

2003-10-23 Thread Net Llama!
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003, M.W. Chang wrote: in openlinux, rpm-3.0.6 uses /var/lib/rpm to store her databases. what about rcs-5.7? what does rcs have to do with this? and does it apply to other distro? Does what apply to other distros? --

Free space via C call?

2003-10-23 Thread Michael Hipp
Anyone know a simple call from c that will give the free space available on a volume (e.g. /dev/hda1)? Thanks, Michael ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: Free space via C call?

2003-10-23 Thread Bill Campbell
On Thu, Oct 23, 2003, Michael Hipp wrote: Anyone know a simple call from c that will give the free space available on a volume (e.g. /dev/hda1)? I would probably parse the output of the appropriate call to ``df''. FILE *dfpipe = popen(df, r); ... Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: broken links on website

2003-10-23 Thread Douglas J Hunley
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Keith Morse wrote: Just a note to the esteemed team of editors, I was in the process of referring another person to the list and noticed that the links to community forums are broken. they are indeed. a casualty of splitting the services out to

Re: database of rcs and rpm

2003-10-23 Thread M.W. Chang
in openlinux, rpm-3.0.6 uses /var/lib/rpm to store her databases. what about rcs-5.7? what does rcs have to do with this? I want to know the global location of the database files used by rcs. for backup purposes. and does it apply to other distro? Does what apply to other distros? I

Re: database of rcs and rpm

2003-10-23 Thread Bill Campbell
On Fri, Oct 24, 2003, M.W. Chang wrote: in openlinux, rpm-3.0.6 uses /var/lib/rpm to store her databases. what about rcs-5.7? what does rcs have to do with this? I want to know the global location of the database files used by rcs. for backup purposes. RCS doesn't use central databases, but

Re: database of rcs and rpm

2003-10-23 Thread M.W. Chang
that shoudl be covered when I backup /home/* RCS doesn't use central databases, but an RCS directory under each directory where RCS is used. where is the CVSROOT? what did you mean by one or more? CVS uses one or more CVSROOT directories. The CVSROOT for any directory containing files

Re: Free space via C call?

2003-10-23 Thread Roger Oberholtzer
On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 19:20, Michael Hipp wrote: Anyone know a simple call from c that will give the free space available on a volume (e.g. /dev/hda1)? I use the following in a program. It wants to know about free space on the disk where a data file is, as that is what we are interested in. It

How to check the status of giving duration

2003-10-23 Thread Swapana Ghosh
Hi The question is really silly though to all of you but i don't know how to see so asking.. *pine* has been called from different terminals.. I want from which terminal/userid/ip address pine has been called during the duration i will supply... PS will give you the

the irc channel

2003-10-23 Thread M.W. Chang
server down? or is it my fault? ??? Connecting to port 6667 of server irc.openprojects.net [refnum 82] ??? Unable to connect to port 6667 of server irc.openprojects.net: No such file or directory ??? Connecting to port 6667 of server irc.openprojects.net [refnum 82] ??? Unable to

where is the Compiling gcc step

2003-10-23 Thread M.W. Chang
I could no longer find it where is it now? Original Message Subject: Re: Compiling gcc Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 07:55:32 +0800 From: m.w.chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Home with Linux To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: sxs.lists.linux-users

Re: Linux users' mailing list down? SOLVED!

2003-10-23 Thread Susan Macchia
The urlsin the web pages don't work, so the smtp... address worked fine! Thanks for responding! = _ Susan Macchia mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ - Running Linux - because life is too short for reboots...

Re: database of rcs and rpm

2003-10-23 Thread Net Llama!
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003, M.W. Chang wrote: that shoudl be covered when I backup /home/* RCS doesn't use central databases, but an RCS directory under each directory where RCS is used. where is the CVSROOT? what did you mean by one or more? Depends on how you set up the repository. I still

AOL fixes the Windows Messenger Service popup spam problem

2003-10-23 Thread Richard M. Smith
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 After more than a year of inaction on Microsoft's part, AOL has stepped up to the plate to fix the problem of pop-up spams from the Windows Messenger Service for its Internet customers. The Windows Messenger Service also became a much bigger problem

test message

2003-10-23 Thread Keith Morse
Please ignore. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

OT test message

2003-10-23 Thread Keith Morse
Sorry guys/gals. Should be the last one for whitelist testing. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: broken links on website

2003-10-23 Thread Keith Morse
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003, Douglas J Hunley wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Keith Morse wrote: Just a note to the esteemed team of editors, I was in the process of referring another person to the list and noticed that the links to community forums are broken. they are

Re: Free space via C call?

2003-10-23 Thread Michael Hipp
Roger Oberholtzer wrote: I use the following in a program. It wants to know about free space on the disk where a data file is, as that is what we are interested in. It should be enough to get you started. It works on SVR4/5 and Linux. The comments are just what was there. int DiskFreeSpace() {

Re: test message

2003-10-23 Thread burns
On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 17:35, Keith Morse wrote: Please ignore. Speak louder, I'm ignoring you. -- burns ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: Free space via C call?

2003-10-23 Thread Roger Oberholtzer
On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 23:53, Michael Hipp wrote: Roger Oberholtzer wrote: I use the following in a program. It wants to know about free space on the disk where a data file is, as that is what we are interested in. It should be enough to get you started. It works on SVR4/5 and Linux. The

Re: where is the Compiling gcc step

2003-10-23 Thread James McDonald
M.W. Chang wrote: I could no longer find it where is it now? This is an upgrade sxs by doug does this help? http://sxs.gotdns.org/upgrading/gcc.html -- James McDonald Singleton Australia 61+ (0)2 65712401 61+ 0428 320 219 Corruption is not the #1 priority of the Police Commissioner. His

Tuning Network Connections in Linux

2003-10-23 Thread Simper, Brian D
I am working with a server that will act as a firewall so it will, of course, see a lot of traffic. What is the procedure for tuning Red Hat Linux 7.3 or 9.0 to increase the number of network connections the OS can accept? Is there a way to see the setting? Are there any general tuning that

Re: Tuning Network Connections in Linux

2003-10-23 Thread David A. Bandel
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 15:56:14 -0700 Simper, Brian D [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am working with a server that will act as a firewall so it will, of course, see a lot of traffic. What is the procedure for tuning Red Hat Linux 7.3 or 9.0 to increase the number of network connections the OS can

OpenOffice Hanging indent

2003-10-23 Thread Brett I. Holcomb
In MS Word they have a setting for a hanging indent which can be done either via the ruler at the top of the page or a dialog. A hanging indent is where the lines after the firstt are indented by some amount. For the life of me I can not find the equivalent in OpenOffice 1.1. I've been all

Re: test message

2003-10-23 Thread Kurt Wall
Quoth Keith Morse: Please ignore. Pardon me? Did you say something? No? I didn't think so. K -- Virtual means never knowing where your next byte is coming from. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -

Re: OpenOffice Hanging indent

2003-10-23 Thread Ralph Sanford
On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 20:09, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: In MS Word they have a setting for a hanging indent which can be done either via the ruler at the top of the page or a dialog. A hanging indent is where the lines after the firstt are indented by some amount. For the life of me I can

Re: test message

2003-10-23 Thread dep
quoth Kurt Wall: | Quoth Keith Morse: | Please ignore. | | Pardon me? Did you say something? No? I didn't think so. hey. cut him a break. he's probably married. -- dep Writing takes no time. It's finding something to say that takes forever. ___

Re: test message

2003-10-23 Thread Collins Richey
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 23:08:14 -0400 dep [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: quoth Kurt Wall: | Quoth Keith Morse: | Please ignore. | | Pardon me? Did you say something? No? I didn't think so. hey. cut him a break. he's probably married. -- dep Writing takes no time. It's finding something to

BarbieOS anyone?

2003-10-23 Thread Collins Richey
Ok, who'll be first to try BarbieOS 1.0? It's debian based; if it's named gnu/barbie, I'll puke. http://linuxtoday.com/developer/2003102400226NWCY -- Collins Richey - Denver Area if you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful

Re: AOL fixes the Windows Messenger Service popup spam problem

2003-10-23 Thread M.W. Chang
you only need to reach the control panel - msn messenger, and turn the whole thing off. there shouldn't be any need for a special tool. For non-AOL users, here is a free utility for turning off and on the Windows Messenger Service: http://grc.com/stm/shootthemessenger.htm -- .~.