startx problem
Hello All, While I am executing startx in my RH9 it is showing (II) RADEON: Driver for ATI Radeon chipsets...
startx problem
Hello, What I have posted already is the output of and for "-etc-X11-XF86Config" is # catetc-X11-XF86Config # XFree86 4 configuration created by...
Linux and Digital Audio Is This Some Kind Of Joke
newsgroups trimmed - troll attempt detected; DESIST folks) Would you mind not top posting? I run a P100 server (and used to run all...
want shell should I learn 4
WHat "scalar" (or indeed "vector") are you talking about? Arrays are a concept in your mind. One interacts with their representatives in a computer lanuage by reading and writing (the representatives...
want shell should I learn 5
On 2006-01-05, Peter T. Breuer That's a given. Does it need restating? As interactive bash has almost everything that tcsh has, as well as Bourne...
want shell should I learn 6
There's nothing to learn - just as there is nothing to learn in bash for use as an interactive shell: one types the command to execute the command: one hits the cursor...
want shell should I learn 7
On 2006-01-05, Peter T. Breuer If you thinks that's all there is to usihng a shell at the command line, then, no, there is nothing to learn. However, it...
want shell should I learn 8
I dn't feel obliged to use stuff I don't feel a need for! It could play the flute for all I care ... or execute a program script. The point is that it should do...
want shell should I learn 9
On 2006-01-05, Peter T. Breuer If you limit yourself to simple commands, then yes, tcsh is adequate. That doesn't happen on on any version of tcsh I...
want shell should I learn 10
To each his-her own. If you have learned bash-ksh-zsh, you'd have to unlearn it to write in csh...
want shell should I learn 11
Not true. A Bourne (or POSIX) script can be run in almost any shell except for tcsh-csh. You don't have to unlearn the basic syntax. The problem with the C shell...
want shell should I learn 12
Do you mean "self-consistent"? One of the first lessons I was taught about csh is you should put a space before and after the parens. I'm not sure what...
want shell should I learn 13
Yes, but I was responding to the phrase "The familiarity-relearning issue is basically symmetrical." You can't transfer learning from tcsh to bash. - I agree You can't transfer learning from bash to tcsh...
want shell should I learn 14
That's the way I remember it and I see no evidence to the contrary. Do you want me to google? Uh ... I see that solaris 1. appears to have...
want shell should I learn 15
Because you told me that was what you could use in bash! You do if you use bash. I wasn't being deliberately btuse...
want shell should I learn 16
On 2006-01-06, Peter T. Breuer No, the command line is itself an editor. It is more...
want shell should I learn 17
That's what I said was not adequate for writing a program in, since it lack colorization, formatting, bracket matching, etc. Apparently one can do it in a programming editor instead ... Readline simply is not...
want shell should I learn 18
On 2006-01-07, Peter T. Breuer Of course it's not. For serious programming, whether scripts or any other language, I use a text editor. My editor...
want shell should I learn 19
That's okay. It happens to all of us. :-) I guess it's a matter of opinion. In the csh case, parentheses are commonly used for making a is...
want shell should I learn 20
Try "man sh", man "ksh". Look for ways to make the shells identify themselves, something like "sh --version". I havn't used AIX for about ten years, so I just guess they do have some variant...
MENCODER: segfaults caused by v scale
Greetings everybody, I hope someone can help me. I am trying to re-encode a video I have so that it is readable by the Nokia770. I am using a...
Debian replicator boot disk problem 22
If i understand it right, you posted a syslog entry Dec 30 18:59:46 localhost rpc.mountd: refused mount request from 192.168.0.13 forexport-miniroot (-): no export entry This only makes sense to me...
Does FC4 have batch file 23
Yes. There is not a filename extension ".bat", but instead, you set the permission bits to make the batch file (it is called script) "executable". I...
Does FC4 have batch file 24
On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 07:13:58 -0800, CAPSKOV *NIX has shell scripts which are much more powerful than a DOS batch file. There are a number of common...
Hi,How to make FC4 faster
On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 07:14:34 -0800, CAPSKOV You haven't given me any info about your...
Dual boot problem 26
You should perhaps be aware that, quite independent of the usability aspects of GUI tools vs command...
Dual boot problem 27
aspects for layers don't ramifications. tasks, Thank you for that clear buttessment. I had begun to get an impression...
Dual boot problem 28
Yes. No. The developpers are much more sensible people, in general. There are developpers behind KDE too. (By the way, I just tried Konqueror, the KDE filesystem...
Dual boot problem 29
On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:23:30 +0100, Enrique Perez-Terron staggered into the Black Sun and said: mayayana's comment makes me think of this statement: "There are 2 kinds of people in this world--those...
Dual boot problem 30
mayayana's comment makes me think of this statement: "There are 2 kinds of people in this world--those who try to divide the world into 2 groups, and those who realize it's more subtle and...
FC2: linux 2.6.15 breaks route to outside world
hi running fedora 2 with 2.6.13 on my machine which can communicate with the outside world just fine. however, i built the 2.6.15 and when the eth0 device is...
X lib config
Poly-poly man I see that mesa is installed with it, though. Anyway, here's error output: In file included from lnxagp.c:24:usr-include-linux-agpgart.h...
A Year with Linux
On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 16:29:12 GMT, Crashdamage staggered into the Black Sun and said: Yes, but I believe what Enrique *meant* was "How easy is it to install Java or Flash on Ubuntu...
EnergyMech IRC bot installed on my server by "hacker
Peter T. Breuer I don't see any evidence that 'root' was obtained. Again, I know this not...
Debian Sagre Partimage Problem
I have no idea what those error messages mean, or if they are true. I have no idea about partimage, but it should be...
How to edit a readonly file 36
Pretty sure. The one I've been using is atmnt-hd41-etc-hotplug The directory structure for Knoppix is...
How to edit a readonly file 37
Well, do so. Tell us what the state is. Eh? "Right click"? What's that? You're not using a mouse and gui, are you? And? Why not? Is the parbreastion mounted read only? Or is...
How to edit a readonly file 38
Peter, this is a difficult posting for a NuBe! I think you are referring to read...
How to edit a readonly file 39
I forgot to say that any program you start from the root shell, will "run...
How to edit a readonly file 40
Thanks for your time. I think what happened was that the file I was working on was immutable. I needed to drop text files to a sub directory. To write files I needed permissions, I...
How to edit a readonly file 41
I am referring to what the error message asks you to do. Please do it and tell us the result. Give us your data. Well...
fork off from shell script
Hi, how can I start some program from a shell script, and then exit the shell script without waiting for the child to finish, while the child program continues to...
A new reader Welcome to comp.os.linux.misc, read this first if you're new here FAQ 43
Netiquette 2005-12#1 New reader? Great! Welcome! Here's how to make best use of this newsgroup...
So much for dd'ing video DVD
I have a DVD home video that I copied from my mini-DV camcorder directly to a CD+RW in a console DVD recorder...
new graphic card problem
Run the command "vmstat 5", and let it run. Do some browsing. When you think the computer is...
Do we need wine 46
On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 07:50:24 -0800, CAPSKOV If you want to play games you'll have to maintain a Windows parbreastion, Linux is never going to be a very good game platform. Game...
Do we need wine 47
To try and clear up some misconceptions... On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 18:25:46 -0500, General Schvantzkoph Not absolutely true. Depends on...
Do we need wine 48
CAPSKOV There are quite many NTFS implementations for Linux with different degree of reliability and functionality: 1. Obsolete NTFS kernel driver. It's used upto kernel 2.4. Read is ok, write was...
Do we need wine 49
Thank you, Dances With Crows. You understood perfectly. I do not mind any one. Everyone here is warmhearted. Thanks in advance. I am a linux...
Do we need wine 50
I've just begun working with Wine myself to help adapt VB software to Linux, because I also want to leave Windows. I'm...
Do we need wine 51
I want me make leaves fastly. What? Player? What's a "player"? A player of what? Football? If you...
Do we need wine 52
Thanks Dances With Crows. You understood perfectly. I do not mind any one. Everyone here is warmhearted. Thanks...
Do we need wine 53
Thank Dances With Crows. You understood perfectly. I do not mind any one. Everyone here is...
Do we need wine 54
Dances With Crows Thank you. You understood perfectly. I do not mind any one. Everyone here is warmhearted. Thanks in advance. I...
Do we need wine 55
Thanks. You understood perfectly. I do not mind any one. Everyone here is warmhearted. Thanks in advance...
Do we need wine 56
snipped repository definitions I was not aware of yumex, I always used yum. Now I just installed it and used...
Do we need wine 57
I agree with you about the deficiencies in yumex, however it is a big advance over...
