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scp a file wo pbuttword FROM remote to local
I have an Apache server and a seperate mySQL server. A PHP script on the...
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Are you sure that copying the file is the right way to approach the problem? To me, it would make more sense to omit the "INTO OUTFILE...
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Hi Liam, URL: Content: Overview of ssh Ssh sets up a secure connection for logging into a remote machine and for executing commands in a remote machine. The ssh server...
problem with tuner card miro pctv
I've ever used this tuner card with other linux versions, but I cannot do the...
Video .mpg.avi to iPod .mp4 converter
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:47:28 -0500, William Park Lucky. Who (in your position) wouldn't. :) To answer your first question, yes. Now, you'll probably want to know which software it...
Booting Win2k with grub 120
On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:31:30 GMT, imotgm staggered into the Black Sun and said: This is not really a good idea. Put the 'Doze drive on...
Booting Win2k with grub 121
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 18:45:59 -0600, Dances With Crows This part is actually a great idea. I've run with this basic...
Anybody use Linux on Dell in an organization
Last year we moved our servers to Debian from Novell and MS and now are gradually putting it on the desktop. Unfortunately (my...
Anybody use Linux on Dell in an organization
In a message on Wed, 11 Jan 2006 20:54:33 -0600, wrote : With the 'cheap' Dell desktops we got at UMbutt, we were able to...
devfs + kernel 2.6.12.12 + CD burning
After updated to Mandriva 2006.0 Powerpack from Mandrake 10.1 I find out my old CD burning doesn't work anymore. Just inserting a CD and...
start X11 app on second X11 screenvirtual console
Hi, i would like to run an X11 app on startup... simple request but after a bit of diggin i have hit a problem with my very newbie skills (or lack thereof!) If I...
start X11 app on second X11 screenvirtual console 126
X applications look for an environment variable DISPLAY. Shells started in a virtual console don't usually have this variable, and yes, the application will say it does not...
start X11 app on second X11 screenvirtual console 127
Why on earth would you want to do this? What imagined advantage would there be? Just what are you trying to...
Addon IDE adapters 128
Linux doesn't use the bios after it gets going. it handles its own hard drives with its own native drivers. I have done the same when putting a 4GB HD in a machine...
Addon IDE adapters 129
On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 14:09:08 +0000, Marten Kemp I do the spare parts builds too. The last card of this type that I used had one 45GB...
Lexmark P4300
Hi all, Has anyone managed to get a Lexmark 4300 series printer working with Linux? I've tried a fair bit of Googling with little...
DirectoryFile 'Stuck' in Webspace
For over a year I have been trying to remove a void directory, which I once created...
nvidiamodem conflict 132
Peter T. Breuer I resent being accused of not thinking in straight lines... You really have one hell of a nerve...
nvidiamodem conflict 133
Who accused you of not thinking in straight lines? I didn't! I wasn't even talking to you, or about you (or even about anyone in particular...
nvidiamodem conflict 134
Hello, Steve, I think I owe you an apology for the the style of my request for more info. I find that your hope for a quick response is reasonable. I should not have made...
Weird problem with OpenLDAP
When trying to add the contents of an LDIF file called top.ldif my LDAP server says that the entry already exists...
Sound walsa under kernel 2.6
Yes, Hello. I have a HP Pavillion a1050y computer, running Slackware 10.2. This has been the case for...
agnula grub 137
In comp.os.linux.misc, on Tue 17 January 2006 03:30, You *could* do it this way, but I imagine that your distribution CD's have a "rescue" option and this would be IMNSHO much easier to...
agnula grub 138
Except that when I upgraded grub to 0.97 from 0.90 yesterday, the result was a machine that just stood there saying...
Moving to 64 bit 139
Peter T. Breuer I think you have the choice with the gnu-cc compiler. I know we had the choice with some compiler I used in the past...
Moving to 64 bit 140
When I did this I recompiled and then debugged - having previously scanned for obvious extra and invalid buttumptions about pointer size by eye. In...
Newbiefriendly setup
I believe I have pretty much all of KDE and Gnome installed on my gentoo computers, which I'm running...
Newbiefriendly setup 142
Historically, this kind of hearkens back further than people probably think... Back in ancient days, you often had the following intents for runlevels: 1 - single user mode, which persists pretty pervasively today 2...
Newbiefriendly setup 143
On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 18:52:28 -0600, John Hasler staggered into the Black Sun and said: True, but most distros deviate...
Newbiefriendly setup 144
On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 14:05:01 -0500, Rick Moen staggered into the Black Sun and said: Redhat and derived distros have used 5 for "start everything" and 3 for "start everything but...
Control hidden folderfile settings 145
On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 14:59:37 GMT, mayayana staggered into the Black Sun and said: Um. This is imprecise and wrong. I think you mean "all directories and files that start with a . are...
Control hidden folderfile settings 146
On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 16:51:35 GMT, mayayana staggered into the Black Sun and said: Let's try this again: They're *not* "marked hidden". In Unix, there's files that begin with a...
Control hidden folderfile settings 147
Let's try this again: They're *not* "marked hidden". In Unix, there's files that begin with a...
Control hidden folderfile settings 148
On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 02:08:45 GMT, mayayana staggered into the Black Sun and said: Sorry, other stuff...
Control hidden folderfile settings 149
Sorry, I was just writing offline in a text file and pasting it in. That's...
Control hidden folderfile settings 150
On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 04:05:52 GMT, mayayana staggered into the Black Sun and said: Ah. OK, no worries. It's all...
Control hidden folderfile settings 151
Thanks. I'll make a note of that as a possible place to start. That seems like a good analogy. At least...
Control hidden folderfile settings 152
Also, I think you're more likely to find applications designed by geeks for geeks (and thus "expert friendly" rather than "novice friendly") in Unix-Linux...
Control hidden folderfile settings 153
I guess the command line aspect is a big part of the difference with Linux. I'm coming at it from the opposite...
Control hidden folderfile settings 154
Sorry about the delay in responding. I don't always have time for Usenet .... ) snip I'll admit that for me familiarity is probably part of...
Control hidden folderfile settings
Well, my prime example is TSO, but I suspect that Multics1, OS-400 or VMS would do as well. You...
Control hidden folderfile settings 156
Okay, this one's been in my "reply to this sometime" queue for a week now .... ) I was startled to find TSO in your list...
Control hidden folderfile settings 157
The window that shows when one goes to there a more recognizable name for that? That was a test to see whether the period was just a marker to make the folder hidden, or was...
booting from ISO image on HD 158
Nice. Thank you, Peter. But, what should i do after pivotroot? executing what? Can you make it more clear? Several days ago, I have successfully booted...
booting from ISO image on HD 159
After pivotroot, execsbin-init. Stop. Mount has two arguments, a device and a directory. In English (Unixish) people...
booting from ISO image on HD 160
A new init, I would say. Don't you want to run your init system once the new root is in place? I'd want to execsbin-init 3 or something...
booting from ISO image on HD 161
Well, the one in your compound image (which may be one you have extracted from the iso image via an external reader, but then you have to make sure it supports loop...
booting from ISO image on HD 162
Enrique Perez-Terron oh.. yes. My expression is not accurate. just as you said. The Knoppixlinuxrc enumeratesdev-hd?,dev-sd? and so on to find CDROM. So...
booting from ISO image on HD 163
Ok, it was just to make sure no misunderstanding crept in. I am a bit stupid sometimes :). Hm, since the...
Yet Another Recommendation Request: Noob, user not server, just to fool around... 164
On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:55:02 -0500, (PeteCresswell) Since you've augmented RAM (I was able to find 512mb SODIMM for mine at BestBuy for $50), most any modern...
Yet Another Recommendation Request: Noob, user not server, just to fool around... 165
Let me try to put that matter in broader context: Debian can be seen as a rich, complex, evolving toolkit for constructing and...
Yet Another Recommendation Request: Noob, user not server, just to fool around... 166
Knoppix is a hell of an effective advertisement for Linux to core MS-Windows desktop users, isn't it? Have fun with it, Pete. A couple of observations, though: 1. Pity about the 128MB RAM...
Yet Another Recommendation Request: Noob, user not server, just to fool around... 167
PeteCresswell) just some notes; -- Knoppix is meant as a LiveCD-DVD only... you would NOT install Knoppix to a HDD (it's not recommended by the author, though it can be...
Uses of The 4th Dimension Einstein was wrong
Uses of The 4th Dimension *** ------------------------- Since I discovered The 4th Dimension, one of the conclusions I have reached is...
Downloading Debian CDs or DVDs 169
On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 11:50:39 -0500, (PeteCresswell) In order to install, you need a parbreastion (or raw space) to install on. There...
Downloading Debian CDs or DVDs 170
On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 21:43:56 -0500, David L. Johnson staggered into the Black Sun and said: I think the Debian Stable netinstall CD doesn't offer a friendly interface to resizing...
Downloading Debian CDs or DVDs 171
Pete -- 1. I'm a Debian fan myself, but would recommend that someone new to Linux start somewhere else, e.g., the aforementioned Kanotix, MEPIS, Kubuntu-Ubuntu. There are a...
