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Getting *everything* in a tar-file
Posted on March 6th, 2004 | 4 Comments

In article <ae685d1b.0403051727.5fdd930f@posting.google.com>, Baard Ove Kopperud <baard.kopperud@bigfoot.com> wrote: :I *know* this is a newbie-question, but I ask :just to make sure I don't do this...

recommendations for Linux "reminder" software
Posted on March 6th, 2004 | 5 Comments

On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 14:37:00 +0100 (CET) Anonymous <nobody@nox.lemuria.org> wrote: Thanks for that. Just loaded it. Nice, easy, lightweight, powerful software. Leaves KAlarm in the dust. Larry...

mounting external cd-recorder in rw mode
Posted on March 6th, 2004 | 5 Comments

Dances With Crows <danSPANceswitTRAPhcrows@usa.net> wrote: In fact I said 'AFAIK', as you said, udf packet writing isn't so usefull, and I've never had any need for it. Davide -- | The truth of a...

4 port capture board with 878 chip
Posted on March 6th, 2004 | 0 Comments

Hi Everyone, I'm using Linux and need to find a 4 port video capture card for surveillance. I understand that cards with the 878 chip are frequently supported by the BTTV driver. Any...

CD Burning Software
Posted on March 6th, 2004 | 3 Comments

On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 23:05:59 +0100, Steve <stevesusenet@yahoo.com> wrote: You can use X-CD Roast, available at: http://www.xcdroast.org/ If you want something that doesn't need a GUI or even an...

how to get permission to mount devices and save files as user
Posted on March 6th, 2004 | 9 Comments

Oh thank you very much Dances With Crows, this was the only think I wanted to know about the disk mounting, but now I can't mount the cddrive: he says "mount: only root can mount /dev/cdrom on...

Mozilla 1.6 (linux) has javascript window.focus() bug?
Posted on March 6th, 2004 | 0 Comments

Hello, I have the latest Mozilla 1.6 (the 1.6 installer downloaded from mozilla.org) installed on a standard "Everything" installed RedHat 8.0 linux system. Given the following simple page...

any simple stats programs via shareware for linux
Posted on March 6th, 2004 | 12 Comments

On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 at 02:34 GMT, Jean-David Beyer wrote: And how does that count the number of times each IP address is in the file? -- Chris F.A. Johnson ...

NYC LOCAL: Sunday 7 March 2004 Three Jewels Workshop: Installing Free Operating Systems on Apple and Other Power PC Hardware
Posted on March 6th, 2004 | 0 Comments

At 1:00 pm Sunday 7 March 2004 some folks will attempt to install free operating systems on Apple and other Power PC machines at the Three Jewels Refuge at 211 East Fifth Street, near Astor Place on...

uninstall and PATH question
Posted on March 6th, 2004 | 2 Comments

<followup set to comp.os.linux,comp> On 5 Mar 2004 05:05:36 -0800, Ben <crescent_au@yahoo.com> wrote: This doesn't work with all tarballs, but you could try compiling the source using rpm, then...

"tar cvzf /dev/st0 ./mydir", how can I make it swap tape?
Posted on March 6th, 2004 | 2 Comments

$ info tar `--multi-volume' `-M' Informs `tar' that it should create or otherwise operate on a multi-volume `tar' archive. `--volno-file=FILE' Used in conjunction with `--multi-volume'. `tar'...

enabling root access for rsh and rlogin on RH9
Posted on March 6th, 2004 | 3 Comments

I realize that responding to one's own post is pathetic, but I found the answer to my question (in ruserok(3)). Gotta RTFM next time. S C enjoylife_95135@hotmail.com (enjoylife_95135) wrote in...

Kernel newbie questions
Posted on March 6th, 2004 | 7 Comments

Jeroen Geilman wrote: In a word, yes! In many words ... You do not want to have time-critical functions, such

A new reader? Welcome to comp.os.linux.misc, read this first if you're new here (FAQ)
Posted on March 5th, 2004 | 0 Comments

New reader? Great! Welcome! Here's how to make best use of this newsgroup and get yourself a slice of the best help available. Now read on ... TESTING YOUR CONNECTION Errm, first a delicate...

Linux sees Windows partition as full
Posted on March 5th, 2004 | 7 Comments

Doug Laidlaw wrote: It is called FAT32 ;-) -- Jeroen Geilman

console scroll back buffer size?
Posted on March 5th, 2004 | 0 Comments

BigMomma wrote: Sorry - it's hard-coded in the VC kernel code... Just use screen(1) - all-your-troubles-will-belong-past ;-) -- Jeroen Geilman Analog bits courtesy of adaptr.

make Makefile
Posted on March 5th, 2004 | 19 Comments

Allodoxaphobia <bit-bucket@config.com> wrote: I just downloaded it and tried myself, and it worked perfectly. Hence, it isn't the png2ico-src-2002-12-08.tar.gz package itself that is a problem,...

depmod - I am having problems - where can I get the latest source code ?
Posted on March 5th, 2004 | 4 Comments

On my system, which is under development kernel modules are located in /kernel/modules instead of /lib/modules. The module-init-tools have hard coded paths to /lib/modules which has been causing a...

Question about variables in a makefile
Posted on March 5th, 2004 | 7 Comments

Madhusudan Singh <spammers-go-here@yahoo.com> writes: So, what you've got above would look like this with gnumake: CPPS:=$(wildcard *.cpp) CPPTARG:=$(addprefix $(PREFIX)/, $(subst...

Anyone using Vexira for Virus scanning?
Posted on March 5th, 2004 | 3 Comments

On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 09:04:50 -0800, Chris Cameron wrote: yes, their mail server product running on FreeBSD to protect the Win32 masses... Nope, they seem reasonbly quick. They are in fact a...