- VIM question : what means "converted" ?
- Posted on January 21st, 2004 | 2 Comments
In comp.os.linux.misc, Leon. <noemail@noemail.noemail.com> wrote: It means that vim detected that the file did not match the charset given by your locale and made a conversion. What does :set Tell...
- Window managers, fat and slim
- Posted on January 21st, 2004 | 5 Comments
In comp.os.linux.misc, Jim Richardson <warlock@eskimo.com> wrote: Interesting. Sawfish is relatively large. Possibly the overhead of writing a window manager in lisp. In top, when I sort by...
- help using xargs
- Posted on January 21st, 2004 | 22 Comments
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 01:58:16 +0000, Neil W Rickert thoughtfully wrote: Thank you. That's the answer I needed although the errors in my original example exposed by every was enlightening. Thanks...
- RTFM adventure with Debian.....
- Posted on January 21st, 2004 | 11 Comments
ptb@oboe.it.uc3m.es (P.T. Breuer) writes: OK once more: I admit that somehow I got the wrong impression by reading that particular HOWTO. no need to beat a dead horse... I sure wish my other Post
- SCO: Linux users face licence cash call, bbc.co.uk
- Posted on January 21st, 2004 | 17 Comments
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 at 18:42 GMT, jmw wrote: There is a major difference: with Carter it was a matter of accent; Bush just can't figure it out. -- Chris F.A. Johnson ...
- Ideas?
- Posted on January 21st, 2004 | 4 Comments
Dave Mitchel wrote: though. I would buy a via mini-itx mainboard, EPIA 5000, 500MHz fanless, network, usb, etc on board, two ide ports about $100. Stick 4 ide drives in it and load linux and...
- the round() functions seems to be totally broken
- Posted on January 21st, 2004 | 14 Comments
Leon. wrote: And then a whole page of nothing relevant. Was I talking to you ? -- Jeroen Geilman
- Well I managed to connect to the internet!
- Posted on January 21st, 2004 | 15 Comments
Alan Connor wrote: Who are you replying to ? J
- mail.app for linux
- Posted on January 21st, 2004 | 0 Comments
mail.app is mail client for MacOS-X. Does anybody now if it's ported to Linux .. or available as a clone? In case yes, where to get it? TIA
- dialog utility under RH9
- Posted on January 21st, 2004 | 1 Comments
ritchie <ritchie_s01@yahoo.com> wrote: no - it doesn't implement cascade menus http://invisible-island.net/dialog/ -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net
- live365 and popups
- Posted on January 21st, 2004 | 0 Comments
I have tried to configure live365 to work on RedHat 9 with in both Opera and Mozilla but whenever I try to launch a player I get a JavaScript message that I "must have a popup-blocker installed". ...
- can PartImage make dd-compatible Bit Stream Copy of a partition if compression is turned off
- Posted on January 21st, 2004 | 0 Comments
Hi, I need to make a Bit Stream Copy of an ext3 partition and since PartImage seems to be able to copy that image directly to an other host/IP, PartImage seems to be an interesting...
- clock in Linux runninf fast: how adjust?
- Posted on January 21st, 2004 | 3 Comments
Quoth Larry Gagnon <lagagnon@fakeuniserve.com>: Run an NTP server. That will adjust the time in small increments, and record, for future reference, statistics about typical "slewing" of the...
- New environment for child process - how?
- Posted on January 21st, 2004 | 6 Comments
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 20:54:53 +0000, Robert Newson wrote: Good point Robert. Thanks. Regards, Charles Sullivan
- setting up DNS
- Posted on January 21st, 2004 | 1 Comments
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 12:30:10 +0530, dumboo <vthe2@yahoo.com> wrote: Your former web host like did DNS for your domain. If you now want names to point at your own static IP, you have to tell the...
- equivalent of gethrvtime on linux
- Posted on January 21st, 2004 | 0 Comments
What is the equivalent of gethrtime() and gethrvtime() on linux.
- how to read a Microsoft Word file on linux?
- Posted on January 21st, 2004 | 6 Comments
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 10:12:29 +0000, Xiaoshen Li wrote: Some possibilities: strings antiword catdoc abiword OpenOffice.org
- A new reader? Welcome to comp.os.linux.misc, read this first if you're new here (FAQ)
- Posted on January 21st, 2004 | 0 Comments
ATTENTION NEW READERS New reader? Great! Welcome! Here's how to make best use of this newsgroup, effectively getting yourself a slice of the best help available. Now read on ... TESTING YOUR...
- Problem with Framebuffer of 2.6.1
- Posted on January 20th, 2004 | 4 Comments
Adam K Kirchhoff wrote: I've tried it. But if I try to switch the resolution to something other then 640x480 the screen stays blank. The keyboard is still active, so I can switch back while being...
- SCO Files Slander of Title Lawsuit Against Novell
- Posted on January 20th, 2004 | 0 Comments
Complaint Requests Injunctive Relief and Damages Against Novell for Copyright Misrepresentations and Alleges Bad Faith Effort by Novell to Interfere With SCO's Intellectual Property Rights to UNIX...

