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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...