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Strange AMSN problem
Posted on December 9th, 2003 | 1 Comments

Hello AJ, I think some files in your $HOME/.amsn directory got corrupted. Rename $HOME./amsn $ mv ~/.amsn ~/.old_amsn or remove it rm -fr ~/.amsn And restart amsn.

Shell script problem
Posted on December 9th, 2003 | 16 Comments

On 8 Dec 2003 16:55:20 -0800, J <usenet@linuxnuts.net> wrote: Since you won't post your alleged script, I am outta here. AC

wget can't follow https-links?
Posted on December 9th, 2003 | 2 Comments

Steve Wolfe wrote: Hi Steve, my wget is compiled with https support. The url I download is an https://domain.com url and wget has no problems downloading this first page via https. But when I try...

tar not working at all
Posted on December 9th, 2003 | 1 Comments

Olga Sayenko <osayenko@cs.uic.edu> wrote: That looks to be rather small for tar. I have: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 162192 Aug 23 2002 /bin/tar If your tar is not GNU tar, it may be...

tar not working at all
Posted on December 9th, 2003 | 1 Comments

On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 18:09:14 +0000, Olga Sayenko wrote: But what do you know about those files? The response you got from tar is the same I (and others) can get if there is nothing in the...

NYC LOCAL: CHANGE OF MEETING PLACE NOTICE: Tuesday 9 December 2003 Lisp NYC Meeting: General Gathering
Posted on December 9th, 2003 | 0 Comments

<blockquote what="official Lisp NYC CHANGE OF MEETING PLACE NOTICE" edits="some blank lines removed" main-point="We will meet at Kenny's place, not at St. Sava's." reminder="GNUbies will meet...

building a GNU toolchain
Posted on December 9th, 2003 | 0 Comments

i've been playing with linux from scratch for the last couple of days, and am having problems with it because it's not quite what i'm looking for. does anyone out there know any good documentation...

tar not working at all
Posted on December 9th, 2003 | 0 Comments

This may be a kde problem. Maybe someone is familiar with this. It is possible to extarct files by opening the file in Konqueror and dragging (copy and paste doesn't work) its contents into...

Truly Invisible Files?
Posted on December 9th, 2003 | 12 Comments

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 20:09:46 +0300, Innocenti Maresin <av95@comtv.ru> wrote: Sneaky! I like it! Thanks.

Apple Soundtrack software for linx?
Posted on December 9th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Does anyone know of software similar to Apple's Soundtrack that works under linux? <http://www.apple.com/soundtrack/> Thanks. -- What am I on? I'm on my bike, o__ 6 hours a...

intercepting text from X11 -> application
Posted on December 8th, 2003 | 0 Comments

I am using GUI app (Java applet) under linux that displays text in a scrolled window sent from a network server. I would like to automatically read that text with a program I wrote, but don't...

Recommendation for a post-Redhat Linux distribution
Posted on December 8th, 2003 | 4 Comments

On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 17:45:23 -0800, Thomas R. Kimpton wrote: You may want to check out Fedora ( fedora.redhat.com ). Basically, it's RedHat without all the stuff with weird licenses. I was able...

Dual booting XP, Linux with Grub, on Dell
Posted on December 8th, 2003 | 0 Comments

DarkMatter wrote: <aside> Who's got the number for the knacker's yard? -- Your Free Insult: Thou applying, lopping, shrink-wrapped hog reimbursing worm casting.

Dual booting XP, Linux with Grub, on Dell
Posted on December 8th, 2003 | 0 Comments

DarkMatter wrote: Now, see if you can figure out why I won't argue with you about it.

is there anysoftware that can allow me to install macintosh on my linux system
Posted on December 8th, 2003 | 2 Comments

Dances With Crows wrote: Possibly the OP is referring to Mac on Linux: http://www.maconlinux.org/. This allows MacOS to run on top of Linux on a suitable PPC machine, allegedly at near native speed....

Setup script?
Posted on December 8th, 2003 | 3 Comments

edit .xinitrc (or the global xinitrc in /etc/X11/xinit)

Backup Scenerio & Question
Posted on December 8th, 2003 | 3 Comments

On 2003-12-08, Marshall Lake <mlake@NS.mlake.net> wrote: /proc isn't a real directory. Exclude it from the backups; the kernel will recreate when you boot. -- -John (JohnThompson@new.rr.com)

Fedora Volume Control Missing
Posted on December 8th, 2003 | 0 Comments

I just installed Fedore Core 1 and when I go to Sound and Video there is no icon for "Volume Control". I assume I missed an RPM that I need to have this. Can someone tell me which RPM will have the...

Dual booting XP, Linux with Grub, on Dell
Posted on December 8th, 2003 | 51 Comments

Diogenes <diogenes@sinope.gr> wrote: She's going to spell lame us next, you watch. -- Some Big Cunt

Linus Digs Into Copyright Law and Notices Something Useful (Groklaw)
Posted on December 8th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Check out this at lwn.net http://lwn.net/Articles/61757/ -Le Key