[gentoo-user] RE: odd problem
the problem is now solved, i erased /etc/hostname and produce another one and now all is fine...thanks again M.B -- __ http://www.linuxmail.org/ Now with e-mail forwarding for only US$5.95/yr Powered by Outblaze -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] [re] odd problem
On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 03:23:29PM -0400, brett holcomb wrote: On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 13:31:01 -0500 Mike Bellemare [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: $ cat /etc/hostname wolverine What about doing a hex dump of the file. Maybe there are some noprintable characters in the file that cat won't show. Looks like an extra '\n' in the beginning of the hostname to me... //H -- To segfault is human; to bluescreen moronic. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: odd problem
On Thursday 17 July 2003 10:54 pm, Mike Bellemare wrote: $ cat -e /etc/hostname wolverine$ there is this dollar sign, is it normal? From the cat man page: = -e equivalent to -vE -E, --show-ends display $ at end of each line == -- Ed Jabbour -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: odd problem
so what is it that's made my server unsuable and a weird looking bash prompt? M.B -- __ http://www.linuxmail.org/ Now with e-mail forwarding for only US$5.95/yr Powered by Outblaze -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: odd problem
On July 18, 2003 08:42 am, Kevin Bucknum wrote: $ cat -e /etc/hostname wolverine$ there is this dollar sign, is it normal? M.B Yes. The -e option tells cat to print a $ for end of line, and also show unprintable characters. That looks like a correct hostname file to me. I'll repeat someone else's suggestion: get rid of the blank line before the hostname MIKE -- Beware the JabberOrk -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: odd problem
got rid of the blank line, same problem... M.B -- __ http://www.linuxmail.org/ Now with e-mail forwarding for only US$5.95/yr Powered by Outblaze -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] [re] odd problem
$ cat /etc/hostname wolverine thanks for answering M.B -- __ http://www.linuxmail.org/ Now with e-mail forwarding for only US$5.95/yr Powered by Outblaze -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] [re] odd problem
What about doing a hex dump of the file. Maybe there are some noprintable characters in the file that cat won't show. On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 13:31:01 -0500 Mike Bellemare [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: $ cat /etc/hostname wolverine thanks for answering M.B -- __ http://www.linuxmail.org/ Now with e-mail forwarding for only US$5.95/yr Powered by Outblaze -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] [re] odd problem
-Original Message- From: brett holcomb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 2:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [re] odd problem What about doing a hex dump of the file. Maybe there are some noprintable characters in the file that cat won't show. On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 13:31:01 -0500 Mike Bellemare [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: $ cat /etc/hostname wolverine thanks for answering M.B Add -e to your cat command - that will show you the unprintable and end of line chars -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: odd problem
$ cat -e /etc/hostname wolverine$ there is this dollar sign, is it normal? M.B -- __ http://www.linuxmail.org/ Now with e-mail forwarding for only US$5.95/yr Powered by Outblaze -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
