[newbie-it] problemino della settimana - file .swf
Come se non bastasse mutt per incasinarsi la vita ;-) ho un'altra cosuccia da portare a termine. Devo scaricare dei testi da un sito fatto completamente con Flash 6; ovviamente i testi sono inglobati nelle immagini, e non riesco, quando sono online, ne' a stamparle ne' a scaricare il file che le contiene. C'e' un modo per rovistare un po' quel sito? Ricordo che wget, data una pagina iniziale, si tira giu' tutti i file che la compongono ed eventualmente anche tutto il contenuto dei link cui quella pagina rimanda. Questo l'ho visto fare da un amico, un paio di anni fa... dunque dove posso trovare istruzioni in merito? Una volta ottenuto il file .swf e' possibile ricevarne un sorgente, o qualcosa di simile? Il .swf e' un po' come il pdf, un contenitore di informazioni parzialmente ricorvertibili nell'originale solo con l'apposito writer? -- Arwan -- There's so many different worlds So many different suns And we have just one world But we live in different ones.
[newbie-it] Ridimensionamento icone
salve, ho installato sulla mandrake 9.1 i cursori tuxcursor ma sono troppo grandi; in che modo e' possibile ridurne le dimensioni?
[newbie-it] Blocco cursore mouse
Spesso mi capita che il cursore del mouse vada in blocco e per riavviarlo mi tocca lanciare una console virtuale con ctrl+alt+f2 e rientrare con f7 ma dopo pochi minuti capita di nuovo a cosa è dovuto? che devo fare? sta diventando ossessionante ah dimenticavo uso mdk 9.1 con kde e il mouse è un wheel mouse optical usb (microsoft) Qualche suggerimento? Vi ringrazio in anticipo Saluti
Re: [newbie-it] motherboard ecs k7s5a non suona aiuto!
grr vero grazie funziona io pensavo bastasse alzare i volumi di kmix ma perchè l'installazione non parte con tutti i canali abilitati ed i volumi al massimo sarebbe più facile per tutti ed eviterebbe di indisporre i novellini e gli scettici ciao fabio wrote: ...
[newbie-it] find
Problemi di ricerche: dato un file gruppo di file di testo, dovrei trovare, da shell (e non da kde!) tutti quelli che contengono una data stringa. Sapete qual e' il comando adatto? E, in caso dovesse trattarsi di find (di cuo ho letto il man decine di volte senza venirne a capo) qual e' l'opzione giusta? Altra cosa, sempre in tema: ho un file di testo in cui una data stringa e' delimitata da caratteri noti. con uno script dovrei estrarre quella stringa per rielaborarla, in particolare dovrei salvarla all'interno di una variabile. Avete idea di come posso fare? -- There's so many different worlds So many different suns And we have just one world But we live in different ones.
Re: [newbie-it] ksirc o altri
On Saturday 28 June 2003 17:47, linuxnic wrote: Grazie del consiglio,l'ho installato e provato di usare.Ho impostato il mio nick e ho provato a connettermi ad un server,solo che non sono riuscito a chattare. che intendi? non sei riuscito a collegarti a nessun server? o ti colleghi e non riesci ad entrare in room? prova a conetterti a un server con questo comando (senplicissimo) /SERVER irc.tin.it non so che dirti.sei dietro un FW o lan ? magari hai provato la conessione in un momento in cui il server era stracarico,e ti ha rifiutato la conessione. Che cosa devo settare oltre che al nick per poter fare 2 chiacchiere,naturalmente su chat italiane :-) non so,i settaggi in Xchat sono solo quelli della prima schermata se ci sono altri problemi prova a far partire il programma da shell e vedi che ti dice... Grazie NIC -- Ciao , Tom . ~ . / v \ / / \ \ / ( ) \ ^^ ^^ ::-\ Temo di vedere doppio. Slack 9.0 Linux user Tattari_manna aka plugs Mauro... un'ammaestratore di liste ... un incubo!
Re: [newbie-it] cancellazione newsletter
Alle 13:29, venerdì 27 giugno 2003, syd ha scritto: * tom wrote: ho provato piu volte a mandare in lista gli header delle mail,con tutte le info del caso,ma non vengono acettate in lista (ingnoro il perche). Ma senti questa.. davvero interessante: che ci sia un filtro sul corpo dei post? E perche' mai? Mi incuriosisce davvero questa cosa. sympa che gestisce la nostra ML filtra i messaggi con alcune parole proibite tipo rimuovimi in inglese. Se ben ricordo la cosa è spiegata nel messaggio che puoi ricevere chiedendo help a [EMAIL PROTECTED] Per questa ragione ci arrivano solo messaggi scritti male: unsubescrive e affini ;-) Chi lo scrive in inglese corretto si vede restituito il messaggio, accompagnato da una spiegazione su come fare a rimuoversi. ciao, andrea
[newbie-it] suoni di sistema
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Un simpaticone oggi mi ha modificato i suoni di sistema. come faccio a fsrli tornare ai suoni standard? Grazie e buonanotte! - -- E' una fortuna che tu stia procedendo cosi' lentamente, perche' stai andando nella direzione sbagliata. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+/5cyTvJtVxCNwP4RAtHgAJsEE1bfVl+vvrwCh5EsHava9BKgEACfSVal xpvPGabJo447sYR0e515cMs= =fSew -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [newbie-it] impossibile spedire posta relaying not allowed rcpt to
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alle 23:11, venerdì 27 giugno 2003, miKe ha scritto: Alle 22:09, venerdì 27 giugno 2003, in merito a [newbie-it] impossibile spedire posta relaying not allowed rcpt to, pabrusas1 ha scritto: help. inviando posta con mozilla mail (incluso in powerpack 9.1) ad alcuni destinatari, es. [EMAIL PROTECTED], ricevo un messaggio 2an error occourred while sending mail. the mail server responded RCPT TO:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Relaying not allowed. please check the message recipients and try again. cosa vuol dire e sopratutto cosa devo fare? 1. se usi un smtp , controlla che sia quello del provider col quale ti colleghi a internet, in alternativa, se è un smtp libero (tipo email.it ) che supporti l'autenticazione usata dal tuo client 2. se usi sendmail, che il dominio al quale vuoi spedire sia abilitato in /etc/mail/relay-domains anche io non riesco più ad usare sendmail e mi sono accorto che il file /etc/mail/relay-domains non è presente sulla mia macchina, mentre è chiamato in causa da sendmail.cf. Penso di poter risolvere il mio problema scrivendomi da solo il file. Quali regole devo osservare per editare relay-domains? ( vorrei spedire posta usando sendmail verso ogni dominio ) Grazie! grazie. - -- La risposta è sì! Ma la domanda quale potrebbe essere? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+/p8rL1uK0dT7njsRAvvVAJ927ymvC7pSWjuwMz5tsYR+uuabzQCgk0dk G+L0zOuRTrQlR00wd4P5Abk= =SBjg -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [newbie-it] xine o mplayer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alle 11:49, domenica 29 giugno 2003, linuxnic ha scritto: Ho installato sia xine che mplayer contenuti nei cd della MDK9.1,solo che non riesco a vedere i normali dvd,mi basta solo questo. Cosa devo fare per visionarli?Devo per caso installare qualche pacchetto aggiuntivo che non è inserito nei cd? Grazie a tutti NIC Installa ogle... Per xine devono essere dvd non crittati altrimenti devi cercare i plug in (illegali) per vedere quelli crittati. Per mplayer mi sa che ti tocca ricompilarlo con il supporto per i dvd! - -- Se i soldi crescessero sugli alberi, tu non riusciresti nemmeno a rastrellare quelli che cadrebbero. -- La Settimana Enigmistica -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/ABfHTvJtVxCNwP4RAod+AJ4sc41N9M4J9pf7TIsHNv2U3pmY2gCdHTxo ybs75uWBlyDfjIqaccMyKiQ= =Sa7T -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re:[newbie-it] find
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Date : Sun, 29 Jun 2003 20:57:36 +
Subject : [newbie-it] find
Problemi di ricerche: dato un file gruppo di file di testo, dovrei
trovare, da shell (e non da kde!) tutti quelli che contengono una
data stringa. Sapete qual e' il comando adatto? E, in caso dovesse
trattarsi di find (di cuo ho letto il man decine di volte senza
venirne a capo) qual e' l'opzione giusta?
Ritengo che il comando corretto sia grep e non find in quanto quest'ultimo
ti permette di cercare files all'interno di directory, mentre appunto grep ti
permette ci cercare stringhe all'interno di files plain/text.
La sintassi è:
find {stringa_da_cercare} {files}
Se invece desideri elencare i files che NON contengono una stringa la sintassi è:
find -v {stringa_da_escludere} {files}
In ogni caso: man grep
Saluti
Mario Lodi Rizzini
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Re:[newbie-it] find
Scusate l'errore nel messaggio precedente: la fame . fa fare brutti scherzi.
Ecco il testo esatto.
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To : lista MDK
Cc :
Date : Sun, 29 Jun 2003 20:57:36 +
Subject : [newbie-it] find
Problemi di ricerche: dato un file gruppo di file di testo, dovrei
trovare, da shell (e non da kde!) tutti quelli che contengono una
data stringa. Sapete qual e' il comando adatto? E, in caso dovesse
trattarsi di find (di cuo ho letto il man decine di volte senza
venirne a capo) qual e' l'opzione giusta?
Ritengo che il comando corretto sia grep e non find in quanto quest'ultimo
ti permette di cercare files all'interno di directory, mentre appunto grep ti
permette ci cercare stringhe all'interno di files plain/text.
La sintassi è:
grep {stringa_da_cercare} {files}
Se invece desideri elencare i files che NON contengono una stringa la sintassi è:
grep -v {stringa_da_escludere} {files}
In ogni caso: man grep
Saluti
Mario Lodi Rizzini
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://digilander.libero.it/mlodirizzini
http://space.virgilio.it/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(o_...Membro.del.FoLUG
//\...Forlì.Linux.Users.Group
V_/_...http://folug.linux.it
Linux.Mandrake.9.0.su.Celeron.733
Re: [newbie-it] problemino della settimana - file .swf
*** on Sunday 29 June 2003 12:49, Arwan - wrote: ... C'e' un modo per rovistare un po' quel sito? Ricordo che wget, data una pagina iniziale, si tira giu' tutti i file che la compongono ed eventualmente anche tutto il contenuto dei link cui quella pagina rimanda. Questo l'ho visto fare da un amico, un paio di anni fa... dunque dove posso trovare istruzioni in merito? Con wget puoi copiare il contenuto di un sito sul tuo hd, usando wget con l'opzione -r (come da man page: Recursive web-suck). Uso: wget -r [URL] Una volta ottenuto il file .swf e' possibile ricevarne un sorgente, o qualcosa di simile? Il .swf e' un po' come il pdf, un contenitore di informazioni parzialmente ricorvertibili nell'originale solo con l'apposito writer? Qui passo (non ho capito bene cosa ti serve), magari prova anche l'opzione -p. Ciao Arwan -- * *I'm bombadur the dwarf, and this is my axe ! * * * * Coltivate Linux, tanto Window$ si pianta da solo * *
Re: [newbie-it] find
Alle 22:57, domenica 29 giugno 2003, Arwan - ha scritto:
Problemi di ricerche: dato un file gruppo di file di testo, dovrei
trovare, da shell (e non da kde!) tutti quelli che contengono una
data stringa. Sapete qual e' il comando adatto? E, in caso dovesse
trattarsi di find (di cuo ho letto il man decine di volte senza
venirne a capo) qual e' l'opzione giusta?
Altra cosa, sempre in tema: ho un file di testo in cui una data
stringa e' delimitata da caratteri noti. con uno script dovrei estrarre
quella stringa per rielaborarla, in particolare dovrei salvarla all'interno
di una variabile. Avete idea di come posso fare?
vediamo se ho capito bene
Prima strada
grep -l stringa tuoi-file
ti restituisce il nome dei file che contengono stringa
Seconda strada
find directory -varie-opzioni-x-selez.-nome-data-... -exec grep -l {}
Se l'elenco dei file è nel file Elenco
for i in `cat Elenco`; do grep -l stringa $i;done
ciao, andrea
Re: [newbie-it] problemino della settimana - file .swf
- Original Message - From: Arwan - [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lista MDK [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 12:49 PM Subject: [newbie-it] problemino della settimana - file .swf Come se non bastasse mutt per incasinarsi la vita ;-) ho un'altra cosuccia da portare a termine. Devo scaricare dei testi da un sito fatto completamente con Flash 6; ovviamente i testi sono inglobati nelle immagini, e non riesco, quando sono online, ne' a stamparle ne' a scaricare il file che le contiene. C'e' un modo per rovistare un po' quel sito? Ricordo che wget, data una pagina iniziale, si tira giu' tutti i file che la compongono ed eventualmente anche tutto il contenuto dei link cui quella pagina rimanda. Questo l'ho visto fare da un amico, un paio di anni fa... dunque dove posso trovare istruzioni in merito? Una volta ottenuto il file .swf e' possibile ricevarne un sorgente, o qualcosa di simile? Il .swf e' un po' come il pdf, un contenitore di informazioni parzialmente ricorvertibili nell'originale solo con l'apposito writer? -- Arwan -- There's so many different worlds So many different suns And we have just one world But we live in different ones. Premetto che sono totalmente ignorante del mondo Linux, e poco conosco di flash; per quanto ne so, un swf è un file compilato, che puoi solo vedere e non modificare. Il file sorgente in flash (quello modificabile) è .fla, che puoi vedere solo dal programma Flash della Macromedia. Ora io non so se in linux esista qualcosa per trasformare un swf nel fla originale, utilizando gli strumenti della Macromedia su win ti so dire che purtroppo non è possibile. Ciao. Dan.
Re: [newbie-it] xine o mplayer
Alle 12:58, lunedì 30 giugno 2003, Luigi Pinna ha scritto: Alle 11:49, domenica 29 giugno 2003, linuxnic ha scritto: Ho installato sia xine che mplayer contenuti nei cd della MDK9.1,solo che non riesco a vedere i normali dvd,mi basta solo questo. Cosa devo fare per visionarli?Devo per caso installare qualche pacchetto aggiuntivo che non è inserito nei cd? Grazie a tutti NIC Installa ogle... Per xine devono essere dvd non crittati altrimenti devi cercare i plug in (illegali) per vedere quelli crittati. Per mplayer mi sa che ti tocca ricompilarlo con il supporto per i dvd! su linux pratico numero 11 c'è un articolo su come utilizzare ed aggiungere le source aggiuntive tra cui plf dove trovi le versioni di xine e di mplayer in rpm che contengono il decss che ti permetterà di vedere i dvd commerciali. ciao :) francesco [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie-it] problemino della settimana - file .swf
On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Dan wrote: Premetto che sono totalmente ignorante del mondo Linux, e poco conosco di flash; per quanto ne so, un swf è un file compilato, che puoi solo vedere e non modificare. Il file sorgente in flash (quello modificabile) è .fla, che puoi vedere solo dal programma Flash della Macromedia. Ora io non so se in linux esista qualcosa per trasformare un swf nel fla originale, utilizando gli strumenti della Macromedia su win ti so dire che purtroppo non è possibile. Non è possibile con programmi ufficiali, però io avevo sentito dire che esistono dei programmi in grado di costruire un file .fla da un file swf, ovviamente però non ottimizzato, senza l'esecuzione di nessuno script. Purtroppo però non conosco nessuno di tali programmi, dovresti provare a cercarli in rete. Ciao, Chiara -- == L'animale non cerca di capire la vita. La sua stessa ragione di vivere è la vita; Esso gode e gusta la vita. (Ray Bradbury)
Re: [newbie-it] problemino della settimana - file .swf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alle 12:49, domenica 29 giugno 2003, in merito a [newbie-it] problemino della settimana - file .swf, Arwan - ha scritto: Come se non bastasse mutt per incasinarsi la vita ;-) ho un'altra cosuccia da portare a termine. Devo scaricare dei testi da un sito fatto completamente con Flash 6; ovviamente i testi sono inglobati nelle immagini, e non riesco, stampa su pdf poi pdf2ps indi ps2ascii -- Arwan - -- bye miKe Slackware 8.1 GNU/Linux 2.4.21 @ hp Xe3 R.U.#219755 -- S.R.U.#705 -- R.M.#110932 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/AFOcF/9fksDJ4y0RAgi8AKCNfDb7YfiXefWeQh0OT+7gJDNeEACcDDhb aJmYr15cViCC3uFWSBmGK4s= =8gpJ -END PGP SIGNATURE-
[newbie-it] mp3 editor
Salve a tutti! sapreste cortesemente indicarmi se per linux mandrake 9.0 esiste un programma di editor mp3? in pratica mi ritrovo un file mp3 molto voluminoso che vorrei dividere in n files mp3. grazie in anticipo. alex.
Re: [newbie-it] problemino della settimana - file .swf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alle 19:38, lunedì 30 giugno 2003, in merito a Re: [newbie-it] problemino della settimana - file .swf, Luigi Pinna ha scritto: stampa su pdf poi pdf2ps indi ps2ascii Puoi fare anche pdftotext! O stampare come ps. troppe conversioni rischiano di farti perdere il testo! ciai arragione... ;) dopo averlo scritto mi è venuto in mente.. come mi è venuto in mente che se il testo è annegato in un'immagine, anche il pdf/ps verrà male... - -- bye miKe Slackware 8.1 GNU/Linux 2.4.21 @ hp Xe3 R.U.#219755 -- S.R.U.#705 -- R.M.#110932 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/AHgwF/9fksDJ4y0RAtCVAKC14teGoYUSxPX306YaJiSl7PWOMACghakh REuSortkI4U+xF7Hm7xAj3Q= =u4Y2 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [newbie-it] sendmail
Deve aver avuto molto sonno, perche' il domenica 29 giugno 2003, alle 13:56, Luigi Pinna ha scritto: funzionamento per me non ha senso. Ti consiglio dunque di leggere il capitoletto: Procmail: mutt mette le ali dal manualetto La posta con Mutt di Antonecchia. Per me e' stato illuminante. Purtroppo non ho possibilità di recuperlo dato che non sono in Italia adesso, certo che se fosse su internet... Ma certo che e' su internet! Non ricordo il link, ma credo sia facilmente reperibile con qualsiasi motore di ricerca. Se l'ho trovato io... Come dicevo nell'altra mail, a me basta che procmail riconosca il server pop da cui provengono le mail e me imbucchi in una cartella nello spool con quel nome. Le altre regole le faccio fare a Kmail. Zi', zi'... su procmail non c'e' scritto molto, ma quel poco e' _molto_, _molto_ chiaro e ti aiuta per il resto. In più ho cercato la mail con in procmail di syd ma non penso che mi possa servire per questo scopo! (Non seleziona in base al server pop3) Qualche aiuto su come fare queste regole? Ripeto, per capire il funzionamento delle regole il manualetto e' d'oro. Comunque grazie per le dritte e complimenti per mutt! e che complimenti? Han fatto tutto Syd e Giuseppe ;-) Arwan -- There's so many different worlds So many different suns And we have just one world But we live in different ones.
Re: [newbie-it] Modem problemi ???
anche io ho istallato linus mandrake 9.1 ma anche a me non viene riconosciuto il modem (us robotic v56 professional voice/fax/modem) che fare ? Giuseppe - Original Message - From: libero To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2003 1:44 PM Subject: [newbie-it] Modem laptop Ciao a tutti, dopo tanto peregrinare ho deciso di istallare Mandrake 9.1sul mio Laptop IBM Thinkpad 390 E, tutto bene fino al modem, che purtroppo non viene riconosciuto. Ravanando in rete ( cosa assai difficile visto la mia conoscenza pressoche 0 dell'inglese), ho trovato uno script chiamato scanModem che avrebbe dovuto darmi informazioni su quella strana bestia Windows integrata nel portatile. Il suo output mi ha illuminato sul fatto che il chipset del modem é Lucent/Agere e che il PCI-ID é 11c1:0449, poi ha snocciolato tutta una serie di pacchetti rpm di varie release che iniziavano con : ltmodem-kv_2mdk su rpmfind.net non ho trovato nulla , che posso fare per far funzionare 'sto animale? Grazie anticipatamente a tutti quelli che potranno darmi qualche dritta, Ciao a tutti Dario Miretti
Re: [newbie-it] xine o mplayer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alle 20:58, lunedì 30 giugno 2003, paolo brusasco ha scritto: p.s. il giorno che dovrò ricompilare per vedere un dvd piuttosto comprerò la mia prima licenza windows. Guarda che i programmi compilati son meglio perché ottimizzati per la tua macchina... Non sottovalutare la potenza del sorgente! - -- Uno scienziato con un dito nell'acquario sta spiegando ad un carabiniere la teoria del fluido mentale: Pesci saltate!, ed i pesci saltano. Prova il carabiniere con il dito nell'acqua: Glu glu glu. -- Da it.hobby.umorismo -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/AKkVTvJtVxCNwP4RAlYWAKDkAeTQfaIRSr6xYvVV4zDQus7noACbBtme uioz11MfYI4gP7cuN0V8Mqc= =vnDN -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [newbie-it] Blocco cursore mouse
* stormy wrote: il mouse è un wheel mouse optical usb (microsoft) Proprio come il mio; io non ho problemi e questa e' la mia configurazione $ cat /etc/X11/XF86Config ... ... # ** # Core Pointer's InputDevice section # ** Section InputDevice # Identifier and driver Identifier Mouse1 Driver mouse Option ProtocolIMPS/2 Option Device /dev/mouse Option Buttons 5 Option ZaxisMapping 4 5 .. .. -- syd - Slackware 9.0 * K 2.4.20 -
Re: [newbie-it] cancellazione newsletter
* Andrea Celli wrote: Per questa ragione ci arrivano solo messaggi scritti male: unsubescrive e affini ;-) Chi lo scrive in inglese corretto si vede restituito il messaggio, accompagnato da una spiegazione su come fare a rimuoversi. Giusto! -- syd - LU 285930 * LM 167646 -
Re: [newbie-it] sendmail
* Luigi Pinna wrote: Purtroppo non ho possibilità di recuperlo dato che non sono in Italia adesso, certo che se fosse su internet... http://www.telug.it/mutt-howto/index.html#SECTION0025 http://www.mrshark.it/qechowto/procmail.html Come dicevo nell'altra mail, a me basta che procmail riconosca il server pop da cui provengono le mail e me imbucchi in una cartella nello spool con quel nome. Ma scusa, se scarichi da indirizzi su pop diversi basta la regola sull'indirizzo :0: * [EMAIL PROTECTED] interfree oppure potrebbe andar bene :0: * [EMAIL PROTECTED] interfree e lo stesso per lycos In ogni caso nella parte iniziale del .procmailrc devi dichiarare il percorso della MAILDIR che nel tuo caso sara' /var/spool/mail/ferris. Trovi tutto quello che ti serve ai link che ti ho indicato e nel mio .procmailrc che da quei link e' ricavato. -- syd - Slackware 9.0 * K 2.4.20 -
[newbie] sylpheed: max # recipients limited by isp
If i have an isp that has a limit on the number of mails sent, is there a way to get sylpheed to break it up into seperat mails automatically? I'm sure the reason the isp has the rule is for purposes of spam. I promise that's not what i am doing! We're havin a 5th of july party, and i guess i have too many firends that like to come to parties... (anyone list members in the pasadena, CA area?) thanks, eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Weirdness - playing a video
Stephen, I have the same problem with the Nvidia drivers. The only thing that works ok is xawtv capturing direct off the video capture card with the device called out as xawtv -c /dev/v4l/video0 Everthing else, EVERY other player gives me blue garbage or a smear on the screen. Well, that's not quite true. They are ok in full screen mode. The only fix I could find was to use the nv drivers. I would really like to figure this one out as well, cause I can't play Tux now. Linus On 28 Jun 2003 23:32:08 +1000 Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've just found something rather strange in my system - I've updated the NVidia drivers about a week or so ago, and now, for whatever reason, every time I play a movie (AVI or whatever), on the right side of the screen of the movie, I get garbage - now this didn't happen when I was using the older NVidia driver - and I've mucked with yanc in trying to make sure that all my settings were correct and the likes, but the damn problem still persists... Now it ain't like I watch heaps of movies, but I do rip them on this machine, and sometimes like to have a view of what I've just ripped; it's late Saturday night, I'm tired, and I'm done mucking with it for the evening... Just wondering if anyone MIGHT have some bright ideas that I haven't tried - ya know, breath of fresh air kinda thing... Cheers and Beers and morphine for the pink haired queers! (g) -- Sat Jun 28 23:30:01 EST 2003 23:30:01 up 3 days, 23:16, 4 users, load average: 1.23, 1.11, 1.03 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Arthur yawed wildly as his skin tried to jump one way and his skeleton the other, whilst his brain tried to work out which of his ears it most wanted to crawl out of. `Bet you weren't expecting to see me again,' said the monster, which Arthur couldn't help thinking was a strange remark for it to make, seeing as he had never met the creature before. He could tell that he hadn't met the creature before from the simple fact that he was able to sleep at nights. - Arthur discovering who had diverted him from going to a party. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] sylpheed: max # recipients limited by isp
On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 15:11:19 -0700 Eric Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If i have an isp that has a limit on the number of mails sent, is there a way to get sylpheed to break it up into seperat mails automatically? I'm sure the reason the isp has the rule is for purposes of spam. I promise that's not what i am doing! We're havin a 5th of july party, and i guess i have too many firends that like to come to parties... (anyone list members in the pasadena, CA area?) thanks, eric Can you send mail using sendmail? In other words, you don't need to go through your ISP to send it; just use what you've got with Mandrake. Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: test
On Sun, 2003-06-29 at 08:16, Aron Smith wrote: This is a test no need to panic .. unless I am sending in HTML if so notify me and I will panic. trying again Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Print manager
Hi all, My desires are meet. Thanks to all who replied. Actually, you could have said why don't you look through the menus, bozzo. - I wouldn't have been offended, honestly. I am totally new to Linux, and I am amazed at the stuff I have just found while following the advice to find the print manager. I'm off to have a real look, Cheers, Chris K. Derek Jennings wrote: On Sunday 29 Jun 2003 4:10 am, Chris Knewstubb wrote: Hi All, I am using Mandarke 9.1. I am a home desktop user. So far I have got everything up and running, and feeeling pretty pleased with myself. However, what I am missing is a print manager , or some point and click way of killing of print jobs - my printer is an Epson Stylus Colour 400. Any tips appreciated. Cheers, Chris K If you are using KDE you can use kjobviewer You can access it from your KDE ControlCentrePeripheralsPrintersJobs Alternatively use menudrake to add a menu entry for it so you can access it directly. If you use Gnome or some other Window Manager then install the printman RPM and use the gnome-print-manager to monitor your jobs. HTH derek BTW: Could you remove the Reply To entry in your Mozilla Mail please? It is not necessary and screws up replies when sending to a mailing list. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Powerfan connection?
Many apologies to Ian and FemmeFatale for not responding sooner. I already knew it wasn't the case fan. I know where its leads are. I found out by Googling that power supplies _usually_ have an internal connection, and thus don't have a connector coming _out_ of the power supply box to plug into the motherboard. Apparently Abit's manual is indicating where to plug in an _external_ connector from the power box _if_ one exists, but doesn't indicate that there usually isn't one. But their manual is generally excellent and comprehensive, so I might just send them a heads-up on this particular detail. The motherboard, by the way, turned out to be defective. All I could get on bootup was checksum error - defaults loaded, and no keyboard response to enable me to go into the bios to try to fix it. Abit has okayed an exchange for another one. When I get it I'll know not to worry about the powerfan connector. Thanks to both of you for your responses. Dale Huckeby On Sun, 22 Jun 2003, Ian Trickett wrote: This is not for the case fan - that should be a separate connector. Better quality power supplies now, in addition to all the power connectors for other stuff, have a fan connector with, IIRC, 2 wires attached. This allows speed control of the power supply fan and keeps things much quieter. That's what plugs on there. Check the CPU fan connector - it will look like that. Ian On June 22, 2003 11:02 am, Dale Huckeby wrote: This isn't strictly a Mandrake question, but I hope someone here can help me. I'm building a computer for my mother using an Abit NF7-M motherboard. In the manual it says, Attach the connector from the power fan to PWRFAN1 header... The PWRFAN1 header has three prongs. Two of the connectors coming out of the power housing have four holes, none have three. Which (if any) is supposed to connect to PWRFAN1? Do I need an adapter so it can fit the three-prong header? My own computer has an Abit KR7A-133 board. The equivalent passage in it is attach the connector from the power fan to FAN3 header. I just looked and nothing is attached to that header, and the only four-hole connector I see is plugged into the floppy drive. Some friends online suggested that the power fan (ie. I assume the one in the power box housing) is run _by_ the power box, that it doesn't need to connect to the motherboard. Is that true? I notice that it isn't turning now, but that might be because it doesn't need to. Looking at the fan through the grill I can see the wires running from it but can't see where they're going or if they're one of the bundles exiting the unit at the rear. How _do_ I connect that fan, or do I need to do anything at all. Puzzled in Evansville, Dale Huckeby Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] uprmi messed up all my sources.
On Sun, 2003-06-29 at 01:59, Dan Gordon wrote: I was playing wirh uprmi last night and now my cd sources are no longer showing any packages. As a mater a fact there are no sources to be found on any of the sites either. Not shur what i did wrong but i would at least like to have acces to the cd's. Any help will be apreatiated. Regards, Dan Gordon Hi Dan, Go to http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/urpmiweb.php at the bottom of the page you'll see the command to reset everything before adding sources again. HTH Curt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] root filesystem problems
On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 00:29, Andrei Raevsky wrote: the computer booted up normally but now I get messages such as Can't write file /var/log/linuxconf/netconf.log I am running ext3 journalling filesystem which I thought would record the location of all my files every 5 sec. However, data was lost. Why?! Can you explain what happened? And should I take any special action? Hi Andrei (please remove the Reply To in your mail program) Did you have a power-problem on the PC? Did it crash lately? I recognise the problems. My (very soon to be ex) normal PC keeps crashing due to some weird hardware flaw, thus corrupting the info on the disks. Most of the partitions there are EXT3 also. After 1 crash, the FS was recovered quickly. But when things collapse every hour, things on disk become such a mess that all kinds of other things seem to go wrong. Things that EXT3 does not (probably can not) take into account. A few times things went so wrong that I had to reformat / and /usr and reinstall everything from scratch. You should check if /var/log/linuxconf exists. If not, you can mkdir that by hand (as root) and see if the problems go away. If more /var or other problems occur, you would be best off to consider a reinstall. Good luck. Paul (who is waiting for a new PC to be deliverd today) -- Thou shalt not impersonate Liberace or eat watermelon while sitting at the console keyboard. http://nlpagan.net - Linux Mandrake - Ximian Evolution Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] how to make dial up global
Hi, I am running Mandrake 9.1. I am in the process of setting up accounts for my family. I have set up KPPP dial up tool in my account. How do I set it up so that it appears in all accounts and not just mine? Cheers, Chris K Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer virus problem
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 19:17, Robin Turner wrote: Since the only machines with permissions to print to the Samba server are in our offices, I suspect the collateral damage would prove unpopular. The other problem is that these bogus print jobs only come about once a day, so switching the printer off until we got one would not make me popular either, though it is an option. What tools could I use to sniff for the offending computer? Sir Robin Last time I had this problem it was a Windows machine using the wrong driver printing to a Samba printer - the print job was hung in the spooler on the Windows machine, and had to be blown out from there. I used Ethereal to determine the IP addy. Just installed Ethereal - a nice application! It just detected one legit print job. Even if I never catch the culprit, I can have fun sniffing round the LAN. Sir Robin -- Hackers appear to wear black more because it goes with everything and hides dirt than because they want to look like goths. - Eric Raymond Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Univeritesi Ankara 06533 Turkey www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] hyper threading
On Saturday 28 June 2003 19:29, Dennis Myers wrote: On Saturday 28 June 2003 11:26 am, Tsyko wrote: the output is as follows: CPU0 0: 22116IO-APIC-edge timer 1: 7IO-APIC-edge keyboard 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade 8: 1IO-APIC-edge rtc 14: 12291IO-APIC-edge ide0 15: 84IO-APIC-edge ide1 16: 3558 IO-APIC-level ide2, ide4, usb-uhci, usb-uhci 18: 2026 IO-APIC-level usb-uhci, Audigy 19: 2 IO-APIC-level usb-uhci, ohci1394 22:267 IO-APIC-level eth0 23: 0 IO-APIC-level ehci-hcd NMI: 0 LOC: 22062 ERR: 0 MIS: 0 On Saturday, 28 June 2003 13:38, ed tharp wrote: On Sat, 2003-06-28 at 09:51, Tsyko wrote: Only one processor Apparently not Is there a way to make it work? did you not say this was an enterprise kernel? ? post the output from the command mentioned below? On Saturday, 28 June 2003 11:21, ed tharp wrote: On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 00:11, Aron Smith wrote: On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 05:07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: JoeHill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 13:23:03 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: can any one tell me how i know if mandrake is using my hyper-threaded machine? Ask it politely? I tried but id didn't listen. Maybe I spoke into the wrong port? Well you could threaten it with winXP. what does (as root, in a text console, without the quotes)cat /proc/interrupts say? and unless you are useing the SMP kernel, don't expect hyperthreading to work ___ ___ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com I thought that hyperthreading was not being implimented until the 2.5.xx kernel release? Like what Stephen implied. That kernel will be out soon. http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0303.2/1198.html HTH a little :) -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Splitting a file across floppies
How can I split a large file across multiple floppy disks and reassemble them on another computer? In that other OS, I would use Winzip or a similar tool, but I don't see how to do it either with Gnozip or from the command line. Specifically, here's my situation. I've downloaded a 3 MB Windows executable on my Linux box, which I need to install on a Windows box. I don't have CD-R, so I have to split the file across several floppies. -- Warren Post Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras http://srcopan.vze.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] removing dual boot option...have a computer with tons of problems
At 02:13 PM 6/28/2003 -0400, you wrote: On Saturday 28 June 2003 03:57 pm, Tsyko wrote: If you boot of the windows cd again go to the dos prompt and type ´fdisk /mbr´ without the quotes and this should take away the lilo partioning... That´s how I have done it in the past. THANK YOU! it works now. i'm happier now :) now i have to diagnose hardware and see what it's power problems are although it could've been software problems. once i figure that out, it's time to try to find an ethernet card for it to hook it up to the router and get it onilne. thanks again! Mike Best little laptop i've ever owned is a Panasonic Toughbook. They live up to their namesake. Trust me...you can pound it all you want it won't break. :D I use a Xircom Cardbus 100+ Modem 56 card. Worth 500$ but uses a normal Cat-5 cable to attach to it for LAN purposes... so no proprietary dongle here. :) Very nice... lets you use standardized cables is very reliable. They've come down in price being a cardbus card so you may want to get one of these as opposed to a NIC with a proprietary interface for your cables. HTH - FemmeFatale, aka The Skirt Good Decisions Your boss Made: We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts. - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mailserver choke'n'puke?
Uh - we gots problems again with the maillist servers? -- Mon Jun 30 08:20:00 EST 2003 08:20:00 up 5 days, 8:06, 4 users, load average: 1.62, 1.28, 1.06 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * What we need is either less corruption, or more chance to participate in it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] question for mozilla users
i don't know if i messed up a setting somewhere, but every time i open mozilla or i click on a link from a web page and it opens another page, it's FULL SCREEN. it's kind of annoying actually and i don't need it full screen, especially with a 19 moniter. i've been checking everywhere for an answer to this, but i can't seem to find anything. that includes checking the mozilla home page and looking under every setting and option for mozilla. i can't seem to find it. Konqueror opens up fine, but i like mozilla better. i'm running md9.1 and operating in the KDE desktop enviornment. i havn't tried using tabbed browsing to see if it tries to do it there after i resize mozilla after opening it, but that's because i didn't like tabbed browsing the last time i tried it. thanks in advance. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] neat trick: man completion
By ESC !, Eric mean Escape keyExclamation mark key. :-) Miark On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 13:39:19 -0400 Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Eric. Just curious, I have to hit esc twice here, and it asks if I want to display all 102 possibilities :-0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Dual Booting the same OS
FemmeFatale wrote: At 12:04 PM 6/28/2003 +0100, you wrote: snip Femme, you may of hit on the solution. I'm not sure whether it will not only write to floppy but also insist on writing to MBR as well. My experience is that once in install lilo you aren't left with a choice, so that even if you elect to create boot floppy which is what your saying, it still wants to write something to MBR when finished. Hmmm, wants trying . John I was in a situation similar to yours some months back John. I tried it on 8.x 9.0 it worked fine. Lilo just needed to write somewhere, it didn't care where...and I had no Lilo on my hard drive afterwards. Worth a shot as I don't think MDK would rewrite lilo code to purposefully screw someone out of dualbooting the way you are wishing to set it up. - FemmeFatale, aka The Skirt I'll give it a try, on my next install. However I'm thinking it was between M9.0 and M9.1 when all the options started changing, so I'm not really sure , but we have been told here on newbie that once one install of M9.1 is completed on the second more options are available I hope so, it has not been the case with my dual boot M9.0 + M9.1, but that of course is one OS each . When and if I finally get my current M9.1 up and running to my own satisfation I'm going to wipe M9.0 once and probably for all, and begin instaling a second M9.1 and update it from cooker. I still have a number of issues to clear up on the first and current M9.1, before I can begin. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] hyper threading
It seems it didn't make it to the list the first time... Sorry if you get it twice. On Saturday 28 June 2003 19:29, Dennis Myers wrote: On Saturday 28 June 2003 11:26 am, Tsyko wrote: the output is as follows: CPU0 0: 22116IO-APIC-edge timer 1: 7IO-APIC-edge keyboard 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade 8: 1IO-APIC-edge rtc 14: 12291IO-APIC-edge ide0 15: 84IO-APIC-edge ide1 16: 3558 IO-APIC-level ide2, ide4, usb-uhci, usb-uhci 18: 2026 IO-APIC-level usb-uhci, Audigy 19: 2 IO-APIC-level usb-uhci, ohci1394 22:267 IO-APIC-level eth0 23: 0 IO-APIC-level ehci-hcd NMI: 0 LOC: 22062 ERR: 0 MIS: 0 On Saturday, 28 June 2003 13:38, ed tharp wrote: On Sat, 2003-06-28 at 09:51, Tsyko wrote: Only one processor Apparently not Is there a way to make it work? did you not say this was an enterprise kernel? ? post the output from the command mentioned below? On Saturday, 28 June 2003 11:21, ed tharp wrote: On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 00:11, Aron Smith wrote: On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 05:07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: JoeHill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 13:23:03 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: can any one tell me how i know if mandrake is using my hyper-threaded machine? Ask it politely? I tried but id didn't listen. Maybe I spoke into the wrong port? Well you could threaten it with winXP. what does (as root, in a text console, without the quotes)cat /proc/interrupts say? and unless you are useing the SMP kernel, don't expect hyperthreading to work ___ ___ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com I thought that hyperthreading was not being implimented until the 2.5.xx kernel release? Like what Stephen implied. That kernel will be out soon. http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0303.2/1198.html HTH a little :) -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] problem with sound
I have some problems with OSS, after boot it says something like : CPU Overload, fatal server error, this is not happening all the time, but pretty often and is not so pleasant at all. Everything is working ok, i have sound, but when this error appears i can`t use it sound options. How can i solve this OSS issue ? My second problem is that i installed alsa since this OSS is not working, but also no sound because alsamixergui has the default value for volume : mute. I`ve tryed S, Ctr+S, man alsamixergui, but i can`t find anywere saving options for alsamixer settings (after i`ve changed mute and volume option), and i can`t find also alsamixer text version. Thanks for your understanding ! P.S. Using Mdk 9.1 on P III Copermine 733/133, main board Intel D815eea2, sound onboard AC97, 512 MB SDRAM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] hey?
Hi Must be a collective attempt worldwide by ISP's to sabotage list users! ROTFL... actually it was yahoo I had a problem with! Tracked it down to the fact my ISP had suddenly decided to change my static IP last Friday (its been the same for the last 6 months at least!). I really must get a no-ip registration setup and use their IP tracker program to sync my IP. Once my DNS had updated and all the servers kicked in I got over 200 emails over 5 mins! John -- Lead me not into temptation - I can find my own way thanks! MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 92791912 -- Lead me not into temptation - I can find my own way thanks! MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 92791912 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Security flaw in VMWare 4 for Linux
On Sat, 2003-06-28 at 18:31, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Sun, 2003-06-29 at 04:36, Adolfo Bello wrote: Hi there: Users of vmware 4 for linux should take a look at the link below and see how this can affect or compromise their machines: http://www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1019 Saludos, Adolfo Hmmm...glad I haven't upgraded yet... Where ya been, Adolfo - having a holiday, or slacking? Holiday? I use to know its meaning. :-((( 100% of my time in the last three weeks has been dedicated to prepare a bid for a large system. I'll be free again by the next week end. Saludos, Adolfo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] uprmi messed up all my sources.
On June 30, 2003 06:17 am, C T wrote: Hi Dan, Go to http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/urpmiweb.php at the bottom of the page you'll see the command to reset everything before adding sources again. HTH Curt Thanks was worried there for a moment. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Mon Jun 30 08:19:07 EDT 2003 08:19:07 up 9:13, 3 users, load average: 0.01, 0.02, 0.00 Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. -- Albert Einstein Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] USB digital camera?
On Sun, 2003-06-29 at 09:23, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Saturday 28 June 2003 03:37 pm, Grant wrote: I'm going to go take some photos right now. Is it going to be able to upload to Mandrake? Any tips? - Grant Wow, in Windows I have to install a driver for it, but in Mandrake it popped right up as soon as it was plugged in. Sweet! - Grant Grant: From what I've seen on this list, some folks have had problems with USB cameras. Information about your camera would be useful to anyone who is considering adding one. -- cmg Friend of mine came by with his Sony Cybershot 2.1 megapixel DSC-S50; I plugged it into the USB hub, turned the camera on, fired up kdf, saw the camera as a mountable device, mounted it, navigated to the /mnt/camera directory, and happily copied the JPG's where I saw fit. Wasn't rocket science, but then again, Sony is a relatively large brand...had more problems connecting this camera to a Win98 box and the XP box... -- Mon Jun 30 21:35:00 EST 2003 21:35:00 up 5 days, 21:21, 3 users, load average: 1.39, 1.23, 1.09 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Say my love is easy had, Say I'm bitten raw with pride, Say I am too often sad -- Still behold me at your side. Say I'm neither brave nor young, Say I woo and coddle care, Say the devil touched my tongue -- Still you have my heart to wear. But say my verses do not scan, And I get me another man! -- Dorothy Parker, Fighting Words Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Weirdness - playing a video
On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 10:51, Linus Drouhard wrote: Stephen, I have the same problem with the Nvidia drivers. The only thing that works ok is xawtv capturing direct off the video capture card with the device called out as xawtv -c /dev/v4l/video0 Everthing else, EVERY other player gives me blue garbage or a smear on the screen. Well, that's not quite true. They are ok in full screen mode. The only fix I could find was to use the nv drivers. I would really like to figure this one out as well, cause I can't play Tux now. Linus Well, since it's been quiet, I've been playing around with the settings in YANC (what a great way to muck around with your XWindows settings for an NVidia card without hosing up the entire shebang!)(Highly recommended for those that have NVidia cards...seriously)...and I've managed to clean up the vid display a tad more - but now I'm lazy again, and don't want to reboot the box, so I'll keep tampering... PS: I wonder if this one setting would work - it's in my XF86Config-4 and the line reads: Module Option Make_squiggly_lines_in_video_playback = 1 (g) -- Mon Jun 30 21:45:01 EST 2003 21:45:01 up 5 days, 21:31, 3 users, load average: 1.01, 1.09, 1.08 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence ... in time every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties ... Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence. -- Dr. Laurence J. Peter, The Peter Principle Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] uprmi messed up all my sources.
On Sunday 29 June 2003 01:59 am, Dan Gordon wrote: I was playing wirh uprmi last night and now my cd sources are no longer showing any packages. As a mater a fact there are no sources to be found on any of the sites either. Not shur what i did wrong but i would at least like to have acces to the cd's. Any help will be apreatiated. Regards, Dan Gordon To readd your cd sources do: Put CD1 in the drive and in root terminal type: urpmi.addmedia --distrib cdrom removable://mnt/cdrom -- Regards Chris A 100% Microsoft free computer Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 6:14am up 8 days, 12:26, 5 users, load average: 0.08, 0.08, 0.02 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Splitting a file across floppies
On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 10:29:39AM +0100, Peter Watson wrote: On Sunday 29 Jun 2003 07:15, Warren Post wrote: How can I split a large file across multiple floppy disks and reassemble them on another computer? In that other OS, I would use Winzip or a similar tool, but I don't see how to do it either with Gnozip or from the command line. Specifically, here's my situation. I've downloaded a 3 MB Windows executable on my Linux box, which I need to install on a Windows box. I don't have CD-R, so I have to split the file across several floppies. Use split - see man split for details There's hjsplit for windows and lxsplit for *nix. I've never tried to recombine a split files on windows; if you have trouble, hj/lxsplit might work. Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] uprmi messed up all my sources.
On June 30, 2003 07:16 am, Chris wrote: To readd your cd sources do: Put CD1 in the drive and in root terminal type: urpmi.addmedia --distrib cdrom removable://mnt/cdrom Thanks im writing this one down in my book. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Mon Jun 30 08:21:12 EDT 2003 08:21:12 up 9:15, 3 users, load average: 0.10, 0.04, 0.01 All husbands are alike, but they have different faces so you can tell them apart. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] test
On Sunday 29 June 2003 11:16 am, Aron Smith wrote: This is a test no need to panic .. unless I am sending in HTML if so notify me and I will panic. Don't panic. -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] hey?
On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 12:22, Damian Gatabria wrote: Can anyone read this? I can't read English. -- Mon Jun 30 21:50:01 EST 2003 21:50:01 up 5 days, 21:36, 3 users, load average: 0.92, 0.98, 1.03 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Nothing is as simple as it seems at first Or as hopeless as it seems in the middle Or as finished as it seems in the end. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] My Test
Thought I would send a test out too, to make sure I didn't get bumped off the list or anything. Besides, I was feeling a little left out too .. :-) -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Asst. Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Available via instant messenger Registered Linux User #218330 Composed on a 100% Micro$oft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer virus problem
On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 20:24, Robin Turner wrote: Just installed Ethereal - a nice application! It just detected one legit print job. Even if I never catch the culprit, I can have fun sniffing round the LAN. Sir Robin I detect an enthusiasm that can turn either devious, or, well, more devious...(but it's so great to have that kinda power over Windows machines...flooding ports, knockin'em off the network, crashing'em, mapping to Window's drives without the owner knowing about it...) ...DON'T get any ideas...(grin) -- Mon Jun 30 22:00:01 EST 2003 22:00:01 up 5 days, 21:46, 3 users, load average: 0.94, 1.00, 1.03 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Karl: You don't belong here. You're a fraud and a phony and it's only a matter of time until they find you out. Homer: (gasps) Who told you? Simpson and Delilah Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] problem with sound
On Monday 30 June 2003 09:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have some problems with OSS, after boot it says something like : CPU Overload, fatal server error, this is not happening all the time, but pretty often and is not so pleasant at all. Everything is working ok, i have sound, but when this error appears i can`t use it sound options. How can i solve this OSS issue ? My second problem is that i installed alsa since this OSS is not working, but also no sound because alsamixergui has the default value for volume : mute. I`ve tryed S, Ctr+S, man alsamixergui, but i can`t find anywere saving options for alsamixer settings (after i`ve changed mute and volume option), and i can`t find also alsamixer text version. Have you tried just typing alsamixer in a terminal? There is a man page, you use the 'm' key to toggle mute IIRC. Thanks for your understanding ! P.S. Using Mdk 9.1 on P III Copermine 733/133, main board Intel D815eea2, sound onboard AC97, 512 MB SDRAM HTH, -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Weirdness - playing a video
Stephen Kuhn wrote: Nah. It's either an issue directly with the driver, or with the XWindows configuration...just trying to nail it down. That does seem to suggest that. Did you install the compiled nvidia vestion or the nvidia version of an rpm. The rpm version gives their nvidia splashscreen just before desktop wheras the compiled version does not. If the compiled version maybe something went wrong there. I have the rpm version on my M9.1 and it seems OK. I didn't have to do much to configure it beyond changin nv to nvidia. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Weirdness - playing a video
On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 21:21, John Richard Smith wrote: Stephen Kuhn wrote: Nah. It's either an issue directly with the driver, or with the XWindows configuration...just trying to nail it down. That does seem to suggest that. Did you install the compiled nvidia vestion or the nvidia version of an rpm. The rpm version gives their nvidia splashscreen just before desktop wheras the compiled version does not. If the compiled version maybe something went wrong there. I have the rpm version on my M9.1 and it seems OK. I didn't have to do much to configure it beyond changin nv to nvidia. John NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4349.run is the driver I used (supposed to be the latest) - but using YANC to tune it a bit moreso than I did to the old version... -- Mon Jun 30 22:45:01 EST 2003 22:45:01 up 5 days, 22:31, 3 users, load average: 1.30, 1.19, 1.10 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Tobacco is a filthy weed, That from the devil does proceed; It drains your purse, it burns your clothes, And makes a chimney of your nose. -- B. Waterhouse Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Splitting a file across floppies
On Sun, 2003-06-29 at 16:15, Warren Post wrote: How can I split a large file across multiple floppy disks and reassemble them on another computer? In that other OS, I would use Winzip or a similar tool, but I don't see how to do it either with Gnozip or from the command line. Specifically, here's my situation. I've downloaded a 3 MB Windows executable on my Linux box, which I need to install on a Windows box. I don't have CD-R, so I have to split the file across several floppies. I was going to suggest using tar, but it's a Windows machine - crickey. IBM has a utility that does exactly that - but WHERE on the IBM site it is, is another matter. I had to do some work on an IBM laptop and found it as a freely downloadable utility - if you're into the pain and torture of searching through the IBM software site, you might find it...it was small, but worked like a charm... -- Mon Jun 30 21:35:00 EST 2003 21:35:00 up 5 days, 21:21, 3 users, load average: 1.39, 1.23, 1.09 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Say my love is easy had, Say I'm bitten raw with pride, Say I am too often sad -- Still behold me at your side. Say I'm neither brave nor young, Say I woo and coddle care, Say the devil touched my tongue -- Still you have my heart to wear. But say my verses do not scan, And I get me another man! -- Dorothy Parker, Fighting Words Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie]MNF: adding programs/functionality
On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 09:19, FemmeFatale wrote: I want to run an MNF Server and add the ability to have it serve files by ftp or something similar. You can't. -- Mon Jun 30 21:45:01 EST 2003 21:45:01 up 5 days, 21:31, 3 users, load average: 1.01, 1.09, 1.08 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence ... in time every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties ... Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence. -- Dr. Laurence J. Peter, The Peter Principle Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Security flaw in VMWare 4 for Linux
On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 21:45, Adolfo Bello wrote: Holiday? I use to know its meaning. :-((( 100% of my time in the last three weeks has been dedicated to prepare a bid for a large system. I'll be free again by the next week end. Saludos, Adolfo Maybe I should move there. Got a bed free? -- Mon Jun 30 23:25:01 EST 2003 23:25:01 up 5 days, 23:11, 3 users, load average: 1.00, 1.07, 1.08 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * To be wise, the only thing you really need to know is when to say I don't know. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] sylpheed: max # recipients limited by isp
On Sun, 2003-06-29 at 08:11, Eric Huff wrote: If i have an isp that has a limit on the number of mails sent, is there a way to get sylpheed to break it up into seperat mails automatically? I'm sure the reason the isp has the rule is for purposes of spam. I promise that's not what i am doing! We're havin a 5th of july party, and i guess i have too many firends that like to come to parties... (anyone list members in the pasadena, CA area?) thanks, eric ...couldn't you just setup POSTFIX or SENDMAIL to deliver directly instead of passing through and using your SMTP? -- Mon Jun 30 21:30:01 EST 2003 21:30:01 up 5 days, 21:16, 3 users, load average: 1.05, 1.07, 1.02 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * The introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the whole state, for styles of music are never disturbed without affecting the most important political institutions. ... The new style, gradually gaining a lodgement, quitely insinuates itself into manners and customs, and from it ... goes on to attack laws and constitutions, displaying the utmost impudence, until it ends by overturning everything. -- Plato, Republic, 370 B.C. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] quicktime
On Sun, 2003-06-29 at 20:42, Tsyko wrote: How do i play quicktime mov files? If you've installed the Quicktime drivers from PLF or any of the mirrors that have the /contrib directory, you can play'em in XINE or Mplayer. ftp://ftp.easynet.fr/plf/ -- Mon Jun 30 21:40:01 EST 2003 21:40:01 up 5 days, 21:26, 3 users, load average: 1.00, 1.12, 1.08 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Ok, now let's try to get an answer from someone who's not a complete retard. Anyone? C'mon, don't be shy. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] neat trick: man completion
On Saturday 28 June 2003 06:07 pm, Eric Huff wrote: Hmmm... Don't know why you had to hit esc 2X. You should also be able to hold down alt instead of esc: alt ! (don't forget that ! is shift-1, not just 1). As for 102 possibilities, whew! Maybe you have a lot more pk's installed than i do? In which case you hafta know another letter of the thing you are looking up... If i do just p i get similar: [EMAIL PROTECTED] huff]$ man p here i hit ESC ! Display all 340 possibilities? (y or n) [EMAIL PROTECTED] huff]$ man p eric Ah - ok - my bad, I got it now, thanks! :-) -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Splitting a file across floppies
On June 30, 2003 05:04 am, Todd Slater wrote: On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 10:29:39AM +0100, Peter Watson wrote: On Sunday 29 Jun 2003 07:15, Warren Post wrote: How can I split a large file across multiple floppy disks and reassemble them on another computer? In that other OS, I would use Winzip or a similar tool, but I don't see how to do it either with Gnozip or from the command line. Specifically, here's my situation. I've downloaded a 3 MB Windows executable on my Linux box, which I need to install on a Windows box. I don't have CD-R, so I have to split the file across several floppies. Use split - see man split for details There's hjsplit for windows and lxsplit for *nix. I've never tried to recombine a split files on windows; if you have trouble, hj/lxsplit might work. Todd I've done it both ways and hj/lxsplit work very well. Just Google on em to get em. ttfn John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: test
On June 29, 2003 08:42 pm, Aron Smith wrote: On Sun, 2003-06-29 at 08:16, Aron Smith wrote: This is a test no need to panic .. unless I am sending in HTML if so notify me and I will panic. trying again No need to panic :-) It seems the mail servers had a hiccup on the weekend so very few of us receieved anything. ttfn John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] when the servers go down:
Hi Folks, Test emails don't bug me at all, but if you really want to see if it's you or the server, you can check the archives (mandrake's, not mail-archive). They're usu just a small amount behind. If you have trouble with the timestamp (i do) you can just compare your most recent to it's most recent. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Splitting a file across floppies
I was going to suggest using tar, but it's a Windows machine - crickey. Doesn't winzip recognize tar files? Maybe not splitting, though... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] quicktime
On Sunday June 29 2003 05:42 am, Tsyko wrote: How do i play quicktime mov files? mplayer, install the Mandrake rpms and get the win32 and QT codecs from mplayer's d/l page http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/ -or- Get the mplayer rpms for your mandrake version from PLF, http://plf.zarb.org/The win32-codec rpm there includes the QT codecs. Get the mencoder rpm too while you're there. xine will also play QT .mov's, but mplayer has very much more functionality, contrast, brightness, tint, color level, and sound volume adjustments, on the fly while the .mov is playin if you use the command line version, not the GUI frontend. Also, usin mplayer's mencoder, you can edit, re-size, crop, etc. movie files or create your own. If you also install Mandrake's kmplayer rpm you can configure your browser to use it to play QT streams from web pages. At least with Konqueror. I haven't tried it with other browsers. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] How to search for greatest # of incidences?
If I had a text file that contained the winning Powerball numbers in our state for the last 10 years, what would be the easiest way to search it for the numbers that occurred the most often. Hopefully output to a text file, in descending order by rank? Can I do that from bash? Thanks! -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] neat trick: man completion
On Sunday June 29 2003 02:06 pm, Miark wrote: By ESC !, Eric mean Escape keyExclamation mark key. :-) Miark On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 13:39:19 -0400 Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Eric. Just curious, I have to hit esc twice here, and it asks if I want to display all 102 possibilities :-0 Once, twice w/wo the ! key, what'a y'all goin on about? the Tab key is used for auto completion, no? Well, OK, Esc twice works too, but why not just hit Tab once? -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] URPMI.... once more, again.. Charlie
quoting Curt Tresenriter; Sunday 29 June 2003 08:25 am: whack Hi Charlie, Yes I did add a source for contrib before issuing the command. Thanks for the tip about the build dir. I'll do that. Curt Sorry about that Curt, busy weekend. It seems the message did get through, but the ol' sympa shuffle was happening again. The Mandrake lists I subscribe to were all missing until this morning in other words. So; since you have added a contrib repository for urpmi to use, and you're still having trouble, it would seem that you either have: 1.) a broken checkinstall built on the system and you have to urpme checkinstall (to remove it) or, 2.) you actually need to rebuild the database. In a terminal as root (su - ) updatedb and strike the enter key. I don't know why you'd need to, it should be happening at 4:00 AM by schedule. Finally, some of the mirrors have been slightly wonky for a few months but not continually and not with any consistency. You may have found one that has a package shown that either; isn't really there, has incorrect permissions, has an incorrect version number, or Other. That last means who the hell knows, but have you actually browsed to the mirror and *looked* to see if what you are trying to install is there? That seems not to be the problem since you said the files are actually in the /var/cache directory. Have you tried just (as root in an xterm) cd to that directory and then use rpm -ivh *.rpm to install them? Worth a shot maybe. It's a drastic step, you may just be able to run rpmdrake (type that in the root term you're using, it's the graphical installer that's embedded in Mandrake Control Centre but can be run alone) and search manually in the All Files Alphabetically category for them then install them from there. But if urpmi is choking I wouldn't expect that to work either. I'm CC:'ing this to you privately just in case the list server has another migraine. ;-) Good luck. C. -- Edmonton,AB,Canada Registered user 244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake 9.1 Bamboo (cooked) 10:31:06 up 12 days, 15:47, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.02, 0.04 The IBM purchase of ROLM gives new meaning to the term twisted pair. -- Howard Anderson, Yankee Group Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to search for greatest # of incidences?
On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 12:04:52PM -0400, Ronald J. Hall wrote: If I had a text file that contained the winning Powerball numbers in our state for the last 10 years, what would be the easiest way to search it for the numbers that occurred the most often. Hopefully output to a text file, in descending order by rank? Can I do that from bash? Thanks! Yes, it depends on what the text file looks like; in general, you're going to probably use sort and then pipe it through uniq, such as cat file.txt|sort|uniq -c You might need to play some other tricks depending on the way the numbers appear in your text file. Do I get a cut when you win? :) Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] root filesystem problems
On Sunday June 29 2003 05:29 pm, Andrei Raevsky wrote: I am running ext3 journalling filesystem which I thought would record the location of all my files every 5 sec. However, data was lost. Why?! Can you explain what happened? And should I take any special action? ext3 is really just ext2 with a not so good journal tacked on. As such it doesn't recover very much better than ext2 does. Better to use ReiserFS or XFS true journaling FS's. I'd suggest ReiserFS. Doesn't help much with your problems now, but next time you install, I'd advise you to avoid ext3. As to lost or corrupted files, unless you have backups for 'em, I'm afraid you're SOL. You might try lookin in the various 'lostfound' directories ext3 spread all over your system when it tried to recover. OTOH, your corruption shouldn't have happened other than due to a hard shutdown. If that was due to power failure, you need to invest in an UPS. If you didn't have a hard re-set, your hard drive(s), might be goin bad. The drive(s) probly came with a bootable floppy and suitable diagnostics on it for that drive. If not, you can get the floppy image from your drive's website. Otherwise see 'man badblocks'. You might also have a deficient HDD controller, specially if you've got a win-raid motherboard, with the fake raid disabled in bios, but are usin the extra ide ports. Other possible causes are faulty ram, or PSU. There's other more remote causes like bad caps on the motherboard, to somethin simple like ide cable(s) that need re-seating or replacing. IOW's the reason can be many and/or varied, but boil down to user (including choices), or hardware. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Swapping Hard drives
I just got a IBM thinkpad 600 400 MHZ and I am useing it to replace my old Thinkpad 770E that is only 333MHZ but has a 20 GB HDD. If I understand correctly I should be able to install the old HDD in the new laptop and do a custom install leaving my home partitision unformated. but reformat the other partisions. Then the rest of the install should update the rest of the installation for the new hardware leaving all of my personal information and files intact. Does this sound right ?? OH yeah it gets more complicated. The HDD is set up to dual boot with windoze. Will I be able to reinstall windoze without windoze wipeing out my linux installation or will Windoze try to take control of the whole disk and wipe out ML9.1 I am not worried about loosing any data from the windoze installation. TIA Marc -- Composed on a 100% Microsoft and Windows free computer with Mandrake Linux 9.1 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Kde-Kate, selector - big icons
Hello! Every time I start Kate, the docked selector (which shows the open files) is displayed with big icons. I right-click and choose View | small icons. OK, but how do I get Kate to remember this setting at next startup? I'm getting a bit anoyyed by it now, since I change it everytime I start Kate. /Björn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] sylpheed: max # recipients limited by isp
If i have an isp that has a limit on the number of mails sent, is there a way to get sylpheed to break it up into seperat mails automatically? I'm sure the reason the isp has the rule is for purposes of spam. I promise that's not what i am doing! We're havin a 5th of july party, and i guess i have too many firends that like to come to parties... (anyone list members in the pasadena, CA area?) ...couldn't you just setup POSTFIX or SENDMAIL to deliver directly instead of passing through and using your SMTP? I am sure i could, but i haven't messed with postfix yet. I pretty much have everything else set up now (wm, desktop, sylpheed, etc) so maybe postfix is my next project... eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] defragmentation
Sir Robin, Excelent explanation, me and the other newbies (i`m sure of it) we thank you for it, i finally understood fragmentation process in windows and unix/linux file system. Thank you again ! Regards from newArTs. - Original Message - From: Robin Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 2:56 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] defragmentation [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, but it would be very usefull if the most experienced ppl on this mail list would give us an explanation or some usefull links on this matter, why ext doesn`t need defragmentation ... Thanks in advance for your understanding. It's very simple, and not exclusive to Linux - it goes back to the early days of Unix. The best way to think of it is that your filesystem is one of those folders that has a separate plastic envelope for each page. Imagine you're a secretary who has to store documents in such a folder. To start off, you put in the first document at the beginning, then the second document after it, and so on. The difference comes when you bin some documents (delete files). If you're a Unix/Linux secretary, and you have a ten-page document, you look for the first empty space in the folder that has at least ten envelopes and put your document there. If you're a Windows secretary, you start filing the document in the first empty space you find, even if it only has three envelopes. You then look for another empty space, and file the next few pages of your document, and so on. Eventually, the documents in your foder are so spread out and mixed up that you have to take them all out and put them back in some kind of order (defragmentation). Stupid, isn't it? Sir Robin -- Some guy breaking into a government computer system and wreaking havoc makes for a more interesting movie plot than some guy writing device drivers. It's hard to work in a good 10-minutes car chase scene with some guy who writes device drivers... - tjc, post to LWN Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Univeritesi Ankara 06533 Turkey www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] question for mozilla users
On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 Michael wrote: i don't know if i messed up a setting somewhere, but every time i open mozilla or i click on a link from a web page and it opens another page, it's FULL SCREEN. it's kind of annoying actually and i don't need it full screen, especially with a 19 moniter. i've been checking everywhere for an answer to this, but i can't seem to find anything. that includes checking the mozilla home page and looking under every setting and option for mozilla. i can't seem to find it. Konqueror opens up fine, but i like mozilla better. i'm running md9.1 and operating in the KDE desktop enviornment. i havn't tried using tabbed browsing to see if it tries to do it there after i resize mozilla after opening it, but that's because i didn't like tabbed browsing the last time i tried it. thanks in advance. Mike Open a Mozilla window and right click the title bar. Un-check the Maximize option. Then resize the window to your liking and check the Save window configuration option. /Björn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to search for greatest # of incidences?
On Monday June 30 2003 11:04 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: If I had a text file that contained the winning Powerball numbers in our state for the last 10 years, what would be the easiest way to search it for the numbers that occurred the most often. Hopefully output to a text file, in descending order by rank? Can I do that from bash? Thanks! Well, I saw you got an answer, now don't bet on it like I infer you're fixin too ;) A knowledge, even intuitively, of random mathematics, theory of chaos, would suggest that past numbers would be more unlikely to turn up than those in future sets? More likely to included? Answer is No to both, but what t'hey, try usin those sorted numbers, or avoid usin 'em. Tickets don't cost much, but buyin multiple tickets only increases your losses, not your chances in any appreciable sense. Worst way to decrease chances is usin the same number set all the time. Specially if they would'a won the one time you forgot to play 'em ; -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Installing grub on floppy
Hi, I would like to install GRUB on a floppy. The command on a multiboot howto give this-- grub-install '(fd0)' GRUB not very happy with this On the GRUB man this is the command grub --install-partition=PAR I can not find the correct sequence of the option? Somewhere the floppy should be in the option How do -partition be considered? =PAR I do this from /boot/grub Please kindly if possible the correct way to do the option for floppy I do it from the HD what I was supposed to do from floppy - it works - every time have to remove drive 1 to do on drive 2 -put back drive 1 etc- quite a nuisance -but I would like the floppy way for testing. Thanks Johan . May this be a good day for learning Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] sylpheed/checkinstall
On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 20:54, C T wrote: What does it really want here? or how do I end it with an empty line? Hit enter. Without typing anything. Then the line is... empty... :-) Paul -- Thou shalt not impersonate Liberace or eat watermelon while sitting at the console keyboard. http://nlpagan.net - Linux Mandrake - Ximian Evolution Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] snapshot
Josenildo Marques wrote: I can't get snapshots of movies either using Ksnapshot or The Gimp. The Mplayer window goes blue. I'm running Mandrake Linux 9.1. Thank you in advance for any tip. JM I encountered the same problem and was able to capture a screenshot by changing the video driver in the mplayer Preferences. I believe I switched it from xv to x11. Here is the result: http://www.bfcomputerconsulting.com/images/screenshot_video.jpg -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] how to make dial up global
Chris Knewstubb wrote: Hi, I am running Mandrake 9.1. I am in the process of setting up accounts for my family. I have set up KPPP dial up tool in my account. How do I set it up so that it appears in all accounts and not just mine? You could copy the kppp configuration files from your account to all the others (they're buried somewhere under .kde). Alternatively, if you all use the same ISP account and want to be online all the time (i.e. you're not on a pay-per-minute connection), you couldtry what I did and use wvdial, setting it to run as a daemon in your startup configuration. That way no one has to bother with connecting - by the time the windows manager has opened, they'll be online. Sir Robin -- A strategy is still being formulated. Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Univeritesi Ankara 06533 Turkey www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] sylpheed/checkinstall
On 30 Jun 2003 13:54:19 -0500 C T [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So I tried: sylpheedrpm EOF and sylpheedrpmEOF sylpheed [enter] EOF [enter] or instead of using EOF you may just use [enter] sylpheed [enter] [enter] Charles -- Enough research will tend to support your conclusions -- Murphy's In Laws n°13 - Mandrake Linux 9.2 on PurpleDragon Kernel- 2.4.21-0.1mdk http://www.eslrahc.com - pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
[newbie] sylpheed/checkinstall
Got the /.configure step done but I'm stuck again! I ran checkinstall and chose R (rpm), now it's asking: Please write a description for the package. End your description with an empty line or EOF. So I tried: sylpheedrpm EOF and sylpheedrpmEOF but it just returns: What does it really want here? or how do I end it with an empty line? TIA, Curt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] USB digital camera?
On Monday 30 June 2003 11:38 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Sun, 2003-06-29 at 09:23, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Saturday 28 June 2003 03:37 pm, Grant wrote: snip From what I've seen on this list, some folks have had problems with USB cameras. Information about your camera would be useful to anyone who is considering adding one. -- cmg Friend of mine came by with his Sony Cybershot 2.1 megapixel DSC-S50; I plugged it into the USB hub, turned the camera on, fired up kdf, saw the camera as a mountable device, mounted it, navigated to the /mnt/camera directory, and happily copied the JPG's where I saw fit. Wasn't rocket science, but then again, Sony is a relatively large brand...had more problems connecting this camera to a Win98 box and the XP box... /snip FYI : I just got a Olympus C 740 Ultra Zoom. It isn't listed in gPhoto or gPhoto2, so I figured to spend the weekend in the command-line interface editing obscure configuration-files. To my big surprise, when I plugged the USB cable into the PC and opened the KDE file manager, I could just click the yellow star in the left-hand panel and voil : under *devices* the camera popped up as a new hard drive. Pure magic. Furthermore a new line was added to /etc/fstab : /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera auto user,iocharset=utf8,kudzu,noauto,exec 0 0 (this is one line, actually) Of course it is important to unmount the camera after copying the files, otherwise one cannot download another batch of pictures in the same session. Kaj Haulrich. -- Registered Linux user # 214073 at http://counter.li.org Powered by Linux - Mandrake 9.1 - kernel 2.4.21 Brought to you from a 100 % Micro$oft-free computer. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Error Compiling Kernel Modules
Hi Guys. Got problems on my first rebuild of the kernel... Kernel 2.4.21 that comes with mandrake 9.1 Optflags: march=athlon-tbird -pipe -fomitframepoiter -O2 Kernel compiles fine but when #make modules Is entered at the command line I Get the following error message from the compiler. make -C kernel CFLAGS=-D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/include -W all -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fom it-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=athlon-tbird -O2 -fom it-frame-pointer -pipe -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.1 3mdk/include/linux/modversions.h MAKING_MODULES=1 modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/kernel' make[1]: Nothing to be done for `modules'. make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/kernel' make -C drivers CFLAGS=-D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/include - Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fo mit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=athlon-tbird -O2 -fo mit-frame-pointer -pipe -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0. 13mdk/include/linux/modversions.h MAKING_MODULES=1 modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/drivers' make -C block modules make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/drivers/block' gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototy pes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pi pe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=athlon-tbird -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -pi pe -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/include/linux/m odversions.h -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -DKBUILD_BASENAME=floppy -c -o flo ppy.o floppy.c In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/include/linux/prefetch.h:13, from /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/include/linux/list.h:6, from /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/include/linux/module.h:12, from floppy.c:148: /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/include/asm/processor.h:51: warning: parameter nam es (without types) in function declaration /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/include/asm/processor.h:51: field `loops_per_jiffy _R_ver_str' declared as a function /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/include/asm/processor.h:73: invalid suffix on inte ger constant /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/include/asm/processor.h:73: parse error before num eric constant /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/include/asm/processor.h:73: warning: function decl aration isn't a prototype In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/include/linux/prefetch.h:13, from /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/include/linux/list.h:6, from /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/include/linux/module.h:12, from floppy.c:148: /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/include/asm/processor.h:259:1: warning: EISA_bus redefined In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/include/linux/modversions.h: 161, from command line:1: /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/include/linux/modules/i386_ksyms.ver:22: 1: warning : this is the location of the previous definition /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/include/asm/processor.h:261: warning: parameter na mes (without types) in function declaration In file included from floppy.c:148: /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/include/linux/module.h:183: invalid suffix on inte ger constant /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/include/linux/module.h:183: parse error before num eric constant /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/include/linux/module.h:183: `inter_module_register _R_ver_str' declared as function returning a function /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/include/linux/module.h:183: warning: function decl aration isn't a prototype /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/include/linux/module.h:184: invalid suffix on inte ger constant /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/include/linux/module.h:184: parse error before num eric constant /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/include/linux/module.h:184: `inter_module_unregist er_R_ver_str' declared as function returning a function /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/include/linux/module.h:184: warning: function decl aration isn't a prototype /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/include/linux/module.h:185: `inter_module_get_R_ve r_str' declared as function returning a function /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/include/linux/module.h:185: warning: parameter nam es (without types) in function declaration /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/include/linux/module.h:186: `inter_module_get_requ est_R_ver_str' declared as function returning a function /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/include/linux/module.h:186: warning: parameter nam es (without types) in function declaration /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/include/linux/module.h:187: invalid suffix on inte ger constant /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk/include/linux/module.h:187: parse error before num eric constant
Re: [newbie] How to search for greatest # of incidences?
On Monday 30 June 2003 03:13 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: Well, I saw you got an answer, now don't bet on it like I infer you're fixin too ;) A knowledge, even intuitively, of random mathematics, theory of chaos, would suggest that past numbers would be more unlikely to turn up than those in future sets? More likely to included? Answer is No to both, but what t'hey, try usin those sorted numbers, or avoid usin 'em. Tickets don't cost much, but buyin multiple tickets only increases your losses, not your chances in any appreciable sense. Worst way to decrease chances is usin the same number set all the time. Specially if they would'a won the one time you forgot to play 'em ; Ya know, there is a family in our county that used the same number from the time that the Lottery started here in Kentucky. Played it straight thru, every drawing for about 3 years before getting disgusted and quitting. IIRC, the next week their number came up. Talk about some heart-broken people! It made the newspaper in a small article -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] snapshot
Josenildo Marques wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I can't get snapshots of movies either using Ksnapshot or The Gimp. The Mplayer window goes blue. I'm running Mandrake Linux 9.1. I don't know how to fix this, but Xine has its own snapshot feature. Sir Robin -- A strategy is still being formulated. Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Univeritesi Ankara 06533 Turkey www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] RPM for X11 cursors?
Hi list, I remember reading somewhere about an RPM for Mandrake that included several different X11 cursor themes, but I can't remember where I read it, or where they were located. Can anyone help me out here? Thanks in advance, -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Asst. Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Available via instant messenger Registered Linux User #218330 Composed on a 100% Micro$oft-free PC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] root filesystem problems
Hi Tom, Thanks for the very thourough answer. I did not have a power failure and my hardware is an old laptop. Next time I will choose ReiserFS. Thanks a lot! Andrei On Sunday June 29 2003 05:29 pm, Andrei Raevsky wrote: I am running ext3 journalling filesystem which I thought would record the location of all my files every 5 sec. However, data was lost. Why?! Can you explain what happened? And should I take any special action? ext3 is really just ext2 with a not so good journal tacked on. As such it doesn't recover very much better than ext2 does. Better to use ReiserFS or XFS true journaling FS's. I'd suggest ReiserFS. Doesn't help much with your problems now, but next time you install, I'd advise you to avoid ext3. As to lost or corrupted files, unless you have backups for 'em, I'm afraid you're SOL. You might try lookin in the various 'lostfound' directories ext3 spread all over your system when it tried to recover. OTOH, your corruption shouldn't have happened other than due to a hard shutdown. If that was due to power failure, you need to invest in an UPS. If you didn't have a hard re-set, your hard drive(s), might be goin bad. The drive(s) probly came with a bootable floppy and suitable diagnostics on it for that drive. If not, you can get the floppy image from your drive's website. Otherwise see 'man badblocks'. You might also have a deficient HDD controller, specially if you've got a win-raid motherboard, with the fake raid disabled in bios, but are usin the extra ide ports. Other possible causes are faulty ram, or PSU. There's other more remote causes like bad caps on the motherboard, to somethin simple like ide cable(s) that need re-seating or replacing. IOW's the reason can be many and/or varied, but boil down to user (including choices), or hardware. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas -- Linux-Mandrake 9 (Dolphin) Mandrake Club Silver Member Registered GNU/Linux user: 226850 Registered GNU/Linux computer: 183163 URL: http://laptops.portalinux.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Splitting a file across floppies
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had a need to do this some years ago in the DOS/Windows world and found a utility called SplitZ. I still have it here if anyone would like me to attach it to an e-mail. It's 239K. Pretty intuitive. 'file splitter' v1.0, by p t ranjit, is a nice file splitter, connector, for ms, where you select size and number of split. can be re joined with out prog by 'copy /b fn1+fn2+fn3 fn.ext' or 'cat fn1+fn2+fn3fn.ext' in linux. size = 45,144 bytes, uses vbrun300.dll or later. can send booth. peace out. tc,hago. g . -- =+= think green... save a tree, save a life, save time, save bandwidth, save storage. send email: text/plain - disable pgp/gpg/geek code attachments. =+= if you are proud to be an american, then buy made in america. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] /usr/postinstall-rpm
I just stumbled over the directiory /usr/postinstall-rpm. It is full of rpms, some of which may have been installed once and others that I don't recognize at all. Thay all have a modification time of april 7, and I suppose that's when I installed 9.1. Is it needed for anything or is it safe to delete? -- Björn Olsson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] sylpheed/checkinstall
On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 14:34, Paul wrote: On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 20:54, C T wrote: What does it really want here? or how do I end it with an empty line? Hit enter. Without typing anything. Then the line is... empty... :-) Paul :-o ... Guess that should have been obvious. Thanks Paul C. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to search for greatest # of incidences?
On Monday 30 Jun 2003 6:52 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Monday 30 June 2003 01:04 pm, Todd Slater wrote: Yes, it depends on what the text file looks like; in general, you're going to probably use sort and then pipe it through uniq, such as cat file.txt|sort|uniq -c You might need to play some other tricks depending on the way the numbers appear in your text file. Well, all the numbers from each are in a line, separated by a space, so its reporting each line of numbers as occuring once. :-) try tr ' ' '\n' powerball.txt | sort | uniq -c | sort -r There's a space between the first pair of quotes. cat powerball.txt Here's the numbers I tested it with 11 12 13 14 16 12 13 14 15 16 13 14 15 16 17 14 15 16 17 18 15 16 17 18 19 tr ' ' '\n' powerball.txt translates all spaces to newlines characters, so each ball is on a line of its own. 11 12 13 14 16 12 13 14 15 16 13 14 15 16 17 14 15 16 17 18 15 16 17 18 19 sort sorts the list of balls so all balls with the same number are adjacent. 11 12 12 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 17 17 17 18 18 19 uniq -c replaces each sequence of identical numbers with a count of the number of times the ball occurs. The first number is the frequency, the second is the ball number: 1 11 2 12 3 13 4 14 4 15 5 16 3 17 2 18 1 19 sort -r sorts the list of frequencies into reverse order, so the biggest number is at the top 5 16 4 15 4 14 3 17 3 13 2 18 2 12 1 19 1 11 -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to search for greatest # of incidences? Now OT
On Monday 30 Jun 2003 8:13 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Monday June 30 2003 11:04 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: If I had a text file that contained the winning Powerball numbers in our state for the last 10 years, what would be the easiest way to search it for the numbers that occurred the most often. Hopefully output to a text file, in descending order by rank? Can I do that from bash? Thanks! Well, I saw you got an answer, now don't bet on it like I infer you're fixin too ;) A knowledge, even intuitively, of random mathematics, theory of chaos, would suggest that past numbers would be more unlikely to turn up than those in future sets? Actually if it is purely random then past behavior has no effect on future performance. All numbers are always just as likely to occur, no matter how often they have occured in the past. More likely to included? Answer is No to both, but what t'hey, try usin those sorted numbers, or avoid usin 'em. Tickets don't cost much, but buyin multiple tickets only increases your losses, not your chances in any appreciable sense. Worst way to decrease chances is usin the same number set all the time. Specially if they would'a won the one time you forgot to play 'em ; No, because we can assume that the numbers are almost, but not quite random. If they were random then any more frequent numbers would be due to pure chance, but if we assume that there is some other factor, say a fault in the manufacture of a single ball, then that ball might come up more frequently. Here in the UK they also randomly select the batch of balls and the machine to be used. In that case then maybe there is a fault on some balls or machines that cause certain numbers to be more frequent, but the most frequent numbers are likely to be with different ball-sets and/or machines, so going blindly with the most frequent numbers is not going to get the big win, but just maybe you might get more than average three and four ball combinations. Here in the UK the chances of winning the jackpot is 14 million to one. That's an average of 269,230 years of playing once a week before getting the jackpot, and then it's only 50% likely to happen. Miss that and play for another 269,230 years and again its 50% likely you'll win. Of course if you put on 14,000,000 plays in one week then you're more likely to win quicker, but that would cost GBP 14,000,000 and the jackpot is only a few million GBP. It has been done, (in the USA if I remember correctly,) but generating and playing the millions of tickets was very hard, and I imagine all the loopholes have now been closed. For example the winning cartel printed their own tickets and the company now require all tickets to be their own. The only way to win at games of pure chance is to run the game. A strange game; the only winning move is not to play. Ronald, I suggest you generate the list of numbers, and then check them against your big file and see how much money you would have won in the last ten years. Then calculate how much you would have spent. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] RPM for X11 cursors?
quoting Terry Sheltra; Monday 30 June 2003 02:25 pm: Hi list, I remember reading somewhere about an RPM for Mandrake that included several different X11 cursor themes, but I can't remember where I read it, or where they were located. Can anyone help me out here? Thanks in advance, Hi Terry; I don't think there's a version for 9.1, only cooker. I could be wrong, but you can install the cooker one anyway. Any cooker contrib mirror, such as this one: ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/mandrake-devel/contrib/i586/cursor_themes-0.0.1-2mdk.noarch.rpm I don't recall what dependencies it had, it's been too long sorry. Regards; Charlie -- Edmonton,AB,Canada Registered user 244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake 9.1 Bamboo (cooked) 15:11:23 up 12 days, 20:27, 1 user, load average: 0.10, 0.17, 0.10 Genius is pain. -- John Lennon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
