Re: [newbie] ./ .... why?
DStevenson writes: On Wednesday 27 June 2001 06:47, Paul wrote: It was Tue, 26 Jun 2001 23:49:01 EDT when [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It took a while to catch onto the ./ thingy.. now that I know it, I still don't understand *why* this is necessary. I know, it's easy enough to add it to .bash_profile or wherever, but is there a justifiable reason why Linux makes you specify that the program you want to execute is in the current directory? Linux just does not assume the dir you are in as part of the path. Windoze/Dos do that. It is a safety catch. Suppose someone hacks your machine and adds an ls program to your home dir. And you do an ls. And this new ls only wipes out all the data you have access to. Not too nice, eh? Linux/Unix is about safety in the same way Windows is not. Paul -- To give of yourself, you must first know yourself. http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.4.99 ** http://www.care2.com - when you care ** If they can hack your system, then they can hack your path!!! Or you can add a . into your path environment variable. Put the . at the end of the path entries and that way linux will search the other paths first but will always look in the current working directory last of all. Dave. Putting . on the end of your path is safer then putting it on front but more confusing. I have had many users who put . on the end of a path only to get confused because there script called test doesn't work, if found /usr/bin/test earler on the path. I still vote for keeping it off.
[newbie] Cyrillic in Kword -- How, please?
I don't know about Kword and Russian, but xemacs-mule works for entering Chinese characters, and has support for Russian characters too. Benjamin Sher writes: Dear friends: I added Russian to my list of Keyboards in KDE 2.1.1. Works great. I can go to a Russian site and type in search keywords, etc in Russian. Now, if I can do this, how do I write in Russian in Kword or any other KDE application? Kword does not include any Cyrillic fonts in its list of fonts. How do I make this blessed event happen, please? Would really appreciate your help. Thank you so much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Detect Libraries in Mandrake 8.0
Mandrake 7.2 configured my sound card correctly, though 8.0 didn't. But it was easy enough to go into HardDrake, select my sound card, select your sound card and click on Run Configuration tool and select the correct one. Hopefully Mandrake will fix this in the future. Adams, Jamie writes: Hello, I have posted this once before, but after much searching on the net for a solution, and much fiddling with my config im still having no luck. My sound card, a Yamaha OPL3-SA2 inside a Toshiba Sattellite 2520CDT. The soundcard was previously detected under Mandrake 7.1, but not with 8.0. I understand that Harddrake relies on the Detect Libraries, i have considered replacing these with the earlier libraries from 7.1 but i have been told that this is not recommended. With the failure of Harddrake i inserted the correct module into the kernel, but when i pass on the Control IO of my soundcard to the module (0x370H) it complains that this IO is busy. Even so it gives me sound through the CD player in KDE, but does not play wav, mp3 or anything else really, including the event sounds for KDE. I checked my IO configuration and it says that my card is on 371H, not 370. Could someone pleease help me here?? i feel i have pretty much done all i can do to get this card working short of going back to 7.1, which seems completly pointless. Anything you can suggest would be much appreciated. Mnay thanks for listning. Yours in hope. Cheers -- Jamie _ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service.
RE: [newbie] Careers in Linux
A unix sysadmin doesn't to know how to programm in any programming language really. They have to just be able to make modifications to every programming languages used at the site. Though C, Perl and Bourn Shell good starters an OOP language is a good idea too. Just so long you can read code I can usually fake the rest. Sven
[newbie] Gnome Applets not redrawing
I Use Mandrake 8.0's Gnome on two systems and on both of them some of the applets don't redraw correctly. To be specific Character Picker works fine but if I slide the menu on and off the screen it doesn't redraw correctly until I move my mouse over the buttons. Sven
[newbie] write and print Greek with LM8?
emacs and xemacs-mule provide ways to enter greek letters, and you can save your files in different formats like iso-8859-7, iso-2202-* and others. I don't know greek and I have not idea out good the input methods are. I don't know about printing. Emanuil Giuris writes: How can I write and print Greek with LM8? I got Greek environment in KDE, I can read my Greek texts from the windows partition, I have imported win fonts, I have set the kbd to Greek, but I can neither write nor print Greek. Please help. Emanuil Giuris Thessaloniki, Greece e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] emacs
I know nothing about a Cobold but in general the command to compile stuff in emacs is: M-x compile The default command is: make -k You will either want to write a Makefile or edit that command. I put the following in my .emacs file: (global-set-key [f7] 'compile) so the f7 key runs the compile command. Learn more in (emacs)Compilation in info. Kurt Maier writes: Here goes a stupid question, but I'm going to ask anyway. I have LM 7.2 and I want to compile some Cobol programs for school, but I can't find the right command to compile in Emacs. I've looked in the manuals but no help. Any help is appreciated. Truly a Newbie Kurt
[newbie] how to get ssh to use askpass?
How do I get ssh to launch ssh-askpass when i'm logging in somplace else? Here is what is installed on my local system: openssh-2.3.0p1-7.1mdk openssh-askpass-2.3.0p1-7.1mdk openssh-clients-2.3.0p1-7.1mdk Sven
[newbie]] Linux Careers
Marcia, The other replies look good too, but in my current job I only ever see Linux boxes and get to play around with the latest kernels and all kinds of opens source stuff. I found it from: http://www.geekfinder.com/ And if you are geeky enough, and thinking about working in the 609 area code, maybe we will be working together soon. :) Sven
Re: [[newbie] Kernel in 7.2]
The command: uname -r is generally the way to figure out what version you are running. Michael Scottaline writes: "David Grubb" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Due to brain leakage and severe lack of caffeine, can someone tell me what the kernel version is in Mandrake 7.2? Cheers Dave I believe it's 2.2.17 Mike "What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch?" --W. C. Fields Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/webmail
Re: [newbie] cdrom deletion error
the MAKEDEV command might get it back too. If it's not IDE type: man MAKEDEV and start reading. Paul writes: On Tue, 12 Dec 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I assume you had an IDE cdrom. Was it on /dev/hdb? hdc? hdd? Make a new link cd /dev rm cdrom ln -s /dev/hd... cdrom and that should do it. Paul I deleted the wrong cdrom when trying to setup gnome toaster. I issued the command cd /dev rm cdrom In -s scd0 cdrom. How do I add my cdrom back in ? I get the error message no such file or directory. Also it says to be sure I have access etc. What command do I type to reset it back ? Thank you, Chronos. the serpent and the egg -- Cowboy Coffee: A brew strong enough to float a horseshoe in. http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.30
[newbie] ftp update doesn't work
Nobody followed up, but I figured out my problem. I was running MandrakeUpdate from an NFS mounted directory. If I move do a local directory, like / and try run MandrakeUpdate it works. I don't know why it matters as it doesn't seem to write anything to that directory but it matters. Sven Sven Heinicke writes: On an package updated Mandrake 7.2 system I have a copy of the Mandrake 7.2 and updates, I made these available to the local network via Mandrake 7.2's anonftp package. I just installed another system over the network via FTP but when I try to use MandrakeUpdate to update the latest packages it doesn't work. I then use wget to make a local copy of the updated packages and I can use MandrakeUpdate fine. I can I make MandrakeUpdate work with my local mirror? Sven
[newbie] ftp update doesn't work
On an package updated Mandrake 7.2 system I have a copy of the Mandrake 7.2 and updates, I made these available to the local network via Mandrake 7.2's anonftp package. I just installed another system over the network via FTP but when I try to use MandrakeUpdate to update the latest packages it doesn't work. I then use wget to make a local copy of the updated packages and I can use MandrakeUpdate fine. I can I make MandrakeUpdate work with my local mirror? Sven
[newbie] Best Web Browser
I know people who like Opera, but while I think the beta versions are free I don't think the stable versions are. Amaya is still a little unstable, and last I checked Mnemonic wasn't quite ready either. I don't know about the other browsers X11 on freshmeat. Mike Riffle writes: After seeing the invectives hurled at Netscape 6.0, I'm wondering... What is a good browser for linux? I checked freshmeat.net, but there seems to be quite a number available.
