Re: debian-user-digest Digest V102 #99

2002-01-15 Thread Steven Smolinski
Is anyone watching the debian-user-digest? It's broken. Symptoms include: 1. There was a serveral-day outage last week, then a deluge. 2. Now every digest comes with the same volume and issue number, and the same (wrong) table of contents of the posts attached. Anyone know where to report

Re: Nvidia, GL and root

2001-07-03 Thread Steven Smolinski
helpful to say, I'm going to just apologize for that and go on my way...] Steve -- Steven Smolinski = http://arbiter.ca/

Re: [users] Re: Time to fight for our beloved DEB format!

2001-07-03 Thread Steven Smolinski
have to edit the runlevels now, why would you care about having to edit the runlevels after they were made to match the LSB? That, at least, buys some compatibility. Steve -- Steven Smolinski = http://arbiter.ca/

Re: random lines

2001-07-02 Thread Steven Smolinski
in the file. That algorithm is one of the purest distillations of beauty I've ever seen. :-) Remember, the perlfaq is far more peer-reviewed than almost any other source of info. Steve -- Steven Smolinski = http://arbiter.ca/

Re: [users] Re: random lines

2001-07-02 Thread Steven Smolinski
On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 12:23:20AM +0200, Martin F. Krafft wrote: also sprach Steven Smolinski (on Mon, 02 Jul 2001 01:46:29PM -0400): That algorithm is one of the purest distillations of beauty I've ever seen. :-) Remember, the perlfaq is far more peer-reviewed than almost any other

Re: how to run X apps as root?

2001-07-02 Thread Steven Smolinski
and paste, no gpm) complained that there was already a server running on :0. Well, of course! That's why you pass :1. Perhaps the :1 arg isn't getting through to xinit anymore? Cluelessly, Steve -- Steven Smolinski = http://arbiter.ca/

[users] Re: random lines

2001-07-01 Thread Steven Smolinski
file in. A simple proof by induction is available upon request if you doubt the algorithm's correctness. It is a sweet algorithm, and doesn't require you know the length of the file in advance. The random line is in $line after the loop exits. Steve -- Steven Smolinski = http://arbiter.ca/