[expert] nfs mounting

2001-09-11 Thread ddcharles
Hello, I have several machines at home; my main box is running LM 8.0/XF86 4, and has several shares set up through both NFS and Samba. The NFS share is set in /etc/exports like so: / 10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0(rw,no_root_squash) The Samba shares I set up using SWAT. I am having a f

Re: [expert] Fwd: Re: [newbie] filenames with spaces causing errorin script

2001-09-14 Thread ddcharles
Hi, what is going on here is that the for loop is iterating over EACH element in `ls -Q *.wav`, which returns each song title surrounded by quotes, which don't make a difference, as it is seperating the "list" into elements by splitting on spaces. David Charles On Fri, 14 Sep 2001, bascule wrot

Re: [expert] Fwd: Re: [newbie] filenames with spaces causing errorin script

2001-09-14 Thread ddcharles
Hi, I do all my scripting in perl, so you could try this: use vars qw($dir @files @wavs); $dir = $ARGV[0]; if (defined($dir)) { &wav2mp3; } elsif (!defined($dir)) { print "\nPlease enter the FULL path to the directory that CONTAINS the WAVS: "; chomp($dir = ); &wav2mp3; } sub wav2mp

Re: [expert] Promise & 'LI' at boot

2001-09-15 Thread ddcharles
Hi, This IS pretty much the EXACT same setup I have (different brand controller though). First, check to make sure that the bios has the boot order checking the correct devices in the correct order (i.e. make it boot off CD, then the correct hard drive (you will have to figure out what it is, fr

Re: [expert] Changing mounts and partitions

2001-09-15 Thread ddcharles
Hi, To delete a directory, with everything in it, WITHOUT confirmation (not to be done lightly), type: rm -Rf /dir -R = recursive, -f = force As for problems, from what you're saying (used cp -a = permissions/ownership good) then I don't think so. HTH, David Charles On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, ryan

Re: [expert] Fwd: Re: [newbie] filenames with spaces causing errorin script

2001-09-15 Thread ddcharles
Hi, Like I said before, I don't do my scripting in bash, but in perl. There are 2 books that I find indispensible; namely: Programming Perl by Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen & Randal L. Scwartz (O'Reilly ISBN 1-56592-149-6) Perl Black Book by Steven Holzner (CoriolisOpen Press ISBN 1-57610-465-6

Re: [expert] spaces and command line

2001-09-16 Thread ddcharles
Hi, when you cd to a directory that has spaces in its name, you have to escape the spaces with a back slash, e.g.: [/]$ cd dir\ name\ with\ spaces\ in\ name [/dir name with spaces in name]$ as for scrolling up, try SHIFT+PGUP. HTH, David Charles On Sun, 16 Sep 2001, Mike & Tracy Holt wrote:

Re: [expert] Changing mounts and partitions

2001-09-16 Thread ddcharles
Hi, That IS a good solution Civileme; however, most of the time when I am going to delete a full directory, I do the following: ls /dir and if it IS in fact what I want to delete, I then type rm -Rf ESC+_ (that is escape and underscore, to insert that last argument from the last command) which

Re: [expert] Windows fonts with Mandrake 8.0?

2001-09-17 Thread ddcharles
Hi, I am hoping that someone can help this guy out; I also have a similar problem when trying to use "Get Windows fonts"; when I click on get windows fonts, and select the fonts, it just hangs, and drakfont NEVER responds (I even tried leaving it on over night once) so I have to kill it. Thank

Re: [expert] mount -t ?Mac? /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

2001-09-18 Thread ddcharles
Hi, I don't know if the floppies use the same fs as mac hard drives, but I DO know that Mac's fs is HFS, which IS supported by mount. HTH, David Charles On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Felix Miata wrote: > I just looked throught 'man mount' without seeing anything to indicate a > Mac formatted floppy can

Re: [expert] what options was my kernel compiled with?

2001-09-20 Thread ddcharles
Hi, to be able to see the file ".config" you will need to do "ls -a" not "ls -l". David Charles On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Al Andersen wrote: > > BTW, in the kernel source code directory there's a hidden file. It's called > .config (do an "ls -l" to see it). It contains the configuration data for >

[expert] compiling new kernel, keeping old kernel, how?

2001-09-20 Thread ddcharles
Hello everybody, I want to start off by thanking everyone who uses this list, especially those who answered any of my previously posted questions. I would like to compile another kernel, and be able to boot from it. I have pretty much no problem on the "how" of compiling the kernel. My questio

Re: [expert] compiling new kernel, keeping old kernel, how?

2001-09-21 Thread ddcharles
Hi, Thanks, but as I said in my original posting, I have no problem with LILO, or adding OSs to LILO. What I AM having a problem with is figuring out how to compile/install a kernel so that I can keep all the mods/deps from my current kernel, AND those from the new kernel, in 2 SEPERATE places

Re: [expert] Promise & 'LI' at boot

2001-09-14 Thread ddcharles
Hi, I had almost the exact same thing happen to me; It had to do with what was master/slave on the ide controller, what was set to boot first in the bios, and adding a line to LILO. If you tell me what is set to boot first in the bios, I might have an idea; David Charles On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, j

Re: [expert] Problems with 8.1 RC1, Anybody else?

2001-09-24 Thread ddcharles
Hi, Can you explain why it is a "sure-fire" problem, or point me to an article explaining it please? Thanks, David Charles > > >When you are logged in and you right click on the desktop > > and select log off then select shutdown the system hangs on "shutting down > > portmapper" > > Are you t

Re: [expert] LILO - Fatal Error (for a friend-rush please?)

2001-09-24 Thread ddcharles
Hi, This suggestion will NOT work if your Win2K is installed on an NTFS partition, as there IS NO fdisk in Win2K (and win95 floppy will NOT recognize NTFS drive); You will have to boot into rescue mode (by using the install floppies OR the rescue floppy set you made), and use "fixmbr". HTH, Dav

Re: [expert] C++ for newbies...

2001-10-02 Thread ddcharles
Hi, You know the @INC perl var, that has all the dirs that should be looked into for packages (for use, etc.)? well, the "#include " line in your script (I am assuming there is such a line) is kind of like a "use CGI;" line would be in a perl script, and just as perl searches the @INC for CGI, t

Re: [expert] tar.gz???

2001-10-03 Thread ddcharles
Hi, the tar program has a filter built into it that lets it zip using either gzip/bzip2 (and I think zip also, but can't remember) at the same time that it is creating the archive; to do so, type the following: $ tar -cvzf foo.tar.gz foo OR $ tar -cvjf foo.tar.bz2 foo the first line, using the

Re: [expert] FTP Clients and d/l Speeds

2001-10-03 Thread ddcharles
Hi, I would check to make sure that you aren't reading incorrectly; what Imean is, that SOUNDS fine, when you consider that 1 kbyte = 8 kbits; IIRC, by default WSFTP uses kbits (but it can be changed); also, USUALLY kbytes is denoted with an uppercase "B" (i.e. kB or KB) whereas kbits is with a s

[expert] external usb hard drive problems

2001-10-20 Thread ddcharles
Hi, I have an external USB hard drive made by LaCie, which worked out of the box, was automatically detected during installation, and is set up with scsi emulation. If I boot with the drive turned on, it is accessible as sda1 & sda5 (it is partitioned into 2 FAT32 partitions). There are errors

Re: [expert] How do I play a .cgi file

2001-10-20 Thread ddcharles
Hi, Although perl is probably the most common language used for CGI, it is a big misconception that they are one and the same. In fact, a CGI can be coded in any language you choose, and a lot ARE coded in C/C++, as well as python, I have even seen DOS BAT files used for GGI (usually as a wrappe

RE: [expert] external usb hard drive problems

2001-10-20 Thread ddcharles
Hi, I read the man page and looked around a bit on the net, but am not sure what I should do; should I use the --preload switch, and if so, then for which modules? Thanks, David Charles On Sat, 20 Oct 2001, Jose M. Sanchez wrote: > > | > |I wish *SOMEBODY* would include a USB kernel as an ins

Re: [expert] MandrakeLinux-8.1-Prosuite

2001-10-18 Thread ddcharles
Hi, Could you please tell me where you saw this? Thanks, David Charles On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, Sergio Korlowsky wrote: > > While checking some files, I noticed this 'New" iso available from the > mirror I always use. What is the deal with this version now? . > > Is just the new Server-only vers

RE: [expert] dual booting with Win2k

2001-10-24 Thread ddcharles
Hi, Can you please do me a favour and let me know what you have in your lilo.conf for the FreeBSD & OpenBSD entries? Thanks, David Charles On Wed, 24 Oct 2001, Ralph Forsythe wrote: > I'm actually running Mandrake 8.1, Win2k-server, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD all > on the same laptop... For some re

Re: [expert] Backward compatibility

2001-10-26 Thread ddcharles
Hi, If I am understanding your question correctly, you are looking for a package that will offer compatibility for older apps (based on 2.1.x glibc. If that is the case, Mandrake DOES come with a similar package, it is called: compat-glibc-7.2-2.1.3.3mdk HTH, David Charles On Thu, 25 Oct 2001