OT- was Re: [expert] CLI for monitoring

2003-09-11 Thread KevinO
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Anne Wilson wrote: I didn't want to sound over-critical, but if no-one tells you there's a problem you wouldn't know. I'll pop back and have another look. Thanks for being cooperative. Thank you for the constructive advice! The site is badly in

Re: [expert] CLI for monitoring

2003-09-10 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 10 Sep 2003 3:47 am, James Sparenberg wrote: On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 03:06, Anne Wilson wrote: Over a long period I have seen commands given for finding informationabout a system, for instance this morning there was cat /proc/bus/usb/devices. It seems to me that those of us with

Re: [expert] CLI for monitoring

2003-09-10 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 09 Sep 2003 9:54 pm, KevinO wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 09 Sep 2003 11:53 am, KevinO wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: As a side-issue, I have to get close to the page and squint to read that page, Kevin. For those with less than perfect vision, dark blue text on black is

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2003-09-10 Thread David Rankin
on September 13 -- - Original Message - From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 4:36 AM Subject: Re: [expert] CLI for monitoring On Tuesday 09 Sep 2003 9:54 pm, KevinO wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 09 Sep 2003 11:53 am, KevinO

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2003-09-10 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 10 Sep 2003 4:59 pm, David Rankin wrote: Not so funny side of spam: Anne started ending up in my deleted items box after filtering tiscali.co.uk what also has the reputation of a spam site. Don't worry Anne, we will pull you out of the deleted items I'm not too

[expert] CLI for monitoring

2003-09-09 Thread Anne Wilson
Over a long period I have seen commands given for finding informationabout a system, for instance this morning there was cat /proc/bus/usb/devices. It seems to me that those of us with aging grey cells, and maybe others as well, would be glad of a list of these really useful commands. Could

Re: [expert] CLI for monitoring

2003-09-09 Thread KevinO
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Anne Wilson wrote: Over a long period I have seen commands given for finding informationabout a system, for instance this morning there was cat /proc/bus/usb/devices. It seems to me that those of us with aging grey cells, and maybe others as

Re: [expert] CLI for monitoring

2003-09-09 Thread ed tharp
On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 06:53, KevinO wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Anne Wilson wrote: Over a long period I have seen commands given for finding informationabout a system, for instance this morning there was cat /proc/bus/usb/devices. It seems to me that those of

Re: [expert] CLI for monitoring

2003-09-09 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 09 Sep 2003 12:08 pm, ed tharp wrote: On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 06:53, KevinO wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Anne Wilson wrote: Over a long period I have seen commands given for finding informationabout a system, for instance this morning there was

Re: [expert] CLI for monitoring

2003-09-09 Thread KevinO
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 09 Sep 2003 11:53 am, KevinO wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: As a side-issue, I have to get close to the page and squint to read that page, Kevin. For those with less than perfect vision, dark blue text on black is not

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2003-09-09 Thread David Boles
On Tuesday 09 September 2003 04:54 pm, KevinO wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 09 Sep 2003 11:53 am, KevinO wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: As a side-issue, I have to get close to the page and squint to read that page, Kevin. For those with less than perfect vision, dark blue text on

Re: [expert] CLI for monitoring

2003-09-09 Thread James Sparenberg
On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 03:06, Anne Wilson wrote: Over a long period I have seen commands given for finding informationabout a system, for instance this morning there was cat /proc/bus/usb/devices. It seems to me that those of us with aging grey cells, and maybe others as well, would be glad

RE: [expert] CLI app/script for activating modem

2002-11-22 Thread Franki
To: Mandrake Expert Subject: [expert] CLI app/script for activating modem I've always handled modem internet connections via a GUI app like kppp. What would be the method for doing this from the command prompt? praedor -- Conservatives of all times are adventitious liars. - Friedrich Nietzsche. Want

[expert] CLI app/script for activating modem

2002-11-21 Thread Praedor Tempus
I've always handled modem internet connections via a GUI app like kppp. What would be the method for doing this from the command prompt? praedor -- Conservatives of all times are adventitious liars. - Friedrich Nietzsche. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [expert] CLI app/script for activating modem

2002-11-21 Thread ET
On Thursday 21 November 2002 02:43 pm, Praedor Tempus wrote: I've always handled modem internet connections via a GUI app like kppp. What would be the method for doing this from the command prompt? praedor man pppd can be your friend Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [expert] CLI

2002-10-17 Thread Alastair Scott
J. Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (10/16/2002 22:49) using a shell is expert is it? heh, give me lots of money for expert services and I will cut and paste you the bash manual pages. Yes. With the command line being de-emphasised by Microsoft*, more and more people over time will be coming

Re: [expert] CLI

2002-10-17 Thread ET
snip In a competitive world it is doggy dog but the Open Source community is fundamentally based on communal effort of sharing not only source code but information and experiences. It still amazes me how people forget this and gravitate to this get away boy you bother me elitist mentality.

[expert] CLI

2002-10-16 Thread Brian York
A silly question but what is the command to show disk information (freespace, total space,.) Thanks Brian

Re: [expert] CLI

2002-10-16 Thread Stephen Kitchener
df -k On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 13:42, Brian York wrote: A silly question but what is the command to show disk information (freespace, total space,.) Thanks Brian -- Stephen M Kitchener Unix Systems Administrator EMEA APAC Supply Chain Division. AspenTech UK 1 Century Court, Tolpits

Re: [expert] CLI

2002-10-16 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Wednesday 16 October 2002 08:42 am, you wrote: A silly question but what is the command to show disk information (freespace, total space,.) Thanks Brian Hey Brian. As I've heard so many times here...the only silly question is the one not asked! :-) Anyways, from a term, do df -h

Re: [expert] CLI

2002-10-16 Thread David Guntner
J. Grant grabbed a keyboard and wrote: This is a newbie question, ask their or search google please. There. --Dave JG Brian York wrote: A silly question but what is the command to show disk information (freespace, total space,.) Thanks Brian --

Re: [expert] CLI

2002-10-16 Thread Ron Stodden
Brian York wrote: A silly question but what is the command to show disk information (freespace, total space,.) The KDE equivalent of df is kdf wnich gives you a graphical display of all your local or remote mounted partitions/file systems as indicated in your /etc/fstab. It also

Re: [expert] CLI

2002-10-16 Thread Gregory K. Meyer
On Wednesday 16 October 2002 08:42 am, Brian York wrote: A silly question but what is the command to show disk information (freespace, total space,.) Thanks Brian df -h -- Gregory Meyer ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [expert] CLI

2002-10-16 Thread James Sparenberg
On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 08:24, J. Grant wrote: This is a newbie question, ask their or search google please. JG Brian York wrote: A silly question but what is the command to show disk information (freespace, total space,.) Actually why should he bother asking somewhere else when

Re: [expert] CLI

2002-10-16 Thread J. Grant
Uh? Actually why should he bother asking somewhere else when a. He already has the answer (see above) b. No-one who was able to answer complained. c. It isn't that newbie a question. The newbie solution is a gui. using a shell is expert is it? heh, give me lots of money for expert

Re: [expert] CLI

2002-10-16 Thread ET
d. Forget the go away don't bother me attitude. and help people. Elitism really bugs the hell out of me. James Amen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] CLI

2002-10-16 Thread J. Grant
ET wrote: d. Forget the go away don't bother me attitude. and help people. Elitism really bugs the hell out of me. James Amen Well I'm not religious so I won't prase god, alla or anyone else, but I could'nt agree more with this [Forget the go away don't bother me attitude.] comment.

Re: [expert] CLI

2002-10-16 Thread James Sparenberg
If we follow the description for the list to the letter only Todd Civilme and Guilleme would really qualify. After 25 years in computers I'm still not an expert... just know a thing or two. (Still more comfortable with BSD Unix over SysV )Comments along the line of go to the newbie site or RTFM

Re: [expert] CLI

2002-10-16 Thread ET
On Wednesday 16 October 2002 06:34 pm, J. Grant wrote: ET wrote: d. Forget the go away don't bother me attitude. and help people. Elitism really bugs the hell out of me. James Amen Well I'm not religious so I won't prase god, alla or anyone else, but I could'nt agree more with this

Re: [expert] CLI

2002-10-16 Thread ET
Elitism really bugs the hell out of me. anyone familiar with the Mensa Conundrum? if you are smart enough to be invited to join Mensa, aren't you also smart enough to recognize that elitism in any form is basicly wrong? and isn't Mensa an elitist organization? Want to buy your Pack or

Re: [expert] CLI

2002-10-16 Thread Kiran
On Thu, 2002-10-17 at 00:44, ET wrote: Elitism really bugs the hell out of me. anyone familiar with the Mensa Conundrum? if you are smart enough to be invited to join Mensa, aren't you also smart enough to recognize that elitism in any form is basicly wrong? and isn't Mensa an elitist

Re: [expert] CLI

2002-10-16 Thread James Sparenberg
On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 17:44, ET wrote: Elitism really bugs the hell out of me. anyone familiar with the Mensa Conundrum? if you are smart enough to be invited to join Mensa, aren't you also smart enough to recognize that elitism in any form is basicly wrong? and isn't Mensa an elitist

Re: [expert] CLI

2002-10-16 Thread Gabriel Phoenix
On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 20:44, ET wrote: Elitism really bugs the hell out of me. anyone familiar with the Mensa Conundrum? if you are smart enough to be invited to join Mensa, aren't you also smart enough to recognize that elitism in any form is basicly wrong? and isn't Mensa an elitist

Re: [expert] CLI

2002-10-16 Thread J. Grant
This is a newbie question, ask their or search google please. JG Brian York wrote: A silly question but what is the command to show disk information (freespace, total space,.) Thanks Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] CLI for comp beep

2002-05-03 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Fri, 3 May 2002 01:21:59 -0400, Brian York [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What would be a command to make the internal speaker beep? I think you have just answered your own question -- the package is called 'beep', and it contains a command called 'beep' :) -- Sridhar Dhanapalan

Re: [expert] CLI for comp beep

2002-05-03 Thread Brian York
On Friday 03 May 2002 2:08 am, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: i downloaded the package and tried to install it and it was already installed so i check for the command by using tab and looking for beep and nothing what is the syntax for the program Thansks Brian On Fri, 3 May 2002 01:21:59

Re: [expert] CLI for comp beep

2002-05-03 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
$ rpm -ql beep-1.2.2-1mdk /usr/bin/beep /usr/share/doc/beep-1.2.2 /usr/share/doc/beep-1.2.2/CHANGELOG /usr/share/doc/beep-1.2.2/COPYING /usr/share/doc/beep-1.2.2/CREDITS /usr/share/doc/beep-1.2.2/README /usr/share/man/man1/beep.1.bz2 As can be seen above, there is an executable in /usr/bin/beep.

Re: [expert] CLI for comp beep

2002-05-03 Thread Jim Dawson
Why does one need a 'beep' command? echo -en '\a' seems to do the trick quite nicely, or just send a ^g to the console in your language of choice. On Fri, 2002-05-03 at 01:08, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: On Fri, 3 May 2002 01:21:59 -0400, Brian York [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What would be a

Re: [expert] CLI for comp beep

2002-05-03 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
The 'beep' command provides far greater control over the sound that is produced. For example, an exact pitch (in Hz) can be selected. On 03 May 2002 21:31:09 -0500, Jim Dawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why does one need a 'beep' command? echo -en '\a' seems to do the trick quite nicely, or just

[expert] CLI for comp beep

2002-05-02 Thread Brian York
What would be a command to make the internal speaker beep? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com