Re: howto: write a init script

2008-07-31 Thread Chris G
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 02:05:39PM +0200, Christoph Höger wrote: > Hi, > > is there some documentation out there about how to write a init script > for fedora9 for a given binary? > Maybe even a "insert your binary here"-tempate? > Most "binaries" (if by that you mean executable programs) don't r

Re: howto: write a init script

2008-07-31 Thread Chris G
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 02:31:06PM +0200, Christoph Höger wrote: > Am Donnerstag, den 31.07.2008, 13:19 +0100 schrieb Chris G: > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 02:05:39PM +0200, Christoph Höger wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > is there some documentation out th

Re: [OT] Awk question

2008-08-20 Thread Chris G
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 11:03:58AM +0100, Dan Track wrote: > Guys, > > Just wondering if you could lend me a little hand. Basically I want to > rename a file from log.1 log.2 etc to log.10.36.34. The time stamp > (ignore the date) should be the last written time, so far I've got to > this stage: >

Automounting Camera-USB mass storage

2008-09-02 Thread Chris G
Is is easy to get a USB Camera to automount in Fedora 8, if so how do you do it? I have an Olympus C-460 camera and I'm getting fed up with having to look in /var/log/messages to see what the device name is and then manually issuing the mount command. -- Chris Green -- fedora-list mailing list

Putting files (images in particular) in a 'custom' order

2008-09-02 Thread Chris G
I seem to have this problem regularly but still haven't found a good solution. I currently use Digikam but the problem applies equally to other applications, I haven't found anything that does what I want. I want to select pictures randomly from various places (i.e. from various different Digikam

Re: Automounting Camera-USB mass storage

2008-09-02 Thread Chris G
On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 08:58:35PM +0930, Tim wrote: > On Tue, 2008-09-02 at 09:53 +0100, Chris G wrote: > > Is is easy to get a USB Camera to automount in Fedora 8, if so how do > > you do it? > > > > I have an Olympus C-460 camera and I'm getting fed up wit

Re: Automounting Camera-USB mass storage

2008-09-02 Thread Chris G
On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 10:49:36PM +0930, Tim wrote: > On Tue, 2008-09-02 at 12:57 +0100, Chris G wrote: > > Er, as I said, Fedora 8. > > I didn't know if the question was because you were still using an older > release, and were wondering whether updating to 8 would i

Re: Putting files (images in particular) in a 'custom' order

2008-09-02 Thread Chris G
On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 04:10:27PM +0200, Frode Petersen wrote: > Chris G: >> I seem to have this problem regularly but still haven't found a good >> solution. >> >> I currently use Digikam but the problem applies equally to other >> applications, I haven&

Re: Yum plugins -

2008-09-04 Thread Chris G
On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 07:55:37AM -0700, Dennis Kaptain wrote: > - Mensaje original > > > De: Bob Goodwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Para: For users of Fedora Core releases > > Enviado: jueves, 4 de septiembre, 2008 7:39:51 > > Asunto: Yum plugins - > > > > > > I've installed F-9 and in

Re: PDA Calendar sync (was Re: Calendar choice: looking for advice)

2008-09-12 Thread Chris G
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 11:40:18AM -0400, Mauriat wrote: > On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Mike Burger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> I don't mean to hijack this thread, but it would also be great if > >> anyone has had positive experience with a calendar solution that is > >> known to just wo

Re: PDA Calendar sync (was Re: Calendar choice: looking for advice)

2008-09-12 Thread Chris G
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 12:32:12PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > Mauriat wrote: >> > I would still be interested in the following: >> 1. online calendar (bonus if i can install it as an app on my own webserver) >> 2. desktop application calendar (synced with the online calendar) >> 3. pda calendar -

Re: PDA Calendar sync (was Re: Calendar choice: looking for advice)

2008-09-15 Thread Chris G
On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 12:18:18AM +0200, Peter Boy wrote: > Am Freitag, den 12.09.2008, 11:40 -0400 schrieb Mauriat: > > I would still be interested in the following: > > 1. online calendar (bonus if i can install it as an app on my own webserver) > > 2. desktop application calendar (synced with t

Alarm programs - recommendations wanted

2008-09-17 Thread Chris G
Having decided that there's no application out there that can manage both my calendar/time management *and* my reminder/alarm requirements I've decided to look for a dedicated alarm program. My requirements are:- Must run in the background or be driven by cron so that alarms will appear

Re: Alarm programs - recommendations wanted

2008-09-17 Thread Chris G
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 02:46:04PM +0100, Steve Searle wrote: > Around 02:33pm on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 (UK time), Bill Davidsen > scrawled: > > > I use "remind" because it also can do useful things like generate paper > > calendars, handle things like election day (tuesday after the fir

Re: [OT] Mysql advice

2008-09-19 Thread Chris G
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 11:18:05AM -0400, Mark Haney wrote: > I have a funky problem that I hope someone can help me with. I've got a > mysql data running (on FC6, sadly) on a system where the root password was > changed a few days ago. Used to, I could just enter 'mysql' at root and > could g

Re: Why is Firefox such a beast??

2008-09-28 Thread Chris G
On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 06:20:46PM +, Beartooth wrote: > On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:49:54 -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > > > On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:25:02 + (UTC) Beartooth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > >> But I *think* two of them are down to about fifty each, > > > > Fifty extensions? Wo

Re: Video card

2008-10-07 Thread Chris G
On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 11:24:48AM -0400, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > On Monday 06 October 2008 07:27:44 pm Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Could you give me some names of Video cards that are most compatible with > > > Fedora 9 and that hav

Re: SSL VPN

2008-06-19 Thread Chris G
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 08:08:54AM -0400, John Priddy wrote: > > > > I guess I did not explain well. First, I ssh from the server (which is > > behind a firewall) out to my home computer and leave this connection > > open. Then when I go home, is there any way that I can use this > > connection fr

Re: SSL VPN

2008-06-19 Thread Chris G
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 05:05:00PM -0400, Rick Bilonick wrote: > > On Thu, 2008-06-19 at 13:34 +0100, Chris G wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 08:08:54AM -0400, John Priddy wrote: > > > > > > > > I guess I did not explain well. First, I ssh from the server

Re: Understanding how dd works

2008-06-25 Thread Chris G
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 12:27:04PM +0100, Dan Track wrote: > Hi > > I've got a xen vm file called test, if I copy it with dd I get the following > dd if=/opt/xen/test of=/opt/test-vm.img bs=4096 > du -s /opt/xen/test = 1934112 > du -s /opt/test-vm.img = 26240040 > > My question is why is the test

Re: Understanding how dd works

2008-06-25 Thread Chris G
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 01:31:55PM +0100, Dan Track wrote: > On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Chris G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 12:27:04PM +0100, Dan Track wrote: > >> Hi > >> > >> I've got a xen vm file called test,

Looking for an picture management program - ideas please.

2008-07-04 Thread Chris G
I'm looking for a picture (image) management program to handle a large collection of photos dating from the 1960s to the present day. My *main* requirement is a program which allows me to store the photos in a standard directory hierarchy and which uses that hierarchy as the basic organisation. My