Re: next question....

2010-12-16 Thread David Brodbeck
On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Chris Brennan wrote: > When sudo'ing, pass 'sudo su -' (same principle applies, but you don't need > to to be in wheel to use this command) Is the end result of 'sudo su - ' any different from the simpler command 'sudo -i'?

Re: next question....

2010-11-28 Thread Chris Rees
On 27 November 2010 17:12, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On 11/27/2010 12:06 PM, Chris Brennan wrote: >> You need to add yourself to the 'wheel' group to su or you need to add the >> proper line to /usr/local/etc/sudoers to sudo correctly. >> > no sudoers on my system: > $ cd /usr/local/etc > $ cd sudo

Re: next question....

2010-11-28 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 11/27/2010 12:06 PM, Chris Brennan wrote: > You need to add yourself to the 'wheel' group to su or you need to add the > proper line to /usr/local/etc/sudoers to sudo correctly. > no sudoers on my system: $ cd /usr/local/etc $ cd sudoers cd: can't cd to sudoers $ ls CORBAesd.conf.def

Re: next question....

2010-11-27 Thread Dave
On 27 Nov 2010 at 12:06, Chris Brennan wrote: > On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Dave wrote: > > > $ su > > su: Sorry > > $ sudo > > sudo: not found > > $ uname -a > > FreeBSD FBSD.67MK181QZ 8.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE #0: Wed Apr > > 14 22:55:09 BST 2010 > > r...@fbsd.67mk181qz:/usr/obj/u

Re: next question....

2010-11-27 Thread Chris Brennan
On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Dave wrote: > $ su > su: Sorry > $ sudo > sudo: not found > $ uname -a > FreeBSD FBSD.67MK181QZ 8.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE #0: Wed Apr 14 > 22:55:09 BST 2010 > r...@fbsd.67mk181qz:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/PPSGENERIC i386 > $ > $ > > You need to add yourself to

next question....

2010-11-27 Thread Dave
On 26 Nov 2010 at 12:11, Arthur Chance wrote: > -- > "Although the wombat is real and the dragon is not, few know what a > wombat looks like, but everyone knows what a dragon looks like." > > -- Avram Davidson, _Adventures in Unhistory_ Hmm.. A Wombat... That's a recoilless anti-tank gun if I

Re: next question: dvd-burner.

2005-12-14 Thread Andrew L. Gould
On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 14:04:53 -0800 Gary Kline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 02:14:23PM -0600, Andrew L. Gould wrote: > > On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 20:57:52 +0100 > > Pietro Cerutti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On 12/14/05, Mark Kane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Gary

Re: next question: dvd-burner.

2005-12-14 Thread Gary Kline
On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 02:14:23PM -0600, Andrew L. Gould wrote: > On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 20:57:52 +0100 > Pietro Cerutti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 12/14/05, Mark Kane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Gary Kline wrote: > > > > I'm adding a DVD burner to my planned new platform. > > >

Re: next question: dvd-burner.

2005-12-14 Thread Aaron Peterson
On 12/14/05, Micah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gary Kline wrote: > > I'm adding a DVD burner to my planned new platform. > > Since this is new technology, how careful do I have to > > be? In other words, does FreeBSD support most burners? > > Looks like the DVD/CDRW burner

Re: next question: dvd-burner.

2005-12-14 Thread Micah
Gary Kline wrote: I'm adding a DVD burner to my planned new platform. Since this is new technology, how careful do I have to be? In other words, does FreeBSD support most burners? Looks like the DVD/CDRW burner is a NEC... I'll 2-check. thanks in advance

Re: next question: dvd-burner.

2005-12-14 Thread Andrew L. Gould
On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 20:57:52 +0100 Pietro Cerutti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/14/05, Mark Kane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Gary Kline wrote: > > > I'm adding a DVD burner to my planned new platform. > > > Since this is new technology, how careful do I have to > > > be?

Re: next question: dvd-burner.

2005-12-14 Thread Pietro Cerutti
On 12/14/05, Mark Kane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gary Kline wrote: > > I'm adding a DVD burner to my planned new platform. > > Since this is new technology, how careful do I have to > > be? In other words, does FreeBSD support most burners? > > Looks like the DVD/CDRW bu

Re: next question: dvd-burner.

2005-12-14 Thread Mark Kane
Gary Kline wrote: > I'm adding a DVD burner to my planned new platform. > Since this is new technology, how careful do I have to > be? In other words, does FreeBSD support most burners? > Looks like the DVD/CDRW burner is a NEC... I'll 2-check. > > thanks in advance

next question: dvd-burner.

2005-12-14 Thread Gary Kline
I'm adding a DVD burner to my planned new platform. Since this is new technology, how careful do I have to be? In other words, does FreeBSD support most burners? Looks like the DVD/CDRW burner is a NEC... I'll 2-check. thanks in advance, gary -

Re: next question re the Thinkpad.

2004-06-27 Thread j . e . drews
Hi Gary: You can look here and see if your Thinkpad runs FreeBSD: The FreeBSD Laptop Compatibility List http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/ This list is up to date. I had a 600E Thinkpad running 4.9. The USB printer, scanner and Lexar flash ram storage worked well on it.

Re: next question re the Thinkpad.

2004-06-27 Thread Gary Kline
On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 05:19:09PM +0900, Luke Kearney wrote: > > On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 22:24:47 -0700 > Gary Kline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> granted us these pearls of wisdom: > > > > > Is anybody using a Thinkpad among the list? I have found one > > with the > > > > ``SMC 2206 compact U

Re: next question re the Thinkpad.

2004-06-27 Thread Luke Kearney
On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 22:24:47 -0700 Gary Kline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> granted us these pearls of wisdom: > > Is anybody using a Thinkpad among the list? I have found one > with the > > ``SMC 2206 compact USB-Ethernet adapter for connecting to > ethernet networks.'' > >

next question re the Thinkpad.

2004-06-26 Thread Gary Kline
Is anybody using a Thinkpad among the list? I have found one with the ``SMC 2206 compact USB-Ethernet adapter for connecting to ethernet networks.'' In LINT (4.10) I see "SMC 2202USB" listed. Can anybody help me? gary -- Gary K