Re: Leftover tech stuff - Incl. IBM ThinkPad parts

2007-01-08 Thread aluminumsulfate
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 00:11:36 -0500 From: Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've finished sorting through the box o' misfit toys that I picked up from Brian Karas. There are a few extra things he threw in which I don't have a reason to keep. If anyone wants any of this, mail me off-list to

[GNHLUG] Hot tip: MerriLUG, MythTV with Jarod Wilson, 18 Jan

2007-01-08 Thread Jim Kuzdrall
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Re: can't foreground job (Suspended (tty input))

2007-01-08 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Jan 7, 2007, at 21:43, Ben Scott wrote: Despite the Subject: line the OP's examples never illustrated any inability to foreground his Emacs process. Hmmm, but he did imply that he was unable to foreground it. You suppose it was just a brain fart, and the OP never actually tried the fg

encountered two fedora 6 issues - underscore in host name, :*: in passwd file prevented logins

2007-01-08 Thread Python
(For Your Information - it may save you some grief) amanda would not backup my laptop. There were no useful error messages in the amanda log. I finally ran tcpdump to monitor the chit-chat and discovered that reverse lookup for my LAN (192.168.0.x) numbers was not working. host 192.168.0.5

linux newbie

2007-01-08 Thread mike miller
I'm pretty new to linux and am having a problem that I could use some help with. I've installed Windows XP and Fedora 6 on a computer with an AT8 32X motherboard with an AMD 64 cpu. The NIC is built in the motherboard. When I boot in windows I am able to access my home network and the internet

Re: linux newbie

2007-01-08 Thread Ben Scott
On 1/8/07, mike miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the next line is bringing up interface eth0; 3c501 device eth0 does not seem to be present delaying installation (failed). 3C501 would be, if I remember correctly, 3Com's first PC Ethernet card, circa 1985. I'd say something is being improperly

Re: encountered two fedora 6 issues - underscore in host name, :*: in passwd file prevented logins

2007-01-08 Thread Ben Scott
On 1/8/07, Todd Littlefield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I remember correctly, underscores are not allowed in names. Only a-z, 0-9 and the hyphen character are acceptable. Right. Internet names should contain only those characters, and begin and end with a letter or number (dashes in the

Re: linux newbie

2007-01-08 Thread Michael ODonnell
It might also be helpful to see the output of the following commands: lspci-v lspci -n -v lsmod ls -laCFRl /sys/class/net ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org

3c501 device eth0 does not seem to be present....

2007-01-08 Thread Jon maddog Hall
Mike, I am not a Fedora user, so maybe someone else on the list is and can help you with this, but by googling 3c501 and fedora, I found several instances of people having the same problem with an assortment of ETHERNET devices. Apparently the 3c501 is a red herring, and the code is just picking

$_

2007-01-08 Thread aluminumsulfate
Yeah, I know, it's a great subject line. :) But $_ is just SO handy! $ play voicemail1234.wav $ rm $_ $ cp myfile1 /some/path $ less $_/myfile2 At the command line, $_ expands to the last argument to the previous command. And, with tab completion, you can even see and edit it! If y'all