mouse not writing to device file.....

2004-02-11 Thread joy
Hi, I just had this problem after I reinstalled woody on my system. previously, I had the same problem with my mouse not working on startx but I managed to correct it though it slipped my mind somehow. anyways, my XF86Config file says my input devices are /dev/psaux and /dev/input/mice. However

Re: Java and Mozilla problem

2004-02-11 Thread mike
Dave wrote: Several web sites have told me that I need x-java-vm plugin installed in my Mozilla 1.6. I downloaded it and it says it installed properly. However, when I put about:plugins in the URL of Mozilla, it is not listed and the pages still won't load. I think the issue is that my Mozill

Java and Mozilla problem

2004-02-11 Thread Dave
Several web sites have told me that I need x-java-vm plugin installed in my Mozilla 1.6. I downloaded it and it says it installed properly. However, when I put about:plugins in the URL of Mozilla, it is not listed and the pages still won't load. I think the issue is that my Mozilla was loaded

Re: Black Box Time

2004-02-11 Thread Peter
Thanks! You must have a different man blackbox then mine. It only mentions: session.screen0.strftimeFormat: This adjusts the way the current time is displayed in the tool- bar. The strftime(3) format is used. The default value is: %I:%M %p I had

Re: failed scp with fortune

2004-02-11 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 04:07 PM 2/11/2004 -0500, Karthik Vishwanath wrote: Hello, scp fails to get files from a remote machine when the .bashrc in the remote machine runs /usr/games/fortune (or even just a plain echo). How can I fix this without removing the "offending" line from the .bashrc file? I weas able to dupl

failed scp with fortune

2004-02-11 Thread Karthik Vishwanath
Hello, scp fails to get files from a remote machine when the .bashrc in the remote machine runs /usr/games/fortune (or even just a plain echo). How can I fix this without removing the "offending" line from the .bashrc file? Thanks, -K - By the time you get to the point w

Re: device or resource busy error message - what to do?

2004-02-11 Thread James Miller
On Wed, 11 Feb 2004, Ray Olszewski wrote: > At 12:28 PM 2/11/2004 -0600, James Miller wrote: > >I've recently written a floppy disk image to a floppy using the command > > >System: Debian Sid with newest 2.4 kernel and probably devfs. > > Well, as is often the case, figuring out what *might* be w

Re: device or resource busy error message - what to do?

2004-02-11 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 12:28 PM 2/11/2004 -0600, James Miller wrote: I've recently written a floppy disk image to a floppy using the command (as suggested by the image's creator) cat nameofimgfile.144 > /dev/fd0 . It did, in fact, write the image file to a floppy. I decided to try it with another, different floppy im

device or resource busy error message - what to do?

2004-02-11 Thread James Miller
I've recently written a floppy disk image to a floppy using the command (as suggested by the image's creator) cat nameofimgfile.144 > /dev/fd0 . It did, in fact, write the image file to a floppy. I decided to try it with another, different floppy image - this one called something like nameoffile14

Black Box Time

2004-02-11 Thread Peter
Hi, does any body know hot to tweak Blackbox to display time on the toolbar in 24 hour format instead of am and pm? Thanks -- Peter - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel