Steve Holdoway wrote:
On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:54:31 +1300 (NZDT)
Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Also on this topic, most distros have a file with the term "release" or
"version" under /etc/ , eg:
/etc/gentoo-release
/etc/KnoppMyth-version
Also under debian/*buntu, take a look at /etc/
On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:54:31 +1300 (NZDT)
Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Also on this topic, most distros have a file with the term "release" or
> "version" under /etc/ , eg:
>
> /etc/gentoo-release
> /etc/KnoppMyth-version
>
> Also under debian/*buntu, take a look at /etc/apt/sources.li
man 8 agetty
refers. About 3/4 of the way down the manual page there is the ISSUE
ESCAPES paragraph.
fyi the \l refers to the name of the tty line to which you are connected.
The /etc/issue on my ThinkPad lappie running Gentoo is:-
This is \n.\O on \l (\s \m \r) \t \d
On 3/13/08, Nick Rout <[
Also on this topic, most distros have a file with the term "release" or
"version" under /etc/ , eg:
/etc/gentoo-release
/etc/KnoppMyth-version
Also under debian/*buntu, take a look at /etc/apt/sources.list, the
version name (edgy, gutsy, lenny etc) will appear in the deb lines.
On Thu, March
man 8 agetty
refers. About 3/4 of the way down the manual page there is the ISSUE
ESCAPES paragraph.
fyi the \l refers to the name of the tty line to which you are connected.
The /etc/issue on my ThinkPad lappie running Gentoo is:-
This is \n.\O on \l (\s \m \r) \t \d
On 3/13/08, Nick Rout <[
On Thu, March 13, 2008 10:13 am, Kerry wrote:
> Hi Rex,
>
> I have often wondered how to do this myself, one question however. After
> running to command:
>
> cat /etc/issue
>
> I get the following output:
>
> Ubuntu 6.06 LTS \n \l
>
> Any idea what the \n \l means?
\n new line
\l unsure
>
> Reg
There's a couple of articles in the latest Computerworld NZ magazine,
where Brett Roberts from Microsoft and Don Christie from NZOSS discuss
the OOXML document format.
Brett Roberts, for OOXML: http://tinyurl.com/2uxebu
Don Christie, against OOXML: http://tinyurl.com/2sxpt3
The articles themse
Kerry wrote:
I have often wondered how to do this myself, one question however. After
running to command:
cat /etc/issue
I get the following output:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS \n \l
Any idea what the \n \l means?
The answer lies in the getty man page.
Cheers, Rex
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On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:13:34 +1300
Kerry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Rex,
>
> I have often wondered how to do this myself, one question however. After
> running to command:
>
> cat /etc/issue
>
> I get the following output:
>
> Ubuntu 6.06 LTS \n \l
>
> Any i
Hi Rex,
I have often wondered how to do this myself, one question however. After
running to command:
cat /etc/issue
I get the following output:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS \n \l
Any idea what the \n \l means?
Regards,
Kerry
On Wed, 2008-03-12 at 11:05 +1300, Roger Searle wrote:
> Rex wrote:
> > Roger
John Carter wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, yuri wrote:
For linux to linux mounts I use nfs. Simpler.
I disagree completely.
If you have multiple users on your network then the UIDs have to be consistent across ALL machines
using the NFS sharing.
If they aren't then the permission hell you
Doug thanks,
this is a really handy hint, it gives me a list about the same size as
"history|grep 'apt-get install'" and roughly half of the same contents.
(It a very new install so almost all the new packages are still captured
there)
: )
Chris
Douglas Royds wrote:
deborphan -an
dpkg -l `d
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