Re: How do I reset su password

2021-09-02 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
Man why don't I ever search first. Sorry to have disturbed you! On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 4:00 PM Michael wrote: > I need to do things as root (not sudo) and when it asks me for a password > the computer doesn't accept what I type in. > I thought I wrote the instructions down but I guess not! > > >

How do I reset su password

2021-09-02 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
I need to do things as root (not sudo) and when it asks me for a password the computer doesn't accept what I type in. I thought I wrote the instructions down but I guess not! -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlin

Re: strange to me auto completion error

2021-09-02 Thread James Mcphee via PLUG-discuss
do you have a file in that directory named "$LFS"? the backslash in your autocomplete means it's treating it as an escaped $ instead of a variable. On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 11:00 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > whenever I type rm $LFS/so it is replaced with

Re: TVs

2021-09-02 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
thanks for that answer On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 2:34 PM Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Well, keep in mind even as "just a TV" the burn-in occurs when you have > static images - that could be the netflix ui, playstation ui, or whatever > ui if you leave

Re: TVs

2021-09-02 Thread Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss
Well, keep in mind even as "just a TV" the burn-in occurs when you have static images - that could be the netflix ui, playstation ui, or whatever ui if you leave it on. OLED's are pretty nefarious for this. I haven't had cable in like 25 years or watched broadcast tv with random crap all the time

strange to me auto completion error

2021-09-02 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
whenever I type rm $LFS/so it is replaced with: bmike1@bmike1-desktop:~$ rm \$LFS/so (and the auto complete options) which upon completion results in: rm: cannot remove '$LFS/sources/wget-list': No such file or directory why is it doing this? -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --

Re: TVs

2021-09-02 Thread Michael via PLUG-discuss
Oh my appologies. This is for a tv. Not a monitor. On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 6:20 PM Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > At least until the OLED's burn in images over time. I've seen some on > display you can visibly see burned in, that's always been