Re: How to start a video from command line or menu?

2010-12-19 Thread Steve Holmes
On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 02:24:50PM -0700, j...@actionline.com wrote: mplayer --gui video.wmv ... did not work for me. I was able to install xine-ui from synaptic, but it makes terrible noises when running (like very loud white-noise). mplayer works fine, except it opens a huge terminal

Re: How to start a video from command line or menu?

2010-12-19 Thread joe
On my Arch Linux system, I installed a package called gnome-mplayer and it works great with audio. Frankly I never tried any videos with it so far. Dunno if that is what gmplayer used to be or if that is something different. Thanks Steve. gnome-mplayer seems to be the actual name for

How to ssh copy a file from local to web host when logged in?

2010-12-19 Thread joe
What is the syntax to copy a file from a local computer to a web host server when logged in to the web host server? I used to use 'ftp' to upload files to my web host server, but it seems that in the latest update 'ftp has been removed from my system. So when I 'ssh' log-in to my web host

Re: How to ssh copy a file from local to web host when logged in?

2010-12-19 Thread joe
Kevin replied: From a terminal/console that is not ssh-ed into your web host, copy the files diectly with scp. But my question was what syntax should I use *while I am logged in* to my web host server to copy a file (or directory) from my local system to my web host server. # scp [what] to

Re: How to ssh copy a file from local to web host when logged in?

2010-12-19 Thread joe
Thanks Keith! I Found this if it helps:  scp [[u...@]from-host:]source-file [[u...@]to-host:][destination-file] http://www.go2linux.org/scp-linux-command-line-copy-files-over-ssh Keith Smith --- On Sun, 12/19/10, j...@actionline.com j...@actionline.com wrote:

googlemaps or mapquest

2010-12-19 Thread Michael Havens
mapquest has more recent satellite images than google maps. and I thought that image was universal off of the same server or something. -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe,

Re: googlemaps or mapquest

2010-12-19 Thread Jordan Aberle
Google maps has the street view. You can see the prostitutes on the corner. I mean.. nevermind. On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: mapquest has more recent satellite images than google maps. and I thought that image was universal off of the same server or

Re: googlemaps or mapquest

2010-12-19 Thread Stephen
The directions are less weird via Google from my expirence On Dec 19, 2010 4:56 PM, Jordan Aberle jordan.abe...@gmail.com wrote: Google maps has the street view. You can see the prostitutes on the corner. I mean.. nevermind. On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com