Re: no such file or directory using "-" character

2014-08-03 Thread g
On 08/03/2014 04:27 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Sun, 2014-08-03 at 15:25 -0500, g wrote: "cd /.../" is not legal. It's perfectly legal. Whether it means anything or not depends on the existence or otherwise of a directory called "/..." (the closing '/' is ignored). The only system-rese

Re: Perhaps off-topic -- multiple buffers in the command line?

2014-08-03 Thread Sudhir Khanger
On Sunday, August 03, 2014 10:25:16 PM T.C. Hollingsworth wrote: > On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 7:14 PM, Bill Oliver wrote: > > I apologize if this is not Fedora-specific, but I've got a desktop > > question. When I want to save some text, I'll highlight it and hit ctl-c > > or to copy it or ctl-v to pa

Re: Perhaps off-topic -- multiple buffers in the command line?

2014-08-03 Thread T.C. Hollingsworth
On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 7:14 PM, Bill Oliver wrote: > > I apologize if this is not Fedora-specific, but I've got a desktop question. > When I want to save some text, I'll highlight it and hit ctl-c or to copy it > or ctl-v to paste it. Is there anything analogous to "named registers" in > vim that

Re: Affordable 802.11n USB dongle that IS supported in Fedora

2014-08-03 Thread JD
On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 9:59 PM, bruce wrote: > On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 11:38 PM, JD wrote: >> On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 9:20 PM, Robert Moskowitz >> wrote: >>> I spent 30 min going through all the 'clearance' open boxes at MicroCenter >>> today with my notebook, trying to see if any came up as sup

Re: Affordable 802.11n USB dongle that IS supported in Fedora

2014-08-03 Thread bruce
umm.. if i plug in a usb wifi.. and NM comes up, and I can access a network via the dongle.. then yeah, I'd argue that you can determine if the dongle is supported by linux fedora by plugging it in! On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 11:38 PM, JD wrote: > On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 9:20 PM, Robert Moskowitz w

Re: Affordable 802.11n USB dongle that IS supported in Fedora

2014-08-03 Thread JD
On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 9:20 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > I spent 30 min going through all the 'clearance' open boxes at MicroCenter > today with my notebook, trying to see if any came up as supported. None > did. I went to the section with the unopen items and found the Asus > claiming Linux su

Re: Fedora support for the Asus N-150 usb wifi adapter

2014-08-03 Thread poma
On 04.08.2014 02:19, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > On 08/03/2014 08:11 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 08/04/14 08:07, Ed Greshko wrote: >>> On 08/04/14 07:56, Robert Moskowitz wrote: The packaging says Linux support. But my F20 system is not recognizing the device. So any hints on

Affordable 802.11n USB dongle that IS supported in Fedora

2014-08-03 Thread Robert Moskowitz
I spent 30 min going through all the 'clearance' open boxes at MicroCenter today with my notebook, trying to see if any came up as supported. None did. I went to the section with the unopen items and found the Asus claiming Linux support. So much for that; looks like you have to build it you

Re: Fedora support for the Asus N-150 usb wifi adapter

2014-08-03 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 08/03/2014 08:47 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 08/04/14 08:19, Robert Moskowitz wrote: OK. It is in another F20 box, but as this is a one liner, I can type it over here... Bus 001 Device 010: ID 0b05:1786 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. USB-N150 802.11n Network Adapter [Realtek RTL8188su] First, I se

Perhaps off-topic -- multiple buffers in the command line?

2014-08-03 Thread Bill Oliver
I apologize if this is not Fedora-specific, but I've got a desktop question. When I want to save some text, I'll highlight it and hit ctl-c or to copy it or ctl-v to paste it. Is there anything analogous to "named registers" in vim that will allow me to copy into different buffers (or, in vi

Re: Fedora support for the Asus N-150 usb wifi adapter

2014-08-03 Thread Ed Greshko
On 08/04/14 08:19, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > OK. It is in another F20 box, but as this is a one liner, I can type it over > here... > > Bus 001 Device 010: ID 0b05:1786 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. USB-N150 802.11n > Network Adapter [Realtek RTL8188su] First, I see that the Device ID isn't listed in

Re: Fedora support for the Asus N-150 usb wifi adapter

2014-08-03 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 08/03/2014 08:11 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 08/04/14 08:07, Ed Greshko wrote: On 08/04/14 07:56, Robert Moskowitz wrote: The packaging says Linux support. But my F20 system is not recognizing the device. So any hints on how to get this working? Oooopppsss Wrong device in the URL I

Re: Fedora support for the Asus N-150 usb wifi adapter

2014-08-03 Thread Ed Greshko
On 08/04/14 08:07, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 08/04/14 07:56, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> The packaging says Linux support. But my F20 system is not recognizing the >> device. >> >> So any hints on how to get this working? >> >> > Oooopppsss Wrong device in the URL I just supplied > > But, st

Re: Fedora support for the Asus N-150 usb wifi adapter

2014-08-03 Thread Ed Greshko
On 08/04/14 07:56, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > The packaging says Linux support. But my F20 system is not recognizing the > device. > > So any hints on how to get this working? > > Oooopppsss Wrong device in the URL I just supplied But, still, the output of "lsusb" would be the first ste

Re: Fedora support for the Asus N-150 usb wifi adapter

2014-08-03 Thread Ed Greshko
On 08/04/14 07:56, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > The packaging says Linux support. But my F20 system is not recognizing the > device. > > So any hints on how to get this working? > > http://www.asus.com/Networking/USBN10/specifications/ shows ... Linux Kernel 2.6 (Support Ubuntu only) But, I wou

Fedora support for the Asus N-150 usb wifi adapter

2014-08-03 Thread Robert Moskowitz
The packaging says Linux support. But my F20 system is not recognizing the device. So any hints on how to get this working? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of

Re: no such file or directory using "-" character

2014-08-03 Thread Bill Oliver
On Sun, 3 Aug 2014, JD wrote: /snip/ Well don't leave us all hanging! Tell us what the problem was! --doug Perhaps the OP is just too embarrassed? :) :) Been there, done that... billo -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: htt

Re: no such file or directory using "-" character

2014-08-03 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sun, 2014-08-03 at 15:25 -0500, g wrote: > "cd /.../" is not legal. It's perfectly legal. Whether it means anything or not depends on the existence or otherwise of a directory called "/..." (the closing '/' is ignored). The only system-reserved names are '/', '.' and '..'. Anything else is lega

Re: no such file or directory using "-" character

2014-08-03 Thread Joe Zeff
On 08/03/2014 01:25 PM, g wrote: "cd /.../" is not legal. I don't think that the OP actually used that; he was just using as a shorthand for an unspecified directory. ]$ cd ... bash: cd: ...: No such file or directory ]$ Not always. ... is a valid name for a file or directory

Re: no such file or directory using "-" character

2014-08-03 Thread g
On 08/03/2014 02:01 AM, Angelo Moreschini wrote: Hi I need to go inside a directory named ; but I am not able to do it. Using the command cd /.../notebook-source I get the output : "no such file or directory" "cd /.../" is not legal. in using "/" you specify the root path. in using "..." t

Re: no such file or directory using "-" character

2014-08-03 Thread JD
On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 9:32 AM, Doug wrote: > > On 08/03/2014 06:54 AM, Angelo Moreschini wrote: >> >> hi, >> >> I got good advice from you and I know, now, what the problem is. >> >> I am having difficulty also with the internet connection and for this I >> cannot continue to use your help. >> As

Re: no such file or directory using "-" character

2014-08-03 Thread JD
On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 1:41 AM, Neil Bird wrote: > Around about 03/08/14 08:01, Angelo Moreschini scribbled ... > >> I need to go inside a directory named ; >> but I am not able to do it. > > > An addendum to Joachim's suggestion: possibly try > > ls -d notebook* | od -tx1 > > .. to look for

Re: no such file or directory using "-" character

2014-08-03 Thread Doug
On 08/03/2014 06:54 AM, Angelo Moreschini wrote: hi, I got good advice from you and I know, now, what the problem is. I am having difficulty also with the internet connection and for this I cannot continue to use your help. As well I think I can solve my problem. Thank you Regards Angelo

Mesa-10.2.5 was released - while Fedora still ships 10.1 :/

2014-08-03 Thread Clemens Eisserer
Hi, First of all thanks for Fedora, I am a (most-time) happy user since Fedora 2 and it is really great to see how all the improvements accumulated over time. Especially with the accelerated release cycle of Mesa, it would be great if Fedora could keep up in the same manner as it does with the ke

Re: no such file or directory using "-" character

2014-08-03 Thread Angelo Moreschini
hi, I got good advice from you and I know, now, what the problem is. I am having difficulty also with the internet connection and for this I cannot continue to use your help. As well I think I can solve my problem. Thank you Regards Angelo On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Dave Mitchell wrot

Re: no such file or directory using "-" character

2014-08-03 Thread Dave Mitchell
On Sun, Aug 03, 2014 at 12:03:35PM +0300, Angelo Moreschini wrote: > I tried > ls -d notebook* | od -tx1 > > the result is : > 000 62 6f 74 65 42 6f 6f 6b5f 696e 73 74 61 6c 6c > 020 61 74 69 6f 6e 0a > 026 That makes no sense. Did you cut-and-paste that, or type it in by hand? If the

Re: no such file or directory using "-" character

2014-08-03 Thread Maurizio Marini
On Sun, 3 Aug 2014 12:03:35 +0300 Angelo Moreschini wrote: > On 08/03/2014 09:01 AM, Angelo Moreschini wrote: > > Hi > > > > I need to go inside a directory named ; you have to use backslash to do escaping cd notebook\-source but may be you have some extra blank char after source try to use tab

no such file or directory using "-" character

2014-08-03 Thread Angelo Moreschini
On 08/03/2014 09:01 AM, Angelo Moreschini wrote: > Hi > > I need to go inside a directory named ; > but I am not able to do it. > > Using the command cd /.../notebook-source Hi Angelo, probably: cd ~/notebook-source, or directly: cd notebook-source??? What do you mean by "/.../"? I guess, the l

Re: no such file or directory using "-" character

2014-08-03 Thread Neil Bird
Around about 03/08/14 08:01, Angelo Moreschini scribbled ... I need to go inside a directory named ; but I am not able to do it. An addendum to Joachim's suggestion: possibly try ls -d notebook* | od -tx1 .. to look for funny alternate characters. Maybe the hyphen is some funky Unicode

Re: no such file or directory using "-" character

2014-08-03 Thread Joachim Backes
On 08/03/2014 09:26 AM, Joachim Backes wrote: > On 08/03/2014 09:01 AM, Angelo Moreschini wrote: >> Hi >> >> I need to go inside a directory named ; >> but I am not able to do it. >> >> Using the command cd /.../notebook-source >> I get the output : >> "no such file or directory" >> ---

Re: no such file or directory using "-" character

2014-08-03 Thread Joachim Backes
On 08/03/2014 09:01 AM, Angelo Moreschini wrote: > Hi > > I need to go inside a directory named ; > but I am not able to do it. > > Using the command cd /.../notebook-source > I get the output : > "no such file or directory" > --- > I tried to go around to the problem using the comman

Re: no such file or directory using "-" character

2014-08-03 Thread Joachim Backes
On 08/03/2014 09:01 AM, Angelo Moreschini wrote: > Hi > > I need to go inside a directory named ; > but I am not able to do it. > > Using the command cd /.../notebook-source Hi Angelo, probably: cd ~/notebook-source, or directly: cd notebook-source??? What do you mean by "/.../"? I guess,

no such file or directory using "-" character

2014-08-03 Thread Angelo Moreschini
Hi I need to go inside a directory named ; but I am not able to do it. Using the command cd /.../notebook-source I get the output : "no such file or directory" --- I tried to go around to the problem using the command ls : if I use the command : (using the wildchar *) then I get the cor