Re: Shell script anomaly

On 14 May 2002, Alex Malinovich wrote: > if ps -A |grep -q "[x]screensaver"; then xscreensaver-command -activate > else xscreensaver& xscreensaver-command -activate; fi > > However, if I put that exact line into a shell script and run it, the if > ALWAYS gets evaluated as true. Any ideas? I would

Re: Useing UDF CDRW disks

On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, hanasaki wrote: > Is there support for reading UDF CDRW disks made with Nero or > Adaptec? There is an UDF filesystem in the kernel sources. But you do not have to recompile your kernel, you can build a separate kernel module. see http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?

Re: XFree 4.0.1 and xdm

lt (/dev/mem) is used which is much faster. Best regards, Andreas ------ Dipl.-Phys. Andreas Nowack email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RWTH Aachen III. Phys. Institut B Sommerfeldstr. / Physikzentrum

Re: Can't delete a file

> I have a file on my machine that I created that begins with a hyphen. > How can I delete it. rm -test says can't delete est using option -t (or > whatever). How do I tell it not to use the hyphen as a switch? Try: rm -- -test Andreas -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the wo

Re: lprm says "Permission denied" (fwd)

On Wed, 26 Feb 1997, Philippe Troin wrote: > > On Wed, 26 Feb 1997 15:13:58 +0100 Andreas Nowack ([EMAIL PROTECTED] > achen.de) wrote: > > > lprm can't regonize that the user "spiegl" is a local user because of > > a problem with your hostname in /etc/ho

Re: lprm says "Permission denied" (fwd)

etc/hostname looks like your_hostname then your /etc/hosts file should contain a line like this your_hostname your_hostname.somewhere.com The order of the two names in /etc/hosts is very important. Andreas --