Re: svgalib: Cannot get I/O permissions.

1997-11-29 Thread Olivier THARAN
ccess to the video, keyboard and mouse, and only root can have this), so : # chown root squake # chmod 2755 squake olive -- Olivier Tharan, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> What do computer engineers use for birth control? Their personalities. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIS

Re: Mustek Paragon 1200SP scanner

1997-11-28 Thread Olivier THARAN
olive -- Olivier Tharan, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Lisp Users: Due to the holiday, there will be no garbage collection on Monday. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Adding users to groups

1997-11-25 Thread Olivier THARAN
t at the end of the line containing the group you want the name added to. eg: floppy:*:25: becomes: floppy:*:25:olive I don't think shadow passwords affect that. olive -- Olivier Tharan, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> « Just how much caffeine does a Dave Miller take to run. » -

Re: Introduction for new users

1997-11-24 Thread Olivier THARAN
the first time one could learn more and then less. olive -- Olivier Tharan, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hey Fred, did you save that posting about restoring filesystems with vi and a toothpick? More importantly, did you print it out? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-ma

Re: tar, cpio, or cp?

1997-11-21 Thread Olivier THARAN
r1 && tar cv *) | (cd dir2 && tar xf -) which preserves everything (dunno about times however). olive -- Olivier Tharan, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The determined programmer can write a FORTRAN program in any language. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e

Re: ATAPI NEC CDROM Changer

1997-11-21 Thread Olivier THARAN
/hdc slave -> /dev/hdd (You can also have a look at the kernel messages during boot time, which you can review later with the dmesg command.) olive -- Olivier Tharan, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The determined programmer can write a FORTRAN program in any language.

Re: How do I refresh a Linux SCSI bus?

1997-11-20 Thread Olivier THARAN
want to appear. To switch it off, just type: echo "scsi remove-single-device 0 0 id 0">/proc/scsi/scsi All this is documented in /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi/scsi.c olive -- Olivier Tharan, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Machine-independent: Does not run on any existing

Re: compile problems on new k6

1997-11-19 Thread Olivier THARAN
your problem could be. olive -- Olivier Tharan, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> THINK -- it gives you something to do while the computer is down. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: /etc/hostname <-- FQDN?

1997-11-18 Thread Olivier THARAN
n't it? So whats his hostname > then? The hostname is the name you put in /etc/hostname; /etc/hosts is for hosts lookups. olive -- Olivier Tharan, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Volume in Drive C: TOO_LOUD! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscri

Re: [Q] Matrox Millennium II

1997-11-18 Thread Olivier THARAN
here are no major bugs (I have yet to see them of course) in the range of the server crashing suddenly, but your mileage may vary. olive -- Olivier Tharan, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Volume in Drive C: TOO_LOUD! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word &q

Re: backing-up dselect state files

1997-11-14 Thread Olivier THARAN
y; think of /var/mail or /var/spool/mqueue as important as a home directory. olive -- Olivier Tharan, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Never make any mistaeks. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Pentium Bug Fix for Linux?

1997-11-14 Thread Olivier THARAN
2... Later, olive -- Olivier Tharan, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Gotta run, the cat's caught in the printer. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: autofs and 2.0.31

1997-11-14 Thread Olivier THARAN
ion (that is the first one) when you do the make menuconfig; it will ask lots of new questions about experimental drivers, among which you will find the autofs question -- in the FS section. We have autofs working with a 2.0.31 kernel here, so you're not an isolated case! olive --

Re: Mounting iso9660 image?

1997-11-11 Thread Olivier THARAN
n might be useful. You must have a kernel with the loopback option enabled, and then you can mount your image as: # mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0 cd_image /cdrom and your image will appear under /cdrom Reading the CD-Writing Howto would be of great help. olive -- Olivie

Re: Approve script of Majordomo

1997-11-06 Thread Olivier THARAN
can I find it ! It should be in the bin/ directory of your Majordomo tree, along with bounce and medit. That's one level deeper than the wrapper and majordomo apps. olive -- Olivier Tharan, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Whoa...I did a 'zcat /vmlinuz > /dev/audio' an

Re: pthread problem

1997-11-05 Thread Olivier THARAN
#x27; [ lots of undefined references ] Do you compile with the -lpthread option? olive -- Olivier Tharan, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If only women came with pull-down menus and online help. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to

Re: shell cmd: group name from gid?

1997-10-31 Thread Olivier THARAN
at /etc/group and you'll understand) ; the result is then "piped" into cut which retrieves only the first field (-f1) if you separate the line based on the colon (-d:) olive -- Olivier Tharan, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Le dernier a se delogger eteint le systeme en pa

Re: Debian 1.2 installation - how to mount scsi cdrom????

1997-10-30 Thread Olivier THARAN
hopefully create devices scd0, scd1, ..., scd7 to access your CD. Yours will probably be /dev/scd0 then, and you should create a link /dev/scd0 -> /dev/cdrom olive -- Olivier Tharan, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ooops. Save your work, everyone. FAST! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING L

Re: mp3 players

1997-10-30 Thread Olivier THARAN
be due to its internal wav player, but I'm not sure. -- Olivier Tharan, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Anyone can build a fast processor. The trick is to build a fast system. (Seymour Cray) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to

Re: [Q] autofs and kernel 2.0.31

1997-10-29 Thread Olivier THARAN
available for automounting.) Hope this helps, olive -- Olivier Tharan, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SET DEVICE=EXXON to screw up your environment. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: [Q] autofs and kernel 2.0.31

1997-10-28 Thread Olivier THARAN
sible. Then, launch the daemon and here you go! If you have any problems, feel free to tell me, I've installed autofs without a glitch. olive -- Olivier Tharan, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This message transmited on 100% recycled electrons. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING