Re: /var partition seems locked or read only

2014-07-23 Thread Vincent Zweije
ot; || >returns a message saying that there is no space on the drive, || >which is something that "# df -h" deny: Ciao. Vincent. -- Vincent Zweije| "If you're flamed in a group you <http://www.xs4all.nl/~zweije/> | don't read, does anybody get bu

Re: Strange things happening with forwarded mails

2014-06-15 Thread Vincent Zweije
setting. I could be wrong, of course. Vincent. -- Vincent Zweije| "If you're flamed in a group you <http://www.xs4all.nl/~zweije/> | don't read, does anybody get burnt?" [Xhost should be taken out and shot] |-- Paul Tomblin on a.s.r. signatur

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-28 Thread Vincent Zweije
is clearer: And now I see that there's actually not even about the same resource! #1 and #4 are about resource instance "color1", #2 and #3 are about resource instance "color". Oh well, I guess you see things work. Vincent. -- Vincent Zweije| "If you'r

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-19 Thread Vincent Zweije
a feel about what classes and instances mean. By the way, the class for xterm is called XTerm, not Xterm. Vincent. -- Vincent Zweije| "If you're flamed in a group you <http://www.xs4all.nl/~zweije/> | don't read, does anybody get burnt?" [Xhost should be t

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-18 Thread Vincent Zweije
eing used. Alternatively, pass application class and instance name to appres, for example: appres XTerm xterm Vincent. -- Vincent Zweije| "If you're flamed in a group you <http://www.xs4all.nl/~zweije/> | don't read, does anybody get burnt?" [Xhost should be t

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-18 Thread Vincent Zweije
a0 || *color4:#56c2d6 || *color10: #b6e354 || *color5:#8c54fe || *color11: #feed6c || *color6:#465457 || *color12: #8cedff || *color7:#c6 || *color13: #9e6ffe Are those the default settings, or did you run xrdb -load already? Vincen

Re: .Xresources not loading on start

2014-03-18 Thread Vincent Zweije
ity ones, thus letting your settings take effect. Use the appres tool to find out what the actual settings are that are loaded in your X server. If this confirms the theory, you can start finding out where the higher priority settings come from. Vincent. -- Vincent Zweije| "If you'

Re: Interactive definition of a shell function.

2013-09-12 Thread Vincent Zweije
arget; } In your scripts, the } is probably on a new line: the newline before it then terminates the command: cpST(){ cp Source Target # <- newline terminates command } Vincent. -- Vincent Zweije| "If you're flamed in a group you <http://www.xs4all.nl/~zwei

Re: Bash variable escaping

2013-09-11 Thread Vincent Zweije
le quotes. It turns out that without double quotes, the shell first expands the variable, then expands the filename pattern (which is a single asterisk). The double quotes prevent filename expansion. || salt '*' || works fine Yes. The single quotes prevent filename expansion, but ge

Re: Bash variable escaping

2013-09-10 Thread Vincent Zweije
h those quotes) but not the extra quotes and backslashes set -x prints for you. || How can I avoid that? Depends on how you did it now, of course. Is dialog quoting the entered value? If so, look there. Vincent. -- Vincent Zweije| "If you're flamed in a group you <http:/

Re: Startup of X fails

1998-10-17 Thread Vincent Zweije
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, MJ Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: || After installing 2.0 clean onto my PC, attempts to start up any || window manager fails, as does just trying to start an xterm. || || This output is from an attempt to start up fvwm2: What are you trying to do? Are you tr

Re: Diald Problems....

1997-01-17 Thread Vincent Zweije
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kevin Traas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: || Although things work, I do have some strange messages appearing in || /var/log/messages. Although things seem to be working okay, I think || they're probably something that should be looked into. Can you "shed any || l