-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Leonard Chatagnier wrote: > <snip> Ron Johnson writes: > >> $ dpkg -S `which faillog` login: /usr/bin/faillog > >> Looks like you gotta keep it... > > - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA > > Hi again Ron. still haven't solved my mplayer issue but will post > again as soon as I resolve some of these little issues that have > bugged me for months. However, I'm confused about the dpkg -S > `which faillog` which asks for > more input. I have only one
Since you didn't paste in the exact command and it's error message, we can't *begin* to help you. > faillog, I think. Can only read a few bites from log which is 1.5 > MB in size. How do I see the rest of the 1.5 MB faillog file? I > even tried dpkg -S `tiger faillog' which spouted out MB's of tiger? > package names and related paths for just about every package I > have installed. Since I can't get any output for apt-cache search > or wajig show or list how do you know its a required package? So > I'll know? I could use some enlightenment! $ which faillog /usr/bin/faillog $ dpkg -S /usr/bin/faillog login: /usr/bin/faillog $ dpkg -S `which faillog` login: /usr/bin/faillog - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEiuuPS9HxQb37XmcRAkkoAJ4oy5lZgAWxo8fbN/51ygkXB81DIgCfQaFJ JNpx8XbHEl4O+/qQMinlejY= =dzQQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]