RE: [techtalk] pppd (ifup script)
Hey Harry, > Hey Karen, actually my name is Catherine ;-) > Check your logs "/var/log/messages" to see why it bombed. If you can > post that it might be helpful. These are the relevant lines. I can make neither head nor tail of them! Feb 15 22:47:52 ruth ifup-ppp: pppd started for ppp0 on at Feb 15 22:47:52 ruth pppd[11248]: no device specified and stdin is not a tty Thanks, Catherine --- () () __ ()Be Steadfast. / \ The way back will come but once. \__/ --- ** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. ** [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] pppd (ifup script)
CATHERINE LUCAS wrote: e relevant lines. I can make neither head nor tail of them! > > Feb 15 22:47:52 ruth ifup-ppp: pppd started for ppp0 on at > Feb 15 22:47:52 ruth pppd[11248]: no device specified and stdin is not a tty Second line seems to imply, to me, that your pppd startup command/script/whatever has something like: somecommandhere > pppd or somecommandhere | pppd or even pppd > somecommandhere or pppd | somecommandhere Can you show us the command that starts pppd? stdin is the generic-input-place, and a pipe or redirection into or from pppd /appears/ to be going to stdin somehow. If we can see the pppd command, we might be able to figure out how. Jenn V. -- "We're repairing the coolant loop of a nuclear fusion reactor. This is women's work!" Helix, Freefall. http://www.purrsia.com/freefall/ Jenn Vesperman[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.simegen.com/~jenn [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] ICQ client
- Original Message - From: "Snarfblat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 5:35 PM Subject: Re: [techtalk] ICQ client > My personal preference is gtkicq. I love a good gtk theme with custom > icons. GnomeICQ is the successor to gtkicq...it's themeable as well, and you can play with the icons if you so desire. One of these days I will work out how to do all that...:) David [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] career/family question
Rik Hemsley wrote: > #if Linda Walsh > > Dunno if I want to do this...but... > > > > No one is "equal" in every way with everyone else [...] > > Misquote from Python: > > "You are ALL INDIVIDUALS !" > (moment's pause) > "I'm not ! ... and neither's my wife !" > > [...] > > It'd by like rating on congeniality -- have you ever heard of Mr. > > Congeniality award? Things have moved away from those explicit > > criteria, but attitudes still remain. > > I have worked at a company where I was not made welcome, because > I didn't play football (soccer) with the 'lads'. > > It's practically the same thing. I wasn't a 'man' in their eyes, > so I got the equivalent of sexual discrimination. Yes, I really did. > > Rik > > -- > Explore the richness of your limitations. > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org I would snip but I won't. Same with me. I am the male sports inept I was made feel unwelcome because I can not play baseball. This was silly it was like bloody high school. It was pretty awful, both men and women participated in "Steve Jokes". As far as family stuff. We were messy. I lived with a family for several years. Half the machines were at home and I admin'd them. I took care of kids when needed including teaching cooking and making dinner. Dishwashing was automated. We had a once a week house keeper, we paid her $10/hr. Mostly we took dinner together. Each person got chance at menu planning. I drove people to school and it all seemed to work. Things ended up in random places but were found. So far this group of people seems to be the happiest family I know and have known and I shouldn't have struck out on my own. My looseness was accepted and I am sure several prosecutors would be screaming about the state of summer dress we ran around in. It was funny. Most everyone is happy and prosperous, with me being the mild black sheep. Have Fun, Sends Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] career/family question
Wow! Thats the best bungle story I've heard from that era,and I was a
draft counsellor then!
.Tami
.signature: syntax error at line 1: `(' unexpected
> Unfortunately gender does matter. In 1972 I received a draft notice to go to
> Viet Nam (lucky lottery winner...lol). Seems they misspelled my name. Being
> (obviously) female did not matter and I had to have a genetic work up done
> to prove that I was indeed a female. My birth certificate was not accepted
> either. So much for living in this mans' world.
>
> Davida
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Re: [techtalk] career/family question
Tania Morell: > :) Strange topic for techtalk but... It really should be an important part of ANY organizer programme, so I think we should discuss it further in order to make a spec and then get it implemented ;) > :( Not so happy to admit... sometimes I do sleep in > my clothes. And I think I've taken out the ironing > board 3 times in the last 10 months and that was for > job interviews. ..(It was a programmers habit too, I > guess) That and I'm the least vain person I know. *no > makeup* *I hate shopping for clothes* If I didn't > feel unladylike going grunge all the time, I would. I really think you should concider paying someone to do some cleaning for you. Just think about it: do you hate housework so much that it would be a relief to come home to a clean house with your clothes washed and ironed - even if it means a bit less money? Do me there is no doubt: I definitely will have someone to do cleaning when I start working. I am actually concidering it now, too, when I am a student working part time. I live with a geek guy who hates housework, so my plan is to get someone to clean the floors, bathroom, dust etc every forthnight and maybe also do the laundry for us. Of course we will then split the expenses between us. We also used to buy groceries etc via internet and get the shop to bring it home for us. Costed a bit extra, but as we used to buy from a cheap store the total amount was less than we would have paid to buy it from our local store (we don't have a car, so it's hard to bring home juice, milk, beer etc). > I cook to save money and to keep from blowing up like > a baloon.. I mostly have breakfast in a can, though, > but lately it's been McDonald's #3 with orange juice. > h .. yummy. I eat bread for breakfast. Then I have bead and cheese and stuff at work and make my lunch from that. At home we either make a pizza or we cook something ourself, mainly consisting of 3-4 ingredients plus rice or pasta. Cheap and usually pretty fast and with little trouble. It's definitely possible to read mail/news, compile, program or read newspapers while the food is preparing itself. So, the technical side: all this should be implemented in some electronic organizer stuff: reminders of calling the cleaner, automatic submitting of the orders to the shop at the end of each Friday (so it's delivered when one gets home from work)(the list should be the "standard" stuff like milk, bread etc, plus the things you have added to the list plus necessay ingredients to next weeks cooking (see later)), proposals for menus for each day of week, which in time should compile with the day's appointments. So if the organizer knows that you have a meeting until late on Tuesday, it should propose (and maybe order) a very simple meal, whil when it see that you have a day off on Sunday plus that you are expecting your family for dinner then, it should make sure an appropriate steak with vegetables is ordered. Etc. I mean, this would be wonderful and really useful! Not only will the organizer make sure you have time for your meetings etc, but it will also make sure you have time for cooking (and the other home duties, which you of course specify in it) afterwards. Hm. I really NEED this. Now! (And I think we maybe should move this to grrltalk now. So if someone wants to discuss this further: send to grrltalk instead :)) Magni :) -- ulimit is good for you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] 1st time adding a modem to linux.
I've had my internal pci modem for about 2 years now so if I can't get it to work with linux, I'd have to buy another one... I have an old ISA 28.8 modem, though. I intalled it and had it working in 5 minutes but it's slow. I want to get adsl as soon as it's available in my area so I don't want to be stuck with 3 modems that I'm not going to use. I hate seeing perfectly good hardware (and *money*) go to waste. I guess I'll just keep the 28.8 for now. -T --- Nick Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just wanted to say that I was reminded the hard way > tonight that > its not always configuration that stops you from > being able to setup > devices on your computer. I have been struggling > for a month with > an external 56.6 modem, and could not get it. > Minicom would let > me dial out with it as a 56.6 modem...but all it > would display on the > screen was random characters. We reset the serial > speed to 9600 > and 19200, and it works, but anything above that, > and the modem > freaks out. Anything above those speeds, and it > won't dial using chat, > either. *mumble* I asked the guy who gave me the > modem about it > at work today, and his reply was "Oh, yeah, I had it > working fine in my > system until I moved. After that, it seemed to run > rather oddly." > > Its nice to finally have an answer, but its one of > those answers that makes > you want to throw things. A month of hair pulling > when everything had been > set up correctly, for the most part. > > *shrug* And now, back to your regularly scheduled > program. > > Nick > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org > > = Tania Morell [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.shadow.net/~tania __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
RE: [techtalk] pppd (ifup script)
Hey Catherine, Sorry about that, I don't know where I got Karen from. It must be the crack ;-). So what seems to be happing is that no device is being used for the ppp0 device. Normally this is run thru the modem. How are you setting up ppp? Thru LinuxConf? Anyhow, I would recommend wvdial. If you're using a gui these is an Xbased version. I can send you a how-to that I wrote for connecting to Speakeasy.net. It's at home now so it won't be until later. Please try this in the mean time. Fire up minicom, and dial your ISP. See what is displayed, ie=>prompt or garbage (pppd). This will at least let everyone know how to setup a chat script for your situtation. Also if you do get prompts for login and pass enter them wait for pppd to start on your ISP side then "suspend with no reset" minicom and fire up pppd -detach. If that works it'll be relatively easy to accomplish. Also make sure that you always run pppd with debug. Sorry this is so long. Regards, Harry On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, CATHERINE LUCAS wrote: > Hey Harry, > > > Hey Karen, > actually my name is Catherine ;-) > > > Check your logs "/var/log/messages" to see why it bombed. If you can > > post that it might be helpful. > > These are the relevant lines. I can make neither head nor tail of them! > > Feb 15 22:47:52 ruth ifup-ppp: pppd started for ppp0 on at > Feb 15 22:47:52 ruth pppd[11248]: no device specified and stdin is not a tty > > Thanks, > > Catherine > > --- > () > () __ ()Be Steadfast. > / \ The way back will come but once. > \__/ > --- > > > > > ** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > the system manager. > > This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by > MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. > > ** > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] career/family question
Hey All, Just my $.02. I just moved out here to Seattle about 6mo. ago. I don't have a car so if I want to go grocery shopping I have a few options. A: bum a ride B: Take mass transit C: don't keep any food in house or D: shop at homegrocer.com. Guess which one I chose. I am not married/have a family. But I would imagine that if I did and going to work meant being able to provide more for the people I loved and hiring someone to help with the 'housework' would potentially give me more time to spend with them I don't think that it would be an issue. I guess it's guess how you look at it. On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Magni Onsoien wrote: > Tania Morell: > > > :) Strange topic for techtalk but... > > It really should be an important part of ANY organizer programme, so I > think we should discuss it further in order to make a spec and then get > it implemented ;) > > > :( Not so happy to admit... sometimes I do sleep in > > my clothes. And I think I've taken out the ironing > > board 3 times in the last 10 months and that was for > > job interviews. ..(It was a programmers habit too, I > > guess) That and I'm the least vain person I know. *no > > makeup* *I hate shopping for clothes* If I didn't > > feel unladylike going grunge all the time, I would. > > I really think you should concider paying someone to do some cleaning > for you. Just think about it: do you hate housework so much that it > would be a relief to come home to a clean house with your clothes washed > and ironed - even if it means a bit less money? > Do me there is no doubt: I definitely will have someone to do cleaning > when I start working. I am actually concidering it now, too, when I am a > student working part time. I live with a geek guy who hates housework, > so my plan is to get someone to clean the floors, bathroom, dust etc > every forthnight and maybe also do the laundry for us. Of course we will > then split the expenses between us. > > We also used to buy groceries etc via internet and get the shop to bring > it home for us. Costed a bit extra, but as we used to buy from a cheap > store the total amount was less than we would have paid to buy it from > our local store (we don't have a car, so it's hard to bring home juice, > milk, beer etc). > > > I cook to save money and to keep from blowing up like > > a baloon.. I mostly have breakfast in a can, though, > > but lately it's been McDonald's #3 with orange juice. > > h .. yummy. > > I eat bread for breakfast. Then I have bead and cheese and stuff at work > and make my lunch from that. At home we either make a pizza or we cook > something ourself, mainly consisting of 3-4 ingredients plus rice or > pasta. Cheap and usually pretty fast and with little trouble. It's > definitely possible to read mail/news, compile, program or read > newspapers while the food is preparing itself. > > So, the technical side: all this should be implemented in some > electronic organizer stuff: reminders of calling the cleaner, automatic > submitting of the orders to the shop at the end of each Friday (so it's > delivered when one gets home from work)(the list should be the > "standard" stuff like milk, bread etc, plus the things you have added to > the list plus necessay ingredients to next weeks cooking (see later)), > proposals for menus for each day of week, which in time should compile > with the day's appointments. So if the organizer knows that you have a > meeting until late on Tuesday, it should propose (and maybe order) a > very simple meal, whil when it see that you have a day off on Sunday > plus that you are expecting your family for dinner then, it should make > sure an appropriate steak with vegetables is ordered. Etc. I mean, this > would be wonderful and really useful! Not only will the organizer make > sure you have time for your meetings etc, but it will also make sure you > have time for cooking (and the other home duties, which you of course > specify in it) afterwards. > > Hm. I really NEED this. Now! > > (And I think we maybe should move this to grrltalk now. So if someone > wants to discuss this further: send to grrltalk instead :)) > > > Magni :) > -- > ulimit is good for you. > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] career/family question
Hey y'all (: Here's my plan: I'm moving my mom in with me, and paying her a salary. She already cleans and cooks when she comes to my house, and right now, she is working as a waitress, which is too hard for her at her age, and too stressful. I realize that not everyone gets along with their moms as well as I do, but it would be wonderful to see a trend where we hire people who normally experience age discrimination to do some of these jobs for us. And it's a huge problem in this country that we don't take care of our elderly, so when the time comes that she needs my help, she'll be here already. I plan to build a "mother-in-law" house behind mine so that she'll have her own space. (: Cindy On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hey All, > Just my $.02. I just moved out here to Seattle about 6mo. ago. I don't > have a car so if I want to go grocery shopping I have a few options. A: > bum a ride B: Take mass transit C: don't keep any food in house or D: shop > at homegrocer.com. Guess which one I chose. > I am not married/have a family. But I would imagine that if I did and > going to work meant being able to provide more for the people I loved and > hiring someone to help with the 'housework' would potentially give me more > time to spend with them I don't think that it would be an issue. I guess > it's guess how you look at it. > > On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Magni Onsoien wrote: > > > Tania Morell: > > > > > :) Strange topic for techtalk but... > > > > It really should be an important part of ANY organizer programme, so I > > think we should discuss it further in order to make a spec and then get > > it implemented ;) > > > > > :( Not so happy to admit... sometimes I do sleep in > > > my clothes. And I think I've taken out the ironing > > > board 3 times in the last 10 months and that was for > > > job interviews. ..(It was a programmers habit too, I > > > guess) That and I'm the least vain person I know. *no > > > makeup* *I hate shopping for clothes* If I didn't > > > feel unladylike going grunge all the time, I would. > > > > I really think you should concider paying someone to do some cleaning > > for you. Just think about it: do you hate housework so much that it > > would be a relief to come home to a clean house with your clothes washed > > and ironed - even if it means a bit less money? > > Do me there is no doubt: I definitely will have someone to do cleaning > > when I start working. I am actually concidering it now, too, when I am a > > student working part time. I live with a geek guy who hates housework, > > so my plan is to get someone to clean the floors, bathroom, dust etc > > every forthnight and maybe also do the laundry for us. Of course we will > > then split the expenses between us. > > > > We also used to buy groceries etc via internet and get the shop to bring > > it home for us. Costed a bit extra, but as we used to buy from a cheap > > store the total amount was less than we would have paid to buy it from > > our local store (we don't have a car, so it's hard to bring home juice, > > milk, beer etc). > > > > > I cook to save money and to keep from blowing up like > > > a baloon.. I mostly have breakfast in a can, though, > > > but lately it's been McDonald's #3 with orange juice. > > > h .. yummy. > > > > I eat bread for breakfast. Then I have bead and cheese and stuff at work > > and make my lunch from that. At home we either make a pizza or we cook > > something ourself, mainly consisting of 3-4 ingredients plus rice or > > pasta. Cheap and usually pretty fast and with little trouble. It's > > definitely possible to read mail/news, compile, program or read > > newspapers while the food is preparing itself. > > > > So, the technical side: all this should be implemented in some > > electronic organizer stuff: reminders of calling the cleaner, automatic > > submitting of the orders to the shop at the end of each Friday (so it's > > delivered when one gets home from work)(the list should be the > > "standard" stuff like milk, bread etc, plus the things you have added to > > the list plus necessay ingredients to next weeks cooking (see later)), > > proposals for menus for each day of week, which in time should compile > > with the day's appointments. So if the organizer knows that you have a > > meeting until late on Tuesday, it should propose (and maybe order) a > > very simple meal, whil when it see that you have a day off on Sunday > > plus that you are expecting your family for dinner then, it should make > > sure an appropriate steak with vegetables is ordered. Etc. I mean, this > > would be wonderful and really useful! Not only will the organizer make > > sure you have time for your meetings etc, but it will also make sure you > > have time for cooking (and the other home duties, which you of course > > specify in it) afterwards. > > > > Hm. I really NEED this. Now! > > > > (And I think we maybe should move this to grrltalk now. So
[techtalk] Fwd: Blondes???
1. Question: If you could live forever, would you and why? Answer: "I would not live forever, because we should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever."---Miss Alabama in the 1994 Miss USA contest 2. "Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that but not with all those flies and death and stuff." ---Mariah Carey 3. "Researchers have discovered that chocolate produces some of the same reactions in the brain as marijuana. The researchers also discovered other similarities between the two, but can't remember what they are."---Matt Lauer on NBC's Today Show, August 22 4. "I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law."---David Dinkins, New York City Mayor, (answering accusations that he failed to pay his taxes) 5. "Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life."---Brooke Shields, during an interview to become spokesperson for a federal anti-smoking campaign. 6. "I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body." --Winston Bennett, Univ. of KY basketball forward 7. "Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country."---Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, DC 8. "We're going to turn this team around 360 drgrees."---Jason Kidd, upon his drafting to the Dallas Mavericks 9. "I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president."---Hillary Clinton (commenting on the release of subpoenaed documents) 10. "China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese."---Former French President Charles De Gaulle 11. "That lowdown scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death by a jackass, and I'm just the one to do it."---A Congressional Candidate in Texas 12. "It isn't pollution that's harming the environment, it's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."---Former U.S. Vice-president Dan Quayle- an esteemed DePaul alumni 13. "Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind."---General William Westmoreland 14. And last but not least, a parting word from Dan Quayle: "I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix." ___ Get 100% FREE Internet Access powered by Excite Visit http://freeworld.excite.com __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Fwd: Blondes???
Why you derty, low-down stereotyper you! How dare you imply that blondes are stoopid! My afrikan ancestors take a fence. ;( -T = Tania Morell [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.shadow.net/~tania __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Fwd: Blondes???
Re: your Subject choice... This isn't meant as a criticism -- just using it to point out an example about the environment we live in. "Blonde jokes" are based on a stereotype typically applied only to women. When I talk about why equality is not possible in this environment, this is an example. Many of us have told and laughed at dumb blonde jokes, I have as well -- and I'm blonde! Of course it's interesting to note that at least 8(out of 14), that I could see on the list were white males. Would everyone be happy with "dumb white male" jokes? Somehow I think many here would find that alot more challenging to take humorously in the same way. -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
[techtalk] Re: Blondes???
Before I get flamed for it, that list of quotes was not intentionally sent to the techtalk list. Oopssorry! __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
RE: [techtalk] Fwd: Blondes???
Not to mention...this is the techtalk list. S. > -Original Message- > From: Linda Walsh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 1:23 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [techtalk] Fwd: Blondes??? > > > Re: your Subject choice... > This isn't meant as a criticism -- just using it to point > out an example about the environment we live in. > > "Blonde jokes" are based on a stereotype typically > applied only to women. When > I talk about why equality is not possible in this environment, this > is an example. Many of us have told and laughed at dumb blonde jokes, > I have as well -- and I'm blonde! Of course it's interesting to note > that at least 8(out of 14), that I could see on the list were white > males. Would everyone be happy with "dumb white male" jokes? Somehow > I think many here would find that alot more challenging to > take humorously > in the same way. > > -l > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
[techtalk] Formatting floppy
Hi, I have a floppy disk which is DOS formatted. How do I format it as a Linux disk? Sorry for the dumb question, but I searched in RH manuals and the RedHat site, but no joy... thanks, - Kev [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
RE: [techtalk] Fwd: Blondes???
Actually, THAT was the reason I was apologizing. Were I to intentionally post, it would have been to grrltalk, not techtalk. >Not to mention...this is the techtalk list. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Fwd: Blondes??? Isn't this a techlist?
At 05:47 PM 02/16/2000 GMT, you wrote: > >5. "Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of >your life."---Brooke Shields, during an interview to become spokesperson for >a federal anti-smoking campaign. > Oh, and Brook Shields is a brunette > >7. "Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates >in the country."---Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, DC > So, in case it escaped your notice, was Mayor Barry Who, pray, is this ignoramus? Janus who wonders if maybe we could move all non-tech stuff to grrltalk? [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Fwd: Blondes???
Well, I laughed my head off... ;) -T --- Tania Morell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why you derty, low-down stereotyper you! > How dare you imply that blondes are stoopid! > My afrikan ancestors take a fence. > > ;( > > -T > > = > Tania Morell >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.shadow.net/~tania = Tania Morell [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.shadow.net/~tania __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Formatting floppy
Should be able to run: mke2fs /dev/fd0 (or whichever floppy drive it is) This needs to be done as root. Then mount with: mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy (or alternate mount point) - Aaron Schultz - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I have not lost my mind. It's backed up on disk somewhere." -- On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, kev wrote: > Hi, > > I have a floppy disk which is DOS formatted. > How do I format it as a Linux disk? > > Sorry for the dumb question, but I searched in RH manuals and the RedHat > site, but no joy... > > thanks, > > - Kev > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Formatting floppy
On 16.02.00, 20:04:29, Kevin Porter wrote: > I have a floppy disk which is DOS formatted. > How do I format it as a Linux disk? > Sorry for the dumb question, but I searched in > RH manuals and the RedHat site, but no joy... Kevin, are you sure you want to do this? Under normal circumstances there is no problem using DOS readable disquettes on Linux... If your /etc/fstab contains a line like this /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy autosync,user, noauto,nosuid, nodev,unhide 0 0 you will be able to mount them easily. Hope this helps a bit, Karl-Heinz -- K.-H. Zimmer Hamburg Germany http://home.snafu.de/khz/index.html (some say 'his so called homepage') [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Formatting floppy
Hey Kev, Give this a shot. Insert the disk into the drive. Assuming that your floppy is /dev/fd0 (most are), do this: %mkfs.ext2 /dev/fd0 viloa, all done. You should see info about the superblocks being written. Now you can mount it to the dir ( I use /mnt/floppy) of your choice. So, if I didn't have it before I would do this as root. %mkdir /mnt/floppy %chmod 700 /mnt/floppy %mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy %cd /mnt/floppy Then when I'm ready to eject the disk I move out of the floppy dir. You can't unmount a medium if you in it's directory. % umount /mnt/floppy HTH, Harry On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, kev wrote: > Hi, > > I have a floppy disk which is DOS formatted. > How do I format it as a Linux disk? > > Sorry for the dumb question, but I searched in RH manuals and the RedHat > site, but no joy... > > thanks, > > - Kev > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Fwd: Blondes???
On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, J B wrote: [jokes snipped] Now this isn't exactly on-topic on techtalk, is it? (F'up set to grrltalk.) Nils -- Nils Philippsen / Berliner Straße 39 / D-71229 Leonberg // +49.7152.209647 [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offence. -- Edsger W. Dijkstra [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
[techtalk] icq
Okay, so I just installed gnomeicu. (I used the rpm, so I may decide to go back and get the source later if I can't get it worked out right.) Okay. So, I ran it, and it worked... until I wanted to add a contact. It gave me this error: gnomeicu: error in loading shared libraries: gnomeicu: undefined symbol: gnome_druid_new It seemed to install okay; I have all the things it requires to even run intalled (at least, I think I do. I wasn't sure if I had perl, but I do.) I'm probably going to try to do it from source, and see if that helps. If not, um, ... yeah. Meep. Conni -- We are the Burgh. Youns need assimilated. -John Moseman http://www2.one-eyed-alien.net/~ccovingt http://www.angelfire.com/anime/Galadriel [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
[techtalk] icq
Okay, so I got the source. Now, I ./configure'd it, and says this:
[root@sakura gnomeicu-0.90b]# ./configure
loading cache ./config.cache
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for working aclocal... found
checking for working autoconf... found
checking for working automake... found
checking for working autoheader... found
checking for working makeinfo... missing
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking for gnome-config... no
checking for gnomeConf.sh file in /usr/local/lib... not found
configure: error: Could not find the gnomeConf.sh file that is generated
by gnome-libs install
Now, I'm running gnome. My gnome-core is version 1.0.7-2. It complies
with their requirements. I've never seen this file they refer to. I
have no idea. Snarf.
Conni
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RE: [techtalk] icq
are you sure you have gnome development library?
the file "gnome-config" comes in gnome-lib-devel-1.xx.xx package
You can check by typing "rpm -q -l gnome-libs-devel | egrep gnome-config"
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> Okay, so I got the source. Now, I ./configure'd it, and says this:
> [root@sakura gnomeicu-0.90b]# ./configure
> loading cache ./config.cache
> checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
> checking for working aclocal... found
> checking for working autoconf... found
> checking for working automake... found
> checking for working autoheader... found
> checking for working makeinfo... missing
> checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of
> Makefiles... no
> checking for gnome-config... no
> checking for gnomeConf.sh file in /usr/local/lib... not found
> configure: error: Could not find the gnomeConf.sh file that
> is generated
> by gnome-libs install
>
>
> Now, I'm running gnome. My gnome-core is version 1.0.7-2.
> It complies
> with their requirements. I've never seen this file they
> refer to. I
> have no idea. Snarf.
>
> Conni
>
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> Would now be an appropriate time to say that you disturb me?
> -Ford
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RE: [techtalk] icq
On Feb 16, Ji Lee conjectured: > are you sure you have gnome development library? > the file "gnome-config" comes in gnome-lib-devel-1.xx.xx package > You can check by typing "rpm -q -l gnome-libs-devel | egrep gnome-config" Bleh. Guess not. Too bad my ppp connection sucks too much to download anything more than couple hundred K. Maybe I'll have the boy take the laptop to work and get them over the T1. Or just try it from home. Or something. Snarf. Conni -- So they linked their hands and danced 'round in circles and in rows. -Loreena McKennitt http://www2.one-eyed-alien.net/~ccovingt http://www.angelfire.com/anime/Galadriel [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] career/family question
Cynthia Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to techtalk/linuxchix: >I plan to build a "mother-in-law" house behind mine so that she'll have >her own space. (: Technically, doesn't a "mother-in-law" refer to something that's part of your own house but just with a separate entrance, usually (always?) above? If it's a smaller house behind yours that's separate, I think that's that's a "cottage." And I think an "au pair" unit is like a mother-in-law but lacking some of the facilities (separate entrance, but missing its own kitchen or bathroom or something). I'm pretty sure those are the terms, but someone correct me if I've gotten any of this wrong. I also want to have my mom to come and live with me; so does my sister so we'll either have to duke it out or else I'll have to convince my sister to move to where I am and that'll simplify everything. I really like the idea of making extra food and saving them cooking one night, or vice versa. BTW, for those who pay extra to have groceries delivered, there are also chefs offering healthy pre-cooked meals that just need to be heated, or even those that are delivered hot or some that are actually cooked in your home. It's becoming quite a nice service for recent parents, especially single highly-paid working parents in Silicon Valley. They're done either as a subscription service (specify how many times per week) or per meal. It's a nice gift if you know any single parents out there, or even harried two-parent homes or where they don't enjoy the cooking process itself. (No, I have no affiliation or interest in this other than thinking it's a neat service.) -S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
