Re: c++: invalid conversion from 'int' to 'const char*'

2009-09-12 Thread John L. Templer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Boris Samorodov wrote: > On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:41:43 +0200 Fabian Keil wrote: >> Boris Samorodov wrote: > >>> I'm porting a c++ application to FreeBSD. I've got an error: >>> - >>> ~/work/src/FileChannel.cpp: In member function 'QString >>> Fil

Re: The question of moving vi to /bin

2009-06-25 Thread John L. Templer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: >> ed is an interactive program, and it has always been considered as >> such, at least since BSD 4.2. Way back then there were three main >> editors, ex, vi, and ed. > > ed goes back at least as far as the Bell Labs 6th

Re: The question of moving vi to /bin

2009-06-25 Thread John L. Templer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ruben de Groot wrote: > On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 01:36:31AM -0400, John L. Templer typed: >> ed is an interactive program, and it has always been considered as such, >> at least since BSD 4.2. Way back then there were three main edi

Re: The question of moving vi to /bin

2009-06-24 Thread John L. Templer
It's not just keeping the core system small, it's ensuring that if the disk containing /usr fails to mount, then you still have enough of the system to fix the problem. Admittedly this isn't as much of a concern now, what with rescue disks and CDs wit

Re: Extract Songs from DVD

2008-10-23 Thread John L. Templer
Polytropon wrote: > On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:35:25 -0400, "John L. Templer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> Polytropon wrote: >>> % dd if=/dev/acd0t01 of=track01.cdr bs=2352 >> Very cool! I have a few questions though. I notice this doesn't

Re: Extract Songs from DVD

2008-10-22 Thread John L. Templer
Polytropon wrote: > On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:34:41 +0300, "Odhiambo Washington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> I bought an original DVD but I cannot play that in my car's audio >> player. Is there a tool that I can use to get the songs off the DVD in >> WAV format, or even MP3? > > If the DVD does

7.1-PRELEASE sporadically panicking with fatal trap 12

2008-09-26 Thread John L. Templer
I'm running 7.1-PRERELEASE, with /usr/src and /usr/ports last csup-ed just a few days ago. After being up for about a day or so the system will panic because of a page fault. I'm not completely sure, but it seems that the system is more stable when gdm and gnome are disabled in rc.conf. At l