Re: checking for hexadecimal vals only in a string in bash

2014-09-18 Thread Dennis Kaptain
try this: if [[ $VAL2 =~ ^[A-Fa-f0-9]*$ ]] ; then echo is hex else echo is not hex fi 2014-09-18 17:34 GMT-05:00 Fred Smith : > On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 04:31:03PM -0500, Chris Kottaridis wrote: >> In a bash shell script I want to see if a string has nothing but >> hexadecimal values in

Re: how to disable tmpfs

2014-08-08 Thread Dennis Kaptain
2014-08-08 10:46 GMT-05:00 Chris Adams : > Once upon a time, Dennis Kaptain said: >> While lurking on the list, I learned in a thread "Cannot make a copy >> of video DVD with k3b" that the way fedora is configured, tmpfs will >> consume 50% of my RAM and mount itse

how to disable tmpfs

2014-08-08 Thread Dennis Kaptain
While lurking on the list, I learned in a thread "Cannot make a copy of video DVD with k3b" that the way fedora is configured, tmpfs will consume 50% of my RAM and mount itself in /tmp. If you have gobs of RAM I suppose you'd never miss it unless you are doing serious video editing or something lik

Re: Error while updating system

2014-06-17 Thread Dennis Kaptain
Note: Don't use the -y option while removing packages. It's better to let yum tell you it's intentions so you can review them first. If everything looks good, then type y to continue with the remove operation. 2014-06-17 5:59 GMT-05:00 Michael Schwendt : > On Mon, 16 Jun 2014 23:39:16 +0800, Som

Re: hacked - looking for doc/suggestions on hardening/securing systems from the start

2013-12-20 Thread Dennis Kaptain
2013/12/20 Patrick O'Callaghan > > On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 5:06 PM, Tim wrote: > >> It gets worse if you use multiple computers. It's a nightmare trying to >> do something that's accessible on all, and secure. Whether that be >> letting applications remember passwords, and I'm severely pissed

Re: What to try instead of gnome - Re: f20 - gedit

2013-12-18 Thread Dennis Kaptain
Mate is a fork of Gnome2. I use it and like it a lot. 2013/12/18 Robert Moskowitz > > On 12/18/2013 04:21 PM, Dan Thurman wrote: > > On 12/18/2013 01:07 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: > > On Wed, 18 Dec 2013 19:42:35 +0100 > bitlord wrote: > > > (just as example), but probably should have some fallbac

Re: Does anybody know what package this is in....?

2013-07-10 Thread Dennis Kaptain
/var/log/yum.log will show you what packages were updated. 2013/7/10 Bill Oliver > > I just had the oddest thing happen to me. I performed a multipackage > update on F19. I don't remember what packages, it was just one of those > notifications of "You have 18 updates pending" and I hit "Upda

Re: How to keep a particular kernel version?

2012-02-23 Thread Dennis Kaptain
> > De: M A Young >Para: Community support for Fedora users >Enviado: Jueves, 23 de febrero, 2012 15:29:49 >Asunto: Re: How to keep a particular kernel version? > >On Thu, 23 Feb 2012, enclair wrote: > >> I have these three kernels: 3.1.9, 3.2.5 and 3.2.6 >> Th

Re: adios flash, watch youtube videos in html5

2012-01-31 Thread Dennis Kaptain
- Mensaje original - > De: Itamar Reis Peixoto > Para: Community support for Fedora users > CC: > Enviado: Martes, 31 de enero, 2012 17:56:49 > Asunto: adios flash, watch youtube videos in html5 > > adios flash, watch youtube videos in html5 > > http://www.youtube.com/html5 > > --

Re: Why do e.g. ssh sessions hang when I try to log out?

2012-01-30 Thread Dennis Kaptain
> > De: Thomas Cameron >Para: users@lists.fedoraproject.org >Enviado: Sábado, 28 de enero, 2012 14:16:33 >Asunto: Why do e.g. ssh sessions hang when I try to log out? > >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA1 > >I've noticed this a lot recently. I w

Re: Neal Becker Software Package..?

2012-01-04 Thread Dennis Kaptain
>> >> Either the moderators ban this user, or I'm unsubscribing. The >> signal-to-noise ratio is just too low at the moment and it's wasting >> my time. > >Most people already left for fedora forum and the like. The list is >basically not managed so its useless. If you want to fix that you need >t

Re: Enable PHP on local Apache2 server

2011-12-28 Thread Dennis Kaptain
> > De: Klaus-Peter Schrage >Para: Fedora >Enviado: Miércoles, 28 de diciembre, 2011 8:28:44 >Asunto: Enable PHP on local Apache2 server > >I have set up a local webserver for testing static html (of which I have some >basic knowledge) and dynamic html (which

Re: Help with "sudo yum update"

2011-11-30 Thread Dennis Kaptain
> > De: Lucélio Gomes de Freitas >Para: Community support for Fedora users >Enviado: Miércoles, 30 de noviembre, 2011 14:23:19 >Asunto: Help with "sudo yum update" > > >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA256 > >Hi everybody, > >I've never seen an erro

Re: Public computer control

2011-10-28 Thread Dennis Kaptain
De: "antonio.montagn...@alice.it" Para: users@lists.fedoraproject.org Enviado: Viernes, 28 de octubre, 2011 5:59:10 Asunto: Public computer control We are installing linux on public library network I have two easy questions: 1) how can I control time of a sessi

Analog video capture

2011-05-20 Thread Dennis Kaptain
I want to convert my analog VCR tapes and analog Camcorder video to digital I plan on purchasing a BT878 card as below. http://cgi.ebay.com/PixelView-PV-BT878P-REV-10B-TV-TUNER-/260776721005?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cb780fa6d I believe the Linux Kernel should already have the drivers for

Re: Audacious

2011-01-28 Thread Dennis Kaptain
- Mensaje original > De: Michael Schwendt > Para: users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Enviado: viernes, 28 de enero, 2011 17:14:19 > Asunto: Re: Audacious > > On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:27:29 -0400, Jorge wrote: > > > On 01/28/2011 05:24 PM, Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote: > > > After yesterdays u

Re: copy and paste SOLVED

2010-04-14 Thread Dennis Kaptain
- Mensaje original > De: Dennis Kaptain > Para: Community support for Fedora users > Enviado: miércoles, 14 de abril, 2010 16:21:00 > Asunto: Re: copy and paste > > - Mensaje original > De: suvayu ali ymailto="mailto:li...@gmail.com"; >

Re: copy and paste

2010-04-14 Thread Dennis Kaptain
- Mensaje original > De: suvayu ali > Para: Community support for Fedora users > Enviado: miércoles, 14 de abril, 2010 13:36:46 > Asunto: Re: copy and paste > > On 14 April 2010 11:20, Dennis Kaptain < > ymailto="mailto:dkapt...@yahoo.com.mx"; &g

copy and paste

2010-04-14 Thread Dennis Kaptain
I've noticed that copy/paste isn't working as it used to. Highlight text by dragging mouse over it to copy middle click to paste. It seems now I need to type C to copy and V to paste. Is there a setting that could have changed that altered this behavior? this is a fully updated F11 system. [

Re: Directory permissions

2010-03-12 Thread Dennis Kaptain
De: Steve Searle Para: fed...@capercaillie.stevesearle.com Enviado: viernes, 12 de marzo, 2010 15:05:22 Asunto: Directory permissions Can anyone help me with this setup. User champs is a member of the webeditors group. I want the users in this group to be able

Re: F12: Latest Two Kernels Won't Boot

2010-01-23 Thread Dennis Kaptain
here a dmraid directory or module in /usr/share/dracut/modules.d -- You probably already know this but change in /etc/yum.conf installonly_limit=3 to a higher value, I have mine set to 5. This means the next kernel update you get won't erase your only working kernel. Dennis Kaptain