Re: Debugging 32-bit applications on an x86_64 system

On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 1:01 AM, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: > I'm trying to debug inspect googleearth (a 32-bit application) using gdb > on an x86_64 system.  Gdb starts OK, but when I attempt to run > googleearth, it reports that a large number of debuginfo packages are > missing with messages like:

Re: Adobe (Temporarily?)... VHS vs Beta

On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 22:35 +0100, Sam Sharpe wrote: > Heck yes it's OT - but whatever happened to Laser Discs? ;o) They shrank in the wash... ;-) -- [...@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from t

Chinese input on a mixed 32/64 bit Fedora installation

Hi, I just changed from 64 bit Firefox to 32 bit Firefox on my Fedora 13 machine, because of the recent Flash issues. Now, when I try to enter Chinese in a browser window I can't select the ibus input method. Does anyone know if there is a way to fix this? Steve -- users mailing list users@l

Re: Debugging 32-bit applications on an x86_64 system

Thanks very much for your reply. Detailed comments follow. On Sat, 2010-06-19 at 12:48 +0530, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote: > On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 1:01 AM, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: > > I'm trying to debug inspect googleearth (a 32-bit application) using gdb > > on an x86_64 system. Gdb starts OK,

Re: Debugging 32-bit applications on an x86_64 system

On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: >> You could download the debuginfo rpm, decompress it using rpm2cpio and >> the load up the program with LD_LIBRARY_PATH pointing to the location >> where you decompressed it. > > Again, this would be tedious, since there are 33 debuginfo p

Re: Chinese input on a mixed 32/64 bit Fedora installation

> I just changed from 64 bit Firefox to 32 bit Firefox on my Fedora 13 > machine, because of the recent Flash issues. Now, when I try to enter > Chinese in a browser window I can't select the ibus input method. Does > anyone know if there is a way to fix this? > Are you saying that the ibus

Re: NFS problem in FC13

On Fri, 18 Jun 2010, gary artim wrote: > I had a problem with this, my server running fc12, client running > fc13. The nfs mount worked, but all the files were read only and the > owner.group for all files were set to nobody. I used the '-o > nfsvers=3' option on the client. -- gary That sounds l

inkscape fedora 10 not working

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Bonjour, I try to use inkscape under fedora 10 and it does not work at all: unable to launch I tried (and succeeded) to compile it, but the freshly compiled version (0.47) cannot be launched too. Are there some tests what I can try to see what

Re: inkscape fedora 10 not working

François Patte kirjoitti lauantai, 19. kesäkuuta 2010 12:08:22: > Bonjour, > > I try to use inkscape under fedora 10 and it does not work at all: > unable to launch > > I tried (and succeeded) to compile it, but the freshly compiled version > (0.47) cannot be launched too. Have you tried yu

Re: inkscape fedora 10 not working

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le 19/06/2010 11:59, jarmo a écrit : > François Patte kirjoitti lauantai, 19. kesäkuuta 2010 12:08:22: >> Bonjour, >> >> I try to use inkscape under fedora 10 and it does not work at all: >> unable to launch >> >> I tried (and succeeded) to compile

Re: inkscape fedora 10 not working

On 19/06/10 11:22, François Patte wrote: > > Of course! It was my starting point and, as it did not work, I compiled > the latest version > Start it from cli and see what errors may come. -- Regards, Frank Murphy UTF_8 Encoded Friend of Fedora -- users mailing list users@lists.fedorapro

Re: Chinese input on a mixed 32/64 bit Fedora installation

On 06/19/2010 04:29 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > >> I just changed from 64 bit Firefox to 32 bit Firefox on my Fedora 13 >> machine, because of the recent Flash issues. Now, when I try to enter >> Chinese in a browser window I can't select the ibus input method. Does >> anyone know if there is a way

SB Blaster X-fi card

Anyone have this Sound Blaster X-fi Extreme Audio card installed in their desktop running Fedora? If so, what in the world did you do to get it working? Do I have to maybe run a alsamixer or some type configuration program to enable something for it to work? -- Mike Chambers Madisonville, KY

Re: inkscape fedora 10 not working

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le 19/06/2010 12:25, Frank Murphy a écrit : > On 19/06/10 11:22, François Patte wrote: > >> Of course! It was my starting point and, as it did not work, I compiled >> the latest version >> > > Start it from cli and see what errors may come. No e

Re: SB Blaster X-fi card

On Sat, 2010-06-19 at 06:23 -0500, Mike Chambers wrote: > Anyone have this Sound Blaster X-fi Extreme Audio card installed in > their desktop running Fedora? If so, what in the world did you do to > get it working? Do I have to maybe run a alsamixer or some type > configuration program to enable

Re: Help getting WiFi working on laptop

On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 11:35:58 -0400, "John W. Linville" wrote: > > yum install iwl6050-firmware Was this needed because iwl6050-firmware is such a new package? Would it be expected to be installed by default on F14+ ? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or ch

Re: gpk-update-viewer vs. yum

| From: BeartoothHOS | Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:51:05 + (UTC) | | Is it just me?? | | I've noticed, on several machines (PC, laptop, netbook) that if | the machine has no connection, or thinks it has none, the gpk function | claims there are no updates; but if I doubt that an

Re: Unexplained temporary freezes in Thunderbird Fedora 13

Jerry Feldman wrote: > So far, after upgrading to 3.1-0.2.rc2.fc14 it seems to be more > responsive to mouse clicks and no freezes (but I have not been using it > long enough to really measure). maybe it will last. > The only thing I would prefer is if there were a verison of enigmail > that

Installing Citrix Presentation Server / OpenMotif on Fedora13

I have installed Citrix Linux client version 11.100 which apparently requires OpenMotif v.2.3.1. However, I cannot find OpenMotif v.2.3.1 for Fedora 2.6.33.5-124.fc13.i686. I found it for an older version of Fedora but it didn't work. I am relatively new to Linux so any advice would be apprec

Thunderbird 3.1

I see that Thunderbird 3.1 RC2 is in the rawhide repository. When Thunderbird 3.1 is release, will it become part of Fedora 13 or will it be held until Fedora 14? It appears that 3.1 is faster and more reliable than 3.0.4. -- -- Steve -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To uns

Re: Thunderbird 3.1

On 06/19/2010 10:29 AM, Steven Stern wrote: > I see that Thunderbird 3.1 RC2 is in the rawhide repository. When > Thunderbird 3.1 is release, will it become part of Fedora 13 or will it > be held until Fedora 14? I wouldn't hold my breath unless you see it in F13 updates-testing > It appears

NFS mounts - temporary failure in name resolution

I have installed Fedora 13 on two machines now, and am getting the same problem when mounting nfs shares at boot time on both machines. The problem happens most of the time when I boot, but not always. I have four nfs mounts and when the problem occurs the following message is displayed four times

Re: Thunderbird 3.1

On 06/19/2010 07:59 PM, Steven Stern wrote: > I see that Thunderbird 3.1 RC2 is in the rawhide repository. When > Thunderbird 3.1 is release, will it become part of Fedora 13 or will it > be held until Fedora 14? > > It appears that 3.1 is faster and more reliable than 3.0.4. > Unlikely. Newe

Re: NFS mounts - temporary failure in name resolution

On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 16:03:44 +0100 Steve Searle wrote: > Does anyone have any ideas? Does this machine also run bind as a local nameserver? I found that the first lookups I do during boot always fail. I assume because bind takes "too long" to get started and prime the cache (or something :-). I

Re: Installing Citrix Presentation Server / OpenMotif on Fedora13

On 06/19/2010 04:28 PM, Kevin Ballard wrote: > I have installed Citrix Linux client version 11.100 which apparently > requires OpenMotif v.2.3.1. However, I cannot find OpenMotif v.2.3.1 > for Fedora 2.6.33.5-124.fc13.i686. I found it for an older version > of Fedora but it didn't work. You can

Re: NFS mounts - temporary failure in name resolution

On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 18:03, Steve Searle wrote: > I have installed Fedora 13 on two machines now, and am getting the same > problem when mounting nfs shares at boot time on both machines. The > problem happens most of the time when I boot, but not always. > > I have four nfs mounts and when th

Re: Thunderbird 3.1

On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > On 06/19/2010 07:59 PM, Steven Stern wrote: >> I see that Thunderbird 3.1 RC2 is in the rawhide repository.  When >> Thunderbird 3.1 is release, will it become part of Fedora 13 or will it >> be held until Fedora 14? >> >> It appears that 3.

Re: Thunderbird 3.1

On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 4:55 PM, mike cloaked wrote: > On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Rahul Sundaram wrote: >> On 06/19/2010 07:59 PM, Steven Stern wrote: >>> I see that Thunderbird 3.1 RC2 is in the rawhide repository.  When >>> Thunderbird 3.1 is release, will it become part of Fedora 13 or w

Re: NFS mounts - temporary failure in name resolution

Steve Searle wrote: > I have installed Fedora 13 on two machines now, and am getting the same > problem when mounting nfs shares at boot time on both machines. The > problem happens most of the time when I boot, but not always. > > I have four nfs mounts and when the problem occurs the following m

Re: Support for audio on webcams PING! someone must use this

Does no one use USB audio? Rahul Sundaram wrote: > On 06/14/2010 08:19 AM, Bill Davidsen wrote: >> This may be related to x86_64 install, but I'm told there's an issue in >> 32 bit as well. >> >> I have a webcam, Logitech laptop model, and I'm trying to capture to >> sound and audio. >> > >

wifi access from laptop to starbucks wifi

hey. looking at using the wifi at starbucks, given that it's going to be free in july! i'm looking for detailed steps from anyone who's actually used a public starbucks wifi access. my system is fedora, running network-setup. i don't have/use/want networkmanager! so i'm looking for the actual s

Re: wifi access from laptop to starbucks wifi

On 06/19/2010 01:34 PM, bruce wrote: > hey. > > looking at using the wifi at starbucks, given that it's going to be > free in july! > > i'm looking for detailed steps from anyone who's actually used a > public starbucks wifi access. > > my system is fedora, running network-setup. i don't have/use

bad HD sectors

Greetings, I have a 500GB hd which smarts daemon says has 1 re-mapped sector, and 129 bad sectors. How is it possible to have 129 bad sectors, but only 1 re-mapped sector? Did the HD have only 1 spare sector when I purchased it? Is that possible? Drive was purchased brand new in factory sealed b

Re: bad HD sectors

On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 11:43:19 -0700, JD wrote: > Greetings, > I have a 500GB hd which smarts daemon says has 1 re-mapped sector, > and 129 bad sectors. > How is it possible to have 129 bad sectors, but only 1 re-mapped sector? > Did the HD have only 1 spare sector when I purchased it? > Is th

Re: NFS mounts - temporary failure in name resolution [solved]

Around 04:30pm on Saturday, June 19, 2010 (UK time), Tom Horsley scrawled: > On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 16:03:44 +0100 > Steve Searle wrote: > > > Does anyone have any ideas? > > Does this machine also run bind as a local nameserver? > I found that the first lookups I do during boot always > fail. I as

Re: NFS mounts - temporary failure in name resolution

Around 05:41pm on Saturday, June 19, 2010 (UK time), Bill Davidsen scrawled: > One possibility is that DHCP hasn't run yet, and "albacore" didn't map to > "albacore.your.domain" because /etc/resolv.conf didn't have the search path > set. > Try using the FQDN instead of just the node name and se

POS , Point Of Sale in Fedora 12 repos

FC12 Is there a Point Of Sale POS rpm in Fedora 12 repos. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines

Re: Thunderbird 3.1

On Saturday 19 June 2010 08:55 AM, mike cloaked wrote: > Then download the tarball of the version you are interested in - for example: > http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/3.1rc2/linux-i686/en-GB/thunderbird-3.1rc2.tar.bz2 This is bit of a problem on 64 bit installati

Can't see MacBook Air airport after kernel upgrade

Hello, My MacBook Air, running Fedora 12 (only - no Mac OSX or anything else present) was working fine last night. I hit the orange star to do an upgrade. Today, the system could not see an eth0 wireless device (the Airport). I edited grub.conf to say default=1, so as to reboot the previous kern

Re: Can't see MacBook Air airport after kernel upgrade

Colin> Hello, My MacBook Air, running Fedora 12 (only - no Mac OSX Colin> or anything else present) was working fine last night. I hit Colin> the orange star to do an upgrade. Colin> Today, the system could not see an eth0 wireless device (the Colin> Airport). Colin> I ed

f13: Firefox wont start if the ~/.mozilla/ is a sym link

Hi, I backup my notebook with rsync on my home system into /notebook/. and, on my home system, I have created a symbolic link /notebook/home/me/.mozilla to ~/.mozilla This work from fc1 to fc12. Now with firefox 3.6.3 included in f13 this method no longer work. When I sync the notebook folder a

f13: Firefox wont start if the ~/.mozilla/ is a sym link

Hi, I backup my notebook with rsync on my home system into /notebook/. and, on my home system, I have created a symbolic link /notebook/home/me/.mozilla to ~/.mozilla This work from fc1 to fc12. Now with firefox 3.6.3 included in f13 this method no longer work. When I sync the notebook folder a

Re: Can't see MacBook Air airport after kernel upgrade

> "Colin" == Colin Paul Adams writes: Colin> Hello, My MacBook Air, running Fedora 12 (only - no Mac OSX Colin> or anything else present) was working fine last night. I hit Colin> the orange star to do an upgrade. Colin> Today, the system could not see an eth0 wireless device

Re: Another funny update?

On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 12:16 AM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 22:02:49 -0400, > Marcel Rieux wrote: > > > > As I said, I don't believe rpmfusion, a repository not supported by Red > > Hat/Fedora, could block a kernel update. > > They can using 'conflicts' in the spec file

Re: f13: Firefox wont start if the ~/.mozilla/ is a sym link

On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 21:50:26 +0200 Dario Lesca wrote: > It's a bug? They apparently claim it is a feature, not a bug. In fact, nothing in the path to ~/.mozilla can be a symlink, so something like /home as a symlink also doesn't work. I switched from a symlink to a "bind" mount to solve my prob

Re: Another funny update?

On 06/19/2010 02:02 PM, Marcel Rieux was caught red-handed while writing:: On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 12:16 AM, Bruno Wolff III > wrote: On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 22:02:49 -0400, Marcel Rieux mailto:m.z.ri...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > As I said, I don't b

Re: f13: Firefox wont start if the ~/.mozilla/ is a sym link

On 06/19/2010 02:03 PM, Tom Horsley was caught red-handed while writing:: > On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 21:50:26 +0200 > Dario Lesca wrote: > > >> It's a bug? >> > They apparently claim it is a feature, not a bug. > In fact, nothing in the path to ~/.mozilla can be > a symlink, so something lik

Help with a printer

I have been using the HP LaserJet 4L for many years and it has been totally trouble free. Recently, after an automatic update, the printer prints garbage. I have asked for help from openprinting in their forum, and it seems this forum is not very active, so no responses. I have tried all of the PP

Re: Another funny update?

On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 17:02:58 -0400, Marcel Rieux wrote: > On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 12:16 AM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 22:02:49 -0400, > > Marcel Rieux wrote: > > > > > > As I said, I don't believe rpmfusion, a repository not supported by Red > > > Hat/Fedora,

Re: Help with a printer

Around 10:01pm on Saturday, June 19, 2010 (UK time), JD scrawled: > I have been using the HP LaserJet 4L for many > years and it has been totally trouble free. > Recently, after an automatic update, the printer > prints garbage. Does it print short, fat horizontal lines? -- (o< www.steves

Re: Thunderbird 3.1

On 06/19/2010 04:35 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > On Saturday 19 June 2010 08:55 AM, mike cloaked wrote: >> Then download the tarball of the version you are interested in - for example: >> http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/3.1rc2/linux-i686/en-GB/thunderbird-3.1rc2.tar.bz2

Re: bad HD sectors

On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:43:19 -0700 JD wrote: > Greetings, > I have a 500GB hd which smarts daemon says has 1 re-mapped sector, and > 129 bad sectors. > How is it possible to have 129 bad sectors, but only 1 re-mapped sector? > Did the HD have only 1 spare sector when I purchased it? > Is that po

Re: f13: Firefox wont start if the ~/.mozilla/ is a sym link

On 06/19/2010 05:03 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 21:50:26 +0200 > Dario Lesca wrote: > >> It's a bug? > > They apparently claim it is a feature, not a bug. > In fact, nothing in the path to ~/.mozilla can be > a symlink, so something like /home as a symlink > also doesn't work. >

eth0 becomes eth1 after NIC swap

Hi All, I have just switched motherboards (and embeded NIC) in my Fedora 11 machine, after the motherboard failed. This changed my only NIC in the machine from a Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit (driver skge) to a Realtek RTL-8139 (driver 8139too). Initially networking failed to start: # service network

Re: eth0 becomes eth1 after NIC swap

On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 23:00:23 +0100 Mike Fleetwood wrote: > I cleared all the old configuration I could find: You missed the /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules file :-). You can edit the names in there to make the one you want to be eth0 actually be eth0. -- users mailing list users@lists

Re: f13: Firefox wont start if the ~/.mozilla/ is a sym link

On Saturday 19 June 2010 02:59 PM, Genes MailLists wrote: > perhaps you may want to try google-chrome - it has a sync feature as > well which may be of interest ... If you are interested in syncing your bookmarks and passwords, you can try the addon xmarks. It works for all the major browsers out

Re: Can't see MacBook Air airport after kernel upgrade

On 06/19/2010 03:53 PM, Colin Paul Adams wrote: >> "Colin" == Colin Paul Adams writes: > > Colin> Hello, My MacBook Air, running Fedora 12 (only - no Mac OSX > Colin> or anything else present) was working fine last night. I hit > Colin> the orange star to do an upgrade. > >

Re: Chinese input on a mixed 32/64 bit Fedora installation

On 06/19/2010 06:45 PM, Steve Underwood wrote: > > I took a fully working Fedora 13 installation, where Chinese entry > worked in all windows. I changed the Firefox from the 64 bit version to > the 32 bit version. Now Chinese entry still works in all the other > windows, but when I am in a 32 bi

Re: Help with a printer

On 06/19/2010 02:54 PM, Steve Searle was caught red-handed while writing:: > Around 10:01pm on Saturday, June 19, 2010 (UK time), JD scrawled: > > >> I have been using the HP LaserJet 4L for many >> years and it has been totally trouble free. >> Recently, after an automatic update, the printe

Re: bad HD sectors

On 06/19/2010 03:01 PM, Alan Cox was caught red-handed while writing:: > On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:43:19 -0700 > JD wrote: > > >> Greetings, >> I have a 500GB hd which smarts daemon says has 1 re-mapped sector, and >> 129 bad sectors. >> How is it possible to have 129 bad sectors, but only 1 re

Re: eth0 becomes eth1 after NIC swap

On 19 June 2010 23:09, Tom Horsley wrote: > You missed the /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules > file :-). > > You can edit the names in there to make the one you want > to be eth0 actually be eth0. Thanks Tom, All sorted. Edited 70-persistent-net.rules to this and rebooted. # PCI device

Calculating the target of a symlink

A script I'm writing needs to work out the target of a symbolic link, i.e. given: $ touch foo $ ln -s foo bar the function should print bar when given foo as a parameter. The manual says "ls -L" should do this, but it doesn't seem to work: $ touch foo $ ln -s foo bar $ ls -l foo bar lrwxrwxrwx 1

Re: Calculating the target of a symlink

On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 7:35 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > A script I'm writing needs to work out the target of a symbolic link, > i.e. given: > > $ touch foo > $ ln -s foo bar > > the function should print bar when given foo as a parameter. The manual > says "ls -L" should do this, but it does

Re: Calculating the target of a symlink

Patrick O'Callaghan writes: A script I'm writing needs to work out the target of a symbolic link, i.e. given: $ touch foo $ ln -s foo bar the function should print bar when given foo as a parameter. The manual says "ls -L" should do this, but it doesn't seem to work: $ touch foo $ ln -s foo b

Re: Calculating the target of a symlink

On 06/19/2010 07:05 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan was caught red-handed while writing:: > A script I'm writing needs to work out the target of a symbolic link, > i.e. given: > > $ touch foo > $ ln -s foo bar > > the function should print bar when given foo as a parameter. The manual > says "ls -L" sho

Re: Calculating the target of a symlink

On 19Jun2010 21:35, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: | A script I'm writing needs to work out the target of a symbolic link, | i.e. given: | | $ touch foo | $ ln -s foo bar | | the function should print bar when given foo as a parameter. >From your examples below, you mean "print foo when given bar a

Re: bad HD sectors

On 06/19/2010 03:01 PM, Alan Cox was caught red-handed while writing:: > On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:43:19 -0700 > JD wrote: > > >> Greetings, >> I have a 500GB hd which smarts daemon says has 1 re-mapped sector, and >> 129 bad sectors. >> How is it possible to have 129 bad sectors, but only 1 re

OT:burn - not install to usb

Hi; I found a couple of 16MB usb sticks in a drawer. I have the latest systemrescuecd and want to "burn" it to the USB stick. An install needs > 512MB, this is only 16M. I tried using dd but it would not boot. To be clear I want the USB stick to act like a blank cd. Is this possible? thanks M

Re: OT:burn - not install to usb

On 06/19/2010 08:06 PM, Mick M. was caught red-handed while writing:: > Hi; >I found a couple of 16MB usb sticks in a drawer. > I have the latest systemrescuecd and want to "burn" it to the USB stick. > An install needs> 512MB, this is only 16M. > > I tried using dd but it would not boot. >

RE: fgfs opengl issue w/ nvidia fx1400

>It is kind of confusing to get right driver. >The nv site points to 195.36.24 but the class of the card points to the >legacy drivers 173 Turns out that with no xorg.conf and just the laptops built in LCD enabled, ogl works fine. As soon as I disable the laptop LCD and use the external lcd there

Re: OT:burn - not install to usb

> You already state that the install needs 512MB of space, > and > your usb stick is only a 16MB. Thanks for the reply. Yep - I forgot how big a CD image is. (K vs M), now I am used to G. Maybe I should get more sleep? Mick M. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To un

Re: bad HD sectors

On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 7:57 PM, JD wrote: > Is there a way to tell smart daemon to ignore the bad sector list > that comes from the manufacturer? > smartd keep reporting: > messages:Jun 19 16:16:39 localhost smartd[1378]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], > 128 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors > mes

Re: bad HD sectors

On 06/19/2010 08:43 PM, Peter Langfelder was caught red-handed while writing:: > On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 7:57 PM, JD wrote: > > >> Is there a way to tell smart daemon to ignore the bad sector list >> that comes from the manufacturer? >> smartd keep reporting: >> messages:Jun 19 16:16:39 loc

Re: Calculating the target of a symlink

On Sat, 2010-06-19 at 22:34 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > > Have I misunderstood what "ls -L" does? > > Yes, you did. The description of the -L option reads: > >-L, --dereference > when showing file information for a symbolic link, show > informa- > tion for

Re: bad HD sectors

On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 9:04 PM, JD wrote: > > Well, I am not actively using the disk. Too risky. > I am trying to find out if there is reasonable doubt > as to what the smartd is reporting as if the are recent > errors. > At this point I will try to see if it is still > under warranty and have i

Re: bad HD sectors

On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 9:56 PM, Peter Langfelder wrote: > On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 9:04 PM, JD wrote: >> > >> Well, I am not actively using the disk. Too risky. >> I am trying to find out if there is reasonable doubt >> as to what the smartd is reporting as if the are recent >> errors. >> At this

Re: Calculating the target of a symlink

On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 7:05 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > A script I'm writing needs to work out the target of a symbolic link, > i.e. given: > > $ touch foo > $ ln -s foo bar > > the function should print bar when given foo as a parameter. The manual > says "ls -L" should do this, but it does