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printer (re)assembly 1 49 (9/10/2012 10:27:27 PM) comp.os.linux.hardware This could apply to any OS, so here goes. I have a Citizen GSX-230 dot matrix printer. The printer complains vociferously (to the point where it won't print) if you switch the lever to friction-feed (as o... ebenZEROONE

converting archives 3 30 (7/5/2011 5:35:32 PM) comp.unix.shell Hi people. I have a bunch (5.8 GiB) of files structured like this: Foo rar/ foo.rar Bar rar/ bar.rar Baz rar/ baz.rar etc. Each rar file has a mix of html, pdf, txt, and lit files. I'd like to put them ... ebenZEROONE

chrome questions 7 14 (6/7/2011 3:13:27 PM) comp.os.linux.networking I run two browsers, Firefox 3.6.13 and Chrome 10.0.648.82 dev. I use Firefox if a site doesn't deal well with Chrome -- in the last few days, that's eBay. Also if I need to scope out Javascript permissions, t... ebenZEROONE

video recording device 3 29 (5/30/2011 7:42:27 PM) comp.os.linux.hardware What kind of low-cost video recording devices are out there? There's the Kodak ZM-1 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003WOLOLU ($40), which works, but it's not widescreen ("HD"). It records onto a card (Micro SD), s... ebenZEROONE

second hard drive 16 32 (4/5/2009 9:12:54 PM) comp.os.linux.misc I want to get a second hard drive for my laptop (HP-Compaq nc6400) but it seems the only place there's room for it internally is to replace the DVD drive (I haven't opened it but I have looked it the Service Ma... ebenZEROONE

Kopete vs webcam 0 35 (3/27/2009 3:14:40 AM) comp.os.linux.misc So my sister wants to do video IM chat. Fine. I look up compatible IM programs and come up with Kopete. I install it through Synaptic, Kopete is version 0.12.7. I have two webcams, one (the more recent) Kop... ebenZEROONE

compiling Samba 0 48 (3/23/2009 3:54:25 PM) comp.os.linux.misc I'm trying to compile Samba on my iPod Touch. It's Darwin 9.4.1 on ARM. It reboots during the "linking" phase, every time. I've tried 3.3.2 (the latest), 3.2.0, and 3.0.34. The last one (3.0.34) was "Linking... ebenZEROONE

automounter gone useless 10 36 (2/22/2009 5:56:08 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Crud. Forgot to fix the subject. I'll try this posting again... I have an automounter managing my filesystems except for those I always want mounted (e.g. /, /usr, /home), and those that aren't on disk (e.g.... ebenZEROONE

Re: How to make an MP3 cd in Linux? 1 32 (2/22/2009 2:45:09 AM) comp.os.linux.misc I have an automounter managing my filesystems except for those I always want mounted (e.g. /, /usr, /home), and those that aren't on disk (e.g. /proc, /sys), on the theory that if the machine crashes fewer file... ebenZEROONE

audio conversion 12 62 (1/24/2009 1:05:56 AM) comp.os.linux.misc What's a good (heck, any) tool for converting *.ape (Monkey's somethingorother) to either wav or mp3? Everything I run across seems to use the program "mac" for reading it, and I haven't found "mac". soundconv... ebenZEROONE

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no overwrite cp 28 43 (7/6/2011 9:49:21 PM) comp.unix.shell in some linux version there is a convenient flag -n (noclobber) to make cp "no overwrite" but mine doesn't have it. is there any way to achieve the same purpose in command prompt mode? ... ela (141)

How to tell if an ip address with CIDR is wrong 8 33 (7/7/2011 5:19:02 AM) comp.unix.shell Is random ip/cidr combination like this 116.122.36.181/29 correct? Can iptables take this kind of values? How about other network devices, like routers, etc.? For random: 116.122.36.181/29 ipcalc reports: Netw... lovecreatesbeauty (723)

Kernel panics at boot time 18 34 (7/9/2011 11:16:22 AM) comp.os.linux.hardware Could some Linux guru please provide some hints to my problem. I have an old machine, which has had 3 OS upgrades, and was working fine till about two weeks ago, when it started having kernel panics at boot ti... dakupoto (39)

Capturing a talk(1) session 8 28 (7/10/2011 9:15:02 PM) comp.unix.shell Hello! Is there a way to save a talk(1) session? As I imagine it, it could consist of either two files or a single, combined file. Thanks! ... garzon.lucero (11)

Umount not being done 13 61 (7/21/2011 12:52:21 PM) comp.os.linux.hardware I'm running Debian Squeeze and have encountered a problem in that a mount point is busy and can't be unmounted. When a USB external drive (mount point is /media/mirror) is udev is forced to create a new device ... haines (94)

Log file not wriitten after reaching a certain limit 3 50 (7/28/2011 6:06:23 AM) comp.unix.shell Hi, I have a location in my Linux system where logs files are written during the execution of procedures. Now in our other environment, due to the large vaolume of data the procedures operate on, the log ... deepan.17 (16)

Pipe and mutt 5 43 (8/4/2011 4:52:56 AM) comp.unix.shell The goal: if the output of the script is null (or error), then send mail with subject "Fail", otherwise send "Success". run_script | mutt -s "Fail" who@where.com if run_script has no output (i.e. if error). r... hslee911 (53)

a simple question #2 10 33 (8/16/2011 2:51:48 PM) comp.unix.shell #!/bin/sh test='ls' echo $test does not work. something wrong here? can not use unix/linux command? ... aaabbb16 (25)

execute script as root 4 27 (9/8/2011 11:25:13 PM) comp.unix.shell hi all, I can ssh to the server and run multiple commands as root like: ssh $USER@$SERVER "su sh -c ' \ sevice stop; \ service start \ '" Is there any way to move these commands to a file and run them in 1 r... boris2778 (5)

printer (re)assembly 1 49 (9/10/2012 10:27:27 PM) comp.os.linux.hardware This could apply to any OS, so here goes. I have a Citizen GSX-230 dot matrix printer. The printer complains vociferously (to the point where it won't print) if you switch the lever to friction-feed (as o... ebenZEROONE (419)