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lsof, pid, which Desktop/VT are running appY ? 2 39 (2/10/2010 1:14:52 PM) comp.os.linux.misc How do I find out which Desktop, VT is 'open on a particular directory'? lsof | grep shows the pidS of the several instances of running in various desktops and VTs. And it shows which dir. the editor has '... news

Re: HOW2 paste text & graphics from several *.htm to one file ? 9 29 (7/13/2007 12:46:16 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Chris F.A. Johnson wrote: > The graphics in an HTML file are represented by plain text (e.g., > ). Yes we know that *.html source is all-plain-text, but that didn't answer MY question. Apparently all t... news

HOW2 see sizes of http://*.pdf before fetching ? #2 2 39 (7/13/2007 9:39:23 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Is there any lower-level/more-basic access method, like telnet, or what's that utility that can read ftp..http..etc., to see the size of 'files' [like *.pdf] before/without committing to download them ? Thanks... news

Re. Switching from Console to GUI mode 0 42 (7/12/2007 3:32:08 PM) comp.os.linux.misc OP wrote: > > ...any single key (say F2) can work as Respondent1 wrote: > I suggest you do some reading up on Linux's virtual consoles: Respondent2 wrote: > Is there any particular reason you can't jus... news

HOW2 see sizes of http://*.pdf before fetching ? 4 37 (7/11/2007 10:05:06 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Is there any lower-level/more-basic access method, like telnet, or what's that utility can read ftp..http..etc., to see the size of 'files' [like *.pdf] before/without committing to download them ? Thanks for ... news

HOW2 paste text & graphics from several *.htm to one file ? 2 40 (7/11/2007 3:32:27 AM) comp.os.linux.misc What tools would you recommend to accumulate an evolving file, over a long period of time; where the own-file contains various text and graphics, extracted from many different *.htm[l] and even some eg. emails... news

emacs, Gnus, sendmail ? 2 27 (6/7/2007 3:35:53 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Re. Gnus, I read in the FAQ:----- extract ------ I just installed Gnus, started it via M-x gnus but it only says "nntp (news) open error", what to do? You've got to tell Gnus where to fetc... news

pdf 'photo-ed-text' OCRed to ascii ? 0 26 (6/2/2007 11:49:58 AM) comp.lang.functional I don't have OCR software. I know it's possible to scan-in paper text and then use OCR software on the image to get a usefull ascii representation. I'm assuming that a pdf "image" [ie. a picture] could also be... news

mp3 syncronised with LCD for educational ? #2 3 39 (5/11/2007 4:01:21 PM) comp.os.linux.hardware With the low price of flash-mem and maturity of mp3, I'm surprised that 'talking books' are not commonly available - cheaply; where you would just change flash-cards. Syncronising the 'writing with the sound'... news

mp3 syncronised with LCD for educational ? 1 47 (5/11/2007 4:01:00 PM) comp.dsp With the low price of flash-mem and maturity of mp3, I'm surprised that 'talking books' are not commonly available - cheaply; where you would just change flash-cards. Syncronising the 'writing with the sound'... news

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Correct procedure for saving/restoring the master boot record (mbr)? 3 32 (4/5/2007 5:28:16 PM) comp.os.linux.misc This is in the "Is this all there is/is this OK?" category. I did (as root): 1) dd if=/dev/hda of=/some/file/not/onhda1/mbr.bin ibs=512 count=1 2) dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda count=32767 3) dd if=/some/file/n... gazelle2 (1306)

gcc ? inport/outport 6 117 (8/5/2006 3:44:52 AM) comp.os.linux.misc I haven't programmed in C [prefer the algol family], and I want to port some C code to drive the par-port. I've only got gcc on an old Slakware installation, and it tests OK with 'Hello world'. The document... news7585 (170)

Some ideas on ETH-oberon & Linux/C relationship 2 35 (7/8/2006 11:01:42 AM) comp.os.linux.misc I've read the criticism/defence by the C originator[s] re. 'criticism from Pascal'. An important aspect was about the 'unsafe arrays'. I could believe that 'wiki has been there all the time' except that the... news7585 (170)

cookies in Links 5 41 (6/23/2006 6:08:15 PM) comp.os.linux.misc How do I enable cookies in Links? Also, is there a way to send e-mail from the command line? I use Bell Sympatico and they have an ESMTP server which doesn't work with the MTAs I have tried. sendmail doesn't w... repstsb (19)

Are ARM based 'boxes' available to buy ? 18 30 (6/22/2006 6:04:10 PM) comp.sys.acorn.hardware I understand that ARM hardware was previously sold by Acorn ? That's before it was realised how superior ARM was, especially for low current. Of course ARM is now common in the more expensive super-portable.... news7585 (170)

Self importance of U/L[nix] ? 15 31 (6/9/2006 10:37:25 PM) comp.os.linux.misc So I need to clear the Russian-flag virus off the DOS-fd0s of an old portable box, which I'm giving to someone to be able to Tx/Rx files by phone to/from me. Since my version of the anti-virus reports "too ol... news7585 (170)

Fix 'partition full update' problem ? 4 44 (5/20/2006 8:41:31 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi, now I appreciate why one should keep one;s *own* [home eg.] files in a separate partition,isolated from any system files. Since installing packages from multi-CD's was becoming problematic, I tried the 'c... news7585 (170)

Script run older ver. ap. in other partition ? 7 26 (5/15/2006 7:50:17 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Since every newer linux version is slower and more of an ape of Micro$hit, I was wondering if I could still run mulinux's tiny mail/news reader from my FC1 partition ? Q - if I Alt/F2 out of X and run a script... news7585 (170)

Re: Wer schreibt mir Emails auf Deutsch 4 20 (5/14/2006 9:39:18 AM) comp.lang.oberon Braun Ludwig wrote: > Hallo Leute ! > Ich kann leider kein Englisch schreiben. You read my english and I'll read you 'Deutsch' ? > Ich suche daher Leute, die mit mir auf Deutsch A�ber Oberon diskudieren. > ... news7585 (170)

Re: ARM 'pc' would have a market now ? 3 34 (1/16/2006 4:59:16 AM) comp.os.linux.hardware > On 8 Jan 2006 news@absamail.co.za wrote: > > With increasing awareness of absurd power wastage by normal > > WinTel PCs and the move to mobility, the time is ripe for the > > acceptance of an ARM based "PC... news7585 (170)