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hal automount with wrong user 0 37 (5/15/2008 12:53:07 PM) comp.os.linux.misc I'm stumped with a hal automount issue... Hal (or udev or whatever mounts usb devices automagically) has decided that my new sandisk sansa mp3 player really belongs to my wife, and it automounts it with her... CptDondo

raffle scripts? 1 35 (3/23/2008 6:38:44 PM) comp.lang.php Does anyone know of a simple raffle script that would allow people to pay via paypal? I'm doing a couple of fundraisers and we're raffling off some stuff. This would help raise money.... --Yan ... CptDondo

simple sound app for kids 2 64 (3/22/2008 2:43:13 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Is there a simple sound visualization and mixing app that 6-10 year old kids can use? Something that will allow them to play back sounds recorded from a mic, and do some graphic visualizations based on sound... CptDondo

timezones and time display 4 46 (3/10/2008 2:13:04 AM) comp.lang.php I have a very basic shell script that I would like to include on my webpage, so I'd like to translate it to php: #!/bin/sh LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8 TZ=JST-9 date LANG=cs_CZ.UTF-8 TZ=MET-1METDST date LANG=en_US.UTF-8 ... CptDondo

Lots of files - how to select newest 10K files 13 43 (2/6/2008 4:44:11 AM) comp.os.linux.misc I have a directory with lots and lots of files. Every hour I need to run a script that a) selects the greater of 10K files or files created in the last 24 hours b) cat's these files to a process c) deletes a... CptDondo

Grub problem 0 49 (2/5/2008 12:55:42 AM) comp.os.linux.misc I have a remotely administered machine that has lost its boot sector. We've created a grub floppy and reinstalled the stage 1, 1.5, and 2 loaders. Now on reboot we're getting a message that says, "Console r... CptDondo

2.6.24 and mdadm 2 49 (1/26/2008 3:16:00 AM) comp.os.linux.misc I have a server running with 2.6.22 kernel. I built a new 2.6.24 kernel and tried to boot it. It saw all the sd drives but mdadm failed to see any md devices - I use both RAID-1 and RAID-6.. My / is on a R... CptDondo

Way too braindead this morning.... Simple parsing problem 1 28 (1/20/2008 3:24:52 PM) comp.lang.php I have a website that shows flash movies. I want to add a download button that will download the same movie as a wmv file. I can't for the life of me figure out how to do this.... The sendfile.php is invoke... CptDondo

Terminal weirdness in UTF-8 chars 0 38 (1/14/2008 5:09:57 AM) comp.os.linux.misc I set up my keyboard to switch between us and cz layouts. My default setup is LANG=cs_CZ.UTF-8. Everything works fine - Thunderbird, OpenOffice, all happily use the Czech UTF-8 chars. However, all my termi... CptDondo

Parsing /proc/asound/cards 2 47 (1/12/2008 7:57:10 PM) comp.os.linux.misc I have a system with 2 identical USB sound cards: athena:/proc/asound# cat cards 0 [Audio ]: USB-Audio - USB Audio C-Media INC. USB Audio at usb-0000:00:1d.2-1, full speed 1 [... CptDondo

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Waking up external USB HDD 3 322 (12/9/2007 11:08:03 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Is there a command I use to "wake up" my external USB mass storage drive? If I don't use it for a while it spins down and goes to sleep, then if I access its location on my FS the directory appears empty. So ... nb1 (7)

How do linux users tolerate this crap !? 16 42 (12/28/2007 3:57:58 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Here's a typical simple task, where the linux tools requires jumping-thru-hoops. I've got File1 with 4 lines of: http:// ... http://, where I want to know if I've already "fetched the 4 'pages' and appended ... problems

Running XP under linux - what are my choices? 22 38 (1/4/2008 2:46:30 PM) comp.os.linux.misc I need to run XP to do some testing. I can buy a pile of hardware, or I can go with a virtual machine. What are my choices? Anyone know of a comparison type of analysis out there? I've used vmware in the ... yan (1418)

Parsing /proc/asound/cards 2 47 (1/12/2008 7:57:10 PM) comp.os.linux.misc I have a system with 2 identical USB sound cards: athena:/proc/asound# cat cards 0 [Audio ]: USB-Audio - USB Audio C-Media INC. USB Audio at usb-0000:00:1d.2-1, full speed 1 [... yan (1418)

Linux on an old POS laptop with a FLOPPY 7 42 (1/13/2008 2:29:14 AM) comp.os.linux.misc In my junk pile, I uncovered a Fujitsu laptop as described here: http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/hardware/notebooks/0,39001743,39009822p,00.htm It has a "USB floppy" that can be attached to USB (I have it). It ... Ignoramus30324

2.6.24 and mdadm 2 49 (1/26/2008 3:16:00 AM) comp.os.linux.misc I have a server running with 2.6.22 kernel. I built a new 2.6.24 kernel and tried to boot it. It saw all the sd drives but mdadm failed to see any md devices - I use both RAID-1 and RAID-6.. My / is on a R... yan (1418)

Lots of files - how to select newest 10K files 13 43 (2/6/2008 4:44:11 AM) comp.os.linux.misc I have a directory with lots and lots of files. Every hour I need to run a script that a) selects the greater of 10K files or files created in the last 24 hours b) cat's these files to a process c) deletes a... yan (1418)

What Port Should I Use? 17 27 (2/13/2008 5:30:39 AM) comp.os.linux.networking IANA divides port numbers into three groups, well known, registered and dynamic/private. According to IANA, my server should not use any of the registered ports. But if I use of of the dynamic/private ports d... dan7064 (14)

timezones and time display 4 46 (3/10/2008 2:13:04 AM) comp.lang.php I have a very basic shell script that I would like to include on my webpage, so I'd like to translate it to php: #!/bin/sh LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8 TZ=JST-9 date LANG=cs_CZ.UTF-8 TZ=MET-1METDST date LANG=en_US.UTF-8 ... yan (1418)

Directory size, used, ava 16 60 (4/26/2011 12:48:22 PM) comp.os.linux.misc To: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os I am looking for a command like "df -f" but for directories... "df -h" tells me the size, used, available, and percent-used for *partitions* such as /dev/sda1 or /dev/hda1. ... clueless.newbie (3)