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After failed LFS build--FUBARED user account, network manager doesn't exist, volume control does not detect sound card......HELP!!!!
Today I tried an LFS build. I failed (not surprising for a first try I've been told), and when I next booted up my computer to re-read the website I noticed some major problems. I cannot log in using my user account, but when logged in as root I can see all my files--yet cannot modify them. I also could not do anyt... 3 Jan 2010 18:15

Mozilla-browser: pops up a default plugin dialogue box
I am using Debian iceape (a derivative of mozilla-browser). As I visit certain websites, I get a pop dialogue box appearing as follows: Default Plugin This page contains information of a type (application/x-shockwave-flash) that can only be viewed with the appropriate Plug-in. Click OK to download Plugin. ... 2 Jan 2010 14:59

how to alias
Under tcsh, when i run "ctest /var" through the following alias, alias ctest 'echo $1; pushd $1' The screen looks like this: ctest /var /var ~ If I try this one: alias ctest3 'pushd $1; echo $1' ctest3 /var pushd: No other directory. could anybody tell me why the $1 system fails in alias? If... 1 Jan 2010 13:00

What is the difference between "su" and "sudo" ?
Sorry for this newbie question: at is the difference between "su" and "sudo" command ? Matthew ... 17 Jan 2010 18:24

chdir usage
cd - can go back one directory is there any way to go backwards several directories? (Not asking cd ../../ etc) ... 2 Jan 2010 18:17

Any example fvwm2rc files that mimic twm?
Does anyone have a good example .fvwm2rc file that mimics twm? (Google didn't find anything that appeared to be useful.) Thanks. -- Robert Riches spamtrap42(a)verizon.net (Yes, that is one of my email addresses.) ... 29 Dec 2009 18:36

Global Warming and what you can do to against it
Dear All, As you know global warming is endangering the future of life on the planet. It will also affect us; rising sea levels, dwindling water supplies, mass deaths due to heat waves, stoppage of the gulfstream, which brings milder climate to north of Europe, super hurricanes, less food due to droughts are some... 27 Dec 2009 10:50

Debian internal organization: voting online
Hi, I wrote the following voting program: http://www.socialism.nl/~joshb/sede (which was featured in Linux-Magazine in 'Brave GNU World,' we also tested that program 'in real life' with a political party and it worked fine (we did some 15 votes on one ballot)). The program is quite big (25,000 lines) and has m... 27 Dec 2009 04:24

rip dvd to individual avi files
Linux is not new to me but non-development apps are. I'm looking for a program I can use to rip a dvd of a concert and chop it up into the 18 or so songs on the video. The object is to have a directory of songs I can play at random when I'm in the mood for them. It doen't have to be in linus, but I'm ok with i... 2 Jan 2010 17:11

Ethereal on cygwin - 'which Packet.dll' and 'which wpcap.dll'??
On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:12:54 -0800, karthikbalaguru wrote: Hi, I am setting up the Ethereal in Cygwin. Good for you! Now stop posting Windows-related stuff to Linux groups, please. ... 30 Dec 2009 22:02