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OT: bash question
by Mike Wright 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

Hi all, Not sure where to find the answer to this question. Google wasn't helpful. The users on this list are a great repository of knowledge so I thought to try here. Is there a bash command that tells an executing script what *its* path is? Not the path where the user is but where the script is. If not that then a series of commands that yield the same result? Maybe some way of using 'ps'? Has me stumped and my dog-eared "UNIX in a Nutshell" hasn't exposed the goodies either ;) TIA, Mike Wright

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Problem with NetworkManager (self-inflicted)
by Dick Roark 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

It all started with Puppy Linux 5.2. I setup a LiveCD and jumped in to get familiar with it. I had some trouble with connectivity. I eventually got around to trying my linksys Wireless-G dongle. This showed some promise although I was unable to find the correct Puppy driver for the dongle and eventually removed the Wireless-G and shelved that project. Later on, I tried to log on with Fedora and found that NetworkManager was now unusable. Okay, after fiddling around with it for a while, I did a complete reinstall of Fedora (including reformatting the disk) and low-and-behold NetworkManager still doesn't work. I would have thought the Fedora reinstall would have installed the correct driver but apparently it didn't. I am able to send this because I have plugged the Wireless-G back in. (aargh!) Has anyone ever seen this sort of thing?

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deltarpm with old RPM packages
by Paul B Schroeder 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

Hello all.. We have some RPM packages which have been built on a system with RPM version 4.4.2.3 and are being installed on F14 based systems with 4.8.1.. We are creating the delta RPM packages on the F14 system with makedeltarpm 3.6. So package foo version 1 installs on the F14 systems just fine. But when running applydeltarpm with the drpm created against foo version 2, we get "md5 mismatch of result" errors. I'm guessing this is an issue with the fact that the RPM packages are being built with an older version of RPM? If that's the case, is there any way around this problem? Thanks in advance...Paul... -- --- Paul B Schroeder <paulbsch "at" vbridges "dot" com>

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OT: bash question
by Alan Gagne 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

> My mistake. I forgot to say that the file was invoked from a link. > Your proposed solution shows the link's location. I have to discover > the target of the link. echo `ls -la $0`

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OT: bash question
by Alan Gagne 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

You could try echo $0 from inside you script.

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yum vs. rpm to install occasional products
by Jerry Feldman 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

I recently installed Oracle-XE using yum --nogpgcheck localinstall oracle...rpm. No problem except that I screwed up the configuration. My coworker told me that I should use rpm(8) because the installation manual specified it rather than yum(8). My question is that is there any specific advantage using yum(8) over rpm(8). -- Jerry Feldman <gaf(a)blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846

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Pinnacle Studio PCTV USB 2.0 tv tuner , no sound .
by Kostas Sfakiotakis 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

I have the above named tv tuner card ( which has usb connection ) . I can tune to any tv channel that i wish but the problem is that i can´t hear any sound . lsusb would print Bus 001 Device 002: ID 2304:0208 Pinnacle Systems, Inc. Studio PCTV USB2 The output of lsusb -v concerning the above tuner is a bit more lengthy so i saved it in an Xemacs document and attached it to this email . The problem with the sound is persistent and it can´t be resolved by changing the application that am using ( the same problem exists with both Tv Time and xawtv ) . I was wondering if someone could give me any pointers on what course to follow in order to find the exact problem and resolve it .

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Dual wireless access points and connection from f14?
by mike cloaked 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

I have a question for any wireless expert who can help. At home I have two wireless access points - one upstairs and one downstairs - to give a good signal anywhere in the house. What I would like is to have a seamless wireless access from any laptop whether mine or a visitor with the appropriate encryption password. Now my thinking is that using the *same* ssid and encryption protocol and password for both APs should do the trick nicely - so that is how I have things set up (with different channel for each AP's output) and indeed if I power up a laptop running F14 upstairs it connects nicely with a lovely strong signal - but if I then go downstairs and boot the same machine then it tries to connect to the upstairs AP despite the nearest signal about 10 feet away being a great deal stronger! So the system tries to connect to the last AP it connected to even if a local signal is stronger - this is illogical behaviour and it is not clear if NetworkManager or wpa_supplicant is the culprit - or if I am not supposed to expect things to work that way! I had a visitor who had a laptop here this weekend - and the same problem arose - I decided to try to set up two connections in NetworkManager both with the same ssid and encryption/password but tag them with the MAC address of each AP - the box steadfastly refused to reconnect to the nearest (and strongest) AP after having been connected to the weak one first, and I had to remove the definition for the weak signal altogether in NM's list of connections, and only leave the connection tagged with the MAC address of the nearest strong signal before restarting the NetworkManager service before I could persuade NM to connect to the near and strong AP! I don't know if the design of NetworkManager ever considered this scenario and whether any developer ever put in place code to hook up to a valid strong signal even if a previously valid signal (which is currently weaker) still exists - but it seems to me that the decision logic in NetworkManager is both perverse and flawed? Anyone help with some knowledge here? Thanks -- mike c

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ftrench dict as default firefox
by Randolph Jones 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

firefox 3.6.13 on fedora 13 has dicollecte francais dict 4.0.3 installed as addon when I left click on a word, thefreedictionary.com pops ups and advises me there is no word like that as far as I can see I dont have thefreedictonary installed how to make dictionair francais classique et reform the default dictionary for left click TIA rfjones

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problem sending mail with exchange mapi account
by Gianluca Cecchi 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

I'm using F14 and testing exchange mapi to connect to an exchange 2007 server. I'm currently able to receive, but unable to send e-mail.... Did anyone succed instead? In the mean time I opened the bug https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=674034 as it seems there is an upstream fix for openchange that could be a solution for a quite similar problem.... HIH others, Gianluca

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