On Friday 08 September 2006 00:19, Craig White wrote: > On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 23:47 -0400, Jack Gates wrote: > > On Thursday 07 September 2006 23:41, Craig White wrote: > > > ---- > > > inane windows type of problem resolution doesn't make sense on > > > Linux or Linux applications. > > > > That was condescending and totally not necessary. > > ---- > not at all > > condescending is telling you that you apparently couldn't see past > that sentence to the one that followed which told you what to do. I saw the useful information and I am using it now. The first thing you said could have been left out or said in a more tactful way. > condescending is telling you that you really need to learn to ask > questions the smart way... > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html I have read that site and I do attempt to ask questions in a smart way. Sometimes it is not possible especially if I don't understand and sometimes reading the man pages leaves me more confused. >From here down is useful information that I can use and actually is teaching something useful. > condescending is telling you in bite size chunks that you might be > able to understand...Linux uses plain text configuration files. You > can edit them or move them aside if you feel that it is a > configuration problem. Linux applications report standard output > and error output directly into the console that launched them so > you actually have an opportunity to see it report an error. If that > fails, you can strace the process (hint - type 'man strace') Thank you for this information. -- Jack Gates http://www.morningstarcom.net
