On Sunday 02 January 2005 00:40, Jonathan Berry wrote: >On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 00:25:03 -0500, Gene Heskett > ><gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Saturday 01 January 2005 23:59, Kam Leo wrote: >> >On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 23:45:46 -0500, Gene Heskett >> >> [...] >> >> >> Its never been set to do that, I always set the ask me where >> >> button. I've got enough stuff laying around in /root, like a >> >> complete kde install. I have directories I maintain for the >> >> various file formats although I've never dedicated one to >> >> .mpg's yet, no great need as I don't pie-rat those sort of >> >> things. >> >> >> >> Thanks Jeff, and have a better 2005. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Cheers, Gene >> > >> >Sorry, I couldn't help you. Did you have sufficient free space >> > in both directories? And a good New Year to you too! >> > >> >From a df, and /tmp is on /, >> >> /dev/hda7 30237928 1513920 27187996 6% / >> /dev/hda5 10079324 5379908 4187404 57% /root >> >> I think with 4GB available on /root, there was room enough for a >> 56 meg file :) > >Perhaps you accidentally set Firefox to automatically open .mpg > files with vlc? Check Edit->Preferences->Downloads to be sure. > You mentioned the file being downloaded to the cache. I have > always seen it save the partial file to the directory it was being > downloaded to, unless it was being opened with an application. >Oh, and please tell me that you are not regularly browsing and >downloading things as root. It really is better to use a normal > user for that. root just has too much power. > >Jonathan That was a choice I had set for the first download, but went back to the save to disk for the next 2 passes at getting it. And, being root seems to suit me. I have enough firewall and natting between here and the dsl modem that I could give you its address and you couldn't find it with satan or nmap. 3 ethernet cards with iptables bolted down pretty tightly between two of the in the firewall box, an 8 port switch for the local net on this side of the firewall, a linksys router doing the natting in gateway mode on the other side of the firewall have pretty well protected me. Only two crack attempts made it as far as the log on the firewall box in the last 20 months, and both attempts actually came from one of my assigned verizon dns servers. And were shut down by portsentry on the first syn packet. That of course generated a couple of nastygrams to verizon security, never acknowledged of course, but the servers did go down for a few hours both times while their techies cleaned up yet another windows viri. Besides, I've have to install kde in /home/user to operate as a user, its a konstruct built 3.3.0. And doesn't have 90% of the gotcha's I see being posted about on the kde/kmail lists. Yeah, I've regretted it at times, doing something stupid, but I build my own kernels and such and have for the last 8 years now, so a well placed question usually bails this old fart, plumb set in his ways at 70, out. Thats what I'm trying to do now, figure out if its me or firefox. Next time I dl that file, I'll see if mozilla does any better, but not tonight, its getting sleepy out. Thanks Jon & have a better 2005. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.31% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
