Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:48:47 +0100 From: "Julian Stacey Jhs@jhs.muc.de" <jhs@jhs.muc.de> To: =?iso-8859-1?q?Graham=20Guttocks?= <graham_guttocks@yahoo.co.nz> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Compaq PA-1 MP3 player Message-ID: <200102251149.f1PBmml83002@jhs.muc.de> In-Reply-To: Message from =?iso-8859-1?q?Graham=20Guttocks?= <graham_guttocks@yahoo.co.nz> of "Sat, 24 Feb 2001 18:16:49 %2B1300." <20010224051649.27725.qmail@web10309.mail.yahoo.com>
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=?iso-8859-1?q?Graham=20Guttocks?= wrote: > "Julian Stacey Jhs@jhs.muc.de" <jhs@jhs.muc.de> wrote: > > /usr/ports/sysutils/pib (an X front end) looks at /usr/ports/INDEX & sees, > > (told to search on mp3) about 10 ports. Try pib, or vi -c/mp3 > > /usr/ports/INDEX ! > > And how exactly does this answer my question? It doesn't. Really ? See below. > > PS Cross posting bad ! > > Huh? You posted cc'd to both freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG which is Not approved, if in doubt send commands such as help info questions info hardware info multimedia info ports through the mail list to majordomo@freebsd.org & read the definitions of the lists you subscribed & posted to. Your question seemed more appropriate to questions@ &/or multimedia@, rather than hardware@ If you dont know what cross posting is, enroll at classes for internet basics. You originally posted (entire post) as follows: --- > Subject: Compaq PA-1 MP3 player > I have one of those Compaq PA-1 portable MP3 players. Are there > any utilities that run under FreeBSD that I can use to interface > (upload/delete files, etc) with the player? --- You seemed a clueless novice ( no offence intended - everyone's clueless sometimes, just that some are prepared to learn, & some not ) with no idea where or how to look, so as on freebsd mail lists many prefer to help people learn how to research their own questions, rather than support clueless burdens for ever, I told you, (& for note by others who often also don't know about pib & ports/INDEX either) how to help yourself look for your own ports/ answers: cd /usr/ports/sysutils/pib; make install ; rehash ; pib Or vi -c/mp3 /usr/ports/INDEX Another poster helpfully added: Or cd /usr/ports ; make search key=mp3 I didn't check out content of those 10 ports, that's your problem & your work to do, not mine. Even if all the 10 ports don't do what you want, if you go to the 10 /usr/ports/ directories listed by the commands above, type make expand then examine the source & doc files contained, & go to the web sites supporting those software packages, you will find pointers to software that does do what you need, without consuming mail list bandwidth & volunteer attempted helper time on such a basic & easily researched personal search. Next time you want some software, use the FreeBSD search tools first, & when you post, if you tell us where you've researched already, we'll know where not to waste time suggesting things you've already tried. Use the search methods I & the other chap detailed. If you don't try to help yourself, as detailed, conclusions may be drawn as to wether or not you are a burden worth helping, on this or future problems. Julian - Julian Stacey Unix Consultant - Munich Germany http://bim.bsn.com/~jhs/ Considering Linux ? Try FreeBSD with 4500 packages ! Ihr Rauchen => mein allergischer Kopfschmerz ! Kau/Schnupftabak probieren ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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