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   From: Joe LaVigne    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: Ubuntu machine on the way Friday   
   Date: 7 Mar 2007 13:16:13 GMT   
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   On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:16:18 +0000, Josiah Jenkins wrote:   
      
   > Whilst perusing Usenet on 7 Mar 2007 08:48:58 GMT, I read these words   
   > from Joe LaVigne  :   
   >>On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 04:21:32 +0000, Josiah Jenkins wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>    
   >>>>>    
   >>>>> I've been trying to change 'permissions' on an .ogg file.   
   >>>>> I copied about 15 ogg files into a directory in /home   
   >>>>> to mess around with.   
   >>   
   >>But did you change the ownership after you copied them?   
   >>When you copy a file, it copies the attributes as well.   
   >>   
   > Using the same file throughout !   
   > Original ogg file (converted from an mp3) on Win HD   
   > shows NEITHER : 'Read only' nor 'Hidden'   
   > Once it's copied to a CD : It shows as 'Archived'   
   > That's normal so far !   
   >    
   > Once copied onto the other 'puter with Ubuntu.   
   >    
   > Using 'Audio Tag Tool', all tracks are 'greyed out'   
   > so I can't do anything with them.   
   >    
   > Using 'EasyTAG', on trying to save, I get :   
   > Can't write tag in file '007 - carrie.ogg'   
   > ((nul))   
      
   I've never used EasyTag, not even sure what it is supposed to do...   
      
   >>   
   >>Do a ls -al and paste the info here...   
   >    
   > ian@tango-t21:~$ ls -al   
   > total 172   
      
   -SNIP Results-   
      
   How about doing the same in the directory with the .ogg files?  What I am   
   looking for is the file ownership and permissions of those files after you   
   copy them from the CD to the hard drive.   
      
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>>> (I've even managed to get a 'chocolate screen of death'   
   >>> I got a totally blank desktop (no icons or toolbar)   
   >>> and had to re-install to get it back to normal.    
   >>   
   >>I'll bet that with a little digging, you could have fixed it   
   >>without a rebuild...   
   >    
   > It was probably quicker for *me* to re-install, it was only   
   > a basic set-up at that point. As to 'fixing it', you appear to   
   > be assuming that I have a clue as to what I'm doing !!!   
   > (do I need a smiley here ?)   
      
   No smiley needed, but it would have been a prime opportunity for you to   
   dive into Linux head first and learn a whole bunch about how X works in   
   the process.  It was probably a simple matter of the X config files, which   
   would have helped you to see how it looks under the hood, with nothing to   
   lose...   
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