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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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