[PLUG] [OT ? ?? ???] Linux and computer literacy

[Tyrell Jentink]

Wow... He doesn't know what dmesg is, and you're throwing him straight into
pipes, tail, and less? What's wrong with just running a command naked?

This is how people get overwhelmed... And overwhelmed people start asking
questions like "How do I make my Linux system single-user?"

On Tue, Jun 19, 2018, 04:38 Russell Senior <russell at personaltelco.net>
wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 4:22 AM, Richard Owlett <rowlett at cloud85.net>
> wrote:
>
> > On 06/18/2018 10:14 AM, Russell Senior wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 2:55 AM, Richard Owlett <rowlett at cloud85.net>
> >> wrote:
> >> [snip]
> >>
> >>> You say "USB Master-USB Master" cable.  Which one?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> I didn't buy online but from local computer store.
> >>> This page describes what I bought.
> >>> https://www.castleproductshop.com/products/Plugable-Windows-
> >>> Transfer-Cable-for-Windows-10-8-1-8-7-Vista-XP-Includes/588583685
> >>>
> >>>
> >> The description says, in part:
> >>
> >> "Supported by Linux kernel 3.0 and later as a high-speed virtual network
> >> interface, no special file transfer support."
> >>
> >> That implies the cable should provide a network interface to both sides.
> >>
> >> What happens when you plug it in?  Look in dmesg (near the bottom right
> >> after you plug it in) and you should see something that implies a
> network
> >> interface has been created.
> >>
> >
> > I found /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/dmesg dated last year.
> > It was not changed when I plugged or unplugged the cable.
> > HOWEVER, MATE's Network Icon never showed completion.
> > Am I looking in right place?
> >
>
> No, I mean run the dmesg command and look at the tail, something like this:
>
>  # dmesg | tail -n 20
>
> right after you have plugged in the cable.  The tail command prints only
> the (in this case) last 20 lines of output.  If you want to see more, you
> can pipe to less instead:
>
>   # dmesg | less
>
> ... and you can scroll around.
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