[SLUG] ETSI

If you don't know what ETSI and HI2 are, stop. If you do, have you ever seen anything for catching the handshake packets emitted by HI2 and decoding them? What was it written in? Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and

[SLUG] Choosing a sensible host

allow SSH logins. And they seem unable to keep our webstats running. Can anyone suggest a better host which also allows SSH logins? Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] Monitor reliability vs. videocard reliability

with VGA it works again. Machine and monitor are both about 18 months old. Because of the location, swapping cards, monitors or anything else would be a nuisance. My feeling is that the intermittent fault is more likely to be in the monitor. Comments, please? Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney

[SLUG] ssh logins (ctd)

122.116.243.233 has been hitting me today, apparently from Taiwan. I blackholed him by hand. Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] re: splitting mailboxes

Have you tried csplit(1) - set pattern to '^From ' and stand back. You'll have to deal with an empty file before the first item. You say they're sequential so no further processing is required to separate old ones. Note that many spams have crazy Date values. Jim Donovan

[SLUG] problem with Mandrake 8 httpd

Hi, We've got Mandrake working but the www server won't display included images. However, we know it can reach and serve the images because it does if you get them explicitly one at a time. I can't find how they turned this facililty off; is it something in httpd.conf, please?

[SLUG] Unwanted laptop wanted

it could be run from the plugpack. It should have USB so we could give it a mouse and a 802.11g adaptor. It should also have a working NIC. If you reply, please indicate where I can collect it from you. Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscr

[SLUG] Chinese intruder yesterday

account with audible alarm so I could see what he was upt to. Here are the first couple of lines he logged, followed by `uniq -c` of the rest. Jim Donovan = Aug 13 14:43:14 phenom sshd[4919]: Did not

[SLUG] Surveillance camera in car

s 4 frames/second if the driver desires The TS-7250 looks suitable (http://www.embeddedarm.com/products/board-detail.php?product=TS-7250) but the only cameras I've found have composite video output e.g. Jaycar's QC3491. Can anyone suggest hardware suitable for such a setup, please?

[SLUG] Which bank doesn't use Linux servers?

they'd be less likely to go down during the week. Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] new ubuntu 10.4

I'm still trying to fit 700MB of it onto a 699MB blank CD-ROM. Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] MYOB/POS etc

YOB. Would that be even worse than local MYOB? Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] Serial write problem

try a different linux (cut-down debian Potato is available), does anyone have any simpler suggestions? Thanks, Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] Aldi notebook

http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/windows7/archive/2009/05/29/let-s-talk-about-windows-7-starter.aspx - so there's another reason to add Ubuntu or similar. Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] RRDtool efficiency

ll no way round using double. Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] librt.so

on uclibc however that is a severely cut-down version of glibc. Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] Long lines in /var/log/httpd/access_log

A few lines like this have appeared this week; what do they mean, please? Jim Donovan 67.70.87.182 - - [28/Oct/2010:14:06:59 +1100] "GET /documents/url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoNSUhEUgAAADgOCAYAAAB6pd%2buAXNSR0IArs4c6QZiS0dEAP8A

[SLUG] Browsers for banking

estpac is more tractable. Commonwealth opens extra windows but only logs off in one of them; you have to close the others by hand. Not that they will work after logoff but it's lousy security. Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscri

[SLUG] Optus broadband stick

of data speeds might it get in good areas? Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] Server licences

al servers, whatever that may be, and virtualisation servers. Can anyone explain what these licences are about, please? Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] Hourly rate for short-term PHP work

The matter of pay rates came up a week or so ago. How about $25-30/hour for an "experienced PHP developer" - see http://www.seek.com.au/job/19910204 I hope that's not indicative of where the market's headed. Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing

[SLUG] decent hardware shop around Sydney

r sometime could someone point me in the direction >of a good software(linux)/hardware shop in Sydney, preferably on the Northside. > Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] webhost needed with ssh access

Can someone recommend a host that allows ssh access (and perl and email), please? It's for a small website. I've been using Smartyhost but their ssh server is being retired and not replaced. Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Su

[SLUG] HP laptop chipsets and OpenCL

power, although that's not my concern. Question: The laptop presumably contains a P67-style chipset rather than H67, making it impossible to drive the display through the on-chip graphics. Will it nevertheless be possible for OpenCL to see the on-chip graphics processor? Jim Donovan --

[SLUG] Exigent closed following RAID crash?

m doesn't work nor do they answer tickets. Their phone is still connected but you don't get to a human operator. Thanks, Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] Traffic control

ce of doing policing with tc(2), iptables(8) or anything else? Or could I alter said son's machine's routing to use as gateway another machine running something to slow data down. Any suggestions, please? Jim Donovan P.S. Not relevant to my problem however you sometimes see plans in

Re: [SLUG] Linux drivers for Inno3D GF GTX 570

If it's not a silly question, what cable is the monitor connected with? If it's a VGA cable, the computer may not know what monitor you have. Jim Donovan > >It seems to only do generic card and 1024x768 whereas it should do 1920x1080 > >Anyway any pointers in the ri

[SLUG] Can banks handle daylight saving?

Sunday 1 >April from 1AM-5AM AEDT. > We discussed this before. Looks like banks still haven't worked out how to handle changing timezones. And NAB doesn't understand that there simply won't be 5AM AEDT on 1 April. Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Maili

[SLUG] Ethernet over Power device needs good home

Found beside Foreshore Road, one Pro.2 IPP200. No cables or packaging. Seems to be in good condition. Would be of most use to someone who already has a pair. Reply off-list. Jim Donovan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: