Renewal of CLUG domain registration
You may recall that last year Discount Domains generously agreed to sponsor the registration of the domain clug.org.nz. I am pleased to tell you that Discount Domains have agreed to continue this excellent sponsorship for a further year. I am indebted to Adrian Grant of Discount Domains for his assistance with this matter. Discount Domains[1] are a domain name registrar located in Christchurch who provide an easy to use on line interface for the registration of domains. Domains offered are sub-domains of the dot nz domain and com org net info top level domains. An associated company Digiweb[2] provides web hosting and email management solutions from premises located in Christchurch. Subscribers to this list contemplating using the services provided by Discount Domains or Digiweb are requested to give them their favourable consideration. Cheers Ross Drummond [1] http://www.discountdomains.co.nz [2] http://www.digiweb.co.nz
Re: LaTeX problem - square brackets
On Monday 14 June 2010, you wrote:
> On Mon 14 Jun 2010 11:00:18 NZST +1200, Ross Drummond wrote:
> > Calling all TeXperts.
> >
> > How do I enclose text within square brackets?
>
> \documentclass{article}
> \begin{document}
> Some [text enclosed in brackets] works just fine.
> \end{document}
>
> Yawn.
>
> Volker
>
I set up a test file as above and it behaved as expected.
I noticed that the errors produced from the original file waffled on about
line errors. Trying this and that to see what would work I preceded the text
in brackets with the \sloppy line break command and all was well.
Am I fully conversant with what the problem was and how my solution fixed it?
- Nope.
Am I going to take the time and trouble to investigate? - Nah.
Am I going to declare victory and move on? - Youbettcha.
Cheers Ross Drummond
LaTeX problem - square brackets
Calling all TeXperts.
How do I enclose text within square brackets?
I am doing this within an array, the output is fine but error messages are
produced. Other methods I have tried italicised the text or stripped the
spacing between words. There must be some simple method to enclose text within
square brackets that I have overlooked.
Cheers Ross Drummond
PS. You may be interested in my solution to this problem;
How do I place text in the right hand side of a page leaving the left hand
side blank? I tried to achieve this using the tabular and column environments.
The output was not satisfactory.
The solution I came up with was to use the tabbing environment and a
calculated 'hspace' to set the the tab stop. Example code below;
\begin{tabbing}
\hspace*{0.5\linewidth} \= Ice creams \\
\\
\> Strawberry \\
\\
\> Chocolate \\
\\
\end{tabbing}
Re: Kmail not loading
On Saturday 29 May 2010, you wrote: > On Sat 29 May 2010 11:06:47 NZST +1200, dave wrote: > Series of posts reguarding where email is stored. I run kmail as my mail application. I choose whatever the default was for mail storage. My maildir is ~/.Mail Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: Bash coprocesses and the "wait" built-in
On Thursday 20 May 2010, you wrote:
> Bash coprocesses and the "wait" built-in:
>
> $ coproc FIREFOX (firefox)
> [1] 32413
> $ echo $FIREFOX_PID
> 32413
> $ echo ${FIREFOX[0]}
> 63
> $ echo ${FIREFOX[1]}
> 60
> $ wait $FIREFOX_PID && echo Good || echo No good
>
> Nothing happens until you exit Firefox ...
>
> [1]+ Donecoproc FIREFOX ( firefox )
> Good
>
> I haven't tried hooking up to the stdin and stdout of a coprocess yes,
> but that's what the FIREFOX[0] and [1] file descriptors are for,
> apparently. See man bash.
>
> Douglas.
>
This thread seems to have a solution;
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/linux-programming-scripting/72247-capture-exit-status-pid-bash.html
Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: Bash coprocesses and the "wait" built-in
On Thursday 20 May 2010, you wrote: > Nothing happens until you exit Firefox ... > > [1]+ Donecoproc FIREFOX ( firefox ) > Good > > I haven't tried hooking up to the stdin and stdout of a coprocess yes, > but that's what the FIREFOX[0] and [1] file descriptors are for, > apparently. See man bash. > > Douglas. > The wait builtin command seems to acting as specified, in that it is waiting for a process to terminate and then reporting the termination status. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: connecting 2 boxes
On Sunday 18 April 2010, you wrote: > I interpreted Barry's words to mean: "I have got it to go, thanks folks". > I have been talking with Barry on the phone. We cannot determine what the problem is, ifconfig and route are set up OK. Firewalls are turned off, one box can see and communicate with the other but the other is blind. I can not figure out the cause. Chris you may have to give on-site support. I will be in Christchurch on Wednesday and have offered to have a on-site look if Barry is still stuck. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: connecting 2 boxes
On Saturday 17 April 2010, you wrote: > Nick Rout wrote: >stuff about connecting two computers with usb The easiest and least hassle way is to install network cards in each computer if they do not already have them and use a cross over network cable or a switch/router. On a related note when I wanted to transfer my home directory from my old to new computer I used tar in combination with netcat[1]. The methodology is explained here; http://www.securitydocs.com/library/3376 Cheers Ross Drummond [1]Some distributions replace netcat with nc, which has near equivalent functionality.
Re: Netbook opinions?
On Wednesday 07 April 2010, you wrote: > Hello, > > I have a birthday coming up, and up for grabs is a netbook. I have heard > good things about the Eee PC family from CLUGers a while ago, so I would > like to hear any opinions on this model in particular: > <http://www.enetcomputers.co.nz/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=ASUS103>. > (For the impatient and those confined by an over-restrictive firewall, it > is listed as an "Asus EeePC 1005HA"). Any recommendations of or opinions > on other models or families would be welcome, as well. > > Thanks, > Aidan If you want a small computer for a static application such as a desktop I recommend this model; http://www.enetcomputers.co.nz/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=EBOX101 I use an older model of this type as my primary desktop. Small form factor, low power use, and quiet. It does not have a cdrom drive so it can be challenging installing a Linux OS from a USB stick if your distro has no USB install pathway or it is poorly supported. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: horse and webshell
On Tuesday 23 March 2010, you wrote: > Hi all - with respect to horse, how many of the current users make use > of the webshell running on port 443? > If that makes no sense, https://shell.clug.org.nz/ > > Logs don't tell me who uses which mechanism for connecting. > > I want to run openvpn on port 443, and if noone uses webshell it can go > away. I didn't even know it existed. I use an ssh client to connect to Horse. What I don't use I won't miss. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: Hi Ross Drummond
On Monday 22 March 2010, you wrote: > Hi Ross Drummond, > In my dowin loading browser, I got these options - pause, stop, continue. > > > mohan Wget is command line utility that acts as a network downloader using the FTP and HTTP protocols. I find it an extremely useful piece of software. I recommend that you take the time and effort to become familiar with it. Read the man page for all the juicy goodness. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: Hi I need a disk for ubuntu 9.10
On Monday 22 March 2010, you wrote: > Thanks for the link Nick. > But unfortunately after down loading 500mb, it is not responding. > I experienced this 3 times. > Of course mine is a dialup conn, might be the reason. > That's why I need a disk. > I ordered for a free disk which will take 4-6 weeks. > If availability is there, I can come and burn on my disk pl. > > > mohan Are you using wget with the continue option enabled. From the man page; --continue Continue getting a partially-downloaded file. This is useful when you want to finish up a download started by a previous instance of Wget, or by another program. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: Good SSH client for windows?
On Friday 19 March 2010, you wrote: > Hi, > > I have my Ubuntu Server 9.10 up and running. > I connect to it from my windows pc with a SSH client called Tunnelier > (by BitVise). > > But the colours are no good - get a dark blue on black for directories > in a listing and comments in vim - almost unreadable. I can't find any > way to change these colours so... > > I need a good SSH client to use on my windows machine. > > Any recommendations? > > > Thanks, > Bryce Stenberg. PuTTY Open source SSH client with remote file copying support. Win32 http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: Ditto: OT: Free external 56k modem
On Wednesday 17 March 2010, you wrote: > Chris Downie wrote, On 17/03/10 11:59: > > I too have a modem free to a good home. It's a Dynalink e-modem > > (1456VQE-C). Complete, in original box. Please contact me off-list if you > > want it. > > Crikey - that might class as a collectible antique by now... Specially > when its in the original box still. > My old ISA Dynalink modem, V1456VQH-R5-NZL, will forever hold a special place in my heart. Why? This dial up modem never disconnected, no matter what conditions the copper cables submerged below the water table for 30 years or Telecoms coal fired exchange threw at it. I used to download iso images with wget and this 56k modem. It would take three nights, downloading between bed-e-byes and sparrow fart. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: execute script after FTP file upload
On Monday 15 March 2010, you wrote: > I need to run a script after a customer FTP uploads a file to my vsftpd > server. > > Is there a better way to initiate the script than using cron to > periodically `find` new files? > > GC > More; Pure-FTPd seems to have an upload script feature. Go to; http://blog.derjohn.de/space/start/2006-11-14/1 Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: execute script after FTP file upload
On Monday 15 March 2010, you wrote: > I need to run a script after a customer FTP uploads a file to my vsftpd > server. > > Is there a better way to initiate the script than using cron to > periodically `find` new files? > > GC > What about enabling xferlog_enable=YES in your vsftpd.conf file and then seeing if it writes a success message to the log file when a transfer is complete? I am not a vsftp user so I may be barking up the wrong tree. Cheers Ross Drummond PS. Hint of the day; It is worthwhile to learn the commands for the BSD ftp client. It is installed on most Linux boxes and all Windows boxes. This makes it very useful for slinging files around on $RANDOM boxes.
Re: Joke of the day
On Tuesday 09 February 2010, you wrote: > On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 8:13 PM, Ryan McCoskrie wrote: > > On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:32:21 Nick Rout wrote: > >> OK we had tip of the day, now joke of the day: > >> > >> Ubuntu is an ancient African word, meaning "can't configure Debian" > > > > No it means "Slackware is to hard for me". Everyone knows that. > > LOL > > s/Slackware/gentoo/ (Ross looks up from his monitor) "Why are you all looking at me?" Cheers
Re: List stats
On Tuesday 05 January 2010, you wrote: > For those who care > > Year Messages > 2010 5 to date > 2009 2355 > 2008 2758 > 2007 6124 > 2006 19031 > 2005 13809 > 2004 11225 > 2003 9514 > > Is this a sign that linux is becoming more mature, and fewer problems > arise? Or was 2006 the year of the troll ? > > I wonder how these numbers line up with total list membership in the year. > Back when I first encountered Linux it had the atmosphere of an exciting insurgency. A unruly upstart seeking to overturn the status-quo. We no longer have to wrestle with installs and consult widely to get the OS to boot. It is the default OS for many tasks. Now Linux is more dependable. This means more reliability but less excitement. This is a good thing.mostly. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: Linux and xD memory card
On Monday 28 December 2009, you wrote: > On Mon, 2009-12-28 at 11:52 +1300, Ross Drummond wrote: > > I am trying to get my Gentoo Linux box with a built in card slot to > > recognise a Fujifilm xD memory card. > > > Cheers Ross Drummond > > Not much help here, just to mention that my old Tosh lappie has a card > slot that is disabled by the BIOS unless you're using MS Windows. So the > first question for me is 'does it recognise anything?' as I lost a *lot* > of hours trying to get that to work ): > > Cheers, > > Steve > Thanks for your input. This thread suggests that my problem may be unsolvable; http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=211287 The path of least resistance seems to be acquire an external card reader. Cheers Ross Drummond
Linux and xD memory card
I am trying to get my Gentoo Linux box with a built in card slot to recognise a Fujifilm xD memory card. It fails to recognise this card. Nothing is written to dmesg. What bus will this card appear on and what modules need to be loaded? Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: PDF print with filename and metadata
<4adf4c0e.5080...@no8wireless.co.nz> <52bd4a780910211244u52ae127bi9dbf042144551...@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <093099efd38f9fda6e7aa96c4d204...@snap.net.nz> X-Sender: r...@ashburton.co.nz X-Username: ro...@snap.net.nz Received: from 209.29.255.123.dynamic.snap.net.nz [123.255.29.209] with HTTP/1.1 (POST); Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:02:57 +1300 User-Agent: RoundCube Webmail/0.1-rc2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:44:23 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: > On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 6:59 AM, Aidan Gauland > Previous posts about filling in pdf forms and manipulating pdf meta data. This web page should be of assistance; http://www.ubuntugeek.com/list-of-pdf-editing-tools-for-ubuntu.html Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: PDF forms
On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:51:29 +1300, Ross Drummond wrote: > > > On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:32:58 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: > >>> Numerous posts about about overwriting pdf forms with user input. > > Flpsed has the ability to place named text boxes over the pdf form > converted to a postscript format. > > Then flpsed could be used to insert variable text in the named boxes. > > Warning; It is a while since I have used flpsed. > > Cheers Ross Drummond For an example of a pdf form filled in with flpsed go to; http://users.snap.net.nz/~rossd/example.pdf Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: PDF forms
<43a59d630910181711q209b62b1nc6e93ba7cbe9e...@mail.gmail.com> <52bd4a780910181832m4952fd22h3aec76026c35f...@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <8eb3fd68f20b8a46f5c945f66f2ca...@snap.net.nz> X-Sender: r...@ashburton.co.nz X-Username: ro...@snap.net.nz Received: from 121.29.255.123.dynamic.snap.net.nz [123.255.29.121] with HTTP/1.1 (POST); Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:51:29 +1300 User-Agent: RoundCube Webmail/0.1-rc2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:32:58 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: >> Numerous posts about about overwriting pdf forms with user input. Flpsed has the ability to place named text boxes over the pdf form converted to a postscript format. Then flpsed could be used to insert variable text in the named boxes. Warning; It is a while since I have used flpsed. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: Halt command on remote box causes ssh client to hang
<52bd4a780910141525j5fdf7707jf07aa211bd57c...@mail.gmail.com> <52bd4a780910141530l69dfdfe4j8fea5bea7e5d9...@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: X-Sender: r...@ashburton.co.nz X-Username: ro...@snap.net.nz Received: from 5.63.255.123.dynamic.snap.net.nz [123.255.63.5] with HTTP/1.1 (POST); Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:18:28 +1300 User-Agent: RoundCube Webmail/0.1-rc2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:30:28 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Nick Rout wrote: > >> > > Of course you can always use shutdown instead of halt or reboot, and > define the time you want the shutdown to occur. Set it to shutdown one > minute from now and then log out gracefully :) > > eg > > shutdown -h +1 > ctrl-d Thanks to all who replied, "halt & logout" works for me. Steve Holdaway wrote: >but don't >you end up in a bad place if you shut down a remote box? How do you >restart it? No, it is under my desk. Cheers Ross Drummond
Halt command on remote box causes ssh client to hang
If I give the halt command on a remote box while connected through a ssh client the ssh client hangs. How do I prevent this? Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: Good broadband provider in Christchurch
On Wednesday 23 September 2009, Dan Wallis wrote: > Hello > > I'm currently living in the UK, and am moving to Christchurch in > January. Does anyone have any recommendations for a good ISP in NZ? > When I was growing up (in NZ), Clear.net.nz were good, but that was > back in the days of dial-up. Is the information on > http://www.internetchoice.co.nz reliable? How long does it typically > take to get a DSL line installed, or would you recommend going > wireless? I have my own DSL router, so it'd be nice to be able to use > that; although I'm yet to determine if it's 2+ ready. > > Thanks > Dan To test ADSL2+ availability go to; http://www.telecom.co.nz/adsl2 and enter your future street address into the search box. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: Thin Client Devices
On Wednesday 16 September 2009, steve wrote: > Hopefully Chris can point you to an excellent device - the link to, name > of, etc I've completely forgotten - which bolts to the back of an lcd > monitor using the 4 bolts for wall mounting. > > Steve The ASUS B202 comes with a monitor mounting bracket. The installation guide says that the monitor must comply with the VESA75 or VESA100 standard. Cheers Ross Drummond PS The B202 does not have any ps/2 connections so keyboard and mouse must be USB or through an adapter.
Re: Thin Client Devices
On Wednesday 16 September 2009, Glenn Cogle wrote: > Previous emails discussing recomendations for thin clients to run Linux This email is coming at you from an ASUS B202 running Gentoo Linux. It would make an excellent thin client Specs are Atom CPU 1.6GHz 1 Meg ram 80GB disk Intel on board graphics and NIC Runs fine as a Gentoo desktop and did I mention the quietness and small desktop real estate requirement. Ok let me mention how quiet and small they are. I believe that merits of this machine were unjustifiably discounted by the market, so you may get lucky and strike someone wanting to quit their stock. Google image the terms 'ASUS' and 'B202' for pretty pictures. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: measurement software for electrical networks?
On Tuesday 08 September 2009, Wesley Parish wrote: > Well, for what it's worth, it's not getting any better; and I have > disproved a couple of contentions of the amateurs I've talked to so far at > Telecom and Paradise.net.nz - I've used the second jackpoint in the flat, > and it's still falling over like a drunk with half a keg of vodka inside of > him; and I've just upgraded the PC - and the connection's still falling > over like aforementioned drunk. > > Wesley Parish I see you have a Paradise email address. This means that your connections will be through Telstra Clear's Lucent remote access server. Go to this archived message and apply the work around suggested there; http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz/msg50654.html If that fails to work append the line "debug" to your /etc/ppp/options file. This will output a lot of stuff to your /var/log/messages file and may give you a clue about what is going on. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: Which Distro for learning linux and server
On Friday 14 August 2009, Daniel Hill wrote: > Kent Fredric wrote: > > For minimal pain, don't unmask the ~ ( testing ) versions of things > > during stage 1. You'll find if you do you'll find a fun gcc cyclic > > dependency :) ( that is, don't set ACCEPT_KEYWORDS= to "~amd64" or > > "~x86" leave them at "amd64" or "x86" ) > > > > Once you get to stage 3 of the build /then/ you /might/ want to switch > > on that, but don't do it earlier. > > I have a friend advise me to do this > * start with stage 3, updating all the settings then going "emerge > world" gets you the same result as starting > * from stage 1 Also if you are new to Gentoo and kernel compilation build your 1st kernel with genkernel. From the man page; "Genkernel is designed to allow users who are not previously used to compiling a kernel to use a similar setup to that one that is used on the Gentoo LiveCDs which auto-detects your hardware." Cheers Ross Drummond
Changes to CLUG internet domains.
The current domains registered to CLUG are to expire shortly In consultation with Nick Rout I have made the following changes; The registration for the domain clug.net.nz will be allowed to expire. The registration for the domain clug.org.nz has been renewed. The Domain Name Registrar for clug.org.nz has been transferred to Discount Domains. The contact persons published for this domain has been changed to include myself. An approach was made to Discount Domains asking them if they were prepared to sponsor this registration. I am pleased to inform you that they have generously agreed to this sponsorship. Discount Domains[1] are a domain name registrar located in Christchurch who provide an easy to use on line interface for the registration of domains. Domains offered are sub-domains of the dot nz domain and com org net info top level domains. An associated company Digiweb[2] provides web hosting and email management solutions from premises located in Christchurch. I am indebted to Brenden McNeill of Discount Domains for his personal assistance in this matter. Subscribers to this list contemplating using the services provided by Discount Domains or Digiweb are requested to give them their favourable consideration. Cheers Ross Drummond [1] http://www.discountdomains.co.nz [2] http://www.digiweb.co.nz
Re: Booting from flash thumb drive/stick
On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:55:37 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > I have a VIA EPIA M9000 motherboard that I am trying to run diskless. > > The VIA FAQ says > > "Q:Can EPIA M/B use USB Stick boot ? > A:All EPIA series M/B can support USB stick boot but need to check > If your stick can support or not." > > So how do I tell whether my stick can support booting? It doesn't seem > to be bloody working. I used rescuecd to create a bootable Linux USB stick. There are some easy to follow instructions either on the disk or the web site. Boot a pc with rescuecd and follow instructions in the howto. Sorry I can not point you towards the howto as I am busy on other stuff at the moment. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: OT: Telecom (Monopoly) Problem
<4a07467c.1070...@totalteam.co.nz> <1894.125.248.153.122.1241998818.squir...@webmail01.lancs.ac.uk> Message-ID: X-Sender: r...@ashburton.co.nz X-Username: ro...@snap.net.nz Received: from 158.62.255.123.dynamic.snap.net.nz [123.255.62.158] with HTTP/1.1 (POST); Mon, 11 May 2009 13:04:05 +1200 User-Agent: RoundCube Webmail/0.1-rc2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On Mon, 11 May 2009 08:40:18 +0900 (KST), Andrew Errington wrote: > Multiple posts regarding Wesley's phone line faults during wet weather. Typically your Telecom cable pair travels down your street and is terminated at the end of the street. If for example you live half way down the street your cable pair is tapped at the junction box on the street outside but not terminated. This means that if the fault is downstream of your tap, terminating the cable pair at your tap will isolate you from the fault. Telecom do not usually do this as it means extra work if they need to use the cable pair downstream in the future. They will do this if you keep complaining and a site visit by a technician establishes that this will cure the fault. So complain until it is fixed. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: Home Automation Dealers in Chch?
On Thu, 23 Apr 2009, Craig Falconer wrote: >Stuff about inatalling networking in new dwelling. Does the PDL LexCom home networking solution appeal? I understand that it a relatively expensive, but it does provide an intergrated data, telphone, TV solution. Go to; http://www.pdl.co.nz/functions-nav.aspx?id=80 You need to download the PDF brochure (warning, 2.8Mb file) to get a good overview of this product. Another thing that is worthy of consideration is whether to install ducts from your boundary to the house. This gives you a future proof means of upgrading over a plain services trench. It is not a cheap solution so you would probably need to get the go ahead from your wallet before proceding. I have been reliably informed that a bloke desiring domestic harmony would be well advised to place stuff such as patch panels UPS's switches, servers etc in an out of the way place such as the garage, rather than scattered around the house. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: XP on EEEPC was: Small-form-factor as a desktop machine
On Sat, 14 Mar 2009, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > On Sat 14 Mar 2009 02:20:33 NZDT +1300, Ross Drummond wrote: > > I use rdesktop from my linux box to interact with XP using XP's remote > > desktop feature. > > Really? The XP rdesktop server is only available in XP Pro, not XP Home, > or was that a particular absent feature of the Dell Home box I looked > at? Or did Billy change his mind? > > Volker I implemented a hack activate remote desktop on XP home. The process was neither trivial or easy and the result is not fully functional. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: Small-form-factor as a desktop machine
On Fri, 13 Mar 2009, David Lowe wrote: > I've been using an eee box for three months as a desktop at home. Happy to > recommend it. Using the default Xandros is a bit heavy weight for the power > limitations, so I'm about to install Xubuntu which should make for a > snappier experience if the live CD is anything to go by. > > I especially like the way I can mount the unit on the back of the monitor. > All very nice and tidy. 19" monitor at 1400 something works fine.All other > peripherals work out of the box, so to speak. > > It's no power machine, but handles all the day to day stuff quite happily. > > - David > I am in the process of configuring an EEEPC as my new Windows XP machine. The features I like are the quiet running and low power consumption. I have issues configuring it but this is the fault of the operating system and not the hardware. I use rdesktop from my linux box to interact with XP using XP's remote desktop feature. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: locale problem
On Mon, 16 Feb 2009, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > On Monday 16 February 2009 16:05:33 Barry Marchant wrote: > > Thanks Steve, looks like the problem started with the installation of > > updated glibc. I reverted to the old one, installed the locale files and > > the problem has disappeared. > > Whilst that has got rid your immediate problem, it is worth remembering > that glibc has been upgraded for very good reasons. While your solution > undoubtedly 'works', you are denying yourself the benefits which the > upgrade might otherwise offer. Barry if you are messing around with Mandrake try the localedrake utility. Cheers Ross Drummond
Restaurant meal prior to meeting
I have prior to previous meetings issued an open invitation for meeting goers to join me in a pre meeting meal at the Thai restaurant around the corner. Last I time I made a booking for a table of four, seven persons turned up. This lead to the uncomfortable situation where we were all playing "elbow tennis" around a small table. In order to stop a repeat of this situation I am asking dinners who wish to join me to email their intentions off list before 1900 (7:00PM) tomorrow, Monday. I will then make a booking for the appropriate number. The restaurant is Sema's Thai Cuisine located in the Edgeware Village Mall on the corner of Sherbourne Street & Edgeware Road. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: How to make read only symbolic link?
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Username: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from 175.61.255.123.dynamic.snap.net.nz [123.255.61.175] with HTTP/1.1 (POST); Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:42:16 +1300 User-Agent: RoundCube Webmail/0.1-rc2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit My understanding is that Don wishes to create some means for users on the network to be able to access a files in directory on a read only basis. If I was doing this I would take a different approach to the one proposed by Don. My suggestion; Install lighttpd as a web server, lighttpd is fine for static content. HTTP content is read only by default. Crete a directory under your web server root directory. Use the lndir command to create links in the web directory to files in the source directory. Edit the lighttpd config file to allow directory listing for this directory. Tell you users to point their browsers to the URL for the directory and Robert is your older male relative. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: paradise dicey
On Sun, 21 Sep 2008, Nick Rout wrote: > On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 10:09 PM, Wesley Parish > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 64 bytes from 203.96.152.127: icmp_seq=1458 ttl=55 time=4608 ms > > 64 bytes from 203.96.152.127: icmp_seq=1459 ttl=55 time=3615 ms > > 64 bytes from 203.96.152.127: icmp_seq=1460 ttl=55 time=2623 ms > > 64 bytes from 203.96.152.127: icmp_seq=1461 ttl=55 time=1644 ms > > -- Wesley try this; ping -c 1 -R paradise.net.nz -R Record route.Includes the RECORD_ROUTE option in the ECHO_REQUEST packet and displays the route buffer on returned packets. Note that the IP header is only large enough for nine such routes. Many hosts ignore or discard this option. If your ISP supports this you can see the hop's taken to reach paradise,then you can test each hop with a ping to check latency. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: Scripting Trivia Q, Striping newline from date
On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:29:13 +1200, Chris Hellyar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For the scripting nut-cases on the list. :-) > > I want to log ping times to an IP into a file using a simple script > > It works, but I want my output on a single > > What I've got at the moment: > > #!/bin/bash > ping -c1 $1 >/tmp/pingouttxt > PingRet=$? > if [ "$PingRet" = "0" ]; then > echo -n " OK" > date > echo -n " " > cat /tmp/pingouttxt | grep time= | cut -d "=" -f 4 > else > echo -n " !! DOWN !! " > date > fi > > Which gives me: (For a good ping) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ./testping bob.home > OKMon Sep 15 21:26:29 NZST 2008 > 0.188 ms > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > and (For down) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ./testping broke.home > !! DOWN !! Mon Sep 15 21:26:53 NZST 2008 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > > Either I need to strip the newline off the cat and stick the ping time > before the date, or I need to get it off the newline... > > Anyway, google got me a bunch of samples where people wanted to strip > newlines out of files, but nothing really useful for this one.. > > (And yes, i could do it in something other than bash, that's no the > point, and you know it!) > > Cheers, Me. printf "%s", "OK $(date) $PingGrepCutResult" Done on a windows box using cygwyn so I hope it will work on a Linux box. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: OT: What will people end up doing for a job?Re: Vic Oliver on radiolive now.
On Wed, 03 Sep 2008, Kerry Mayes wrote: > Ever read "Player Piano" (can't remember the author)? > > Apparently, we sit around all day watching wall sized TVs or get > involved in "make work" schemes. > > Another Kerry. > That would be Kurt Vonnegut who also penned "Slaughter House 5" "Sirens of Titan" "Cats Cradle" and others. An excellent author IMHO, well worth the read. So it goes. Buy Imperial Nitrates. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: Home networking cable question
On Sun, 31 Aug 2008, yuri wrote: > > While pulling this cable alongside power cable, it is possible (and if > the holes are tight, likely) that some insulation will rub/scrape off > both the power and and the data cable, thus livening the foil screen > on the data cable to 230V. > > A person handling the data cable is then at risk of shock, possibly > leading to burns or ventricular fibrillation - an often fatal > condition. I am a big fan of earth continuity after my toaster threw me backwards into the refrigerator. The shielding will be earthed. > > If your house has a crawl space underneath the floor (ie not poured > concrete floor) then it would be trivial for someone like myself (I > would charge for my time) to drill through the bottom plate of the the > walls at each data socket location, cut out a flushbox hole in the > gib, drop cat5e down the wall and through the hole in the bottom > plate, fit easy-fix flushbox and data socket and voilá, job done. A concrete pad floor unfortunately. Cheers Ross Drummond
Home networking cable question
I am contemplating installing some home networking. This will be a retrofit in an existing home. When I ask electricians about running new cables with the necessary separation from existing electrical cable they shake their heads and make excuses about being very busy. Someone suggested that this product, a shielded combined data TV phone cable, may be suitable for a home network by pulling it through the existing electrical cable pathways in the walls. http://www.pdl.co.nz/product-details.aspx?rcat=products&catid=0&id=1741 The hope is this product being shielded will eliminate the interference that network cable suffers when it is run alongside electrical cables. Has anyone used this product for this purpose or could they comment on its suitability? Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: StartUp Manager for Ubuntu 8.04
On Sat, 23 Aug 2008, David Linton wrote: > Hi, > i recently formatted my old ubuntu 7.10 install due to some gfx issues and > a few other issues, and installed ubuntu 8.04, now, i had a "StartUp > Manager" for GRUB to change the boot timeout etc on the 7.10 install, but > can no longer find it in the package manager :S > Can anyone help me out on this??!? > > Cheers > David Linton The belt and braces way is to edit the file /boot/grub/menu.1st Append or edit the line; timeout 20 This should be at the top of the file and NN value is the number of seconds you want the menu to be displayed before grub automatically boots the default. The file menu.1st may be called grub.conf in some distributions. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: CLUG Meeting: Pre meeting meal.
On Mon, 11 Aug 2008, Zane Gilmore wrote: > Rik Tindall wrote: > > > > I assume you've got the projector issue resolved for the evening? > > yes, (thanks for the reminder :-) ) I have made a reservation for a pre meeting meal for 4 persons, 6:00PM, at Sema's Thai Cuisine just around the corner from the St Albans Community Center. 2 have confirmed 1 possible so place for 1 possibly 2 persons. Plus the restaurant may be able to take others if not busy. It is located in the Edgeware Village Mall at the corner of Sherborne Street and Edgeware Road. C U there. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: OT: Freeview EPG
On Sat, 12 Jul 2008, Kale Worsley wrote: > "The listings of programmes are protected by copyright owned by TVNZ, > CanWest TVWorks , Maori Television Service, Radio New Zealand, and other > broadcasters. None of the listings of programmes to be broadcast may be > reproduced by any means without the express permission of these companies." > > ...what would you, clug members, suggest I do with the information and PHP > script, hypothetically? > > 'Hypothetical' moral dilemma... > No legal dilemma involved. The most relevant case law on this is; Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd V Icetv Pty Ltd [2007] FCA 1172 9 Network: "Those IceTv doodz steal our copyright." Federal court of Oz: "Oh no they don't." So publish away at your hearts content. If you get monstered by the TV companies lawyers point them to that case. Oh, and just casually mention that the Zinwell DVB-T decoder violates the GPL. If they want to get into a cat fight over copyright breaches surrounding TV broadcasting in NZ, ask them if they feel lucky? This legal advice is worth what you paid for it. Cheers Ross Drummond
Meal prior to tomorrows CLUG meeting
An informal group of us will be having a meal at an adjacent restaurant prior to tommorrow evenings meeting. Please feel free to join us at approx 6:00PM. Sema's Thai Cuisine 76 Edgeware Road Cnr. Sherbourne Street & Edgeware Road St Albans Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: Next talk MythTV 8 July 2008
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Nick Rout wrote: > Well no aerial, and no DVB-T card, and no present ability in mythtv to > play the streams - without a patched version that is. A local caravan equipment supply firm has said it could loan me a motor home style omni directional terrestrial TV aerial. I can also provide a small 13" colour television with the standard 75ohm and 2 x composite feeds if required. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: Next talk MythTV 8 July 2008
On Thu, 19 Jun 2008, Nick Rout wrote: > For once CLUG does not clash with my Board of Trustees so I will > present about MythTV on 8 July 2008. > > I am hoping to demo it actually working on a live TV feed, and/or > setting up from scratch, but I am open to suggestions of what people > actually want to see. > > My own setup is freeview via DVB-S (satellite) which is probably the > best way to get a reasonable amount of digital TV in NZ at present. > However to demo that I will need a satellite to connect to. > > So ... > > We can either > > 1. set up a temporary satellite dish if anyone has one lying about; or > > 2. find a venue with a sky dish that we can plug into for the night; or > > 3. Just demo the software without any live TV. > > If anyone has any brilliant ideas, or something they particularly want > to see, let me know. > > I will also need a projector and screen, dunno what the drill is with > this these days, but I understand it has presented a problem recently. I can supply a DVB-T(digital video broadcast - terrestial) decoder if required. This set would work best through a standard UHF TV aerial which I do not have on hand. I can also supply a satellite finder if required. If someone can supply the dish I can set it up for you. A SKY dish is OK but would require a LNB(low noise balun) of recent vintage. A LNB is the thing on the end of the arm where the dish focuses. A dish does not have to be mounted on a roof. Any position with a good view of the northern horizon is OK. I have had a temporary dish set up on my lawn. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: OT: More on Zoomin maps...
On Wed, 18 Jun 2008, Derek Smithies wrote: > Hi, > Just another comment on the swmbo line:: > > Many guys think they are the head of the household. The reality is that > they are just the chairman of the fundraising subcommittee. > > Derek. Does chairmanship of the fundraising committee entitle guys to chairmanship of the financial expenditure committee? Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: Linux USB wireless adaptors for sale
On Fri, 23 May 2008, Nick Rout wrote: > I have no association with http://1-day.co.nz but thought I would > point out that today only they are selling linux compatible usb > wireless adaptors for $10.99. > > My statement that they work in linux is based on googling, but there > seem to be plenty of positive indications. > > Ordered 2 :-) This works as well; http://www.flashcards.co.nz/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=66&products_id=296 $(modinfo zd1211rw |grep description) gives; description:USB driver for devices with the ZD1211 chip. Cheers Ross Drummond
Meal prior to tonights CLUG meeting
An informal group of us will be having a meal at an adjacent restaurant prior to this evenings meeting. Please feel free to join us at approx 6:00PM. Sema's Thai Cuisine 76 Edgeware Road Cnr. Sherbourne Street & Edgeware Road St Albans Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: Printing woes...
lpstat -p will show any active printers on the system lpstat -a will show any active printer queues on the system Man lpstat for other usefull stuff. lpr -P file.ps is a usefull low level test. Cheers Ross Drummond On Wed, 14 May 2008, Barry wrote: > If I bring my box etc tonight would there be a guru who could sort out > cups for me, I just about went around the bend with it last week. > > The printer is a HP colour laserjet 1600, cups recognises it and it > appears to be properly set up, jobs get passed to cups & queued and > there they stay until cancelled. > > Any ideas anyone please? > > Barry
Snap dialup problems; was ubuntu mirrors
>Is that the same ISP (Snap - behind the Telecom modem array) now >randomly timing out its dialup customers? > >-- >Kind regards, >Rik It is my understanding that Snap has contracted Telstra Clear to connect dial-up customers. When a connection attempt is made buy a customer on a Telecom line it is diverted to Telstra Clear's Lucent remote access servers. If the problem is experienced buy such customers it should be replicable by Paradise and Telstra Clear dial-up customers on Telecom lines. Way back when I was on Snap dial-up I had a similar problem. It was fixed by this work around. Append the following lines to your /etc/ppp/options file; mtu 1456 mru 1456 Try it and see if it works for you. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: A quick quiz for fun
On Mon, 12 May 2008, Nick Rout wrote: > http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/survey/9 > > Post back your results, I got 90/100. I got 90/100 which surprised me as some of my answers were no more than wild guesses. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: Ubuntu Mirrors...
On Tue, 15 Apr 2008, Ross Drummond wrote: > On Tue, 15 Apr 2008, John Carter wrote: > > On Tue, 15 Apr 2008, Rex Johnston wrote: > > > John Carter wrote: > > >> The nz.archive.ubuntu.com mirror seems to be down > > > > > > Not for me. > > > > Grimace... > > > > I suspect it's our "peerless" national telecommunications economy at > > work. > > I have had a similar problem since Friday connecting to > linux.citylink.co.nz. > Both nz.archive.ubuntu.com and linux.citylink.co.nz are back up again. From what I could glean from the varied explanations from my ISP, the problem lay between Telstra Clears Wellington equipment and that of Citylink in Wellington. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: Help with shell scripting
On Thu, 17 Apr 2008, Kerry Mayes wrote: >stuff about if error. My recommendation is to simplify your "if" structure to test it; if echo `ping -c 1 127.0.0.1` | grep -q "1 received"; then echo it-works; else echo it-doesnt-work; fi If the simplified "if" test works then you know the problem is in the test command or consequent commands. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: Ubuntu Mirrors...
On Tue, 15 Apr 2008, John Carter wrote: > On Tue, 15 Apr 2008, Rex Johnston wrote: > > John Carter wrote: > >> The nz.archive.ubuntu.com mirror seems to be down > > > > Not for me. > > Grimace... > > I suspect it's our "peerless" national telecommunications economy at > work. > I have had a similar problem since Friday connecting to linux.citylink.co.nz. I see that nz.archive.ubuntu.com has a CNAME ubuntu.citylink.co.nz I rang my ISP's (Snap) help line and the hell desk warrior could connect from his station to linux.citylink.co.nz but ssh'd into his home box to test which failed. He raised a trouble ticket for the techs to resolve. John is where you are attempting to connect downstream of the Christchurch City Network as I suspect the trouble lies there? Curiously www.citylink.co.nz works fine. Cheers Ross Drummond
Recomendations DVD --> iPod
I was wondering if someone could recommend a GUI app for converting videos from DVD media to iPod media. I have been using mencoder from the command line to create avi files and the avi2ipod[1] KDE Kommander GUI app to convert the avi's to iPod format. I am hoping someone can point me towards an app to complete this task in one step. A KDE centric solution is preferred. Cheers Ross Drummond [1] http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Avi+2+iPod+++PSP+(mp4)?content=56915 PS. Enjoyed watching the old black & white western "High Noon". The noonday train will bring Frank Miller. If I'm a man I must be brave And I must face that deadly killer. Do not foresake me; Theme song.
Re: Any guru near Governers Bay?
On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Steve Holdoway wrote: > I'm in Diamond Harbour if it's any help??? The only problem is I work in > town, so 9-5 is out... > > Steve > > On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:50:55 +1300 > > Rex Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Oh dear, > > > > Yesterday a truck took out a powerpole in said area, out goes the power > > and down goes the server(s). Unfortunately, on boot up, we now get just > > L 99 99 99 etc. According to lilo's man page, it's an "invalid second > > stage index sector". > > > > I'm not currently in Chch, so i'm asking if anyone who is comfortable > > booting off a CD drive, mounting the drive, chrooting into it and > > rewriting the MBR, is able to visit a children's home in the area. > > > > It's their mail and file server, it runs Mandrake 10. > > > > TIA, Rex If you have the install media for Mandrake 10 it may not be necessary to chroot into the hard drive. Here is what I discovered; Insert cd 1 from the Mandrake 10 Official install media and reboot. When the splash screen comes up push F1 for more options as suggested. A text screen will appear with a boot prompt. Type rescue at this prompt and press enter. A dialog box should eventually appear with "re-intall Boot Loader" as one of the options available. I did not test this procedure past this point as I did not wish to make any changes on the computer being used for this test. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: Use of this list for commercial purposes?
On Sun, 23 Mar 2008, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > Greetings to CLUGgers, > > I am somewhat concerned that threads are appearing which are overtly > commercial. > > I see the use of this list as a virtual 'Tenderer's Gazette' as > being 'overtly commercial', because in the past we have had virtual > lynchings as a response to commercial posts. > > Whilst such postings are very useful to some folk, and I include > myself, I do appreciate that for others they are doubtless totally > O.T. and an unwanted intrusion. Therefore I think we should to try to > establish a consensus as to what commercial posts are within an > Acceptable Use Policy. > > Also I'd be glad of advice from the list administrator as to what > the University of Canterbury sees as its AUP for this list? > > If folks would like to mail me off-list that's acceptable too. > > -- > Sincerely etc. > Christopher Sawtell Who wouldn't want to get paid for doing something they like? This mailing list presents an excellent opportunity for matching the demand with the talent. I support the posting to the list of jobs or opportunities provided that the post is short and to the point. Employment consultant waffle should be derided mercilessly, and the poster should ask for replies to be sent off list. Cheers Ross Drummond
21" monitors from Craig -- xorg.conf
You may recall that in 2004 Graig Falconer had some surplus 21" monitors that he sold to CLUG members. Does anyone have one running? If so could you flick me a copy of the monitor section of their xorg.conf file. Cheers Ross Drummond
Thai meal before meeting
Prior to tomorrow evenings meeting I will be having a delicious Thai meal at the restaurant around the corner from the venue. Sema's Thai Cuisine 76 Edgeware Road Cnr. Sherbourne Street & Edgeware Road St Albans Christchurch http://www.zoomin.co.nz/?search/index&type=ADDRESS&q=76_Edgeware_Road/St_Albans/Christchurch I will arrive a little after 6PM. Please feel free to join me. The restaurant has BYO license. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: incremental folder naming
On Sat, 09 Feb 2008, Roger Searle wrote: > Hi, I have a script that does a wget on a website, which is working > well. Before the wget command I am moving the folder that already exists: > > mv $HOME/documents/newsite $HOME/documents/newsite-old > > which is fine. So long as the folder newsite-old doesn't already exist > because the script had previously been run and the folder exists. If it > does, I'd get the following: > > mv: cannot move `/home/roger/documents/newsite/' to a subdirectory of > itself, `/home/roger/documents/newsite-old/newsite' > > What I would really like to do is be retaining each of the previous > copies of the newsite-old folder, and having the script append an > increasing number to the folder name each time it ran, ie newsite-old1 > then newsite-old2 etc. > > How could I modify the mv command so that it did this for me? > > Hoping this makes sense, > Roger I suggest that your script create a new directory each time it operates. I would recommend that you incorporate the date in ISO 8601 format into your directory name. This means that file managers should by default list your directories in date order. You can add other info on for human readability purposes if you choose, Here is how I would do it; DirectoryName=/home/roger/documents/site/$(date +"%Y%m%d-%a%d%b") Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: Duplex printing
On Thu, 24 Jan 2008, Kerry wrote: > Bad form replying to my own email, but I thought I should clarify what I > need to do, basically manual duplexing ie: printing the even numbered > pages stopping, then printing the odd numbered pages. > > Kerry If you are using KDE Open the KDE print dialog Click on "Options" button to expand the dialog. Go to the "Copies" tab. Choose the "Page Set" drop down box. Options available are; All Pages, Odd Pages, Even Pages. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: Xmas Pub Quiz - Tuesday night
On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:36, Roy Britten wrote: > On 10/12/2007, John Hyde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Don't forget the xmas pub quiz on Tuesday 11 December. > > Many thanks for organising and running the evening. It was most > enjoyable, and a good end to the year. > > Cheers, > Roy. A convivial occasion.. I would like to add my thanks to John for organising the venue and quizmaster duties. Cheers Ross Drummond PS. Note for future participants in Johns quizzes. He has a thing for ABBA trivia.
Re: Attachment The Linux/Unix Distro Archive Additions.
On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:07, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > It has gone through my mind to suggest that we should buy a USB-2.x one. > I bought one for myself from DSE a few seeks ago, it cost me $39.98. > I have been reminded that people who have wholesaler accounts can get > things cheaper. > Volunteer? There was a pci usb card in the clugs box of bits in the store cupboard. Not sure if it is usb2, but worth a check. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: 64bit linux on Ubuntu 7.10
On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 09:13, Phill Coxon wrote: > > In other words - is there any point in my doing an apt-on-cd backup of > all the updates I've installed to Ubuntu 7.10, or will every package > have to be downloaded again as a 64bit version anyway? > > Thanks. This is not an exact answer to your question. I recently set up a 64bit computer with Gentoo. Gentoo is source based distribution which downloads the source code and compiles the applications on the computer they are going to be used. This allows applications to customised and optimised according to your wishes. I compiled my applications to run on 64 bit architecture setting one of the compiler flags to; -march=x86-64 Not one of the GPL applications failed to compile. Some third party applications which supply the executable rather than the source code require 32bit emulation to run. Down at the silicon level computing is about manipulating numbers. So anything which allows these numbers to be processed in 64 as opposed to 32 bit chunks has to be a good thing. My advice is go 64 bit as much as possible. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: ===>> Meeting Tuesday 13 November 2007 - That's Tomorrow! <<===
On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:35, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > The November meeting is tomorrow Tuesday 13 November 2007. > I will be having a pre meeting meal at Sema's Thai Cuisine around the corner from the St Albans Community centre. Sema's Thai Cuisine 76 Edgeware Road Cnr. Sherbourne Street & Edgeware Road St Albans Christchurch It is located in a mini mall with a post shop on the the corner. http://www.zoomin.co.nz/?search/index&type=ADDRESS&q=76_Edgeware_Road/St_Albans/Christchurch I will arrive a little after 6PM. Please feel free to join me. The Thai Green Curry is excellent and the place has BYO licence for those that want something to accompany their meal. > >The Distro Archive is now more or less functional. If you want a CD > or DVD just ask. > I have downloaded the Mandriva 2008.0 i586 DVD iso and will bring it on my laptop for adding to the archive and burning discs for those that want it. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: X cursors
On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:35, Aidan Gauland wrote: > Hullo, > > Does anyone know how to create an X cursor set? I have some images > to use, but I have no idea how to use them as cursors in X. > > -Aidan xcursorgen Here is an on line man page for this app in the earlier xfree86 X server implementation; http://www.xfree86.org/4.7.0/xcursorgen.1.html Your distributions package repositry should have a version for the more up to date xorg implementation. I have not used this program myself. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: Future talk: mythtv?
On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:22, Nick Rout wrote: > Actually I might convert my talk to participation in the "Worldwide MythTV > Installation Party" > > > Now, Does anyone (Wesley??) know if there is a Sky Dish at St Albans? or > (Rik??) at Hutcheson Street? > > Nick. > Satellite dishes can be set up on an add-hoc basis if you have the right gear. I have in the past set up a satellite dish on the lawn to watch Freeview temporarily. Can the list locate a friendly installer or electrician to provide a dish, LNB and dish mounting stuff? If so, with a metal upright to mount the dish and a few dollars worth of the right cable & connectors we can setup a temporary installation. I can provide a satellite finder gismo[1] I have only ever used a Freeview decoder which is automatically set up for the Optus Satellite, so I have no experience setting up a decoder manually. Cheers Ross Drummond [1] www.dse.co.nz product code L4611
Re: Gentoo on Dell lap top
On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 21:16, Ross Drummond wrote: > I have acquired a Dell Inspiron 1510 lap top (amd 64 2 core 2GB ram 120GB > HDD) > > The Gentoo 2007.0 full install CD will not work. It does not load drivers > for the HDD. and other annoyances. > > Sabayon 3.3 will load a live CD without problems. I am loath to use the > Sabayon /usr/src/linux/.config because of THROW_IN_KITCHEN_SINK=y approach > taken. > > Does anyone run Gentoo on a recent Dell lap top and can send me their > .config file? > > Cheers Ross Drummond To reply to my own email. Setup information for installing Gentoo on a Dell Inspiron 1501 lap top is available from; http://abbottdavid.com/1501/ Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: konsole session profiles
On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:53, Roger Searle wrote: > Hi, I have a konsole session autostarting and use it regularly by > renaming it, then starting a second session which I also rename. This > is saved as a profile which I can start up with the konsole menu kicker > button. I can't figure out how to have this profile be the one that can > be made to autostart.Hope this makes sense and that someone can > provide me with the method to make this work? > > Cheers, > Roger Go to the drop down menus. Settings --> Save as Default Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: LaTeX IDE application Kile
On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:12, yuri wrote: > > What is the advantage of hand coding LaTeX rather than using LyX? > > Yuri I am not familiar with LyX, but I imagine hand coding would give you greater flexibility. Cheers Ross Drummond
LaTeX IDE application Kile
I am a fan of LaTeX, using it for banging out contracts and other business documents. Its superior document layout overcome the subconscious resistance we all have to reading long complicated documents. There is an excellent article on Kile, my IDE (intergrated development environment) of choice when creating LaTeX documents, on the Linuxworld site; http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/101807-kile.html For those who are interested in using LaTeX but are put off by the need to learn the syntax, Kile would be a good place to start. Cheers Ross Drummond
Gentoo on Dell lap top
I have acquired a Dell Inspiron 1510 lap top (amd 64 2 core 2GB ram 120GB HDD) The Gentoo 2007.0 full install CD will not work. It does not load drivers for the HDD. and other annoyances. Sabayon 3.3 will load a live CD without problems. I am loath to use the Sabayon /usr/src/linux/.config because of THROW_IN_KITCHEN_SINK=y approach taken. Does anyone run Gentoo on a recent Dell lap top and can send me their .config file? Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: Dynalink AT command set reference
On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:04, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
>Query about documentation for ATI command set on Dynalink modem
Have you already purchased this modem?
I was disappointed when looking at the specs for this modem that it does not
support V44[1] compression. I had a V44 capable modem before I went to ADSL
and was impressed with the increased throughput achieved by this protocol
when handling data to which it was suited. One of the protocols that
benefited from V44 compared with V42 compression was RSYNC.
I have some pdf's with ATI command sets for some old chips. Maybe these docs
are forward compatable with you newer modem chip.
Querying your modem with ATI{2, 3, 4, 5, 6} should tell something about the
chip used.
Cheers Ross Drummond
[1] V44 must be supported by your ISP's equipment to work.
What does it take to make my ${gentoo} system aware of the change in daylight savings?
As a tangent to the current discussion about daylight saving changes I was supprised that my Gentoo system did not ajust its system time to the new daylight savings time changes. I regularly do system & world updates with the Portage software update tool and was never prompted to update timezone files. I resovlved the time zone problem by using emerge to update sys-libs/timezone-data-2007f to timezone-data-2007g Cheers Ross Drummond PS If you want to update daylight saving changes on no longer supported Microsoft. eg Windows 2000, computers and want to know how, contact me off list.
LaTeX problem with boxes
I am having trouble with boxes in LaTeX.
I can create a framebox with specified dimensions. I can create a colorbox
with a specified background colour.
What I want to do, but can not achieve is to have a box with a specified
dimensions and background colour. How do I do this? Examples of each below;
\framebox(120, 20){\$\hspace{8em}}
\colorbox[gray]{0.85}{bla bla}
Cheers Ross Drummond
Human Interface Technology Lab open day
This should be worthwhile for those with the time & inclination. The HIT Lab NZ at the University of Canterbury will be having an Open House Friday, 21st September 2007, 3pm - 7pm. Read more at; http://www.hitlabnz.org/route.php?r=event-view&event_id=37 Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: ===>> Meeting Tuesday 11 September 2007 <<===
On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 17:17, Christopher Sawtell wrote: >complaining about the Caly being closed. Nobody bring any biscuts. We have a backlog to chew through. Christopher, you were going to bring a din power supply lead for the switch. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: SFD poster (to find what printers are known)
On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:09, Rik Tindall wrote: > > Will check the lpt BIOS settings next. To find what printers are availiable; lpstat -a Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: Debian 3.1 timezone update (modification for Mandrake)
On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:53, Nick Rout wrote: > See also http://www.geekzone.co.nz:80/barf/3483 > The instructions on the page linked above need modification if you are running Mandrake 10.0 on a computer dual booting with windows. Follow the instructions on the above page, but do not execute the command; zic -l `cat /etc/timezone` Instead go; System --> Configure your computer --> System --> Date & Time --> Change time zone. Select Pacific/Auckland. A dialog box should appear asking "Is your hardware clock set to GMT?". Click on No. Close drakconf, and as root run the test; zdump -v /etc/localtime |grep 2007 If the update has worked you should see the same test results as on the linked page above. Cheers Ross Drummond
US web sites unreachable
I have been having trouble connecting to US based web sites today. Has the Southern Cross cable been rammed by a sardine, or has Telecom redeployed the technicians responsible for Xtra-Yahoo to international networks? Cheers Ross Drummond
Microsoft letter todays Christchurch Press re Open XML
I was intrigued to find an open letter from Microsoft addressed "To all New Zealanders" on page C5 of todays Christchurch Press. It urges Standards New Zealand to support the ISO ratification of Open XML standard. Cheers Ross Drummond I note from the letter that Microsoft's Christchurch office is one floor above my ISP. I hope that the Microsofties are taking precautions against the evil emanations from the Debian boxes on the floor below.
Re: SPOOKS & PRIVACY (was XTRA Broadband dead (again))
> > From: Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > See:- http://home.hiwaay.net/~pspoole/echelon.html > > ...Never ever say anything via the international telecoms systems that > > you don't want the world to know all about. The Government Communications Security Bureau, a retirement home for former Air Force personnel. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: XTRA Broadband dead (again)
On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:10, barry wrote: > Last night I spent the best part of 2 hrs on a friends box trying to > download 1 email. I think access finally timed out, it came back and > said 'no action' or something similar. I tried webmail and got the 1st > part set up. Then got told the browser he has used for at least 2 years > was out of date, upgrade to expoder6, firefox, or another I have not > heard of in big letters across the screen. Gave up & came home. > > Then tried using opera /linux. I got through only to be told opera 8.5 > was too old, upgrade to opera9.02 which I did. Then tried again only to > be told opera8.23 (the latest release) was too old, upgrade to opera > 9.02. Then I spotted in very small chars towards the top of the screen, > 'click here to continue' which I did & presto, I was into his webmail > a/c via paradise. > > This must be 1 of the most incompetent website setup I have seen > > Barry I went to this site and got the unsupported browser page. I was using konqueror 3.5.5. Went to drop down menu, Settings --> Configure Konqueror --> Browser Identification and unckecked 'Send Identification'. I was then able to access the site. Cheers Ross Drummond
Regular expressions - cartoon
An amusing xkcd cartoonwhich deals with regular expressions; http://xkcd.com/208/ Who is the person on the trapeze? I think it is most likely to be Jim. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: Future of Monthly Meetings?
On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:02, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > Here's what I'd suggest we do to increase the takings versus cost ratio. > > 1) Provide a better supper, and charge more for it. Maybe even to the > point of commissioning a person or firm to provide something. > In the short term the biscut situation is well in hand. At the conclusion of last nights meeting I had trouble closing the plastic storage bin. The reason was the number of biscut packets stored within. There is a backlog of several meetings worth to be chewed through. Cheers Ross Drummond PS The dim power lead for the router has disappeared. Could some kind person search their carton of computer stuff and provide a replacement.
Re: Internet problems recently
On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:14, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > I heard that we were used as lab rats to see how well a fibre Cable > network would work out economically in this part of the world, before > deploying similar in Aust. My informant told me that they were very > disappointed that Cable-TV didn't take off as they had hoped, but were > absolutely amazed that the Internet connections are as popular as they > are. TheKey = "Outbid Rupert Murdoch for sports broadcast rights" PayTVProfit = ($TheKey + infrastructure + marketing + patience) Telstra Clear never brought enough chips to the table to win the $TheKey and lacked patience. Also at the critical time Telecom and Rupert were mates in Sky TV so would have made $TheKey as difficult as possible. When you invest for $PayTVProfit and fail, but serendipitously discover an unexpected demand for internet, wouldn't an agile owner exploit this instead of killing this demand with 45 minute waits for call centre assistance? I am wandering off topic so I will terminate this part of the thread with this post. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: Internet problems recently
On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:35, Roger Searle wrote: > the hardest part of resolving it was having to wait for at least 45 > minutes every time i needed to call paradise, 4 or 5 times in total over > some weeks while they went through the preliminaries then did some > logging then had telecom do their part. hope your isp is better :-) > There is an article in todays NZ Herald[1] that says that Telstra Clear is an unprofitable distraction its owners, Telstra in Australia. Despite having a modern network in two of NZ's largest cities which simply blows away the incumbents (Telecoms) capabilities, it is becoming obvious that Telstra Clear is withering on the vine. I think that Telstra Clear should be sold to someone who is able to leaverage the comparative technological superiority of their network into an attractive customer experience. Cheers Ross Drummond [1] http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/3/story.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10456629
Re: Ben Devine
On Sun, 05 Aug 2007 15:22, Ben Devine wrote: > Hey, just thought i would let you know > Im out of hospital back at home now. Just waiting for my further rehab to > start again. but I plan on attending a Clug meeting some time in the near > future. > > What day was it when I saw you in the bus exchange? > Im just trying to figure out when the accident actually was:) > > How are you? > > > -- > Thanks, > Ben Devine It is good to read that you are out of hospital. Best wishes for a speedy recovery. I am sure that we all look forward to you joining us at a future CLUG meeting. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: Internet without a phone?
On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:50, Brenda Wallace wrote: > > > What for?? The only people who called me were telemarketers and wrong > numbers. No, i don't use a landline at all. I feel free :) For a usefull discussion about n*ked DSL and pricing go to; http://www.geekzone.co.nz/antoniosk/3328 Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: Internet without a phone?
On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:29, Nick Rout wrote: > On Wed, August 1, 2007 1:20 pm, Andrew Errington wrote: > > On Wednesday 01 August 2007 13:18, Nick Rout wrote: > >> Is it possible to get the internet without paying for a voice connection > >> in ChCh, or do we have to wait for unbundling to really bite? > I know telecom will not do it, Just wondering if the geniuses around here > know of anything. It seems that it will require legislated compulsion. I think there it a telecommunications bill slowly wending its way through Parliament. Read more at; http://www.med.govt.nz/templates/MultipageDocumentTOC20265.aspx#P43_7305 Hold on, a ministerial statementdated 5th July. Communications Minister David Cunliffe has provided an update on the process for the separation of Telecom. "I am currently progressing the development of my requirements for the operational separation of Telecom as required by the Telecommunications Act, with the intention of finalising it shortly," Mr Cunliffe said. So something might happen before next years elections, or possibly not. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: Just sent a fax
On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 10:58, Nick Rout wrote: > Distinctive ring is about $4-5 per month on the phone bill. It gives you > a second number with a different ring. Suitable hardware (look for > claims of "faxability") can distinguish the ring and answer if it likes > the ring. If your hardware won't do that then there are addon devices > that you can plug into a phone jack that will do the detection for you. > For hardware to detect and connect distinctive rings, go to; http://www.atlasgentech.co.nz/teltest/smartring.php3 Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: PDF output from OpenOffice
On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:43, Barry wrote: > No, I have those, what I need is the option to select output for screen > or for printer, there is a vast difference in the file sizes. > I believe that it has to do with Adobe Acrobat pdf level output. Higher level versions embed the fonts in the pdf document. If the pdf you want to create is text displayed in a common font such as helevtica, just use a lower pdf version level and you can pretty much guarantee that it will display/print correctly on other computers and printers. On problem that I have come across is MS Word documents which use Cyrillic (Russian) text. When these documents are opened in another computer which does not have the font installed the application makes a guess for a matching font. Often it gets the guess wrong, choosing a Greek font. One way for the originator of the document to avoid this problem would have been to produce it as a higher level pdf with the font embedded in the document. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: Motherboard advice
On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:53, Robert Fisher wrote: > lspci. > :00:0a.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 LPC Bridge (rev a2) > :00:0a.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP51 SMBus (rev a2) > :00:0a.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Memory Controller 0 (rev > a2) :00:0b.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller > (rev a2) :00:0b.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB > Controller (rev a2) :00:0d.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 > IDE (rev a1) > :00:0e.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller > (rev a1) > :00:0f.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller > (rev a1) > :00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PCI Bridge (rev a2) > :00:10.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio > (rev a2) > :01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV42 [Geforce > 6800 XT] (rev a2) > :06:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 > Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13) This looks a lot like my machine. If you roll your own kernels benefit from my pain. Make sure your kernel config file has these entries; # Serial ATA (prod) and parallel ATA (experimental) drivers. CONFIG_ATA=y CONFIG_SATA_NV=y Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: SQL and PHP
On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:27, Zane Gilmore wrote: > I am giving a talk about SQL and possibly PHP at the next CLUG meeting. > > In an attempt to provide what people want, could you give me some > indication of what you want to hear about? > > I can sound convincing on these topics: > - SQL (MySQL and postgres) > - PHP > - The joining of the two. > - database design > - and now I've done a bit I could probably muddle through with Python > > What I was thinking was just a description of a few simple PHP scripts > hooked up to a very simple database to describe the basic principles of > how a PHP site with a database works. > > Does that sound interesting or really boring? > > Regards, > Zane I use entity relationship diagrams to help me understand how a database works. I have found there to be a lack of tools to, either generate or read, such diagrams when compared to the 'other side'. If you were able to include this subject in your talk I would appreciate it. Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: PDF editing ...
On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:11, Robert Fisher wrote: > On Monday 11 June 2007 4:32 pm, Jim Cheetham wrote: > > I know that the answer has been onlist, but my searching is in vain ... > > > > What's a good way to edit (specifically, overtype onto) PDF documents, > > under Linux? > > Extra points for being able to do so under Windows too ... (cough) > > Ross Drummond is the man who showed us at a meeting. > > Was it pdf2ps? > > http://www.linuxcommand.org/man_pages/pdf2ps1.html No, it was flpsed. Do you know that flpsed is scriptable? Create a postscript file. Open it in flpsed. Create a tag on the document by clicking at the insertion point and go to the Tags --> Edit Tags menu. Name your tag, rinse repeat. For the example below I created two tags, soup and main. Save your changes as a postscript file. This file is the template file for your script. Here is a script example; flpsed -b -t soup=mushroom -t main=roast menu-template.ps menu.ps lpr -P Printer menu.ps Cheers Ross Drummond
