[SLUG] Linux contractor wanted
I am looking for someone, preferably in Sydney area, to do some development work with Linux-based TV applications. Please contact me off-list for details. Peter Vogel ZapTV Pty Ltd 30 Adeline St, Faulconbridge 2776 Australia Tel: 02 4751 8735 Fax: 02 4751 2601 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Recommended .com.au registrar
$author = "Matthew Palmer" ; > > I've got a couple of domains coming up for renewal in the next couple of > months, and don't particularly want to give another chunk of change to > Extortion IT. chunk of change comparison http://www.whatsinaname.com.au/ > Does anyone have any particular experiences, good or bad, with the rest of > the crop of registrars able to act directly for the .com.au registry? I'm > interested in both kudos and brickbats anyone might have. i use namescout and haven't a single issue with them. marty -- As seen on 2600-Au: John Mifsud - "what do you think is betta piracy or terrorism?" Bad Pauly - "Pirates get the really cool eye-patches and talking parrots, but the terr'ists get the bombs. I think it's a tie." -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] VERY VERY early Linux Boot/Root disks..
This one time, at band camp, Anthony Rumble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We REALLY need the 0.12 Rootdisk image.. > > The filename would be "rootimage-0.12.Z" > > Would be a real help if someone has it.. dont have one handy, have you tried here? http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/Historic/old-versions/ Kevin -- __ (_ \ _) ) | / / _ ) / _ | / ___) / _ ) | | ( (/ / ( ( | |( (___ ( (/ / |_| \) \_||_| \) \) Kevin Waterson Port Macquarie, Australia -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Recommended .com.au registrar
You could try namescout they charge $60 AUD for com.au and .net.au > I've got a couple of domains coming up for renewal in the next couple of > months, and don't particularly want to give another chunk of change to > Extortion IT. > > Does anyone have any particular experiences, good or bad, with the rest of > the crop of registrars able to act directly for the .com.au registry? I'm > interested in both kudos and brickbats anyone might have. > > Thanks, > Matt -- Regards, Kevin Saenz Spinaweb I.T consultants Ph: 02 4620 5130 Fax: 02 4625 9243 Mobile: 0418455661 Web: http://www.spinaweb.com.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Recommended .com.au registrar
excuse my ignorance, but. What happens if your registrar company (whoever they are) go belly-up? I'm sure that all IT companies are run by reputable businessmen with incredible acumen and skill, but you never know, do you? On Thu, 23 Oct 2003, Kevin Saenz wrote: > You could try namescout they charge $60 AUD for com.au and .net.au > > I've got a couple of domains coming up for renewal in the next couple of > > months, and don't particularly want to give another chunk of change to > > Extortion IT. > > > > Does anyone have any particular experiences, good or bad, with the rest of > > the crop of registrars able to act directly for the .com.au registry? I'm > > interested in both kudos and brickbats anyone might have. > > > > Thanks, > > Matt > -- > Regards, > > Kevin Saenz > > Spinaweb > I.T consultants > > Ph: 02 4620 5130 > Fax: 02 4625 9243 > Mobile: 0418455661 > Web: http://www.spinaweb.com.au > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Recommended .com.au registrar
> excuse my ignorance, but. > > What happens if your registrar company (whoever they are) go belly-up? > I'm sure that all IT companies are run by reputable businessmen with > incredible acumen and skill, but you never know, do you? > Find someone else, the IT industry is full of "IT Experts" :) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] OT:24VDC PC UPS
Battery -+---||---+|<--| | | Computer For the diodes above you should probably use a couple of power diodes in parrallel. The resistor depends on the charge current you want. You could make it 2 resistors like this:- GND-+Battery|| Zenner (or a series of them) to limit voltage to say 30V Maybe add a fuse in series with the battery to prevent overcharging current if the zenner's blow or the PC short circuits. Yeah so my formal training was in Electronics :-) On Thu, 23 Oct 2003, Ulung Gurtala wrote: > This is slighltly off topic but I'm sure someone have come across a similar > problem and have a solution for it. > > I have a 24vDC PC thats going in a truck. I want to ensure there is a reliable > power supply and ensure that if the power is interupted the pc will not > shutdown. I can source a 24v Battery with enough juice to run the pc for 15 min > when the truck ignition is off. What Iam unsure of is the wirring and other > electronic gear to ensure that whilst the truck is going (running) it is using a > regulated 24v of the trucks electrical system and trickle charging the battery > if it is not fully charged and if the truck ignition is off it uses the > batteries and allows the users to shut the system down gracefully. > > Any help is appreciated. > > Cheers > > -- -- Electronic Hobyist, Former Arcadia BBS nut, Occasonal nudist, Linux Guru, SLUG/AUUG/Linux Australia member, Sydney Flashmobber, BMX rider, Walker, Raver & rave music lover, Big kid that refuses grow up. I'd make a good family pet, take me home today! Do people actually read these things? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] dialup problem
Hello everyone, I have strange dialup internet problem. I run Debian unstable, I use wvdial, and my main browser is Firbird but I also use Dillo. I use a normal 56k external modem. I keep my computer running all the time and use wvdial to connect to the net when I need to. The problem is that occasionally, maybe every 5th or 6th time that I connect, wvdial runs perfectly and establishes a connection to my ISP (Bigpond), but my browser won't access any sites. Dillo tells me "unable to resolve...", Firebird tells me "Trying to connect to..." I've tried turning my modem on and off, restarting wvdial, restarting the browsers, restarting X, even logging out completely and logging in again. The ONLY thing that solves the problem is to reboot. Is there a service or daemon that I can stop and restart to avoid rebooting? Here's the output of 'ps aux' after I've failed to connect, and I've shut down my browsers and wvdial: [mark]$ cat working/nonet.txt USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND root 1 0.0 0.1 1460 84 ?SOct22 0:05 init [2] root 2 0.0 0.0 00 ?SW Oct22 0:00 [kflushd] root 3 0.0 0.0 00 ?SW Oct22 0:00 [kupdate] root 4 0.0 0.0 00 ?SW Oct22 0:05 [kswapd] root 5 0.0 0.0 00 ?SW Oct22 0:00 [keventd] daemon 99 0.0 0.0 15720 ?SW Oct22 0:00 [portmap] root 189 0.0 0.5 1512 324 ?SOct22 0:00 /sbin/syslogd root 192 0.0 0.2 1832 172 ?SOct22 0:00 /sbin/klogd root 204 0.0 0.0 15000 ?SW Oct22 0:00 [inetd] root 208 0.0 0.0 15480 ?SW Oct22 0:00 [lpd] root 211 0.0 0.0 15120 ?SW Oct22 0:26 [lpd] root 241 0.0 0.0 29960 ?SW Oct22 0:02 [sshd] root 250 0.0 1.6 5372 1036 ?SOct22 0:19 /usr/bin/X11/xfs -daemon root 309 0.0 0.0 26840 ?SW Oct22 0:00 [bash] root 312 0.0 0.1 4352 112 ?SOct22 0:00 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xprt -ac -pn -nolisten tcp -audit 4 -fp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/f onts/Type1,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc :64 root 313 0.0 0.0 14560 ?SW Oct22 0:00 [tee] root 314 0.0 0.0 14480 ?SW Oct22 0:00 [logger] root 324 0.0 0.0 16280 ?SW Oct22 0:00 [rpc.statd] root 329 0.0 0.1 1904 84 ?SOct22 0:00 /usr/sbin/rpc.nfsd root 331 0.0 0.1 1904 84 ?SOct22 0:00 /usr/sbin/rpc.mountd daemon 334 0.0 0.0 1652 60 ?SOct22 0:00 /usr/sbin/atd root 337 0.0 0.2 1716 176 ?SOct22 0:00 /usr/sbin/cron mark 342 0.0 0.0 26200 tty1 SW Oct22 0:00 [bash] root 343 0.0 0.0 14560 tty2 SW Oct22 0:00 [getty] root 344 0.0 0.0 14560 tty3 SW Oct22 0:00 [getty] root 345 0.0 0.0 14560 tty4 SW Oct22 0:00 [getty] root 346 0.0 0.0 14560 tty5 SW Oct22 0:00 [getty] root 347 0.0 0.0 14560 tty6 SW Oct22 0:00 [getty] mark 350 0.0 0.0 22960 tty1 SW Oct22 0:00 [startx] mark 361 0.0 0.0 22600 tty1 SW Oct22 0:00 [xinit] root 362 0.4 7.8 11708 4896 ?S< Oct22 9:29 /usr/bin/X11/X -dpi 100 -nolisten tcp mark 366 0.0 0.0 22840 tty1 SW Oct22 0:00 [sh] mark 370 0.0 2.0 5988 1272 tty1 SOct22 0:19 icewm mark 398 0.0 0.9 2776 568 ?SOct22 0:01 rxvt -ls -bg black -cr green -fg white -C -fn 9x15 -sl 500 mark 399 0.0 1.5 2640 960 pts/0SOct22 0:00 -bash mark 1324 0.0 1.3 2828 840 pts/0R06:45 0:00 ps aux Suggestions gratefully recieved, but I won't be able to test them until the problem reccurs. Also, as you can tell, I'm not a technical user. mark __ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Recommended .com.au registrar
** Reply to note from David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thu, 23 Oct 2003 19:54:43 +1000 (EST) > excuse my ignorance, but. > > What happens if your registrar company (whoever they are) go belly-up? > I'm sure that all IT companies are run by reputable businessmen with > incredible acumen and skill, but you never know, do you? it's my understanding that even if your regisrar goes belly up, the names will be registered for the full 2 years, regardless, Voytek Eymont -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] dialup problem
Hi Mark At this point I don't have a clear idea of the problem, I know the problem though. Next time it happens try to run /sbin/ifconfig also try ping www.gelato.unsw.edu.au then ping 129.94.173.27 if the first ping fails but the second succeeds then there is a problem with name resolution. and send the output to the list, it sound like a gateway problem? Darren On Thu, 23 Oct 2003, Mark A. Bell wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I have strange dialup internet problem. I run Debian unstable, I use > wvdial, and my main browser is Firbird but I also use Dillo. I use a > normal 56k external modem. I keep my computer running all the time and > use wvdial to connect to the net when I need to. > > The problem is that occasionally, maybe every 5th or 6th time that I > connect, wvdial runs perfectly and establishes a connection to my ISP > (Bigpond), but my browser won't access any sites. Dillo tells me > "unable to resolve...", Firebird tells me "Trying to connect to..." > > I've tried turning my modem on and off, restarting wvdial, restarting > the browsers, restarting X, even logging out completely and logging in > again. The ONLY thing that solves the problem is to reboot. > > Is there a service or daemon that I can stop and restart to avoid > rebooting? Here's the output of 'ps aux' after I've failed to connect, > and I've shut down my browsers and wvdial: > [CUT] > Suggestions gratefully recieved, but I won't be able to test them until > the problem reccurs. Also, as you can tell, I'm not a technical user. > > mark > > > __ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search > http://shopping.yahoo.com > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- Darren Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Recommended .com.au registrar
On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 09:24:26PM +, Voytek Eymont wrote: > ** Reply to note from David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thu, 23 Oct 2003 19:54:43 +1000 (EST) > > > excuse my ignorance, but. > > > > What happens if your registrar company (whoever they are) go belly-up? > > I'm sure that all IT companies are run by reputable businessmen with > > incredible acumen and skill, but you never know, do you? > > it's my understanding that even if your regisrar goes belly up, the names > will be registered for the full 2 years, regardless, Although, since your domain information is managed through your registrar, and not the registry, that if you want to change your details you have to switch to a new registrar before you can do anything like that (such as change contact details, DNS servers, etc). - Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Recommended .com.au registrar
There are provisions in place to deal with this type of situation. auDA who is the .au regulatory body will become the acting registrar for the domain in the interim period between company X going belly up and the registrant selecting a new registrar. A very similar thing occurred at the time of deregulation of the space. auDA became the registrar of record for all .net.au domains (about 10,000 or so), registrants had to then transfer the domain to a registrar in order to be able to manage contact details, delegation and the like. Brett Fenton Matthew Palmer wrote: On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 09:24:26PM +, Voytek Eymont wrote: ** Reply to note from David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thu, 23 Oct 2003 19:54:43 +1000 (EST) excuse my ignorance, but. What happens if your registrar company (whoever they are) go belly-up? I'm sure that all IT companies are run by reputable businessmen with incredible acumen and skill, but you never know, do you? it's my understanding that even if your regisrar goes belly up, the names will be registered for the full 2 years, regardless, Although, since your domain information is managed through your registrar, and not the registry, that if you want to change your details you have to switch to a new registrar before you can do anything like that (such as change contact details, DNS servers, etc). - Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Thin client - Access to local PC's USB
Hi there I've got a setup where there are 5 PCs accessing a Linux Server all using thin client. I use win4lin to allow backward compatibility to the two products they still need back there (MYOB and WORD/ACCESS). Of course one of them has got a palm tungsten and wants to sync it to his evolution software using the palm linux stuff. Should he go back to fat client (ie running X locally with NFS shares for the data on the server.) or is there a way of faking out the X setup so that when he's logged on and using USB, it's syncing to his USB port across the network? Icky question but I hear the propellers humming overhead already. Stu -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Thin client - Access to local PC's USB
Stuart Guthrie wrote: Hi there I've got a setup where there are 5 PCs accessing a Linux Server all using thin client. I use win4lin to allow backward compatibility to the two products they still need back there (MYOB and WORD/ACCESS). Of course one of them has got a palm tungsten and wants to sync it to his evolution software using the palm linux stuff. Should he go back to fat client (ie running X locally with NFS shares for the data on the server.) or is there a way of faking out the X setup so that when he's logged on and using USB, it's syncing to his USB port across the network? This isn't gonna help much, but it's gotta be possible. I've used LTSP with USB mice in the past. I can't remember the specifics of it though, but it wasn't terribly involved...maybe checkout the LTSP X setup stuff. Fil -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Thin client - Access to local PC's USB
Thanks Phil
Looks like you are right. I just have to run evo/palm link on the w/s
and still keep the same display. It's like clapping backwards
FOI:
9.5. Launching local applications
In X Windows, programs typically run relative to where the window
manager runs. That is, if the window manager is running on the server,
displaying its output on the workstation, then any programs that are
launched, will also run on the server, sending their output to the
workstation.
The trick is having the server tell the workstation to launch the
program. This is typically done with the rsh command.
Here's an example of how to run the gaim program on the workstation:
HOST=`echo $DISPLAY | awk -F: '{ print $1 }'`
rsh ${HOST} /usr/bin/gaim -display ${DISPLAY}
The above example can be entered in an xterm window, or it can be put
into a shell script, and be launched by an icon on the desktop.
On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 10:08, Phil Scarratt wrote:
> Stuart Guthrie wrote:
>
> > Hi there
> >
> > I've got a setup where there are 5 PCs accessing a Linux Server all
> > using thin client.
> >
> > I use win4lin to allow backward compatibility to the two products they
> > still need back there (MYOB and WORD/ACCESS).
> >
> > Of course one of them has got a palm tungsten and wants to sync it to
> > his evolution software using the palm linux stuff. Should he go back to
> > fat client (ie running X locally with NFS shares for the data on the
> > server.) or is there a way of faking out the X setup so that when he's
> > logged on and using USB, it's syncing to his USB port across the
> > network?
>
> This isn't gonna help much, but it's gotta be possible. I've used LTSP
> with USB mice in the past. I can't remember the specifics of it though,
> but it wasn't terribly involved...maybe checkout the LTSP X setup stuff.
>
> Fil
>
>
>
> !DSPAM:3f987f72161576921011683!
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[SLUG] Re: [activities] Re: [CTTE] Introducing abas business software - Microsoft free ERP!
Surely that fits squarely into the 'irrelevant' pile? Not so. If the techies gave the talk and allowed questions, I'm sure the time would be well spend. There are a lot of sluggers in this sort of space so I'm thinking being shown what has been done commercially and being able to question technically would be of benefit to them. Also if you work at a company that could use this sort of solution, it's going to get Linux in there and other OS' out. Stu On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 10:52, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > > The latest offer was "a demonstration of Microsoft free ERP, eBusineess > > and web shop software," which is interesting enough, assuming they aim it > > correctly. > >Surely that fits squarely into the 'irrelevant' pile? > > > Anyone got a form of words which boils down to "please make sure your talk > > is aimed at interested SLUG members, not simply at potential customers"? > > Perhaps trawl through your ctte archives for some of the replies to offers > we've had in the past. There are probably some good ones around the time of > the Sony talk. > > - Jeff > > -- > linux.conf.au 2004: Adelaide, Australia http://lca2004.linux.org.au/ > > "Perdon; estoy buscando mis pantalones." - Luis Villa's Essential > Spanish -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] OT:24VDC PC UPS Thanks all
To all who replied Thanks, got a 4x4 autoelectrician and he's sorting it out. Cheers - Original Message - From: "Grant Parnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ulung Gurtala" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "SLUG Sydney Linux User Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 11:45 PM Subject: Re: [SLUG] OT:24VDC PC UPS > > Battery -+---| | | > >|---+|<--| > | > | > Computer > > For the diodes above you should probably use a couple of power diodes in > parrallel. The resistor depends on the charge current you want. You could > make it 2 resistors like this:- > > GND-+Battery| | | > --->| > Zenner (or a series of them) to limit voltage to say 30V > > Maybe add a fuse in series with the battery to prevent overcharging > current if the zenner's blow or the PC short circuits. > > Yeah so my formal training was in Electronics :-) > > On Thu, 23 Oct 2003, Ulung Gurtala wrote: > > > This is slighltly off topic but I'm sure someone have come across a similar > > problem and have a solution for it. > > > > I have a 24vDC PC thats going in a truck. I want to ensure there is a reliable > > power supply and ensure that if the power is interupted the pc will not > > shutdown. I can source a 24v Battery with enough juice to run the pc for 15 min > > when the truck ignition is off. What Iam unsure of is the wirring and other > > electronic gear to ensure that whilst the truck is going (running) it is using a > > regulated 24v of the trucks electrical system and trickle charging the battery > > if it is not fully charged and if the truck ignition is off it uses the > > batteries and allows the users to shut the system down gracefully. > > > > Any help is appreciated. > > > > Cheers > > > > > > -- > -- > Electronic Hobyist, Former Arcadia BBS nut, Occasonal nudist, > Linux Guru, SLUG/AUUG/Linux Australia member, Sydney Flashmobber, > BMX rider, Walker, Raver & rave music lover, Big kid that refuses > grow up. I'd make a good family pet, take me home today! > Do people actually read these things? > > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Frontpage extension on Apache ?
is anyone running %subject% ? I run an Apache 1.x on RH73, and, may need to provide such (against my better judgement) any comments welcomed Voytek Eymont -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] dialup problem
On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 08:01, Mark A. Bell wrote: > The problem is that occasionally, maybe every 5th or 6th time that I > connect, wvdial runs perfectly and establishes a connection to my ISP > (Bigpond), but my browser won't access any sites. Dillo tells me > "unable to resolve...", Firebird tells me "Trying to connect to..." ^^ Sounds like name resolution - it took me a long time to understand problems related to this when I first started using Linux (strokes beard!!!). I don't use wvdial but look for some setting in there for getting the nameservers from the server when you connect to your ISP. or Set them in /etc/resolv.conf by finding out what they should be from your ISP. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
