[SLUG] E: Unable to parse package file /var/lib/dpkg/status (1)
E: Unable to parse package file /var/lib/dpkg/status (1) E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. I'm seeing an awful lot of this error message at the moment. It comes up whenever I try to 'apt-get update', 'apt-get remove', 'dselect'. I have not been able to update or upgrade for 3-4 weeks - a large backlog in unstable - and cannot remove or delete files. I have tried replacing file 'status' with 'status-old', with no change. Someone called 'No Spam' on debian-user asked me to send them a copy of 'status' promising to unearth a script they had used to fix a similar problem. I did so, but have not heard from them since. If anyone here can be of assistance I'll send them a copy, but am wary of posting it to this list - too large ? Adam Bogacki, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] E: Unable to parse package file /var/lib/dpkg/status (1)
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 09:33:23PM +1300, Adam Bogacki wrote: E: Unable to parse package file /var/lib/dpkg/status (1) E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. I'm seeing an awful lot of this error message at the moment. It comes up whenever I try to 'apt-get update', 'apt-get remove', 'dselect'. I saw this on debian-user: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/debian-user-200301/msg02664.html On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 17:43:46 +0100, Magnus Therning wrote: On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 11:31:14PM +0100, Ing. Vladimir M. Kerka wrote: This is definitely so called Dynamic MMap error, this week mentioned at least thrice in this list, find solution in archive. Hint: in your /etc/apt/apt.conf fill in: APT::Cache-Limit 25165824; that solves the problem. Wonderful. It took away all the badness :-) Any particular reason for the number? I suppose this will keep on hitting me every now and then as Debian grows ever bigger, anyone fixing it properly? There are two related bugs: 172777 172726 Patrick -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Re: [chat] Linux vs St George Internet Banking
I can't speak for Linux desktop but whatever they've done fixed it so it now works 100% in Safari. :-) (it didn't size the initial popup window right before.. but whether it's a fix their end or just the recent Safari 1.2 and java1.4.2 upgrades my end i couldn't say..) ..S. On 17 Feb 2004, at 6:28 PM, Andypoo wrote: On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I noticed a similar thread on an OS/2 ml, though, it seems, the person in Q overcame the problem by fooling with user-agent strings (i think) Hmm - this problem seems to be happening after we've already started into Java, so I doubt the User-Agent will change a lot unfortunately :-( Might have a bit of a play later on -- just to see. Andypoo. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] OSX Linux
thanks to the many people who replied to my posting for help attaching OSX machines to a linux server... too many to reply to all individually sorry, but much useful information has been gleaned and a lot of google hits saved. :) I'll be writing the whole thing up when it's done and will let you know how i went. ..S. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Notebook WiFi Recommendations?
I have a USB wifi from the wholesaler Protac. (available at various retailers for prob around $50) Anyway, I have just received an updated driver from the suppliers. The card is a WLB 1403. (I emailed the manufacturer, they sent the orig driver, then I thanked them: they sent the new driver...pays to be polite!) If anyone wants the driver, (it is atmelwlandriver-ss-20040212.tar.gz) I could email it I guess, or it is probably googleable. regards Doug On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 07:45 pm, Matthew Palmer wrote: On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 07:23:52PM +1100, James Gray wrote: I work. So given the limited driver support under Linux what have people *had success* with? I don't have mega-bucks to spend ($100-150 tops) and The older DWL-650 (prism chipset from memory) work, it's the 650+ that uses the dodgy military grade chipset. I've used a 650 and they scream along. The Orinoco-chipset beasties, like most of the ones from Lucent/Agere work well (I've got an old 2Mb that works nicely). Seriously, I don't think that the driver issue is quite as nasty as people think. One bonus of buying stuff for laptops is that you can bring your pre-built Linux kernel and machine along and try them out at a store somewhere. Make notes of which ones work, then find somewhere cheap to get them from. grin - Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] detaching files over ssh from mail: pine ?
I often get emails with attachements that are to be placed on a web server; I'm trying to avoid downloading over dial up to detach and ftp back to the server... the mail is in /Maildir structire if I recall, pine was suggested as what I could use ? I don't seem to be able to access the actual /Maildir: - PINE 4.44 FOLDER LIST Folder: sent-mail No Messages INBOX sent-mail saved-messages - can pine use /Maildir ? as an alternative, what tool can I run agianst the messge to simply detach the attachements: I've tried this mmencode -u mailmssg -o my.pdf but it doesn't seem to do what I need . --=_NextPart_000_0024_01C3F574.6F1A4570 Content-Type: application/pdf; name=31st_isbc_brochure.pdf Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=31st_isbc_brochure.pdf . thanks, Voytek -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] detaching files over ssh from mail: pine ?
quote who=[EMAIL PROTECTED] if I recall, pine was suggested as what I could use ? can pine use /Maildir ? No. You should use mutt instead, for lots of reasons. :-) - Jeff -- GVADEC 2004: Kristiansand, Norwayhttp://2004.guadec.org/ Snow Crash was a terrible book: Superheroes wear their underpants on the outside, not for two weeks without changing them. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] XMMS no sound problem
my xmms stopped working last nite after i upgraded it from 1.2.8 to 1.2.9 when i tried to play anything, it will freeze. i am running Fedora Core 1 and using Gnome as my default desktop env. then i uninstalled xmms and then reinstalled from the CD ROM xmms 1.2.8 still didn't work. all other sounds are working fine (realplayer, mplayer, system sounds etc.) and esd is running. and i checked /dev/dsp .. e.g. fuser /dev/dsp and nobody is using it. any idea, what is going on? thanks -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Notebook WiFi Recommendations?
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 10:34:30AM +1100, doug wrote: If anyone wants the driver, (it is atmelwlandriver-ss-20040212.tar.gz) I could email it I guess, or it is probably googleable. The Atmel WLAN is, IIRC, a common chipset for those USB WiFi things. For James, and anyone else who's interested, I couldn't get a DWL-650+, nor those cheapo Spirit cards, to work under Linux today at DSE. The PCMCIA system wouldn't even identify them properly. Beware! Also, I've not been able to get my old 2Mb WaveLAN to associate to my new D-Link AP - when they say supports 802.11b and 802.11g they mean it - 802.11 apparently just isn't on the list these days. Bummer. -- Ah, the beauty of OSS. Hundreds of volunteers worldwide volunteering their time inventing and implementing new, exciting ways for software to suck. -- Toni Lassila, in the Monastery -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Press request: Legitimate uses of P2P
SLUG committee has had a reporter request the contact details of people who are making legitimate (by which I presume he means legal) use of P2P technologies. Hmmm sounds like a sting operation. All P2P is illegal; underground hackers want publicity (that's why they go underground in the first place); trick them into showing off their uses of P2P then arrest them. However, BitTorrent really stands out as a great means for distribution of a single item, and has been used by a few distributions now I believe for distribution of their ISOs. [large snip] Hmm, I really didn't mean to write that much -- bye now! Yes Andypoo if your email had been much longer we would have needed BitTorrent to get it in the first place :-) Stuart. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] detaching files over ssh from mail: pine ?
Voytek, You could try pinq - comes with pine. It basically converts a maildir to mbox, and then loads it into pine. Read the docs on it before using it tho. (I can't comment on whether mutt would be better, having never tried it yet) Cheers, Craig A On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I often get emails with attachements that are to be placed on a web server; I'm trying to avoid downloading over dial up to detach and ftp back to the server... the mail is in /Maildir structire if I recall, pine was suggested as what I could use ? I don't seem to be able to access the actual /Maildir: - PINE 4.44 FOLDER LIST Folder: sent-mail No Messages INBOX sent-mail saved-messages - can pine use /Maildir ? as an alternative, what tool can I run agianst the messge to simply detach the attachements: I've tried this mmencode -u mailmssg -o my.pdf but it doesn't seem to do what I need . --=_NextPart_000_0024_01C3F574.6F1A4570 Content-Type: application/pdf; name=31st_isbc_brochure.pdf Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=31st_isbc_brochure.pdf . thanks, Voytek -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] FOSS in libraries
On Tue, 2004-02-17 at 12:35, Phil Scarratt wrote: I have been spending the last six months working to get the first open source or free software CDs available in libraries as lending CDs. I have now succeeded; 415 public libraries out of a possible 507 have accepted them in Scotland. It was not quite that simple and guess what it was OpenOffice.org :-) There is a definite market for a subscription service for updating these CD's if a distributor was to take it on. Might be a SLUG project. -- Thanks KenF OpenOffice.org developer -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] detaching files over ssh from mail: pine ?
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 11:38:29PM +1100, Craig Ayliffe wrote: On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the mail is in /Maildir structire if I recall, pine was suggested as what I could use ? I don't seem to be able to access the actual /Maildir: You could try pinq - comes with pine. It basically converts a maildir to mbox, and then loads it into pine. Read the docs on it before using it tho. (I can't comment on whether mutt would be better, having never tried it yet) Some of the advantages of mutt (to which jeff alluded earlier), * it can use Maildir (or mbox) * it has a freer license, and it's in debian main * it's more scriptable than pine * it handles gpg without patching (I think you can patch pine) * you can modify the keys to be just like pine ... * you can set the editor to vim * you can just make a big .muttrc and you are set * Maildir and procmail work well together procmail * (example) you can edit an mbox file with mutt -f mbox Pine on the other hand also has some advantages, * the license is more restrictive, and you get to download source only (though there are binary backports) * you get to compile it, e.g. when you want to add pgp support * it is quite easy to use from information on the screen * you don't have to find out how to make it use Maildir (mutt uses environment vars or the .muttrc for this) * you can play with pine settings from within pine * you don't need procmail to split mailing lists into folders * I used it for ages, and the keys got stuck in my fingers Patrick -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] st george bank broken
For some reason I can't get St george bank java applet to load. Been working fine for a year. cleared cache, cookies , java cahe etc. Java seems running RH8 java 1.4.2, Mozilla/firebird 0.7 or Mozilla 1.5 console log: Java(TM) Plug-in: Version 1.4.2_01 Using JRE version 1.4.2_01 Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM User home directory = /home/linley Proxy Configuration: Manual Configuration Proxy: Proxy Overrides: c: clear console window f: finalize objects on finalization queue g: garbage collect h: display this help message l: dump classloader list m: print memory usage o: trigger logging p: reload proxy configuration q: hide console r: reload policy configuration s: dump system properties t: dump thread list v: dump thread stack x: clear classloader cache 0-5: set trace level to n sun.plugin.cache.DownloadException at sun.plugin.cache.CachedFileLoader.load(Unknown Source) at sun.plugin.cache.FileCache.get(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.protocol.https.PluginDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connectWithCache(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.protocol.https.PluginDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.protocol.https.PluginDelegateHttpsURLConnection.getInputStream(Unknown Source) at java.net.HttpURLConnection.getResponseCode(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getResponseCode(Unknown Source) at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.getBytes(Unknown Source) at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.access$100(Unknown Source) at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadCode(Unknown Source) at sun.applet.AppletPanel.createApplet(Unknown Source) at sun.plugin.AppletViewer.createApplet(Unknown Source) at sun.applet.AppletPanel.runLoader(Unknown Source) at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) sun.plugin.cache.DownloadException at sun.plugin.cache.CachedFileLoader.load(Unknown Source) at sun.plugin.cache.FileCache.get(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.protocol.https.PluginDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connectWithCache(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.protocol.https.PluginDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.protocol.https.PluginDelegateHttpsURLConnection.getInputStream(Unknown Source) at java.net.HttpURLConnection.getResponseCode(Unknown Source) at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getResponseCode(Unknown Source) at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.getBytes(Unknown Source) at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.access$100(Unknown Source) at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadCode(Unknown Source) at sun.applet.AppletPanel.createApplet(Unknown Source) at sun.plugin.AppletViewer.createApplet(Unknown Source) at sun.applet.AppletPanel.runLoader(Unknown Source) at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) load: class stGeorge.gui.BBB.class not found. java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: stGeorge.gui.BBB.class at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadCode(Unknown Source) at sun.applet.AppletPanel.createApplet(Unknown Source) at sun.plugin.AppletViewer.createApplet(Unknown Source) at sun.applet.AppletPanel.runLoader(Unknown Source) at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) Caused by: java.io.IOException: open HTTP connection failed. at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.getBytes(Unknown Source) at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.access$100(Unknown Source) at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) ... 10 more java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: stGeorge.gui.BBB.class at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at
Don't rely on WEP for security (was: Re: [SLUG] Notebook WiFi Recommendations?)
James Gray wrote: Last weekend I lashed out and bought myself a new toy: A Netcomm 802.11g/b access point (supoprts both standards and 128bit WEP too) :) I also It's not quite on-topic but since you mention 128bit WEP - you might want to read the following: http://www.isaac.cs.berkeley.edu/isaac/wep-faq.html The bottom line: We recommend that anyone using an 802.11 wireless network not rely on WEP for security (this includes 128 bit WEP). Cheers, --Amos -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] st george bank broken
On Wed, Feb 18, 2004, linley wrote: For some reason I can't get St george bank java applet to load. Been working fine for a year. Nobody has confirmed with St George yet that we know of, but it looks like they broke compatibility with Mozilla browsers over the weekend -- although there is apparently now Safari compatibility. It is probably worth complaining to them, but I don't think they ever officially supported Mozilla or non-Microsoft JVMs. Which makes you wonder why they use Java at all... If it's not working within a few weeks, I'll probaly switch banks. I'm sure this has been asked before, but are there any who *officially* support Mozilla (or, even better, are committed to general cross-broswer compatibility or supporting standards) or is it simply the case that a whole bunch happen to work on Mozilla? -Mary -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] detaching files over ssh from mail: pine ?
On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=[EMAIL PROTECTED] if I recall, pine was suggested as what I could use ? can pine use /Maildir ? No. You should use mutt instead, for lots of reasons. :-) Speaking as a dedicated pine user, that sounds like blind prejudice! At the risk of starting a mail client war, could you elucidate the reasons? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Mutt and GPG
Found it in the doco, what a place to put it in. added to gpg.conf encrypt-to On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 06:54:11PM +1100, Alexander Samad wrote: Hi I have setup mutt to automatically save outboudn messages in a sent item folder, my last step is if I encrypt a message how do I automatically add my own key to the encryption ? Alex -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: Don't rely on WEP for security (was: Re: [SLUG] Notebook WiFi Recommendations?)
On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 03:32 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: James Gray wrote: Last weekend I lashed out and bought myself a new toy: A Netcomm 802.11g/b access point (supoprts both standards and 128bit WEP too) :) I also It's not quite on-topic but since you mention 128bit WEP - you might want to read the following: http://www.isaac.cs.berkeley.edu/isaac/wep-faq.html The bottom line: We recommend that anyone using an 802.11 wireless network not rely on WEP for security (this includes 128 bit WEP). Cheers, --Amos Thanks for the link - interesting read. I am aware of the limitations (even more so now) of WEP and agree with your sentiments that WEP alone is insufficient. I've done pretty much everything I can think of without going the full IPsec route. Here's what I've done: - 128bit WEP - Access point in own DMZ (and all WiFi devices on different subnet) - MAC level access control (on MAC's on the list can use the AP) - Using a randomly generated SSID As this is my first foray into the wonderful world of wireless administration I am happy to hear any suggestions to improve security :) James -- Fortune cookies says: BOFH excuse #309: firewall needs cooling -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] FOSS in libraries
Ken Foskey wrote: On Tue, 2004-02-17 at 12:35, Phil Scarratt wrote: I have been spending the last six months working to get the first open source or free software CDs available in libraries as lending CDs. I have now succeeded; 415 public libraries out of a possible 507 have accepted them in Scotland. It was not quite that simple and guess what it was OpenOffice.org :-) There is a definite market for a subscription service for updating these CD's if a distributor was to take it on. Might be a SLUG project. What would be nice would be a jukebox/vending machine like thing in libraries. In its most basic use you could go up to it and from the screen select what open source software you want and it will burn it onto CD/DVD on-the-spot. It will always have access to the most up-to-date version as it would mirror or pull down the files from aarnet or pacfic.net.au etc when needed. But it can be a pain to stand in front of a machine and select 500 MB of software for a CD so it also has in it a web server. From any PC in the library you could view the web page and select the software that you want. Then wander over to the machine and pickup your CD. The business model is that it charges $10.00 for the CD and $20 for a DVD. Many libraries have the bandwidth for such a machine to keep up-to-date and the environment where the machine wont be abused. Still making a machine like that aint cheap :-( (Naturally it runs Debian internally) Mike -- Michael Lake Chemistry, Materials Forensic Science, UTS Ph: 9514 1724 Fx: 9514 1460 UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] st george bank broken
Mary Gardiner wrote: If it's not working within a few weeks, I'll probaly switch banks. I'm sure this has been asked before, but are there any who *officially* support Mozilla (or, even better, are committed to general cross-broswer compatibility or supporting standards) or is it simply the case that a whole bunch happen to work on Mozilla? Commonwealth officially support IE and Netscape (*shudder*), but their support pages make no mention of mozilla. http://www.commbank.com.au/NetBank/Support/TBC-FAQ.htm#need http://www.commbank.com.au/NetBank/Support/default.asp?m=GeneralNonWindowsUsers is also worth reading. -- Pete -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] st george bank broken
On Wed Feb 18, 2004 at 09:55:50 +1100, Peter Hardy wrote: Mary Gardiner wrote: If it's not working within a few weeks, I'll probaly switch banks. I'm sure this has been asked before, but are there any who *officially* support Mozilla (or, even better, are committed to general cross-broswer compatibility or supporting standards) or is it simply the case that a whole bunch happen to work on Mozilla? Commonwealth officially support IE and Netscape (*shudder*), but their support pages make no mention of mozilla. http://www.commbank.com.au/NetBank/Support/TBC-FAQ.htm#need http://www.commbank.com.au/NetBank/Support/default.asp?m=GeneralNonWindowsUsers is also worth reading. FWIW Commbank works fine for me (using any gecko based browser), and I don't have a JVM installed. Benno -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] st george bank broken
Benno wrote: On Wed Feb 18, 2004 at 09:55:50 +1100, Peter Hardy wrote: Mary Gardiner wrote: If it's not working within a few weeks, I'll probaly switch banks. I'm sure this has been asked before, but are there any who *officially* support Mozilla (or, even better, are committed to general cross-broswer compatibility or supporting standards) or is it simply the case that a whole bunch happen to work on Mozilla? Commonwealth officially support IE and Netscape (*shudder*), but their support pages make no mention of mozilla. http://www.commbank.com.au/NetBank/Support/TBC-FAQ.htm#need http://www.commbank.com.au/NetBank/Support/default.asp?m=GeneralNonWindowsUsers is also worth reading. FWIW Commbank works fine for me (using any gecko based browser), and I don't have a JVM installed. I think it's been mentioned before - CBA NetBank uses Java for adds only - you don't lose any functionality by disabling Java. Fil -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] ACS OpenSource SIG
The slides for the last ACSOSS meeting on open source and the law are now available here, together with slides from a couple of previous talks (Gus on EmbPerl and Rob on Squid): http://openskills.com/acsoss/ At the next meeting Rob Collins will be telling us about Arch Thursday 26th Feb @ 18:00 Lv 4, 122 Castlereagh Street SIG home page: http://www.acs.org.au/nsw/sigs/opensource/index.html Register for talk: http://www.acs.org.au/nsw/ All the best, Bruce -- Make the most of your skills - with OpenSkills http://www.openskills.com signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] st george bank broken
It is said that Benno wrote: FWIW Commbank works fine for me (using any gecko based browser), and I don't have a JVM installed. Commbank uses plain HTML and JavaScript. That's the only real requirements I can see. The java applet only shows advertisments (odd to employ Java for showing banner advertisments, IMO) - Chris -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Reminder: February DebSIG
See you there! -Forwarded Message- From: Craige McWhirter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: SLUG [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: February DebSIG Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 00:31:02 +1100 When: Wednesday, February 18, 7:00pm - 8:00pm Where: James Squire Brewery Debian SIG has a brand new home at The James Squire Brewery on the King St Wharf at Darling Harbour. The facility features a large boardroom, presentation equipment, internet access, food and drinks. This will probably become our permanent home for normal meetings. This month Jeff Waugh takes his experience from the GNOME release process and applies it to Debian, with a coat hanger. Along with the usual free-form discussions / debates that will precede and follow this talk, food, drink and internet access are available and people generally start wandering in from 18:30 for a good 'ol chin wag. For more detailed information, maps, RSS feeds and the like, head here: http://debian.slug.org.au/ See you all there! -- Cheers, Craige. o/~ I'm going to die with a twinkle in my eye 'cause I sung songs spun stories loved laughed and drank wine o/~ - The Cat Empire signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Press request: Legitimate uses of P2P
Hmmm sounds like a sting operation. Yes it does, doesn't it? All P2P is illegal;... Well... Probably close to all... but not all. I have seen (and even skimmed one) articles on the use of P2P to share documents and media files. This is within the organization that owns said documents, media files, and the itellectual properly within. It's a niche market! Think I saw these articles in; IDM - Image Data Manager - http://idm.net.au underground hackers want publicity (that's why they go underground in the first place); trick them into showing off their uses of P2P then arrest them. [large snip] _ Hot chart ringtones and polyphonics. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilemania/default.asp -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] detaching files over ssh from mail: pine ?
On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 00:38, Patrick Lesslie wrote: On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 11:38:29PM +1100, Craig Ayliffe wrote: On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the mail is in /Maildir structire if I recall, pine was suggested as what I could use ? I don't seem to be able to access the actual /Maildir: pine doesn't 'do' maildir. It's intended to be used with an imap server (uw-imap is what they recommend). If you want to get to your maildirs, another option (assuming you don't want to change mail clients) is to run courier-imap or dovecot or something on your server and configure pine to get your mail out of imap. I'd recommend not using mbox, Maildir is a lot faster. If you were crazy, you could theoretically index an mbox to go as fast as Maildir, but since that code is already in your filesystem, no-one has bothered, and I don't blame them. Some of the advantages of mutt (to which jeff alluded earlier), * you can set the editor to vim you can do that with pine as well. * you can just make a big .muttrc and you are set Pine also has this notion of configuration files. They're somewhat ubiquitous these days. * Maildir and procmail work well together procmail That's completely orthogonal. [...] Pine is less powerful than mutt, but it's also less complicated (and zealots reliably inform me that mutt is more better in many other ways). I quite like pine, used it all through my university days. Anyway, this is not answering the original question. I can only suggest installing an imap server so you can get pine to read your maildirs. HTH, James. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] detaching files over ssh from mail: pine ?
if I recall, pine was suggested as what I could use ? can pine use /Maildir ? No. You should use mutt instead, for lots of reasons. :-) Speaking as a dedicated pine user, that sounds like blind prejudice! At ahem, this is getting too hard for what i'm trying to achieve... what sort of command line un-mime can I run against the /Maildir message file to simply detach the attachements ? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] detaching files over ssh from mail: pine ?
On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 12:00:30PM +1100, James Gregory wrote: On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 00:38, Patrick Lesslie wrote: * you can set the editor to vim you can do that with pine as well. Heh, thought flew by at the time about doing my homework :-) * you can just make a big .muttrc and you are set Pine also has this notion of configuration files. They're somewhat ubiquitous these days. Yes. I was thinking that with mutt you don't have much choice but to directly use the config file. * Maildir and procmail work well together procmail That's completely orthogonal. True. But the redundant procmail in my line is parallel ;-) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] yum
Does anyone know what's involved in setting up a yum repository? I was thinking of creating one behind a firewall for a bunch of machines that are similarly behind the same firewall. Thanx, -- Del -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] yum
On Wed, 18 Feb 2004, Del wrote: Does anyone know what's involved in setting up a yum repository? Yeah, you serve the files out via http or ftp, and run a little script to generate the .hdr files that yum uses. http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/General/yum_HOWTO/yum_HOWTO/yum_HOWTO-6.html If you can't be arsed installing the yum client, Fedora and RHEL3s up2date program can use yum servers (and, in Fedora's case, do by default). Mike -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
