[SLUG] Re: mencode question

[Ben Buxton]

Kevin Saenz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered the following thing:
> I would like to shrink some movie files down to something more manageable.
> do I use mencode or transcode?

This will read almost any video format for input:

transcode -y divx5 -w  -b  -i  \
  -o 

It's a good idea to tweak the options for the best video, but the above
will work as a start.

I used to use mencoder but now find transcode tends to be much 
easier at converting.

> and what options do I use to convert vob files to divx or xvid?

I think transcode will do it also, but not sure. Google for 'linux dvd
ripping'.

BB

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[SLUG] gd version ?

[Voytek]

how can I determine what version of gd do I have installed ?

as far as I recall, I've installed 'gd-2.0.21-5.20.1.i686.rpm', but what
will tell me actuall installed version ?


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[SLUG] fax2png make error

[Voytek]

Im trying to install fax2png from http://www.boutell.com/fax2png/
but I get this error:

$ ls -l
total 24
-rw-r--r--1 voytek   voytek   3745 Jan 28  2004 fax2png.1
-rw-r--r--1 voytek   voytek   5910 Jan 28  2004 fax2png.c
-rwx--1 voytek   voytek   1748 Jan 28  2004 fax2png.pl
-rw-r--r--1 voytek   voytek135 Jan 28  2004 Makefile
-rw-r--r--1 voytek   voytek351 Jan 28  2004 readme.txt

$ make
cc -O -pedantic   -c -o fax2png.o fax2png.c
In file included from /usr/local/include/png.h:332,
 from fax2png.c:11:
/usr/local/include/pngconf.h:255: parse error before `.'
make: *** [fax2png.o] Error 1

what should I do ?

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Re: [SLUG] Re: mencode question

[Kevin Saenz]

Thanks I am testing transcode .
Kevin
Kevin Saenz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered the following thing:
 

I would like to shrink some movie files down to something more manageable.
do I use mencode or transcode?
   

This will read almost any video format for input:
transcode -y divx5 -w  -b  -i  \
 -o 
 

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Re: [SLUG] Latex question: fi --> theta

[Angus Lees]

At Fri, 11 Mar 2005 10:06:26 +1100, Nick Croft wrote:
> Recently any occurrence of `fi' is rendered by a greek letter. So a word
> like Office become OfØce. I'm not sure what to switch off or what kind of
> package I'm using which does this.
> 
> Typical preamble:
> \documentclass[12pt]{article}
> \renewcommand{\familydefault}{put}
> \usepackage{color}
> \pagestyle{empty}
> \begin{document}

I would guess that your font encoding has changed somehow.  "fi" is a
very common ligature, and if your font encoding is wrong (or virtual
font out of whack) then you could end up with the wrong glyph
everywhere that ligature is used.

If you add \useencoding[T1] to your preamble, you'll end up using some
different font files that may bypass the problem.  Either way, I'd
start filing a bug with your distro provider.


To test TeX's understanding of a font, you should be able to run "tex
testfont" and give the answer "putr7t" or something when asked which
font to test.  At the "*" prompt type "\sample\bye" and you'll get a
dvi which shows the full font table (and a sample piece of text).  If
this.  In OT1 encoding (the LaTeX default) table, I believe the "fi"
ligature appears in position 014.

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[SLUG] Suit, Counter-suit and legally selling your M$ OS

[Elliott-Brennan]

For those who are interested and haven't heard about this.
Thought some people may be interested in this.
David Zamos, a student in the US was being sued by M$ for selling an 
unopened, unused packet containing their OS, after trying to get his 
money back from them - his letter on this site clearly explains what 
happened. They've dropped their suit, but his counter-suit is ongoing.
http://www.prfree.com/index.php?cur=index&action=preview&id=23563&old=aW5kZXhbYWN0aW9uPW5ld3MmbW9kZT10b2RheV0=

All he wants is an apology and they won't oblige. Obviously it's not 
only here that 'sorry' is a word that will never pass the lips.

Patrick
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Re: [SLUG] Latex question: fi --> theta

[Nick Croft]

* Angus Lees ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> 
> If you add \useencoding[T1] to your preamble, you'll end up using some
> different font files that may bypass the problem.  

Thanks Gus, the encoding maybe influenced by me installing the ucs
package, although it's hard to see how if I don't call it specifically.
'll check out the effect of adding the encoding command when I clock in
tomorrow.

> Either way, I'd start filing a bug with your distro provider.
> 
Soon... the setup at home works fine. The machine at work is sort of 
a loose parallel with the one at home, but things can get our of sync when
you're busy..

They're both debian unstable.

> To test TeX's understanding of a font, you should be able to run "tex
> testfont" and give the answer "putr7t" or something when asked which
> font to test.  At the "*" prompt type "\sample\bye" and you'll get a
> dvi which shows the full font table (and a sample piece of text).  If
> this.  In OT1 encoding (the LaTeX default) table, I believe the "fi"
> ligature appears in position 014.
> 
Interesting. putr7t as you suggest, shows the `fi' ligature. putb8r 
has f-theta in the same cell. More to find out here. 

Nick
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Re: [SLUG] Suit, Counter-suit and legally selling your M$ OS

[Voytek]

> For those who are interested and haven't heard about this.

> David Zamos, a student in the US was being sued by M$ for selling an
> unopened, unused packet containing their OS, after trying to get his
> money back from them - his letter on this site clearly explains what
> happened. They've dropped their suit, but his counter-suit is ongoing.
> http://www.prfree.com/index.php?cur=index&action=preview&id=23563&old=aW5kZXhbYWN0aW9uPW5ld3MmbW9kZT10b2RheV0=
>
> All he wants is an apology and they won't oblige. Obviously it's not
> only here that 'sorry' is a word that will never pass the lips.

according to my plucked 'the register', the case has been settled already
on confidential terms
he also wanted back money paid at kinko's to print his documentation


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Re: [SLUG] gd version ?

[James Gray]

On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:03 pm, Voytek wrote:
> how can I determine what version of gd do I have installed ?
>
> as far as I recall, I've installed 'gd-2.0.21-5.20.1.i686.rpm', but what
> will tell me actuall installed version ?

If you have PHP >=4.3.0 installed and compiled with GD support dump the 
following in a php file and view in a web browser/lynx etc:



That do the trick?

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Re: [SLUG] gd version ?

[Voytek]

> 
>
> That do the trick?

thanks, James, yes

Array ( [GD Version] => bundled (2.0.15 compatible) [FreeType Support] =>
1 [FreeType Linkage] => with freetype [T1Lib Support] => [GIF Read
Support] => 1 [GIF Create Support] => [JPG Support] => 1 [PNG Support] =>
1 [WBMP Support] => 1 [XBM Support] => 1 [JIS-mapped Japanese Font
Support] => )

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[SLUG] Antigen found VIRUS= Win32/Netsky.P!Worm (CA(InoculateIT), Sophos) worm

[Antigen_BARSBS1]

Antigen for Exchange found document.zip->data.rtf   
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sent from slug@slug.org.au and was discovered in SMTP Messages\Inbound And 
Outbound
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[SLUG] OO.org export issues - printer driver

[Julio Cesar Ody]

Hi list,

I'm using OpenOffice 1.1.4 Linux (Slackware 10.0) for converting
powerpoint presentations into Flash through a software using OO as
backend. However, the fonts in the output file get VERY small every
time, and a little bit screwed (bad appearance, incorrect spacing
between chars, etc). I tried to use OpenOffice (same version) in a
Windows machine I have, and it exported just fine.

When looking around for a solution, I found this page
(http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/fontguide.html#7). The PDF issues
mentioned seem to be the same that's been happening in my case. The
page says that the printer driver I have available is responsible for
embedding the fonts. But how can I locate them and replace? I have ESP
Ghostscript installed... if that's any good.

Any ideas? Does anybody use another distro and is willing to test it
for me to see what happens? Thanks in advance.




ps: there's a similar solution in this page
(http://www.fileformat.info/convert/doc/ppt2swf.htm). I mailed those
guys and they said to me their server is a very old version of Red
Hat. The same applies to the OpenOffice installation they have over
there.


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[SLUG] proftpd

[Luke Skywalker]

Hi,
I have installed proftpd, and as far as i know its setup porperly.
but every time i log in with this user/pass i get
$ftp localhost
Connected to localhost (127.0.0.1).
220 PRIVATE NETWORK. NO EXCEPTIONS
Name (localhost:skywalker): exangel
500 AUTH not understood
SSL not available
331 Password required for exangel.
Password:
530-Unable to set anonymous privileges.
530 Login incorrect.
Login failed.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> exit
at the end of this message is the config.
here is the properties for the home dir:
ls -l /usr/
drw-r--r--4 exangel ftp 128 Mar 16 09:43 ftp_private
I have googled, but cant find the answer to this...most say its a 
permissions prob, but they seem right here?

Thanks
Luke

# This is a basic ProFTPD configuration file (rename it to
# 'proftpd.conf' for actual use.  It establishes a single server
# and a single anonymous login.  It assumes that you have a user/group
# "nobody" and "ftp" for normal operation and anon.
ServerName  "Evilempire"
ServerType  standalone
ServerIdent on "PRIVATE NETWORK. NO EXCEPTIONS"
DefaultServer   on
# Port 21 is the standard FTP port.
Port21
# Umask 022 is a good standard umask to prevent new dirs and files
# from being group and world writable.
Umask   077
# To prevent DoS attacks, set the maximum number of child processes
# to 30.  If you need to allow more than 30 concurrent connections
# at once, simply increase this value.  Note that this ONLY works
# in standalone mode, in inetd mode you should use an inetd server
# that allows you to limit maximum number of processes per service
# (such as xinetd).
MaxInstances 30
MaxClients 10 "Only 10 connections allowed"
MaxClientsPerHost 2 "MAX 2 Connections per host"
MaxClientsPerUser 2 "MAX 2 Connections per user"
TimeoutStalled 10
TimeoutNoTransfer 20
TimeoutLogin 20
#t the user and group under which the server will run.
Usernobody
Group   nogroup
# To cause every FTP user to be "jailed" (chrooted) into their home
# directory, uncomment this line.
DefaultRoot ~

DenyGroup !ftpuser


RootLogin off
RequireValidShell on

UseReverseDNS off
IdentLookups off
# Normally, we want files to be overwriteable.
AllowOverwrite  on
DenyFilter \*.*/
TransferLog /var/log/transferlog
# Bar use of SITE CHMOD by default

  DenyAll

# A basic anonymous configuration, no upload directories.  If you do not
# want anonymous users, simply delete this entire  section.

  User exangel
  Group ftp
  AnonRequirePassword on
  MaxClients  10
#  DisplayLoginwelcome.msg
#  DisplayFirstChdir   .message
  
 Deny from all
  
  
 
AllowAll
   
 

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[SLUG] Accounting/Bookkeeping

[Edwin Humphries]

G'day all,

Is anyone aware of a Linux-based bookkeeping or accouynting package - 
one that can conform to Australian accounting and tax rules?

We're contemplating an upgrade to our Quickbooks Pro ($599 - $1,494), 
or cross-grade to MYOB ($596 - $1,494), but we're a Linux company, so 
a Linux solution would be better (and our bookkeeper is reasonably IT 
literate as well!).

Regards,
Edwin Humphries, Managing Director
Mobile: 0419 233 051
Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd
P. O. Box 423, Kiama, NSW, 2533
Phone: +61 (0)2 4233 2285
Facsimile: +61 (0)2 4233 2299
Web: http://www.ironstone.com.au

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Re: [SLUG] proftpd

[QuantumG]

Luke Skywalker wrote:

drw-r--r--4 exangel ftp 128 Mar 16 09:43 ftp_private

Well I don't know about the rest of it but presumably you want +x on 
that dir, otherwise no-one will be allowed to cd into it.

Trent
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Re: [SLUG] Accounting/Bookkeeping

[Michael Lake]

Edwin Humphries wrote:
Is anyone aware of a Linux-based bookkeeping or accouynting package - 
one that can conform to Australian accounting and tax rules?

We're contemplating an upgrade to our Quickbooks Pro ($599 - $1,494), 
or cross-grade to MYOB ($596 - $1,494), but we're a Linux company, so 
a Linux solution would be better (and our bookkeeper is reasonably IT 
literate as well!).
I don't know how each is/is not adapted to Aussie tax and accounting 
they are but here are two complete and supported packages to investigate:

Fitrix Accounting advertise in the Linux Journal each month.
http://www.fitrix.com/accounting.htm
There is also SQL Ledger which is open source.
http://www.sql-ledger.org/
There are several 'accounting' projects on sourceforge but all mostly 
1/30th baked.

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Re: [SLUG] Accounting/Bookkeeping

[john]

You could look at www.muli.com.au

John






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G'day all,

Is anyone aware of a Linux-based bookkeeping or accouynting package - 
one that can conform to Australian accounting and tax rules?

We're contemplating an upgrade to our Quickbooks Pro ($599 - $1,494), 
or cross-grade to MYOB ($596 - $1,494), but we're a Linux company, so 
a Linux solution would be better (and our bookkeeper is reasonably IT 
literate as well!).

Regards,
Edwin Humphries, Managing Director
Mobile: 0419 233 051
Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd
P. O. Box 423, Kiama, NSW, 2533
Phone: +61 (0)2 4233 2285
Facsimile: +61 (0)2 4233 2299
Web: http://www.ironstone.com.au

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Re: [SLUG] Accounting/Bookkeeping

[Phil Scarratt]

Edwin Humphries wrote:
G'day all,
Is anyone aware of a Linux-based bookkeeping or accouynting package - 
one that can conform to Australian accounting and tax rules?

We're contemplating an upgrade to our Quickbooks Pro ($599 - $1,494), 
or cross-grade to MYOB ($596 - $1,494), but we're a Linux company, so 
a Linux solution would be better (and our bookkeeper is reasonably IT 
literate as well!).


The following was posted to the OSIA list recently, and someone said 
that they had adapted it to Aussie Tax rules and were using it successfully.

http://www.linuxcanada.com/quasar.shtml
Fil
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Re: [SLUG] Accounting/Bookkeeping

[David]

On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 11:37:40AM +1100, Edwin Humphries wrote:
> G'day all,
> 
> Is anyone aware of a Linux-based bookkeeping or accouynting package - 
> one that can conform to Australian accounting and tax rules?
> 
> We're contemplating an upgrade to our Quickbooks Pro ($599 - $1,494), 
> or cross-grade to MYOB ($596 - $1,494), but we're a Linux company, so 
> a Linux solution would be better (and our bookkeeper is reasonably IT 
> literate as well!).


I've been using SQL-Ledger successfully for about 3 years now without any 
problem. It's got a very active user base with quite a few aussies, and 
it's GPL. I use a very small part of it's capabilities (for instance, I 
don't do inventory etc) but I'm much happier with it than I was with MYOB.

It's Postgresql/Perl.

It's interesting in that it's written by one guy who makes his dosh by 
selling support, so there are no free docos. OTOH, his support is 
excellent. I've never had to wait for longer than a few hours for a reply 
by email.


> 
> Regards,
> Edwin Humphries, Managing Director
> Mobile: 0419 233 051
> Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd
> P. O. Box 423, Kiama, NSW, 2533
> Phone: +61 (0)2 4233 2285
> Facsimile: +61 (0)2 4233 2299
> Web: http://www.ironstone.com.au
> 
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Re: [SLUG] Accounting/Bookkeeping

[Howard Lowndes]

On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 14:53, David wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 11:37:40AM +1100, Edwin Humphries wrote:
> > G'day all,
> > 
> > Is anyone aware of a Linux-based bookkeeping or accouynting package - 
> > one that can conform to Australian accounting and tax rules?
> > 
> > We're contemplating an upgrade to our Quickbooks Pro ($599 - $1,494), 
> > or cross-grade to MYOB ($596 - $1,494), but we're a Linux company, so 
> > a Linux solution would be better (and our bookkeeper is reasonably IT 
> > literate as well!).
> 
> 
> I've been using SQL-Ledger successfully for about 3 years now without any 
> problem. It's got a very active user base with quite a few aussies, and 
> it's GPL. I use a very small part of it's capabilities (for instance, I 
> don't do inventory etc) but I'm much happier with it than I was with MYOB.
> 

/me too

> It's Postgresql/Perl.
> 
> It's interesting in that it's written by one guy who makes his dosh by 
> selling support, so there are no free docos. OTOH, his support is 
> excellent. I've never had to wait for longer than a few hours for a reply 
> by email.
> 
> 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Edwin Humphries, Managing Director
> > Mobile: 0419 233 051
> > Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd
> > P. O. Box 423, Kiama, NSW, 2533
> > Phone: +61 (0)2 4233 2285
> > Facsimile: +61 (0)2 4233 2299
> > Web: http://www.ironstone.com.au
> > 
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Re: [SLUG] Accounting/Bookkeeping

[O Plameras]

David wrote:
On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 11:37:40AM +1100, Edwin Humphries wrote:
 

G'day all,
Is anyone aware of a Linux-based bookkeeping or accouynting package - 
one that can conform to Australian accounting and tax rules?

We're contemplating an upgrade to our Quickbooks Pro ($599 - $1,494), 
or cross-grade to MYOB ($596 - $1,494), but we're a Linux company, so 
a Linux solution would be better (and our bookkeeper is reasonably IT 
literate as well!).
   


I've been using SQL-Ledger successfully for about 3 years now without any 
problem. It's got a very active user base with quite a few aussies, and 
it's GPL. I use a very small part of it's capabilities (for instance, I 
don't do inventory etc) but I'm much happier with it than I was with MYOB.
 

I have recommended SQL-Ledger to a number of CPA customers and have 
expressed
satisfaction with the software.

SQL-Ledger has Tax rules that are parameter driven and are defined by 
the user.

Even if  a user pays for the Documents that comes with support, SQL-Ledger
is worth every cent. One may choose to install it and  is not required to
buy the documents and support. There are mailing lists support that's 
available.




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[SLUG] 2 questions - mail smarthost network changes

[Denis Crowdy]

Hi All,

Two problems/questions I have at the moment:

1. I use a laptop between home and work.  Static IP at home and a dhcp
connection to an ipcop firewall at home.  I'd like to be able to type
something like "ifup eth0-home" or "if-up eth0-work" rather than what I
do at the moment, which is to edit /etc/network/interfaces and restart
networking.  I have tried this in that file, but to no avail so far:


# /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)

# The loopback interface
auto lo
auto eth0

iface lo inet loopback

# Mapping for different network locations

mapping eth0
script /usr/local/sbin/dc_map_scheme.sh
map HOME eth0-home
map WORK eth0-work

iface eth0-home inet dhcp

iface eth0-work inet static
address x.x.x.x
netmask x.x.x.x 
network  x.x.x.x
broadcast  x.x.x.x
gateway  x.x.x.x



My script does bugger all other than echo that it is trying to do
something - could that be the problem?  Simple I'm sure...

2. When I do change networks, I need to change my smarthost, otherwise
the uni mail server rejects stuff from my ISP.  I can change the config
files in /etc/exim4 and run the update-exim4.conf script, but is there
an easier way?

Thanks,

Denis

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[SLUG] PCI dial-up modem

[Leslie Katz]

I would very much welcome some guidance about the above subject. I set out 
the circumstances below.

I bought a used computer with a view to getting it running under Linux and 
then giving it as a gift to a person who hasn't got one. For economic 
reasons, I am aware that she would want to use only a dial-up connection to 
the Internet.

I knew nothing of Linux before attempting this exercise. I chose a 
distribution called BeatrIX (advertised as "small" and "simple"), as being 
suitable both for the recipient of the computer and for the computer 
itself. That distribution used Linux kernel 2.6.7.

The main thing left to be done to the computer is to get it a working 
modem. The computer came with a PCI dial-up modem, a winmodem. It is of the 
kind for which a Linuxant Linux driver is said to be suitable. However, in 
order to keep the size of BeatrIX down to below 200M, those resonsible for 
the distribution omitted from it software tools which would be necessary to 
produce a working Linuxant driver.

It was suggested to me in a BeatrIX forum that I might try to produce the 
driver using another, more complete, Linux distribution and then try to use 
that driver under BeatrIX.

I don't know that I have either the patience or the knowledge for the 
exercise, nor do I know whether it would work in any event. For that 
reason, I'd like to try to get another PCI dial-up modem that would work 
under Linux without the need for undertaking the exercise.

I spent some time in the city today trying to find one, but without success.
Can anyone suggest to me a modem of the type I'm looking for and a place 
somewhere in Sydney from which to buy it?

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Re: [SLUG] PCI dial-up modem

[Michael Fox]

On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 17:04:01 +1100, Leslie Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I would very much welcome some guidance about the above subject. I set out
> the circumstances below.

I had good success with the netcom winmodems that used the lucent
chipset. and the LT-modem module which you could compile. These modems
were cheap and worked well.
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Re: [SLUG] 2 questions - mail smarthost network changes

[Jeff Waugh]

> 2. When I do change networks, I need to change my smarthost, otherwise the
> uni mail server rejects stuff from my ISP.  I can change the config files
> in /etc/exim4 and run the update-exim4.conf script, but is there an easier
> way?

It's very easy with Postfix, if that is helpful to you. When I needed to do
this, I ran: postconf -e relayhost  as root. Presto.

- Jeff

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Re: [SLUG] PCI dial-up modem

[Michael Fox]

On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 17:32:06 +1100, Leslie Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, Michael.
> 
> The post to which you replied was the first I made on SLUG. Please excuse
> my ignorance, but I thought that any reply to my post would go to the
> mailing list, not directly to me. I guess I had that wrong.

I cc'ed you directly and the list...  Although it was the default of
my mailer, and not my intension. Although ultimately it doesn't
matter.

> 
> As to the Netcomm winmodem with a Lucent chipset, I fear that it's no
> better for me than the modem I now have, because what I lack in my
> distribution is the necessary compiling tools. I guess what I was looking
> for was a modem that either came with a Linux driver that would work out of
> the box (if such a thing even exists!) or didn't require a driver at all. I
> did read at the Netcomm site that a "serial modem" (which I assume means an
> external modem that plugs into a serial port) doesn't require a driver to
> run under Linux.

Just ask someone to compile the drivers you need against the correct
kernel headers and kernel version.

I use to compile the lt-modem module on my box and then go to my
parents linux box that did the internet sharing and upgrade the kernel
and this module so that it all worked again after a debian kernel
upgrade I pushed out.

This would be your best option. I think.
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[SLUG] Nominations

[Ken Wilson]

committee treasurer nomination accepted
Ken

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