[SLUG] Suggestions for a laptop repairer and spare parts?
Hey everyone, My IBM Thinkpad R40, snoopy came to an ugly demise last Wednesday. It crashed while suspending (hooray for tpctl 4.15 + Linux 2.6.9!) without me realising it before I packed it back into my bag for nearly an hour. So during that time it was running an infinite loop at full processor power in an enclosed space! Well after shutting it down in a panic on discovering this, it's been hard trying to get it running again. I've taken it entirely apart and noticed a little black mark (perhaps some charring?) on top of the Mobile Celeron CPU's core and the thermal tape had gone all flakey. Even after reapply some new thermal paste on top of it doesn't seem to stop the laptop from locking-up hard accompanied with funky graphics corruption 10-15 minutes (after a cold start). I've had this laptop for nearly a year and a half and bought a few upgrades along the way, so I'm not quite willing to depart with it yet. So my questions are: 1) Does anyone know of any repairers out there who can affordably diagnose whether my CPU, graphics chip or system board has been fried beyond repair? 2) Where can I still buy a Mobile Pentium 4 or Celeron (not Centrino) processor and is it worth the gamble? Yours sincerely, Andrew Netsnipe Lau -- --- Andrew Netsnipe Lau http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~alau/ Debian GNU/Linux Maintainer UNSW Computing Students' Society President - Nobody expects the Debian Inquisition! Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency! --- 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
[SLUG] UNSW COMPSOC Linux Installfest (Sun Aug 15)
Hi everyone, It seems like my original email never made it to any SLUG lists, so I'm reposting here. Thanks, Andrew Netsnipe Lau - Forwarded message from Andrew Lau [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Hi everyone, COMPSOC will hosting its second Linux Installfest for 2004 this upcoming Sunday (August 15) from 11 am to 5:30pm. It will be held in the Oboe CSE labs on the ground floor of the Electrical Engineering building. The COMPSOC Installfest has always been and still is open to everyone (though rarely advertised externally). However if we're understaffed on the day, first priority will be given to UNSW students. Compsoc will also be providing free pizza for people volunteering on the day. So if you've like to come down and give us SLUG regulars from UNSW such as Matt, Pascal, Tim and myself among others a helping hand, please drop us a line at [EMAIL PROTECTED] We'll also be providing free pizza for people volunteering on the day. Register at [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Further details are available on the COMPSOC website http://www.compsoc.cse.unsw.edu.au/ Hope to see you there, Andrew Lau COMPSOC President -- --- Andrew Netsnipe Lau http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~alau/ Debian GNU/Linux Maintainer UNSW Computing Students' Society President - Nobody expects the Debian Inquisition! Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency! --- - End forwarded message - 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
[SLUG] UNSW COMPSOC Linux Installfest (Sat Apr24)
Hi everyone, COMPSOC, the UNSW Computing Students' Society will be hosting its first Linux Installfest for 2004 this upcoming Saturday (April 24) from 11 am to 5:30pm. It will be held in the Oboe CSE labs [1] on the ground floor of the Electrical Engineering building [2]. [1] http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~helpdesk/webpages/cse_maps.html [2] http://www.unsw.edu.au/maps/kensington2.html The COMPSOC Installfest has always been and still is open to everyone (though rarely advertised externally). However if we're understaffed on the day, first priority will be given to UNSW students. We'll also be providing free pizza for people volunteering on the day. So if you've like to come down and give us SLUG regulars from UNSW such as Matt, Pascal, Tim and myself among others a helping hand, please drop us a line at [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Further details are available on the COMPSOC website http://www.compsoc.cse.unsw.edu.au/ Hope to see you there, Andrew Netsnipe Lau COMPSOC President -- --- Andrew Netsnipe Lau http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~alau/ Debian GNU/Linux Maintainer UNSW Computing Students' Society President - Nobody expects the Debian Inquisition! Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency! --- 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
[SLUG] Is SATA a viable upgrade for aging Linux workstations?
Hey everyone, I'm stuck at a crossroads right now. My main Athlon 1.2 Ghz workstation with a Promise UDMA5/100 controller is probably on its last legs before retirement (its given me 3 years of loyal service -- looking to squeeze out 2 more). Seeing as it needs a new harddrive anyway, I'm really wondering whether paying an extra $20-$25 per harddrive and an another $70 for a Silicon Image Serial ATA Controller [1] is worth it. LKML posts also seem to give the general impression that overall SATA driver support under Linux is still preliminary. Cheers, Andrew Netsnipe Lau [1] http://www.everythinglinux.com.au/item/elsPCI-SATA-EX -- --- Andrew Netsnipe Lau http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~alau/ Debian GNU/Linux Maintainer UNSW Computing Students' Society President - Nobody expects the Debian Inquisition! Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency! --- 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: [SLUG] Print (Cups Prob Now!)
On Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 10:20:49AM +1100, Lyle Chapman wrote: I posted a message the other day asking for help on a script to print files from a queue, thanks to everyone that replied, but I have one more problem with my grand printing plan. Cups works fine for a while then the queue and printing stops, although when I restart cups everything starts working again. Can anyone help with this??? Dear Lyle, Best way to debug CUPS is as following: 1. Set LogLevel debug or debug2 in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf 2. Restart cups. # /etc/init.d/cupsys restart 3. In a terminal # tail -f /var/log/cups/error_log 4. Print something and the cup's logs will make it very clear where it's all going wrong or stalling. Cheers, Andrew Netsnipe Lau -- --- Andrew Netsnipe LauComputer Sci. UNSW Debian GNU/Linux netsnipe(+)users.sf.net\0alau(+)cse.unsw.edu.au\0 GnuPG 1024D/2E8B68BD: 0B77 73D0 4F3B F286 63F1 9F4A 9B24 C07D 2E8B 68BD - Nobody expects the Debian Inquisition! Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency! --- signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Debian Cleanup status page
On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 09:58:36PM +1100, Ken Caldwell wrote: I can't seem to find any working Debian mirrors. Is there a known problem with them? Former Debian Project Leader and admin team member, Wichert Akkerman is now posting updates to his homepage about the forensics/cleanup effort as it unfolds. http://www.wiggy.net/debian/ Cheers, Andrew Netsnipe Lau -- --- Andrew Netsnipe LauComputer Sci. UNSW Debian GNU/Linux netsnipe(+)users.sf.net\0alau(+)cse.unsw.edu.au\0 GnuPG 1024D/2E8B68BD: 0B77 73D0 4F3B F286 63F1 9F4A 9B24 C07D 2E8B 68BD - Nobody expects the Debian Inquisition! Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency! --- signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Re: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] Re: Debian 10th Aniversary Dinner
On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 10:23:44AM +1000, Matt Hope wrote: On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Matt Hope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote... We are coming up the 10th Anniversary of Debian (Ian Murdock founded Debian on the 16th of August, 1993). We are having a special dinner to celebrate this, next week, on the 20th of August. (This means there will not be the regular meeting at the Wooloomooloo Bay Hotel) ... I would like to find out who is still interested in coming - please send me a RSVP if you would like to come, so I can ensure the booking is correct. Moo. Count me in. Cheers, Andrew Netsnipe Lau -- -- * Andrew Netsnipe Lau Computer Science Student Rep, UNSW * * # apt-get into itDebian GNU/Linux Package Maintainer * *netsnipe(+)debianplanet.org\0 alau(+)cse.unsw.edu.au\0* * 1024D/2E8B68BD: 0B77 73D0 4F3B F286 63F1 9F4A 9B24 C07D 2E8B 68BD * -- pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Re: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] Debian 10th Aniversary Dinner and Mementos
On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 12:57:52PM +1000, Matt Hope wrote: We'll need to know how many people would like either bags or mugs, so please reply if you are interested. (We need significant interest, or we wont be able to go ahead.) The expected prices will be about $30 for a bag, or about $9 for a mug. Moo - both. Cheers, Lau -- -- * Andrew Netsnipe Lau Computer Science Student Rep, UNSW * * # apt-get into itDebian GNU/Linux Package Maintainer * *netsnipe(+)debianplanet.org\0 alau(+)cse.unsw.edu.au\0* * 1024D/2E8B68BD: 0B77 73D0 4F3B F286 63F1 9F4A 9B24 C07D 2E8B 68BD * -- pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Procmail mailboxes
It'd help if you attached the logs as well. Cheers, Andrew Netsnipe Lau -- -- * Andrew Netsnipe Lau Computer Science Student Rep, UNSW * * # apt-get into itDebian GNU/Linux Package Maintainer * *netsnipe(+)debianplanet.org\0 alau(+)cse.unsw.edu.au\0* * 1024D/2E8B68BD: 0B77 73D0 4F3B F286 63F1 9F4A 9B24 C07D 2E8B 68BD * -- pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] OT - Australian distro?
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 12:43:03AM +0300, David Howard wrote: As an expat a long way from home, I find myself using (apart from straight Debian) mainly Canadian distros (Libranet/Vector/Peanut). To the best of my knowledge, no Australian distros are currently extant. My question is, are any in the works? There are 49 Australians in Debian-devel [1] and probably a dozen New/Unofficial Maintainers (including Daniel Stone and myself). Is that close enough? = P Cheers, Andrew Netsnipe Lau [1] http://people.debian.org/~edward/globe/countries/ -- -- * Andrew Netsnipe Lau Computer Science Student Rep, UNSW * * # apt-get into itDebian GNU/Linux Package Maintainer * *netsnipe(+)debianplanet.org\0 alau(+)cse.unsw.edu.au\0* * 1024D/2E8B68BD: 0B77 73D0 4F3B F286 63F1 9F4A 9B24 C07D 2E8B 68BD * -- pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] anti spam question
On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 12:22:54PM +1100, Kevin Saenz wrote: I have spamassassin it seems to be letting a lot of undesirables in. Dear Kevin, Have you got Razor2 http://razor.sf.net/ installed? It's a distributed spam checksum (of content) network. Think of it as an advanced warning system before the spam reaches you. Hits on their system adds a nice 3.9 points to Spamassassin scores. Yours sincerely, Andrew Netsnipe Lau -- --- * Andrew Netsnipe Lau Computer Science Student Rep, UNSW * * # apt-get into it Debian GNU/Linux Package Maintainer * * netsnipe(+)debianplanet.org\0 alau(+)cse.unsw.edu.au\0 * * GnuPG 1024D/2E8B68BD 0B77 73D0 4F3B F286 63F1 9F4A 9B24 C07D 2E8B 68BD * --- pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [SLUG] linux magazine startup: www.linmagau.org
On Wed, Jan 01, 2003 at 05:34:42PM -0800, John Knight wrote: We're a group from PLUG, over in WA, who are starting up a Linux Magazine, hopefully for Australia/Australasia. We need the general opinion of the Aussie public to see if it's worth starting up, or not. Would be be able to get as many people as possible to fill in the 1 question poll at the bottom right hand corner of the page? Who will you be targeting? Tech officers, programmers, or newbies? What will you offer that will be fresh and not already covered to death online? I wish you all the best of luck. I've flipped through a few issues of Linux Journal and I like their mix. The only thing stopping me from buying it is a price too steep for the average uni student. Yours sincerely, Andrew Netsnipe Lau -- --- * Andrew Netsnipe Lau Computer Science Student Rep, UNSW * * # apt-get into it Debian GNU/Linux Package Maintainer * * netsnipe(+)debianplanet.org\0 alau(+)cse.unsw.edu.au\0 * * GnuPG 1024D/2E8B68BD 0B77 73D0 4F3B F286 63F1 9F4A 9B24 C07D 2E8B 68BD * --- msg29153/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [SLUG] Live! ALSA under Woody
On Tue, Dec 24, 2002 at 03:18:56PM +1100, Bruce Badger wrote: I asked a while ago what sound system people recommended for Woody, and answer seemed to be ALSA. Well, I've not been able to get it going - this after spending much time reading FAQs and being on the Creative IRC channel. :-( Dear Bruce, ALSA in Debian is undergoing a major overhaul right now. /me points at StevenK and ducks. So the installation for it isn't as smooth as we'd like right now. Follow the below HOWTO and it should work fine. http://www.linuxorbit.com/modules.php?op=modloadname=Sectionsfile=indexreq=viewarticleartid=541page=1 Yours sincerely, Andrew Netsnipe Lau -- --- * Andrew Netsnipe Lau Computer Science Student Rep, UNSW * * # apt-get into it Debian GNU/Linux Package Maintainer * * netsnipe(+)debianplanet.org\0 alau(+)cse.unsw.edu.au\0 * * GnuPG 1024D/2E8B68BD 0B77 73D0 4F3B F286 63F1 9F4A 9B24 C07D 2E8B 68BD * --- msg29052/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [SLUG] [OT] Forcing Mozilla/Netscape to download a file
On Sun, Mar 31, 2002 at 04:47:18PM +1100, Harry Ohlsen wrote: Can anyone suggest a way to force that to happen. Or is there a place where one can find the .qt files themselves for download? Use the source Luke. [View - Page Source] inside your browser and look around for a EMBED tag that has a URL within to a file with a .mov extension. Just stick that into download agent (eg. wget) and you'll have it downloaded. -- --- * Andrew 'Netsnipe' Lau DebianPlanet.org Editor Comp.Sci, UNSW * * apt-get into it Debian GNU/Linux Maintainer * * netsnipe / debianplanet.orgawhl435 / cse.unsw. edu.au * * PGP: 1024D/2E8B68BD: 0B77 73D0 4F3B F286 63F1 9F4A 9B24 C07D 2E8B 68BD * --- msg22174/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [SLUG] Restaurant Suggestion
On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 04:01:44PM +1100, Grant Parnell wrote: stashed somewhere (not with me now) that I meant to summarise. The place is Indian and if you're coming from Central station at the Redfern end you'd find it by walking through the pedestrian subway towards UTS then taking the first left you find which is a bit of a couryard with shops and such. Can't even remember the name off-hand... Hey Grant, The name of the place is Spice Boys and I have to agree that the staff there is very friendly. After ordering take-away there for lunch twice choosing stuff quite randomly each time, I have to agree that the food there is very nice. Yours sincerely, Andrew Netsnipe Lau -- --- * Andrew 'Netsnipe' Lau DebianPlanet.org Editor Comp.Sci, UNSW * * apt-get into it Debian GNU/Linux Maintainer * * netsnipe / debianplanet.orgawhl435 / cse.unsw. edu.au * * PGP: 1024D/2E8B68BD: 0B77 73D0 4F3B F286 63F1 9F4A 9B24 C07D 2E8B 68BD * --- msg22017/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
