[SLUG] Debian encrypted FS
Hi, I just installed a base potato system and upgraded to unstable. this is my first debian system, so im just getting used to some of the stuff. I was wondering... does anyone here have encrypted FS working with debian? From what I understand, I can use the make-kpkg script to apply the relevant security enabled kernel patch (which is now available for 2.4.3, I think). But, doesnt the actual set-up of the FS require excryption-enabled (patched?) versions of the util-linux package as well? I couldnt find any security-patched version in the debian archives. Of course, I can get the source and patch it and recompile, But id rather have it go through the packaging system, if possible. Any ideas, or unofficial apt-get sources for the packages? Thanks Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Mime type for PDF documents?
Hello, I want to associate xpdf or any pdf viewer in netscape so that pdf urls are opened by xpdf etc. Can anyone provide the details that i have to put into the "file types" section? Thanks in advance Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Antialiasing in X4.0.2
Hi, I'm still using 4.0.1. Just wondering has anyone here got antialiasing working with 4.0.2? What I want to know is how big a difference does it make? Could someone post links to screenshots with and without antialiasing? Thanks Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Antialiasing in X4.0.2
Ian Tester wrote: These were posted on Slashdot this morning: http://www.ximian.com/~jacob/aa/ I know. :-) I want to see what the same desktop would look non-AA. Noone posts those pics, for comparison. Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Skywell MagicTV video capture card
Terry Collins wrote: Umm, I have no idea why changing your video card would affect the capture card, but obviously something in the TNT2 M64 now interferres with the capture card. Ordinarily I would tend to agree, but I upgraded to the nvidia 0.9.6 drivers last week and it broke... well lotsa stuff really. I was surprised to see really bad TV quality too. Like interference in the Xawtv window while moving the mouse etc. Changing the capture method from 'overlay' to 'grabdisplay' made it even worse. Needless to say... death to the 0.96 drivers, im back to using 0.95 (which works perfectly with my GF2 MX). But I dont think this is what he's having trouble with (seeing as he doesnt know where to d/l the new drivers). Just thought I'd bitch about how annoying the new 0.96 drivers were :-) Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Linux expo + it2000?
Hello, Last year, we went to a Linux expo in the convention center. It had like free entrance, but we had to register on the net beforehand. I am pretty sure it was in the same place/time as IT2000. Anyway, we got mailed the "please register for this years expo" leaflet. Unfortunately, someone did some house cleaning and we've lost all the junk mail from the table we usually dumped it on. :-) Much appreciated If anyone can point me to the right url for the registration. Thanks in advance Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] ** CRITICAL **: Couldn't open playlist font
Rev Simon Rumble wrote: Getting this error in XMMS: Have you tried changing the playlist font in Preferences - options tab to other fonts? Arunava -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] mc and disk usage?
Hi, I used to use mc exclusively, but recently i've started using gentoo because it has the "get directory size" option. Just wondering if theres any way to bind a key in mc (or something like that) to do the 'du -skh' on the currently selected directories. Thanks Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Re: Bigpond Direct ADSL pricing
Mehmet Ozdemir wrote: Just a quick point on this, I believe that telstra also has a traffic light system on their "unlimited" broadband services. AND a cap on their downlink. I personally download on average 5-6 iso's a month, napster, plus other heavy downloads, I'm yet to get above a 6 on netstats, so the system isn't to bad. This is correct. I leech about 2 to isos a week, plus napster, streaming mp3 etc. I have gone higher than 6x the average, but never reached the 8x mark (when you get the warning email). While the service is "shared" I'm yet to get under 300 Kilobytes/Sec when downloading from aarnet (I'm on the carlingford node) I'm on the carlingford node too. I have never gotten less than 480k off aarnet. Generally, its higher. Might have something to do with my usage times, though. Arunava -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] TTF in X4
Dean Hamstead wrote: Please someone tell me im wrong and/or what to do to get some ttf action Jeff Waugh's reply to a similar older message: http://www.progsoc.uts.edu.au/lists/slug/2000/December/msg01017.html Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Mounting a SCSI CDROM
Dennis Gray wrote: I am not even sure which device I should be choosing. I thought it would be /dev/sg0 (Redhat Linux 6.1 system). The /dev/sg0 is what cdrecord will try and use for writing. Use /dev/scd0 for mounting, assuming that its the only scsi cdrom device. Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Licq wont connect to server
Hello, All of a sudden I cant get on ICQ using Licq anymore. i get the following message in the "network window" 21:48:03: [UDP] Requesting logon (#17820)... 21:48:03: [UDP] Resolving icq.mirabilis.com... 21:48:03: [UDP] ICQ server found at 205.188.153.104:4000. 21:48:03: [UDP] Creating local server. 21:48:03: [UDP] Opening socket to server. 21:48:03: [UDP] Ack (#17820). and it just stays like that forever. Strange thing is that icq on my windows laptop can connect just fine. Just wondering if licq is bitching or if the bastards at mirabilis have changed the server protocol now or something. Can anyone connect to icq at this time? Thanks Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] [OT] Happy New Year / Millennium!!
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Re: [SLUG] mkisofs - what args?
Howard Lowndes wrote: but it is still dropping the symlinks. I know the "-f" option allows the symlinks to be followed, but that is not what I want, which is to have the symlinks retained as symlinks. You might want to try: mkisofs -r It will generate the RockRidge extentions. Symlinks might work after that. Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] one for debianites
Crossfire wrote:
You should download from {ftp,http}://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/debian/
Definitely, I did my debian install this way last week.
you're running from a Telstra ADSL - I throttled mine out to the full
50K/sec yesterday night
I get about 490K off aarnet while doing it, but then that was with
optus@home cable.
Arun
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[SLUG] Strange cdrom error.
Hi,
Today, xmms was stalling while playing an mp3 off my cd, for some
reason. I skipped to the next song and it worked fine. So I checked my
dmesg output and this is what I saw (repeated heaps):
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hdd: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: command error: error=0x54
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:40 (hdd), sector 1349404
ATAPI device hdd:
Error: Illegal request -- (Sense key=0x05)
Illegal mode for this track or incompatible medium -- (asc=0x64,
ascq=0x00)
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It normally doesnt do this and hasnt done it since then. Does anyone
know what this means and why this might have happened?
Thanks
Arun
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RE: [SLUG] Perhaps we need this on the list? {:-)
This might be a good idea. Im sick of people quoting an entire message and just adding a one line comment. Still, most people make an effort on SLUG. You should see some of the other message boards around! Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Got a schwanky keyboard?
Jeff Waugh wrote: I happen to have a thing for MS peripherals, Me too. Best things they make are accessories. Anyway, it turns out that XFree4 supports these properly! Run xev, and start pressing your extension buttons, and you'll see the messages pop up with the right silly names: XF86Mail, etc. :D Thanks for the heads up. Me need new keyboard and now i know what to get. Just one thing though do you have it running in USB mode? If so, is that necessary for the extra buttons or do they work fine with X with the USB-ps/2 converter that comes with the keyboard? Thanks Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] speaking of HW ...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone seen the VP6 in Australia yet? AFAIK, the vp6 is not actually retailing anywhere. Its still in a pre-release state. Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] [rant] Linux Unreal_Tournament is unbelieveable.
Hello, rant Just got Linux Unreal Tournament working with my Geforce. Bit of background. I was given the Unreal Tournament game a while ago. Back then it only worked with 3dfx cards (in linux), so I had installed Evil98 on this computer till finished the game. I totally loved it but couldnt justify having windows around just for that. So the cd went into hibernation. Also, the windows one seemed *much* less optimised for Geforces etc. than say Quake3A. Later I found out that this was because of a dodgy OpenGl renderer since UT only had a decent Glide renderer. I had been following the progress of Linux UT though. Apparently, after Lokigames took control of the maintenance of the linux code, the linux OpenGL renderer was written almost from scratch cos the windows one was such a dodgy hack. Anyway, I got UT working in linux yesterday. Xfree 4.0.1, Nvidia Geforce, nvidia drivers. I am pleased to say that UT totally SCREAMS on my Geforce in Linux, now. 1600x1200 everything to max (but 16bit color) I get 47-60 fps while running around levels. In windows, I remember getting between 12 and 30 in 1024x768. I dont know if the windows UT has improved much, but if it hasn't then this would have to be the first time a Linux game outperforms its windows version, outright. This is ridiculous how fast UT plays. Oh also the windows one is an *extremely* slow level loader. The linux version loads levels in less than 2 seconds per level (timed with stopwatch). Way to go tux!!! /rant Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] IDE for C programming -Was Linux Unreal_Tournament.
Aaron Binns wrote: Another question: what IDE's (integrated development environments) come recommended from the list for use under helix gnome for C programming? Right now I am using gcc, make and an unspecified text editor program (no flames please :P~ ). I asked this question a while ago. Lots of people replied with suggestions and I tried most of them. Not the commercial ones, of course. Basically I didnt like any of them better than the gcc/Vim/make combination. I reckon if you have been using it, then you will perform best using that combo. But if you *really* want an IDE the (IMHO) the only one that was half-decent was CodeCrusader, an opensource version of MetroWerk's CodeWarrior (and has more features, I believe). The homepage listed in freshmeat seems to be down but the download pages are still working. http://freshmeat.net/projects/codecrusader/?highlight=codecrusader Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] memory usage monitoring
Alister Waller wrote: Whats a good way/tool for monitoring memory usage and the processes that are using it? I use "top" or "gtop". They should come with redhat 6.2. Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] [OT] Dual motherboards
Jeff Waugh wrote: Then again, the BP6 is a little old these days, and I haven't been keeping up with hardware as much as I used to. ] BP6 was the coolest deskop motherboard in its day. The next one will be Abit's VP6, essentially a dual FC-PGA motherboard for the new p3/celeroons but it also has all the cool features uf the Abits KT7 series (for amd chips) like ide raid etc. Here's a preview of it: http://www.hardocp.com/reviews/mainboards/abit/vp6/ If you havent bought one already then its worth waiting for this board, I reckon. Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] [OT] LinuxCare business card recovery CD
On Thu, 09 Nov 2000, Ricky C wrote: hi All, any idea where (in Sydney) I can get some blank ones ?? and how much ?? I like to burn my own bus card size CD Yes, North Rocks markets. Sundays. In North Rocks shopping center. One of those stalls has them for $3 each. Cases bought separately, Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Digital Camera Recommendations..
I was lucky enough to be gifted one of these new Samsung digital cameras. The model number is: SDC-007. It is very small and very sexy. It comes with serial cable to interface to a com port. The provided software is for Win9x (surprise, surprise!). However, Gphoto and its siblings may be able to use it. Havent tried it because - and I really like this - it has composite output. I simply plug it into my tv tuner then grab captures with Xawtv. I dont know much about digital cameras to know if this is a common feature on them or not. Just ask, if you want more details. Arun Jeff Waugh wrote: I believe Anthony is referring to the happy-snaps variety (nudge-nudge, wink-wink, say no more). I wouldn't mind a few pointers either, I've got a few projects coming up that a digital camera would be quite useful for. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Asus TV out
Dean Hamstead wrote: Has anyone had any experience with using the tv out function on ASUS nvidia based video cards (in linux of course). Nothing to show yet. But i have tried on my geforce. My problem is that its a cheap Powercolor and not an Asus one. You should not have problems. Because the drivers are actually made for your card. Its closely related to the lm_sensors project, called the RivaTV project. http://drama.obuda.kando.hu/~fero/cgi-bin/rivatv.shtml Im pretty sure if i boot to windows, go into tv, then warm reboot i will get something, but thats just not cool =) Im not sure what you mean here. But if you restart, it will reset it to the vga output. (at least on all the tv-out cards i've seen) Hope this helps Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Extra buttons on the MS mice supported in X?
Dean Hamstead wrote: X 3.3.6 is max 5 buttons i believe, two of which are consumed by mouse scrolling. X4 has better mouse support. X apparently only requires three buttons (as in the standard kinda thing) So in X for me, the two side buttons are just clones. Thanks for all the info. Clears up all my questions. I think i'll take a risk and see if the side buttons work independently for me in XF4.0.1. Thanks again Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Extra buttons on the MS mice supported in X - Update
Hello, As you could tell, I wanted the MS optical mouse just for its side buttons. And I wanted those just for quake3. From all the responses regarding this matter, the side-button functionality under X doesnt seem too promising. So I called up a (windows user) friend of mine who has one of these apparently, the side buttons dont work even in windows (except for a few MS apps like IE5)... windows quake3 wont detect button presses from the side buttons etc. Hence, X support for these side-buttons seem out of the question. So what so I do? Slashdot to the rescue! They have this cool article about the best damned aussie product I've ever seen... http://www.claw.com.au/ (and a LinuxWorld review - http://www.linuxworld.com.au/article.php3?aid=102tid=1) Because these babies are a purely hardware solution, I dont have to worry about Linux support perfect for my Linuxquaking needs :) I'll see if I can pick one of them up this Thursday. Sorry if this seems like an off-topic post but heaps of people responded with useful info and it seemed only fair to inform them of my final choice. Thanks Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Extra buttons on the MS mice supported in X?
Hi, For a while i had the OEM MS wheely mouse. It used the IMPS/2 mouse protocol and the wheel worked and everything excellent quake3 tool :). Unfortunately, it died for no apparent reason an I have been using a $5 serial mouse. But I've been having a look at some of the new MS mice and they look awesome. The only reason I'd buy one of these and not the el-cheapo MS wheely is the extra side buttons. I am fairly sure the wheel would work using the imps/2 mouse protocol in X. But what i need to know is if the extra side buttons work. So if you have either the "Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer" or the "Microsoft Intellimouse Web" and can confirm side-button finctionality it will be much appreciated. (the explorer is the fully expensive optical one) Thanks in advance Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Extra buttons on the MS mice supported in X?
Dean Hamstead wrote: The MS Intellimouse is a damned good mouse. Who cares abou their software writing skills. They should throw out all that and make peripherals. Logitech makes nice mice also, but im in love with the IM explorer. Works well in linux, esp. on usb (something that windows 95 would never do for me). the side buttons are just buttons 2 and 3 for me though... Do you mean that the side buttons are just useless clones of the left and right buttons? This is exactly what I was scared of. Thanks for responding to my post. Just one more thing usb mouse... how did you set it up? and what kernel and distro(if any) are you using? Thanks in advance Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Sorry!!!
Alan L Tyree wrote: Apologies, everyone. I didn't mean to start a war. I think I speak for most people here in saying that: this should have been obvious to the flamer(s). Man, dont worry about it. (my 2 cents) Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] dvd
Last time I looked up on the subject Linux dvd players were software only and you needed a hefty box to get decent performance. Well, it would have to be software only, unless if you had an mpeg card. Afaik, only some of the Hollywood mpeg cards have (very limited) linux support. Last time I checked, you could only get the tv-out working but not overlay mode so youd have to have either an additional tv or a tv-tuner card as well. Livid, the only real dvd playing software for linux is now actually usable... a friend of mine is using it on his celeron 333@417MHz. However, it does jerk every once in a while and the audio skips ahead etc. IMO, a dvd player that is "watchable" but not seamless is worthless. I am waiting till Livid gets better or a commercial player is released and then ill buy a DVD drive. Arunava -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Abit's Linux hardware monitoring tools.
hi, has anyone here tried the Abitcc tool for abit motherboards? does anyone have the Abitcc rpms lying around or a mirror? the main homepage isnt working and i havent been able to find a mirror. even rpmfind is down right now. thanks Arun. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Writing plugins for Xmms.
hello, i have some interesting ideas for plugins. i was wondering if anyone has had any experience writing plugins for XMMS. i cant seem to find any info about this anywhere. the only thing i have to work with are the header files and the source of already written plugins. so if anyone can refer me to relevant links then this will be very appreciated as well. thanks in advance, Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Goobye to SLUG
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think there should be another list. Some people lurk - others need to learn to control their tempers and lurk quietly :) here, here! Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Video Capture Card
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My problem is that I can't get the card to view any channels in Linux nor am I able to view the video either. I'm no expert on this issue but i got mine working ages ago with a bit of help from some sluggers and the bttv-howto. it is very comprehensive. check out linuxdoc.org. Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] [Totaly OT] Chant
Peter wrote: This is completely and totally OT but I'm going to ask it anyway Does anyone know the origins of the chant "Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi" been going to too many olymic events have we? Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] [OT] Strange motherboard restart problem.
James Wilkinson wrote: I got a very similar effect when the bios settings for the harddisks were wrong. -- jamesw do you mean things like the sectors/heads etc. or the boot sequence? cos i had it autodetect the actual hard drive info and thats now set properly. but i havent bothered to fix up the boot sequence yet so it looks for floppy disk drives etc (which dont exist). thanks Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] [OT] Strange motherboard restart problem.
James Wilkinson wrote: No, i was testing my udma/66 drive on the hpt-370 controller (the extra 4 ide slots), and the bios settings didn't match the actual drive locations. sounds like you have the exact same board as me. could i just ask where you bought/got yours? oh, and have you tried to get hardware monitoring working in linux with lm_sensors? thanks Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Quake3 on Linux?
Umar Goldeli wrote: I've just gone out and bought myself Q3 for Linux - and am trying to setup a q3 server.. the only problem is that the usual backgrounding and this might be a dodgy way of doing things but you may try using "screen" and then detach it. using "ctrl-a" then "d". Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Gateway speeds extremely slow, yet others fine
i think you have a problem with your MASQ timeout values. try to play around with them. have you actually read the IP-Masqurade howto? its got an entire section dedicated to performance problems on simple routers like your one. goto: www.linuxdoc.org for the howto. Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] [very OT] Filters for case fans.
Hello, this is extremely off topic but i can kind of justify posting it here cos im modifying my case and it has a very nice *evil* tux logo on the side. and, naturally, runs only linux. basically, i want to put some filters on the intake fans and dont know where to get them. places like "david reid electronics" in town hall just looked at me strangely and said "why do u want those???". i'd rather not have to pay shipping+handling. so if anyone knows where i can get the filters in sydney, please message me off-board cos this really is quite off topic. thanks Arun. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] OT - Processor advice
James Wilkinson wrote: But seriously, I don't think you could have any problems with new hardware, the latest kernel supports most everything out there, and anything not directly in the kernel (like the EIDE chipset on this mobo) has patches floating around the 'net. Interesting you should mention the EIDE for a little while now i have been planning my new box (im gonna go with the Abit-Kt7 when it retails). this eide ata-66/ ata-100 thing has been confusing me. do you actually have the udma 66 working with the penguin? does your mobo have ata-100? if so, have you got that working? Thanks Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] trapping keyboard signals.
hi, i was just wondering... cntrl+alt+del reeboots the box (on mandrake, at least). anyone know what process handles the trapping of the keyboard signals? is it possible to do other stuff besides just a reboot? thanks. Arun. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] interesting rumour
looks like IE and media player are going to be (being?) ported. netscape on linux *is* extremely unstable and, not to mention, standards non-compliant. wether we like it or not, there will be many linux users using IE. our only salvation will come from Mozilla. its not that bad right now. lets hope it get a lot better in later releases. as far as i am concerned, microshit has screwed me over way too many times for me to use *anything* they make. i would rather use mozilla and suffer the slight loss of performance than pollute my system with more MS virus apps. Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] interesting rumour, IE on linux
Nelson wrote: ok, this is interesting to me from a different perspective. MS seem to revolve around the dollar, so why are they doing this? is it going to be freeware? open source? or a commercial app? Everyone at work thinks im just paranoid, but i have this theory. MS will close-source it and purposely put bugs into them. the rock-solid 'stable' image of linux will be shattered. this means nothing for existing users who know what the problem is (microshit virii apps) but it will discourage new users from switching to linux. "what? switch to an os which crashes just like windows? and i dont even have all the hardware support for my winmodes etc?" Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Network Monitor
Carlo Nizeti wrote: Specifically how many K are going through each Ethernet card and how many megs have been done through each Ethernet card. What you want is something like "Xnetload". it does exactly what you want. i use it all the time. the Freshmeat URL is: http://freshmeat.net/appindex/1998/06/17/898081865.html However, i dont think it actually gives you "total K done" etc. but the version i am running was old and i have modified it so that it does. Get the new one, if it still doesnt show a "total Bytes" detail, then i'll send you the source for my version. hope this helps. Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] TV tuner card for Linux
hi yup... a few months ago i got one from www.everythinglinux.com.au called a "MagicTV" made by skywell. it works fine. some friends of mine have the much advertised Hauppage WinTV cards which work fine too. basically, as long as it has a bt848/bt878, it will probably work. there is also a Mini-Howto about getting them to work. if you have questions, message me. Arun -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
