Re: [SLUG] ufsdump for linux
Greg Cockburn wrote: > Hi Sluggers, > > I have an unusual request. Is there ufsdump for linux? > > And I don't mean dump either. > > I have a Solaris UFS disk in a Linux box, and I want to dump the slices > (partitions) off that disk, but I can't seem to find a utility to do it. > > I know I could put that disk in a Solaris host and dump it across the > network, but this disk is very big with a lot of little files, and I am > hoping it will be faster dumping off the Solaris disk locally as apposed > going via the network. Hi Greg, I hope I'm not telling you to suck eggs here but is it not possible to simply: Compile a kernel with UFS support. Mount the disk. Use an appropriate tar pipeline to shift it all to a different disk and filesystem. ??? Profit! Kind regards, Hal -- 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] find my cursor
Peter Miller wrote: > Does anyone know of an X11 "find my cursor" program? > > I thinking of the converging circles thing seen on evil-empire laptops. > Depends what you mean by program, I guess. The gnome solution is Foot->System->Preferences->Mouse Pointers tab Check "Highlight the pointer when you press Ctrl" -- 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] Firefox could learn from IE
Stephen Black wrote: > I think firefox is a great browser but I think that firefox can learn one > thing from IE > I think that Firefox and IE try successfully to make their browsers user > friendly so that the > lowest common denominator can user their browsers, > but IE is streets ahead, because out of IE and Firefox IE is the only browser > that doesn't assume > that everyone has 20/20 vision. > I can hear everybody saying ctr+ will increase font. True but this will > distort > the web page even to the extent that some links or information can become > hidden > but only IE will show the web page with a suitable font size and layed out in > such a way that no information is hidden or > missing. > > In fact the first thing I noticed when I first used linux was that the fonts > and everything just seemed to be smaller. > Hi Stephen, You might have more luck reporting this directly to the firefox developers reather than slug. Direction on "the ideal" method of doing this can be found here: http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/bugs All the best, Hal -- 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] Brand new user
The best beginners dist is the one the person's friends are using. If this is not applicable. The most popular one at the local lug or support mailing list/web forum of choice. If the person is a beginner as opposed simply a user _any_ distro that installs is completely fine. The cheapest magazine with an appropriate cd or dvd on the cover. All the major ones are pretty easy compared to when all the old sages around had no clue and installed for the first time. -- 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] Vista preview on Seven Sunrise
Q: I want to chat about non-technical stuff, where should I post this kind of message? A: slug-chat. -- 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] PDA/phone/linux
Jeff Waugh wrote: > I don't know, and I don't understand your point, either. My comment suggests > that every non-Palm PDA operating system is an exercise in pain. I made no > reference to FLOSS. > Lemme try again. What license is Palm OS distributed under? (And all deserve joy, happiness, laugter and general bonhomie if it is Free.) -- 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] PDA/phone/linux
Jeff Waugh wrote: > > You > will deserve all flavours of pain and misery if you give your wife a device > that does not run Palm OS. :-) > Oh really? What's wrong with my search engine skills? http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=source+code+download+site%3Awww.palm.com&btnG=Search&meta= What am I missing in this conversation? Is it unfashionable to be in favour of people using and supporting Free software when there _is_ better non-free software? Without being dogmatic about it and wishing anyone ill, of course... Kind regards, Hal -- 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] Mounting a disk image
Howard Lowndes wrote: > I have a disk image of a CompactFlash disk as a file on a PC. The > image was created by using dd. > > I know that the image has a partition table, a Linux (83) partition > and a Linux Swap (82) partition. The Linux partition is formatted ext2. > > I want to be able to mount the Linux partition rw somewhere onto the > PC's file system so that I can work on it using an editor. > > Any HOWTOs?... > How does something like sh $ sudo mount -t ext2 -o loop -o offset=32256 ./CFDisk.img /mountpoint go? -- 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] change title of xterm window
Luke Vanderfluit wrote: > Hi. > > How are you all doing? > > I use lots of xterms on my screen. > I'd like to be able to change the title of the xterm window, by type in it at > the prompt. > > Anyone know how to do this? > > Currently I have the title dynamically show the path but that isn't enough to > distinguish when I have them 'rolled up' since I am working on several files > simultaneously from the same directory. > > Is there any other way anyone knows of that I could make each window > distinguishable preferably with a meaningful title? websearch using something like say, xterm title first hit is: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Xterm-Title.html |xterm -T "My XTerm's Title" -n "My XTerm's Icon Title" you may also want to read the appropriate section on dynamically setting the title for your shell, so you can disable that... | -- 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] mirror.cse debian gpg key?
Ian Su wrote: > Hi all, > > Anyone else use the mirror.cse.unsw.edu.au Debian apt repository and getting > > WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! > No help, just a data point. I use it for debian sid and etch and don't have this problem. -- 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] ubuntu kernel build
James Gray wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Hi > >> is anybody able to though more light: > >> > >> To rebuild my kernel (its a long story ...) I do: > >> > >> apt-get source linux-image-2.6.15-25-686 > >> apt-get build-dep linux-image-2.6.15-25-686 > >> unpack /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.15.tar.bz2 > >> link linux to linux-source-2.6.15 > >> copy /boot/config-2.6.15-25-686 to .config > >> edit Makefile to make EXTRAVERSION = > >> instead of the rubbish in there.(.7-ubuntu1) > >> make oldconfig > >> make-kpkg --append-to-version "-25-686" --stem linux -us -uc --initrd > >> kernel_image > >> > >> OK the trouble starts here: > >> > >> dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.15-25-686_10.00.Custom_i386.deb > >> bla ... > >> Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ... > >> Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-25-686 > >> Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin > >> > >> How do I add the splash image? sudo apt-get install grub-splashimages then you need to update the file /boot/grub/menu.lst add something like this near the top: splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splashimages/bike_gua.xmp.gz if you websearch "grub splash image" you'll find sites explaining how to make your own splash images. -- 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] Digital TV Tuner cards
Dan Treacy wrote: > Hey Sluggers, > > Just after any sluggers war stories with Digital TV tuner cards on > Linux, especially Ubuntu. Simple is good and cheap is great as it's for > a pilot project that doesn't have a great deal of money and if all goes > well we'll be purchasing a large number of them so cost will be an issue. > > Anyone know if their are any carsd that work out of the box with Ubuntu? > > And just to clarify the terminology these are cards to tune into free to > air digital TV at this stage we're not interested in video capture or > anything else like that. > RealTek WinFast dvb, requires a 2.6.15 kernel. But minimal fuss once you've got that. Drivers are in the kernel.org kernel. Costs something like $80. vlc is good :) -- 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] Catch 22 with monitor resolution in Fedora?
Leslie Katz wrote: > Thanks very much for your reply, Ben. > > When you say that I could "set the monitor to its maximum resolution, > then set the fonts to be larger", were you referring to some global > font size setting that I could change, at least in Fedora Core 3? I > ask because I was under the impression that I'd have to change font > size application by application and that's what made me plump for a > lower resolution than the maximum. on Gnome, Foot->Desktop->preferences->Font lets you set up the defaults. I'm sure kde has something similar. Your mileage may vary. Didn't seem to affect the font size in my actual mail in t-bird when I tried it just then... Foot->Desktop->preferences->Font->Details Lets you adjust the resolution globally which may do the job you're after. Good luck -- 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] usb wifi recommenations?
Peter Miller wrote: > I'm looking for a USB WiFi doohickey (my laptop has Express Card 34, not > a PCMCIA slot). > > Do sluggers know of any pain-free USB Wifi whatsits that work on Linux? > My system is Ubuntu Dapper. > > I've tried ndiswrapper with little success, and it can't do monitor mode > (or whatever it's called) for Kismet, anyway. I'd like a USB wifi > thingie with a Linux driver, if possible. > I've used an Netgear MA-111 with the (not in kernel) linux-wlan-ng-pre14 drivers. (note must be pre-14). This was 18 months ago. It allowed me to connect to wireless APs. I don't know how useful that info is to you. -- 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] better visual diff tools?
justin randell wrote: >> Anyone know of a gui tool that allows you to do this? I usually use >> vimdiff, but I'm looking for an easier to use tool for my (linux) >> students. > > kde's kompare is very nice for this. Meld is very good. Don't know how it compares to kompare or kdiff3, tkdiff etc. Meld is my idea of awesome software, fwiw. Poweful + easy to use. -- 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] headphone buzz
Erle Pereira wrote: > On Fri, 2006-05-05 at 09:37 +1000, Hal Ashburner wrote: >> Headphones are ok, they work well in all other devices. >> it seems the snd-intel8x0 drive is the problem. >> Solutions seem to be, get another soundcard or learn to hack sound card >> drivers. > > > I was using the same driver for my pc, (but it was a sis sound card)... > sound was pretty bad quality > > I downloaded the oss sound modules from http://www.opensound.com/ > > I know its like stepping back from the great work by ALSA, but in some > cases, it might be better, works better for me sound is noticeably > different. Might be a good fix until the ALSA driver gets fixed up.. > > Its a free download for personal use... > > http://www.opensound.com/download.cgi > > > "Open Sound System is now free for personal and non-commercial use and > comes with a license key that will allow you to run OSS. The license key > is valid for up to 6 months at a time after which you will need to > download and install OSS again" > > > been using it for 5 months now... Hi Earle, Thanks for the suggestion. If it was very important I'd try this. However I try to give vrms as little as possible to moan about :) regards, Hal -- 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] headphone buzz
> > On 05/05/06, *Hal Ashburner* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > I've got persistent buzzing in my headphones, using the headphone jack > on the front of the machine. > lspci tells me my soundcard (in some recent generic dell box) is the > following: > > :00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801G > (ICH7 > Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01) > > I'm using a fairly default debian sid installation. > > Any hints as to how to start fixing this? > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > David Mason wrote: > If you only have the buzz when using the front plug, it's most likely > just because of interference on the connection between the front panel > and the soundcard. Another thing you might find is that if you are > only using the front panel with your headphones and only using the > back plug for your speakers, that he noise is always audible, but just > more noticeable through the headphones. Otherwise, I've heard that > the intel8x0 sound module always causes this kind of noise in the > background (it did for my onboard nForce2 audio). Unfortunately the > only solution I came up with was to stick in an old SB Live! card, and > use that instead. The only hint I could really offer is to try to > keep the wire from the soundcard to the front panel away from anything > that could cause this noise. Thanks Dave, Ken, Simon & Alan, Headphones are ok, they work well in all other devices. it seems the snd-intel8x0 drive is the problem. Solutions seem to be, get another soundcard or learn to hack sound card drivers. Thanks again, Hal -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] headphone buzz
I've got persistent buzzing in my headphones, using the headphone jack on the front of the machine. lspci tells me my soundcard (in some recent generic dell box) is the following: :00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01) I'm using a fairly default debian sid installation. Any hints as to how to start fixing this? -- 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] Re: pentium M series
On Mon, 2005-12-19 at 23:40 +1100, Crossfire wrote: > The 'correct' method to test for MMX (and later extensions) is to > check the output of the CPUID instruction. (Introduced in the late > 486 families - guaranteed to be available on all Pentium class or > newer systems however.) It is the CPUID instruction that the linux > kernel uses to generate most of the information in /proc/cpuinfo on > i386 systems. cpuid is awesome! http://www.livejournal.com/users/kernelslacker/31732.html At least one of the comments is so totally worth reading that you should go ahead and funk on down there. /me waves at Ian -- 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] HP Photosmart 2575 setup
On Fri, 2005-12-09 at 01:18 +1100, Hal Ashburner wrote: > On 06/12/05, Lindsay Holmwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > echo "stuff" >>/dev/usb/lp0 > make the printer make noises and such. > > Check to see what type of USB driver you're using under Linux > too (uhci, > ohci, ehci) - try swapping them in and out and see whether > that makes > some sort of difference, especially if it's a usb version > compatibility > thing. > > hmm, scary, this was a pain to get right for wireless mouse and > keyboard. Ok I'll try it > Compiling the uhci drivers into the kernel and not compiling ohci or ehci drivers at all finally made this all work nicely :) (usb keyboard still works etc, haven't tried any other usb devices coz I don't own any) for search engines: HP Photosmart 2575 printer under linux now printing photos in colour the right way and the birds are twittering joyously and everything is right in the world. Thanks, Hal -- 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] HP Photosmart 2575 setup
On 06/12/05, Lindsay Holmwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hal Ashburner wrote:> Probing "/dev/usb/lp0"...> *** Found "Photosmart 2570 series" but failed to communicate with> it!> *** Elapsed time for this attempt was 0 second(s). > *** Check syslog file for ptal-mlcd error messages.> *** See hpoj documentation for troubleshooting information.>>>> The key line in syslog appears to my ignorant eye as > 'couldn't claim interface 2'>I've had a similar problems with a digital camera when permissionsweren't set correctly, but it's probably unrelated to this.> I have hpijs & hplip installed as well as hpoj >> http://www.linuxprinting.org//show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-PhotoSmart_2570>> So its a 2575 rather than a 2570, which I thought would be unimportant. >> Anyone got a cluebat handy?I suppose the first thing to check re: usb1 vs usb2 on Dell hardwarewould be whether the usb controller is actually picking up the deviceproperly.An `lsusb` (with a -v if you're feeling game) will give you all the necessary information about connected devices. Yep thebored % lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 03f0:4e11 Hewlett-Packard If it's not showing up in the list, it's probably hardware related. Ifit is showing up, it might be some sort of permissions based thing, or maybe some simple misconfiguration with cups that'll take you half anhour to find but end up being a single misplaced character. :-)I've done zero configuration of cups. This is failing sudo /etc/init.d/hpoj setup so permissions unlikely (unless I'm missing something) echo "stuff" >>/dev/usb/lp0 make the printer make noises and such. Check to see what type of USB driver you're using under Linux too (uhci,ohci, ehci) - try swapping them in and out and see whether that makes some sort of difference, especially if it's a usb version compatibilitything. hmm, scary, this was a pain to get right for wireless mouse and keyboard. Ok I'll try it Finally, it could be just a driver related thing, with the printer justnot wanting to play nice with the Linux USB stack/drivers. I take it you've googled for others instances of this? I've googled the world. :( We can rule out hardware, I was premature in my damning of Dell. I just booted a long negelected default OS that came with the box and got the printer working inside about 10 minutes of driver installation time. -- Kind regards,Hal Ashburner -- 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] xscreensaver
On Wed, 2005-12-07 at 14:01 +1100, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: > This one time, at band camp, tuxta2 wrote: > >A request that I got though was for a Christmas themed screen saver, I > >have had a bit of a look to see if there were any xscreensavers to fit > >the bill, but so far have come up empty handed. Does anyone know where I > >can find such a screen saver? > > glsnake has a snowflake model :) > > More seriously, the FuzzyFlakes hack in xscreensaver is one of my > favourites, it looks like snow falling. yep, that's nice. Can xsnow be hacked to be a screensaver rather than, um, what is it at the moment? wm-candy? dynamic wallpaper? Its certainly christmassy, including Santa & Reindeer... -- 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] HP Photosmart 2575 setup
On 06/12/05, Peter Chubb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> "Hal" == Hal Ashburner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:Hal> Debian Sid. trying #/etc/init.d/hpoj setupHal> gets to this: I had this problem at one point when the USB port was underspec. Thisprinter uses all of a USB2.0 bandwidth, and will not work on USB 1.0or on a USB2.0 that isn't exactly compliant. Thanks Peter, Posting to the list. Can't sufficently express how disappointing Dell's approach to hardware is. One thing after another is not what was advertised with this box. I wonder if its legal..-- Kind regards,Hal Ashburner -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] HP Photosmart 2575 setup
Debian Sid. trying #/etc/init.d/hpoj setup gets to this: Probing "/dev/usb/lp0"... *** Found "Photosmart 2570 series" but failed to communicate with it! *** Elapsed time for this attempt was 0 second(s). *** Check syslog file for ptal-mlcd error messages. *** See hpoj documentation for troubleshooting information. The key line in syslog appears to my ignorant eye as 'couldn't claim interface 2' I have hpijs & hplip installed as well as hpoj http://www.linuxprinting.org//show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-PhotoSmart_2570 So its a 2575 rather than a 2570, which I thought would be unimportant. Anyone got a cluebat handy? Cheers, Hal syslog looks like this: Dec 6 00:09:11 thebored ptal-mlcd: SYSLOG at ExMgr.cpp:652, dev=, pid=5832, e=2, t=1133788151 ptal-mlcd successfully initialized. Dec 6 00:09:11 thebored ptal-mlcd: SYSLOG at ExMgr.cpp:652, dev=, pid=5839, e=111, t=1133788151 ptal-mlcd successfully initialized. Dec 6 00:09:11 thebored ptal-mlcd: ERROR at ExMgr.cpp:3762, dev=, pid=5839, e=1, t=1133788151 Couldn't claim interface=2! Dec 6 00:09:11 thebored ptal-mlcd: ERROR at ExMgr.cpp:2559, dev=, pid=5839, e=25, t=1133788151 Couldn't set up MLC interface! Dec 6 00:09:11 thebored ptal-mlcd: SYSLOG at ExMgr.cpp:652, dev=, pid=5848, e=111, t=1133788151 ptal-mlcd successfully initialized. Dec 6 00:09:11 thebored ptal-mlcd: ERROR at ExMgr.cpp:2525, dev=, pid=5848, e=1, t=1133788151 Couldn't find device! Dec 6 00:09:12 thebored ptal-mlcd: SYSLOG at ExMgr.cpp:652, dev=, pid=5857, e=111, t=1133788152 ptal-mlcd successfully initialized. Dec 6 00:09:12 thebored ptal-mlcd: ERROR at ExMgr.cpp:2525, dev=, pid=5857, e=1, t=1133788152 Couldn't find device! Dec 6 00:09:12 thebored ptal-mlcd: SYSLOG at ExMgr.cpp:652, dev=, pid=5866, e=111, t=1133788152 ptal-mlcd successfully initialized. Dec 6 00:09:12 thebored ptal-mlcd: ERROR at ExMgr.cpp:2525, dev=, pid=5866, e=1, t=1133788152 Couldn't find device! Dec 6 00:09:12 thebored ptal-mlcd: SYSLOG at ExMgr.cpp:652, dev=, pid=5875, e=111, t=1133788152 ptal-mlcd successfully initialized. Dec 6 00:09:12 thebored ptal-mlcd: ERROR at ExMgr.cpp:2525, dev=, pid=5875, e=1, t=1133788152 Couldn't find device! Dec 6 00:09:12 thebored ptal-mlcd: SYSLOG at ExMgr.cpp:652, dev=, pid=5884, e=111, t=1133788152 ptal-mlcd successfully initialized. Dec 6 00:09:12 thebored ptal-mlcd: ERROR at ExMgr.cpp:2525, dev=, pid=5884, e=1, t=1133788152 Couldn't find device! Dec 6 00:09:12 thebored ptal-mlcd: SYSLOG at ExMgr.cpp:652, dev=, pid=5893, e=111, t=1133788152 ptal-mlcd successfully initialized. Dec 6 00:09:12 thebored ptal-mlcd: ERROR at ExMgr.cpp:2525, dev=, pid=5893, e=1, t=1133788152 Couldn't find device! Dec 6 00:09:12 thebored ptal-mlcd: SYSLOG at ExMgr.cpp:652, dev=, pid=5902, e=111, t=1133788152 ptal-mlcd successfully initialized. Dec 6 00:09:12 thebored ptal-mlcd: ERROR at ExMgr.cpp:2525, dev=, pid=5902, e=1, t=1133788152 Couldn't find device! -- 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] C Gurus
On 22/11/05, Erik de Castro Lopo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I *really* think you should read this: > > http://www.norvig.com/21-days.html Erik, When are you going to sign the copy of the book I learned C from? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0672315971/102-2858012-6274528?v=glance&n=283155&s=books&v=glance And the other advice from Erik on this list about learning C. Get a book that is not specific to an OS or architecture. Actually, that'd make a good dedication ;-) -- Kind regards, Hal Ashburner -- 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] Anyone know of a LISP Users group in Sydney ?
If the Scheme dialect of LISP is ok with you, make sure you haven't missed the awsomeness of MIT: Full textbook online http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book.html Lecture Notes http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-001Structure-and-Interpretation-of-Computer-ProgramsFall2002/LectureNotes/index.htm Online Tutor (yep!) http://icampustutor.csail.mit.edu/6.001-public/ Downloadable video lectures (yep!) http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/classes/6.001/abelson-sussman-lectures/ Example problem sets http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/psets/index.html MIT Scheme itself (apt-get installable as well) http://www.gnu.org/software/mit-scheme/ And that is how an academic institution does *that* :) Have fun! -- Kind regards, Hal Ashburner -- 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] Sydney Open Solaris User Group - Meeting Oct 17th 6:30pm
> >>Rather than reply to Dave's detailed points, he attempts to ridicule > >>him. > > > > > > I saw it as an _acknowledgement_ that Dave had > > excellent points by admitting he had no substantive > > comeback. > > > A great talker maybe but when he has no substantive comeback he attempts > a personal attack. Not nice. He spoke at UNSW on Wednesday and was introduced as the guy who posted "have you ever kissed a girl" etc. He thought it was kinda funny to be introduced like that and took 2 minutes to reminiss about the whole shebang. He noted that it was in 1996 when he was even younger. >From his point of view, Dave was going off half cocked making a bunch of assertions that were completely incorrect and he was about to reply to it item by item and got annoyed so just quoted the whole thing back and added that line. He claimed that Dave has said since that he (Dave) deserved a response like that, and that he (Bryan) also regretted the whole thing. Bryan finished by noting that both he and Dave are much older and wiser now and, incidentally, both have kissed girls. My impression was that while he still finds it amusing in hindsight, its the sort of amusing of "What kind of a dill was I being then?" Who among us isn't amused by something silly we've done previously. Moral of the story, if you go off half-cocked, don't do it where it will be recorded next to your name for the rest of you natural life. IRC anyone? ;) -- Kind regards, Hal Ashburner -- 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] Your top-ten linux desktop apps
Desktop apps? For this I read gui, gentle learning curve, suitable for people who dislike learning about the computer. In no special order the ones I use regularly and like are firefox rhythmbox sound juicer sweep gqview wesnoth oowriter or abiword (equally good in different ways) lifrea xine gnumeric --I liked the app so much I... etc. and for non-free software ut2004 quake3 Wolfenstein Enemy-Territory (free beer) I wish evolution were in the above list. vim, gcc, valgrind, cscope, gdb, ddd, perl, latex, gnome-terminal, ssh, mutt, irssi all probably get more of a workout than the desktop apps :) -- Kind regards, Hal Ashburner -- 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] Home Wireless
Hi Mehmet, Thanks for this. I have now installed a netgear wireless router/access point and have a Netgear USB MA111 thing to connect with. (Now just got to get this working under linux with iwconfig & friends!) The 'big picture' part I was missing totally is that the router/access point itself, logs on to the ISP, so one can connect to the hub with either computer, using whatever OS the user selects (if properly configured). In fact, with Telstra Bigpond (cable) this actually makes things easier as it is not necessary to run BPALogin (or buggy telstra written equivalent) on client computers wishing to connect to the internet. So all in all, much easier, cleaner and nicer than I was anticipating. Now I've got to get back to those iwconfig command and ifcfg-wlan0 files. I suspect your comment "set up in Ad-Hoc mode" will proove valuable. Thanks again, Hal - Original Message - From: "Mehmet Yousouf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 19:27:32 EST To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [SLUG] Home Wireless two easy ways of achieving this: A: ADSL Router/modem/hub that will do the connecting a wireless access point and two wireless cards set to managed I've used D-Link with no problems. access point is "plugged" into the modem. B: The setup I have at home is an ADSL modem connected to an expensive linux firewall box (pentium 200, 64mb ram, 6.4 gig hd, cdrom, network card, wireless (D-Link) card running a proxy server (not neccessary but handy for statistics), a mail server, webserver, and groupware for the family (using group-office right now). add wireless cards as needed to other pcs and set up in Ad-Hoc mode. If you have any questions, more than happy to assist. Regards, Mehmet -- ___ Get your free email from http://www.iname.com -- 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] Home Wireless
Bret Comstock Waldow >> Has someone done it and "blah-whatever" is some >>hardware they used that worked well? I've seen Netgear wireless stuff >>(router & card) for sale at a bookstore(!) for c. $200 >Does this mean you're unwilling to buy a gateway/router? That's the >simplest solution. More than willing. I love simple solutions. Given I know /nothing/ about networking I just thought I'd check in here first. And spending money on stuff that doesn't do Free software annoys me (*cough* nvidia *cough*). The box of the Netgear stuff had all sorts of drivel on it like "95 98 NT 2000 XP" So, if i understand correctly the gateway/router will authenticate itself with Telstra? No need for BPA Login on the machines trying to access the net? BPA login or whatever gets installed on the gateway router? Or do the boxes trying to access the net authenticate with the provider individually? Or am I displaying the profoundity of my ignorance in an unattractive fashion? Thanks to Bret, Dazza & SLUG. -- ___ Get your free email from http://www.iname.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Home Wireless
The givens: 1) I'm a know-nothing idiot/goose/n00b. 2) A computer attached to broadband that dual boots but usually runs some proprietary OS, and is switched off when not actually in use. 3) Another computer that runs nothing but Free software (& Nvidia driver badness) 4) Don't want wires between rooms. Is this do-able (esp given #1)? Do I need to get hold of an old box to be on permanently and act as firewall/router so other boxes can be switched on & off at will? Has someone done it and "blah-whatever" is some hardware they used that worked well? I've seen Netgear wireless stuff (router & card) for sale at a bookstore(!) for c. $200 Yes, I've read all sorts of stuff on the net & in mags & pocketbooks but I'm too thick to get the 'big picture' before embarking on the project. Thanks all. Hal -- ___ Get your free email from http://www.iname.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Compiere
Project of the month at Sourceforge. http://sourceforge.net/potm/potm-2004-02.php http://www.compiere.org/ Anyone tried it? Any thoughts? Any thoughts on Sourceforge in general? Cheers, Hal -- ___ Get your free email from http://www.iname.com -- 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] Intel EtherExpress Pro 100 - debian
Thank Chris, All good. (Sheepishly admits that I'm also using an Intel PRO 100 VE - good lesson for me about exact hardware names and questions/gogling therof right there. Nice second guess of my idiocy BTW) So it was: Download source from Intel unpack with tar -zxvf e100* cd e100* (ensure correct kernel headers installed.) make (to get e100.o) su to root copy e100.0 to /lib/modules/2.4.18-bf24/kernel/drivers/net/ run modconf install e100 all good Thanks also to Shaun ifconfig eth0 ip.address.xxx.xxx dhclient eth0 bpalogin And here I am posting messages of thanks from the new box under debian unstable. SLUG ROCKS!!! Happy summer to all. Hal On Sun, 2003-12-21 at 15:01, Hal Ashburner wrote: > Does that make any sense? > I've just got a sneaking suspicion I could download kernel sources, burn to cd, unpack in my debian, compile & install the same and I still won't be able to get onto the net. Having said that, I really have no clue. This is how I once installed Debian woody on my system (which has an Intel PRO 100VE). Firstly, I did a base install of Debian with compilers and kernel-headers-2.4.18-bf24. Along with this, I had downloaded the source for the e100 module from Intel's website. I then compiled the modules by doing ./configure;make After performing 'make', rather than doing 'make install' -- I mounted a vfat-formatted floppy and copied *.o to the floppy disk. Then, during the install -- after installing the modules off the CD -- just before choosing the 'configure and load modules' bit, I switched over to the 2nd virtual terminal (alt+f2) and mounted /floppy. I then cd'd to /lib/modules/2.4.18-bf24/kernel/drivers/net/ and ran: cp /floppy/* ./ I then unmounted /floppy and returned to the normal install where I then continued to the module configuration where I loaded 'e100' from the list of network card drivers. Hope this helps. -- - Chris -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm -- 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] Intel EtherExpress Pro 100 - debian
First things first thanks to Mary, Dan, CTD & David for their help with this. I tried the tulip module, which also failed to install. The error from the tulip module and the eepro100 module is "init_module:No such device" ifconfig does not list eth0 and there is no eth0 in my /dev directory. Could the problem be that debian doesn't know about the ethernet card? How do I tell debian that the card is there and to use it? I'm happy with a dodgy driver for just as long as it takes me to %s/stable/unstable/g in my sources.list apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade wherupon I can probably get hold of the e100 driver with the minimum of fuss. Does that make any sense? I've just got a sneaking suspicion I could download kernel sources, burn to cd, unpack in my debian, compile & install the same and I still won't be able to get onto the net. Having said that, I really have no clue. Thanks again, Hal -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Intel EtherExpress Pro 100 - debian
Good morning all, New box. Trying to get a debain unstable partition going. I have installed woody, and upgraded to 2.4.18 kernel. I run modconf and try and install the eepro module (which I think is the right one, but in general I have little cluefulness about newtworking or hardware) This fails. I've ruled out a hardware problem as a different distro on another partition goes fine with that distros stock kernel. I heard talk that maybe there is another module for the Intel EtherExpress Pro 100 that goes better than eepro, however further information refused to submit to a sustained googling. Thanks Hal -- ___ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] PDF to latex or similar
Alan, sorry, just playing catch up with my mail. I've never used (or even seen this) but it may be interesting. pdf2latex http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=pdf2latex Finding out what to search on sometimes takes a while... (maybe you've already seen & rejected, in which case, as you were.) Regards, Hal Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 21:33:41 +1100 From: Michael Lake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [SLUG] PDF to Latex or similar To: Sydney Linux User Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Alan L Tyree wrote: > I've done a brief Google w/o success. Is there some reasonable way to > convert PDF to Latex or to any readable markup? In DEbian there is a package called xpdf-utils. That contains pdftotext: NAME: pdftotext - Portable Document Format (PDF) to text converter SYNOPSIS: pdftotext [options] [PDF-file [text-file]] DESCRIPTION: Pdftotext converts Portable Document Format (PDF) files to plain text. Pdftotext reads the PDF file, PDF-file, and writes a text file, text-file. There is an option: -htmlmeta: Generate a simple HTML file, including the meta information. This simply wraps the text in and and prepends the meta headers. pdftotext will give you the text but not the markup. :-( -- __ Sign-up for your own personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup CareerBuilder.com has over 400,000 jobs. Be smarter about your job search http://corp.mail.com/careers -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Re: Net connection: welcome to debian/credativ/whatever
Thanks Patrick & Slug The solution I've come up with is to change a line in my /etc/sysconfig/network file NETWORKING=yes HOSTNAME=ashburner & added the line: /bin/hostname 'ashburner' just above these lines HOSTNAME=`/bin/hostname` if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/network ]; then . /etc/sysconfig/network in /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit then updated /etc/hosts so that it contains ashburner. The connection & computer now seem to be called ashburner for the purposes of Gnome. All good. (unless someone spots a hideous error with all that making me as vulnerable as a spider on the shower drain...) Cheers all. Hal -- __ Sign-up for your own personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup CareerBuilder.com has over 400,000 jobs. Be smarter about your job search http://corp.mail.com/careers -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Net connection: welcome to debian/credativ/whatever
Thank you very much for your analysis Patrick. Much appreciated. Just to clarify the points you have raised. The login screen is the gnome graphical login, where one types a user name, then password to use the computer. I believe the hostname of the computer is being set by the modem, as when I disconected this computer from the modem and connected another, the name of the other computer is imposed upon this one when I reconnect it. Only one computer is ever connected to the modem at one time. I'm not trying to network many computers, just have a nice, fast & reliable net connection. The modem is something called a Motorola 'surfboard' and it claims on it's box that it is a 'cable modem' (I'm being careful here as I am well out of my depth with networking and hardware - this is both) The laptop was certainly called 'debian' being the default on installation of the debian distro. Gnoppix http://www.gnoppix.org (The Gnome based Knoppix) calls itself 'credativ' I did also boot Koppix at one point, which renamed the connection as well, to something else which now escapes me. I believe these names are being stored in the cable modem or at a computer on the Telstra side of things. Thus renaming this computer to whatever is being stored. My shell now reads [EMAIL PROTECTED], if I can impose my will on what comes after the @ I guess everything will fall into place. My idea was rather than renaming the conection in /etc/hosts everytime something else gets booted plugged into the modem, to get RH9 to rename the connection when it boots and connects it. So it's /etc/hosts will always be fine. How did I set up the connection? I plugged the modem into the USB, installed BPA login and from there it 'just worked' no I don't know much about it. /etc/hosts The 'Link' lines were added by myself after much googling, they work in as much as they make the error messages go away on login to Gnome, which makes M & D more comfortable. They came from a script that was designed to update the IP address if it isn't static. Possibly a sub-optimal solution... there is no /etc/network/interfaces on this RH9 distro, nor is there an /etc/hostname. I'm going to try changing /etc/sysconfig/networking/ifcfg-lo commenting out NAME=loopback inserting NAME="Ashburner" So we'll see if that goes well...(just a little scary this kind of stuff, when you have no clue, reminds me of the time I set this thing up with eth0 as a 'trusted device' then connected it to the cable modem, D'Oh!!!) Thanks again for your help, Patrick. Hal From: Patrick Lesslie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [SLUG] Net connection: welcome to debian/credativ/whatever To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Here's a fairly vague analysis ... Surely someone can just hit this nail on the head ... anyone? On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 09:30:23PM -0500, Hal Ashburner wrote: > I'm writing from my parent's box which is running RH9 & Gnome on the > desktop, which incidentally as self-proclaimed 'proud luddites' they > both absolutely love using in comparison to the other computing > alternatives they have tried previously. > > The box hooks up to the net with Telstra big pond cable, which goes > ok. My problem is this, I once hooked up my laptop running debian to > the same modem, which then seemed to re-name the connection to > 'debian' the login screen on red hat said "welcome to debain" then I'm not sure I understand this bit. Which login screen do you mean? If you mean the main one into the window manager, then it looks like you have set the hostname to debian. > logging into gnome said it was unable to resolve 'debian' and to add > debian to /etc/hosts. (which I did) Sounds like this was just a guess by gnome or some program, and you probably don't really want that. How did you set up the connection on each machine? > I then booted Gnoppix on their box to see how that went, > and the connection was renamed credativ You must mean Knoppix ;) They might use "credativ" as the hostname ... I don't think so ... This might be a bit strange. Otherwise where are all these names coming from I wonder? > and the same error message. > Obviously I have no clue about what I'm doing here, ideally I'd like > to be able to give the connection/computer a name on boot from RH9 > something like "Mum & Dad's box" or just "Ashburner" Any suggestions? :) "ashburner" would be a good choice. Look out for spaces and fancy characters in hostnames. I prefer shortish lowercase hostnames. The computer name is the hostname, and that should be fixed. I'm not sure what kind of name the connection needs. Do you know how you first set that? Wh
[SLUG] Net connection: welcome to debian/credativ/whatever
Hello, I'm writing from my parent's box which is running RH9 & Gnome on the desktop, which incidentally as self-proclaimed 'proud luddites' they both absolutely love using in comparison to the other computing alternatives they have tried previously. The box hooks up to the net with Telstra big pond cable, which goes ok. My problem is this, I once hooked up my laptop running debian to the same modem, which then seemed to re-name the connection to 'debian' the login screen on red hat said "welcome to debain" then logging into gnome said it was unable to resolve 'debian' and to add debian to /etc/hosts. (which I did) I then booted Gnoppix on their box to see how that went, and the connection was renamed credativ and the same error message. Obviously I have no clue about what I'm doing here, ideally I'd like to be able to give the connection/computer a name on boot from RH9 something like "Mum & Dad's box" or just "Ashburner" Any suggestions? /etc/hosts now looks like this: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost debian hostname.domain.com Link 144.136.71.171 debian hostname.domain.com Link 144.136.71.171 credativ hostname.domain.com Thanks SLUG Hal PS as a non-professional Linux user who has only recently started coming along to slug meetings and reading the mailing list, can I just say it is fantastic and very rewarding. Thank you to all concerned. -- __ Sign-up for your own personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup CareerBuilder.com has over 400,000 jobs. Be smarter about your job search http://corp.mail.com/careers -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG]
> > > > I know someone who runs VB Macros in Excel under Windows. he wants to get > > into linux but doesn't want to learn a new language.I was just wondering > > if any of the spreadsheet programs under linux would allow him to use his > > VB code (as unmodded as possible). > > Not yet, however there is hope. Ximian's Mono will be able to run VB.NET > once it has a complete parser for VB, so that should mean that Gnumeric, > Abiword, and other office-oriented software will be able to run VB macros > (or at least the .NET variants, which will be in use more regularly as MS > releases new versions of Office). >(There was an aborted attempt to do this called "GNOME >Basic" too, but it >has basically been forgotten given that Mono is a more robust and >useful >solution.) OpenOffice.org has some variant on basic that can be used for scripting purposes (StarBasic?). I had a look at the documentation for it once and found it a little bit 'deep' for my tastes. Started writing C for gnumeric instead, much easier for a beginner like myself. (Bias alert, I like using gnumeric a fair bit more than OOo calc.) http://www.ooodocs.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=6&sid=c1dde40f27913daff140120c63e60a4a looks like it may be a useful starting point. http://framework.openoffice.org/proposals/macro/macrorecording.html apparently some examples (I've not tried them) http://www.ooodocs.org/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=23 http://udk.openoffice.org/ & the OOo developers guide http://api.openoffice.org/ Out of interest, does anybody know the best way to write GUI based apps fast under Linux? There might be a bit of a market down that path over the next couple of years as a bunch of organisations migrate to Linux for all the right reasons, then realise they have a bunch of apps that have to be ported that are written in VB & VBA... Perl Tk? Tcl/Tk? Glade perl? Python Tk? XBasic? evem Kylix? (Not free, boo!) Anyone know anything about Qt's recent relase of a scripting language? (No kudos for anyone who suggests C & GTK+ :) I mean fast for an idiot like me, drag & drool if you will...) Cheers, Hal -- __ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup CareerBuilder.com has over 400,000 jobs. Be smarter about your job search http://corp.mail.com/careers -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
