Re: [SLUG] Upgrading Firefox on Debian Woody
Terry Collins wrote: Has anyone been able to do this? I am attempting to upgrade Firefox (V0.7) on Debian Woody, but it seems to be at am impass. Have downloads the 1.0.4 upgrade and attempted to install it. First problem is that it requires libstdc++.so.5. and Woody only has up to V3. Does anyone know of a way around this? This all started when I went looking for a plug-in to display gifs (mutter mutter, tax stuff using whereis for distances) Try using backports -- they at least have 1.0 available. (presumably this is patched for security, but ...) http://www.backports.org/ Cheers, Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] [ot] Powerware UPSen
Hi All, Excuse the off topic post, but has anyone used/had experience with/knows about powerware UPSes? We're looking at a 12kva model, and I hadn't heard of them.. Cheers, Matt Moor -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] [OT] Connexus DSL?
Not strictly on topic, but I've got someone looking to implement connexus' SDSL products in a big way. Has anyone had any experience with them? Cheers, Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Network Operating Systems Comparisons Win2000 Dual Boot
At 22:09 26/01/2002, Russell Andrew Willis wrote: Hi All, As part of a uni assignment I have to consult on upgradinging a small lan, can anybody suggest good sites where I can get hold of white papers/ comparisons on Unix/ Linux/ Windows2000 based systems. MS2000 is what we are studying and using but I would like to present all the available options especially given the cost effectiveness of Linux. As previously mentioned, google is your friend. Also trying to set up dual boot for Win2000 RH7.1, I'd like to use NTFS but lilo doesn't seem to load no matter what order I load them. I have gone through the archives there appears some issue with the NTFS system, suggestions welcome. Being able to boot windows 2000 is an altogether seperate issue from NTFS support under linux. Lilo should boot it just fine. Your lilo entry should look like this, though: other=/dev/path/to/win2k/partition label=win2000 optional For instance, mine looks like this: other=/dev/sda3 label=win2000 optional You will have some trouble with windows 2000 if you aren't installing to the first disk in the machine. Or, there's another operating system on the box. Win2k will want to put it's bootloader components on the first partition. This is easily resolved by a) installing win2k first and/or b) unplugging any irrelevant disks. If you do end up installing the bootloader components to another partition (ie: win9x), simply change the partition entry in other= above to the one win9x resides on. HTH, M. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] intra-internet gateway?
Actually, I thought he was looking for help in understanding how a firewall works with a dialup link. He sounds like he's read a bit already about how to configure iptables for filtering and masquerading. Bill, linux will work just fine with a standard serial modem. When a ppp connection is established, the interface pppN (probably ppp0 in your case -- presuming you don't have more than one ppp link, eg, adsl or isdn) is brought up. You can apply rules to this interface just the same as you can any other interface. I believe Rusty's NAT HOWTO on the Netfilter (iptables) site (netfilter.samba.org) has a little on this. An example rule (in iptables) might look like this: # iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.0.0/24 -o ppp0 -j MASQUERADE This rule would masquerade connections from an internal class C (192.168.0.0 - 192.168.0.255) going out over interface ppp0. If I recall correctly, iptables will just ignore this rule if ppp0 doesn't exist at a given moment. So all you need to do to setup a gateway with a serial modem is get the modem dialling out and establishing an internet connection (ppp session) in the way that you want (Do you want it dial-on-demand, a permanent connection, etc) -- there are numerous tools to do this, not just the infamous pppd -- and then apply some ipchains or iptables rules to masquerade, and/or firewall. HTH, Matt. At 11:04 22/01/2002, Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=Stephan Borg Yes, RH7.1 uses IPChains. I've used this setup before I got onto ADSL - works a treat. Let me know off the list if you get stuck. Bill's looking for a utility to handle it for him - doesn't Red Hat have a firewall/masquerading tool (that is not at the system administrator's level ala ipchains/iptables)? - Jeff -- To do: Start up a a magazine dedicated to picky grammar. Call it 'Whom Weekly'. - WzDD -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Mysterious busy-ness with Windows Internet + Evolution/Mozilla/Ximian woes
Got good, up to date, virus protection? The only time I've seen this happening was with a PC infected with a trojan horse. A simple netstat -a *should* let you know what's going on. Also, have a look at the running processes, and see what you don't recognise. If you're feeling really paranoid, gateway it with a through a linux box and use tcpdump or IPTraf to have a look at the packets/connections. Cheers, Matt - Original Message - From: Laurie Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: SLUG [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 2:44 PM Subject: [SLUG] Mysterious busy-ness with Windows Internet + Evolution/Mozilla/Ximian woes : I'm sorry don't flame me! My kids still use Windows on the Net. I notice the : line seems incredibly busy even when no obvious user caused transactions are : occurring. Any ideas how I can monitor what's happening? This doesn't happen : with Linux! : : Ah me, so you noticed the headers were from Outlook. That's because I cannot : get Evolution to #@**^ing install itself via Red Carpet. I'm getting the : dreaded cannot resolve dependencies, recursion too deep message. I tried : installing the current MOzilla via it. Many Megs later on a dial-up : everything looked fine. No messages. But it refused to start up, complaining : it had been installed wrongly! Repeated the process, same result. Nothing I : could see on their support forum. : : I'm wrapped in the potential of Ximian Gnome but finding these little things : don't help its acceptance by colleagues/family. : : : -- : SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ : More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] LAN Party!
Eeek, sorry about that all. I stopped using NS 4.x ages ago. Did get a friend running it to test it, though, which is odd -- he said it was fine. Anyway, with a quick hack, it displays ok now (reinstalled NS). It's not as pretty as with a newer browser, but you should be able to see everything. Cheers, M - Original Message - From: Mike Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Matthew Moor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 11:21 AM Subject: Re: [SLUG] LAN Party! : On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Matthew Moor wrote: : : http://www.imprecise.org/lanparty/ : : Wow! Its all black-on-black text. Kewl. Discourages the Netscape lusers? : :) : : : -- : Mike Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] : --==-- : Everybody is talking about the weather but nobody does anything : about it. -- Mark Twain : : : -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] hd head crash = what, exactly?
That doesn't sound like a head crash. More like the drive motor has locked up (bearings, or whatever). So you may not be completely SOL. 2600 had a guy from a data recovery company talking about this at their last seminar (might be worth checking out. I think they have audio of the talks on their website.) Suggestions were/are, give the drive a light bang (on the side), shake it, either side to side, or in a circular motion, or spin it around (tape it to a chair, spin?). **Disclaimer: I've Never Done Any Of The Above. I dunno what it'll do to your drive, but, in theory, it should help, unless it was a head crash, and you're planning to send it to a data recovery company (in which case, it'll probably screw it up more than it already is). :) Matt - Original Message - From: cpaul [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 8:36 PM Subject: [SLUG] hd head crash = what, exactly? : : : hlo slugsters : : shame i missed your last meeting with tridge! : : i was using smbclient to back up a windows system over my local network to a : local ext2 partition... when the copy crashed. on reboot fsck choked and : from then on whenever i apply power to the drive it goes click, click, : click, click for ever until power is disconnected. neither parted, fdisk, : etc or the manufacturer's tools can get a hold of the disk. : : what did i do to deserve this :) is there anything i can do to save a : couple of my tax admin folders, and maybe my MH folders? : : help me obi-slug you're my only hope :) : : : : cpaul aka howdi, out. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Notification of Internet Violations
Oh Geez. This is classic. :) From their FAQ: Do people ever get wrongfully added to your databases? One complaint that people often have with us is that they were added to our databases in error. We have come to the conclusion that this is rarely the case. People often claim that they were added by their friends as a practical joke. Now, consider this scenario. A young man, let's call him Ray, notices that his friend, let's call her Jody, has been acting a little strange. She is much more aloof around family and friends, and she has been spending a lot more time at the computer. These are clear, tell-tale signs that Jody is exploring illegal pornography on the Internet. Out of fear for the safety of both Jody, and the Internet as a whole, Ray reports Jody as an offender and she is added to our database. Imagine now that Jody discovers that Ray has added her. She confronts him, and what does he say? Out of the fear that she may get angry, and possibly violent with him, he says he added her as a practical joke. You see? Even though Ray added Jody to the database out of genuine concern for the Internet, Jody has been led to believe it was simply a practical joke. From About Net Authority: The Net Authority is a group of individuals who have taken it upon themselves to govern the Internet. We have waited patiently and in vain for the World's governments to put their resources together and develop a standard set of guildelines for what material should be permitted on the Internet, and what should not. We have prayed without answer for a centralized agency with the power and the means to stop crimes against humanity on the Internet. The time for waiting has ended. Clearly we, the people, must take matters into our own hands. Net Authority writes those guidelines. Net Authority is that agency. - Original Message - From: Net Authority Investigations [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: slug [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001 2:18 PM Subject: [SLUG] Notification of Internet Violations : Dear slug, : : It has recently been brought to our attention that you are, or have been, in violation of the Net Authority Acceptable Internet Usage Guidelines. It has been reported that you distribute offensive materials over the Internet. : : Net Authority has investigated these claims and verified that they are true. : : As a result, your personal information has been added to one or more Net Authority Internet offender databases. Your information will be stored in the databases until enough evidence has been gathered against you to warrant further actions. To help avoid such a situation, it is strongly recommended that you cease your immoral actions on the Internet at once. : : You have been added to the following databases: : - Hate Literature Offenders : - General Blasphemy Offenders : : If you would like more information about Net Authority or the Net Authority Acceptable Internet Usage Guidelines, you may read the details at http://www.netauthority.org/. It is imperative that you fully understand the guidelines if you wish to avoid further prosecution. : : May God be with you as you struggle to overcome these evil impulses. You will be in our prayers at night. : : God speed, : : Net Authority Investigations Department : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : http://www.netauthority.org/ : : -- : SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ : More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] ATA66 on 2.2.19
Hi all, Just wondering if anyone has been running Andre Hedrick's ATA66 patches on 2.2.19, and what their opinions of them are. I've got a box I want to use as a file server (amongst other things) on my home network, with a 30gb 75GXP. Unfortunately, the onboard IDE sucks, so I'm thinking I'll use a promise ATA66 controller. The data I'll be putting on it is fairly important to me, and although it'll be backed up, I won't like seeing it corrupted/destroyed. :-) I'm also considering using ReiserFS on the drive. (seems stable enough on 2.2.x?) Suggestions, thoughts, and comments on any of the above would be much appreciated. Cheers, Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] (OT) Optus performance
I'm on Dingoblue, and it's painful.. Dialled into an an ozemail account I keep lying around at the moment. Everything just upped and died about 2 hours ago. Everything beyond internal stuff was (is) screwed, DNS server excepted (down, or at least having trouble resolving external stuff). The trace routes I did indicated that I was even dropping packets on optus' internal network, as well as being routed all over the country. A mate had a theory that the network admin was drunk and pissing on the routers, and right now, I'm inclined to agree. ;-) Matt - Original Message - From: David [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 3:24 PM Subject: [SLUG] (OT) Optus performance : : Is anyone out there having trouble with Optus ? : : Their network (as I type) is painfully slow, and this is not the first : time this has happened. Not much point in my upgrading to HDSL unless they : can do better than right now. I'd do just as well with a 14.4 modem : instead of the ISDN that I have. : : : David : : : -- : SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ : More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Buying VA Linux in .au
- Original Message - From: "Rev Simon Rumble" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Jeff Waugh" [EMAIL PROTECTED]; "Penguinillas" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 10:51 PM Subject: Re: [SLUG] Buying VA Linux in .au [snip] : 2) Paying tax twice -- Customs charge the standard tax rates _after_ :applying a 20% "lift factor" because they assume you imported it at :wholesale prices, regardless of whether you pay retail price or now. I've imported a fair amount of hardware from the states. Just parts, CPUs, hard disks, video cards, etc - for personal use only. But probably about 1000 USD's worth over the last 6-12 months. I've yet to be charged any tax, let alone anything ludicrous like that. I'm sure the rules differ for companies, but I'd suggest you check with the customs office first. They have good information about this stuff on their web site, and respond well to emails. For stuff you're not planning to resell, and in small quantities, I was under the impression that you're not going to get hit hard (GST at most). : 3) Shipping will either be slow and expensive or fast and ludicrously :expensive. Have a look at USPS. They are quick, and inexpensive. Usually around half (!) what UPS, DHL or FedEx will charge, for a comparable product (2-3 days shipping time, insurance). I've been very happy with their Global Express Mail product. Got all my hardware here on time, and undamaged. http://ircalc.usps.gov Cheers, Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
