Re: [SLUG] Learning Linux
Best bet is to wait until the new RHEL comes out and CentOS copies that (don't hold your breath) In the meantime checkout Arch Linux, not quite as hard core as Linux >From Scratch, not as hand fed as Ubuntu/SuSUE, not as time consuming to install as Gentoo. All you really have to do is follow the install guide: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_Guide Of course ask yourself why you're performing those commands. You'll learn lots just with the install, then as everyone says put that box away somewhere else, learn how to ssh into it, if you've installed X then learn how to set up VNC/NXclient on it. Set up Apache on it with Vhosts, configure DHCP/DNS/postfix on it by hand to actually know what it's like to get these happening in a vanilla distro non specific fashion. Read this on why arch is the best choice: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Compared_to_Other_Distributions All other distros will be easy after learning something changeling like arch linux, the major difference to distros is just the package manager. If you learn one hard distro, then practice on the package managers using yum apt-get aptitude zypper emerge etc... you'll pick it up in a second. Also never loosing sight of the possibility you'll have to do a wget, tar xfvz, configure, make, make install, you'll always be able to install any package you need to on the fly. On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 5:10 PM, darrin hodges wrote: > Centos is a RHEL rebuild or clone. Everything is the same except the > branding. That is why it may seem a little behind Fedora or Ubuntu or > whatever. > > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 5:51 PM, Matthew Hannigan wrote: > >> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 05:27:07PM +1000, Michael Chesterton wrote: >> > >> > On 22/09/2010, at 4:53 PM, Lee Isaacson wrote: >> > >> > > Hi all, >> > > >> > > What would be the best Distro to learn linux. >> > > >> > > Fedora or Ubuntu. >> > >> > yes. >> >> Agreed, the more the merrier. Start with Ubuntu or Fedora; they're >> fine if you want something moderately stable yet up to date. >> Then start running other distros in VMs or by double,triple, >> ... booting. >> >> Run Centos to get a feel for Redhat which is I think the >> most popular 'enterprise' linux. >> >> -- >> SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ >> Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html >> > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- 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: Using a DNS with Dynamic IP
Hey everyone thanks for the replies, I'm not sure I explained peoperley before though. I've got my own server and I like physically maintaining it so I'm not going to host it. I do have DNS servers they've given me, but it's just their default ones: ns1.crazydomains.com.au ns2.crazydomains.com.au Please try to understand that i've used dyndns before, I want to move away from them because I want my own more professional looking domain name. The load on this site will be very low, I'll more than likely be the only one using it. Peter, that sounds interesting: >I use zoneedit to host my DNS, and a very simple script to update it >on my frewall (basically, a wrapper around wget). Because Optus >changes IP only when you power cycle the cable modem, this works for >me: it's rare that my ipv4 address changes. I'm with optus too, i don't want to change to IPv6 thoguh. Basically I think i've got the program, ddclient, I just don't know how to get it to update for crazydomains On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Richard Ibbotson wrote: > On Sunday 29 August 2010 15:03:25 Nick Andrew wrote: >> For public servers there are plenty of reasonably priced services >> including virtual server, web hosting, Amazon EC2, dedicated >> server, colocation etc etc. And those are only some of the >> self-managed infrastructure options. You can get free blogs, free >> forums, for code hosting there's SourceForge and Google Code and >> Github and Gitorious (and more). > > Example of dynamic DNS service if you want it > > https://www.dyndns.com/ > > Some others out there. This is what I use with a static IP for... > > http://sleepypenguin.homelinux.org/blog/ > > -- > Richard > http://www.sheflug.org.uk > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Re: Using a DNS with Dynamic IP
I"m trying to stay away from dyndns because I've got to log in monthly to keep it up to date. Also woudln't dns lookups be slow if i linked from my new one back to dyndns>? I'm just hosting my own portal it's basically a good search page with links on it that go to password protected parts for me (mythweb and rutorrent) but i'll probably expand on it eventually. On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 11:16 PM, Mike Andy wrote: > Hi > > I've used dyndns for hosting my home server for a while now, but I've > finally bitting the bullet and gotten my own real domain with crazy > domains now (was dirt cheap) the problem is that I'm not sure I know > how to get it to work with my home connection and the dynamic IP i'm > using at the moment. > > the two choices are obviously DYNDNS and no-ip in this situation, but > I'm wondering if there's a way around this? > > I think I might be able to use ddclient on my server and have it > somehow point to my crazy domains page and make sure it updates it > with the right IP, but i'm not sure it it'll actually be able to do it > right http://sourceforge.net/projects/ddclient/ - I know the program > does work with a dyndns account but has anyone used something like > that to keep updating generic domain names with dynamic home IPs? > Anyway i've installed it on my Linux server that's running apache but > I'm not sure if i can configure it for this situation. > > Any other suggestions? > I'm thinking that if it has to come to it i'll have to move the domain > name off crazy domains then onto no-ip, though trying to avoid it as > all this will be a waste of money otherwise. > > Cheers > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Using a DNS with Dynamic IP
Hi I've used dyndns for hosting my home server for a while now, but I've finally bitting the bullet and gotten my own real domain with crazy domains now (was dirt cheap) the problem is that I'm not sure I know how to get it to work with my home connection and the dynamic IP i'm using at the moment. the two choices are obviously DYNDNS and no-ip in this situation, but I'm wondering if there's a way around this? I think I might be able to use ddclient on my server and have it somehow point to my crazy domains page and make sure it updates it with the right IP, but i'm not sure it it'll actually be able to do it right http://sourceforge.net/projects/ddclient/ - I know the program does work with a dyndns account but has anyone used something like that to keep updating generic domain names with dynamic home IPs? Anyway i've installed it on my Linux server that's running apache but I'm not sure if i can configure it for this situation. Any other suggestions? I'm thinking that if it has to come to it i'll have to move the domain name off crazy domains then onto no-ip, though trying to avoid it as all this will be a waste of money otherwise. Cheers -- 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] XF86Calculator
Yeah XFCE is great but don't expect GUI network share file browsing (at least last time I used it) I use it on MythBuntu and it's great cos it's just so light but lacking in some features. - Show quoted text - On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Steven McDonald wrote: > Have you tried Xfce? I've been using it for a few months now, and GNOME > seems kind of bloated by comparison. If you're getting frustrated with > GNOME, it might be worth checking out. For instance, the key bindings are in > Applications -> Settings -> Keyboard, where one might expect them to be. > > On 03/06/10 12:41, james wrote: >> >> Steven thanks for the hint >> I did: >> >> apps -> metacity -> global_keybindings : >> run_command_1 XF86Calculator >> apps -> metacity -> global_keybindings : >> command1 calc (which is free42) >> >> That works - yahoo, but why is so obvious a thing so hidden? google shows >> many >> asking the same question >> James > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- 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] A little script i have wrote
cool! I wrote a little script the other day too, this one scans a given range of open ports on any given IP/host - it's a little slow and something like nmap can get more info but I'm pretty happy with it. for those who don't know how to get something like that going simply download the file to your desktop then open up a terminal: cd ~/Desktop chmod +x port.sh ./port.sh On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 8:24 AM, Steffen Schulz wrote: > Hi, > > On 100526 at 17:00, Josh Smith wrote: >> I tried to put in in vlc to do the same thing. So far it playing with >> the correct size on the desktop. >> >> still trying to make it go on the desktop so I can still see the icons >> that are on the desktop. > > How about: > > file=(ls $folder|shuf|head -1) > mplayer -fs -rootwin $folder/$file > > > vlc should have a similar option.. > > > /steffen > -- > Information and Networked Systems Security Work: +61-2-9850-6342 > MacQuarie University, Sydney Mobile: +61-4-209-10212 > PGP Fingerprint: B805 57BE E4AF 0104 CC51 77A1 CE6F 8D46 A04D 7875 > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > port.sh Description: Bourne shell script -- 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] Old tech. books
Whilst cleaning up the office the other day I threw out my managers DOS4 manual complete with original 3.5 floppies - He was less than impressed when he found out, at the time I laughed and showed people! (I did keep his 8 inch floppies though cos i thought they were really collectors items) On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Marghanita da Cruz wrote: > Yep, I still have a COBOL, Pascal, Operating Systems text > books from 1980-81 and a few more recent ones. > I also have a collection of Internet "Start Up Kits" from > about 1996. > > If any of your books are published in Australia, or are of > particular significance the NLA or Powerhouse Museum may be > interested. I think there are a few Computer Hardware > museums around but I imagine manuals and software will be > lost in history. > > Marghanita > > Kyle wrote: >> >> I (as no doubt a lot of you) have been collecting over the years any >> number of technical books for which I no longer have any need. >> >> Rather than simply bin them, does anyone know of any organisation that >> willingly accepts old tech. books? >> >> At the moment, the list is basically; >> >> Some Solaris 8 admin books >> SOme Cisco technical books >> win32 api >> core java >> >> Is there any organisation anyone know of might want these? Or are they >> destined for no-frills loo paper? >> > > > -- > Marghanita da Cruz > http://ramin.com.au > Tel: 0414-869202 > > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- 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] Mythbuntu upgrade from 8.04 to 10.04
Thanks for the info Jake. I'm a member of the official myth-users mailing list too and have seen lots of people go though successful upgrades on there. I'll remember that about flash-plugin but I also think I might be doing a full backend distro change over to CentOS once they're up to RHEL6, but my frontends will defiantly be moving up to Mythbuntu 10.04 at that time. Any cool new features on mythtv 0.23? On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Jake Anderson wrote: > Just thought I'd relate my experiences. > > All in all it was fairly smooth, running from the update monitor app. > > Big take home message is DELETE FLASHPLUGIN-NONFREE BEFORE UPGRADING! > The upgrade process got stuck on trying to remove that, and left it in a > "very bad state" which required manually deleting stuff from dpkg databases > and the like before it would die. > The nvidia binary driver won't install by default but the package > nvidia-current is up to date for newish video cards. > > Looks like myth might have surround sound on the zotac motherboard now. It > knows about the HDMI port as well, but that machine only has analogue > speakers so I cant test that. > > It looks like there is some issue running virt-manager (wont start complains > about missing python module "version") but the virtual machines themselves > are up and running ok. > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- 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] Wireless Broadband?
I've done a skype call over one of those USB modems before, i think the company was 3. I've got to say it was pretty good, the skype call didn't drop out at all at any time, very impressive for such a small device. I've also heard that you can go and get your own wireless USB modem and just use one of the ISPs accounts instead of buying/renting one of their usb modems. Now i was on my macbook at the time but i had installed win XP on it because it was pretty much plug and play like that - as for plugging one of those modems into a linux box I wouldn't say that a plug and play option would be impossible to find but i'd recommend doing some research to see what works and how to get it working, plug and play, doing a kernel mod etc... On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 3:44 PM, j blrown wrote: > I've been looking at getting a wireless Broadband Prepaid kit from > either Vodaphone,Optus or Bigpond. > > I just want it to use in addition to my ADSL Broadband connection, and > will use it with either my Laptop or Netbook. > > I'm running Ubuntu in one form or another, from 8.10 to 9.04. > > Any advice Pros/Cons re the above providers and their supplied modems? > > I've had no experience with wireless connectivity. > > Thanks > > Bill > -- > j blrown > gonz...@fastmail.fm > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - The way an email service should be > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- 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] Copying HDD
I've been thus far unable to do to - maybe you can explain how. for example, if i do a dd from a 120Gb to a 150Gb and then enter into something like gparted or fdisk there seems to be no way i can simply expand the disk beyond the original 120Gb boundaries. If there was unformatted/unpartitioned space within that 120Gb then things can be moved around there but not outside the original disk boundaries. On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Jake Anderson wrote: > Mike Andy wrote: >> >> from my experience when you use dd you cannot resize after that >> because it's made an exact bit by bit clone of that hard drive >> > > which you then can resize with the numerous partition resizing tools out > there. > >> if you're concerned about how much you're downloading use parted >> magic, much smaller than ubuntu and includes both gparted and >> clonezilla all in one >> > > -- 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] Australian government to censor your internets
for all those interested in taking action, watch this space: http://blockthefilter.org/ http://blockthefilter.wikidot.com/ there should be more up in a few days time. On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 7:34 PM, Dean Hamstead wrote: >> If we want to take a really pessimistic >> view, of where censorship of the net >> could go, there are not only those who >> deny Climate Change is being influenced >> by Human activity, but also those who >> deny evolutionbut there are enough >> implementation issues to focus on. > > Belittling peoples willingness to believe pop science or peoples religious > beliefs is petty and distasteful. > > In fact it is insulting and shows a complete lack of tolerance. > > There is absolutely no need to preach your beliefs in a technical forum. > > Dean > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- 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] Google Chrome for Linux !!!
this is completely off topic but you'd know if you used facebook that when those changes went through the users were prompted upon login that security settings were changed. For the users that clicked through those prompts without reading or customizing anything, they got the defaults. it's not as if Facebook changed the settings without telling the users. I wouldn't normally side with Facebook but this isolated incident was totally pebkac On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 7:35 PM, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > Mike wrote: > >> Maybe I'm a little hard nosed when it comes to stuff like that but >> users should read the default security settings > > The problem here is that Facebook changed the defaults and applied > the changed defaults to existing data. > > I don't use Facebook. > > Erik > -- > -- > Erik de Castro Lopo > http://www.mega-nerd.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 - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] *buntu won't start X
Ok the hard drive move to another system then back in to the target system worked and i think i figured out why. It was because when i was running off the live cd the display was going out of s-video. Other distros have no problem sending out of s-video without any extra configuration to xorg.conf but i guess things have changed in 9.10 On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Michael Chesterton wrote: > > On 12/12/2009, at 3:50 PM, Mike Andy wrote: > >> ok i'll try ssh, but i'm not sure if an SSH server will be set up on a >> live cd boot > > Oh sorry, didn't realise you hadn't installed yet. In my case I was able > to install but the first boot after failed. > > You could try the alternate iso instead of the desktop one. Or move > hard drives around like you said. > > -- > > http://chesterton.id.au/blog/ > http://barrang.com.au/linux/ > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Fwd: [SLUG] *buntu won't start X
ok i'll try ssh, but i'm not sure if an SSH server will be set up on a live cd boot also i don't think there's options to select safe or rescue mode when booting off the live CD, i can choose to either install *buntu or run *buntu with no changes to the hard drive, do memtest86+ etc... I'd have lots more ideas if i was able to get the install done... ummm would it be crazy to pull out the hard drive and do the *buntu install from another machine with the same mobo, and then just plug it in again? (obviously without installing nvidia drivers etc...) Could be crazy enough to work! On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Michael Chesterton wrote: > > On 12/12/2009, at 3:29 PM, Mike Andy wrote: > >> ok so I've just got the time to try your ideas out and here's where >> i'm at with booting into mythbuntu/ubuntu 9.10 >> >> still no good! >> >> as suggested i can't access /var/lib/Xorg.0.log because once the >> screen starts flashing i can't input anything, i can only see the >> commend line, the black, command line, black etc... > > I had a similar issue with 9.10, but different brand video card. > (it was fixed a day or to after release) > > The way I "fixed" it was to ssh into the box and kill gdm, the old behaviour > was if X died a few times in a row, to stop trying to restart it. Didn't seem > to be the case this time. > > If you can't ssh in, at the grub prompt when you first turn on the computer > there > should be at least 2 linux boot options, the second one should be safe or > rescue mode, I forget the exact term. Try that to see if you can then access > the console and look at the logs. > > > -- > > http://chesterton.id.au/blog/ > http://barrang.com.au/linux/ > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- 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] *buntu won't start X
ok so I've just got the time to try your ideas out and here's where i'm at with booting into mythbuntu/ubuntu 9.10 still no good! as suggested i can't access /var/lib/Xorg.0.log because once the screen starts flashing i can't input anything, i can only see the commend line, the black, command line, black etc... same for /etc/X11/xorg.conf i can't access that file and i can't so a ctrl alt F2 i'm just trying to boot off the live cd to do an install and nothing I've tried works so far. Should i just get a cheap AGP vid card it's ~$50 for an Nvidia 6200 but i will be stuck again if that doesn't solve the issue On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Mike Andy wrote: > Thanks guys, sorry I've let people hanging - your ideas have not gone > unnoticed. I'll give it a try when i get the time (currently cram studying > for CCNA) > > I guess Ubuntu 9.10 could be using updated nvidia drivers that don't like my > old Nvidia card? i'm not sure, i thought that by default everything started > in "vesa" mode when booting from a LiveCD. > Anyway I'm prepared to try anything to get this one licked. The more > suggestions the better, i'll just list them all up and knock them down all > in the once session. > > Cheers! > > > On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Peter Chubb > wrote: >> >> >>>>> "Mike" == Mike Andy writes: >> >> Mike> When I boot the LiveCD I get that flashing command line screen >> Mike> and I can't enter in anything so I'm unable to enter or read >> Mike> anything. I can't get to log files. Even if i try to go directly >> Mike> to an install it'll do the same thing. >> >> Another alternative is during boot, boot to single-user mode (you'll >> get a text console). Then you can try to run X and see what the >> output is without all the rest of the system. >> >> PeterC > > > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Re: Event producer
--> John I think we had better include everyone else in our accidental private conversation. As i stated I'm interested in volunteering in those two events, however, unfortunately I can't be available to sell IT equipment at the markets. I hope that we can convey a friendly and simple message to the public in this opportunity. Hi Mike and Sridhar and group Lets do both and there are also other opportunities to do stalls at local markets as a way to first of get the name out there...I'm planning on doing a market stall and I've called Everything Linux and waiting to hear back. I'll research appropriate markets to sell Linux merch and the flash drives with distro's on them and other assorted IT productsthere is now a growing market in small business for product and training...I myself am teaching myself Blender which I'll be doing FX on for a number of documentaries and major motion pictures. Lets pick a cause focus as that is a sure fire way to get the media interested...and at the moment I'm getting the machines together for a community net cafe and I'm commited to work with One Lap Top Per Child and developing voice recognition software for people with physical issues like myself. Please let me know if any of you are aware of any voice recognition programs that work with any of the distro's so I can have a look at it. Yours in Wellness John Nielsen CEO BAMedia Wellness Marketing and Event Management ABN 32 710 132 20 bammeb...@gmail.com + 61 (0) 449 065 729 (Vodafone Cell Phone) ICQ 70972773 Skype fuzzy8561 Excellence in Service Provision www.awareconnections.com On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 20:03, Mike Andy wrote: John do you mean the supernova one, the teachers one, or both? It looks like you've got the resources and experience to do the organization for the stall/s. Also if this will be giving experience to students then it would be great also. I would still like to offer my assistance at the stall in that case, setting up tables and computers, handing out pamphlets, and discussing Linux/Slug with the stalls visitors. Suggestions? On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > Hi John, > > That would be brilliant. So far we've had you and Mike Andy propose to > take on the leadership. Two organisers can be better than one if they > work together. > > I think the next step would be for you guys to pick an event to be at, > and then work work towards making that happen. Keep your planning > public on the wiki so others can pitch in. That will make it easier. > > I've already had some people contact me to volunteer as helpers, so > you should have people to assist at the event. > > If you can put together a budget and submit it to Linux Australia, you > may be reimbursed for your expenses. Try to get it approved before you > spend the money, just to be safe. > > I can help if you have questions. Candidly, my aim is to encourage > others to take up community leadership roles. I've been doing the > events in Sydney for the past few years and there's only so far that > one person can scale. If you give it enough lead time, it's not > difficult at all. > > Cheers, > Sridhar > > > 2009/12/7 John Nielsen : >> Hi All >> In one of my many lives or expression of my energy I am in the role of an >> event producer...I have as yet to produce a convention and I'm happy to give >> it a go. >> >> I have mentors and other event management students that I can call upon to >> assist should the need arise. >> >> Please let me know if this would be good for y'all and I'll email out to my >> network. >> Yours in Wellness >> John Nielsen CEO >> BAMedia >> Wellness Marketing and Event Management >> >> ABN 32 710 132 20 >> bammeb...@gmail.com >> >> + 61 (0) 449 065 729 (Vodafone Cell Phone) >> >> ICQ 70972773 >> Skype fuzzy8561 >> >> Excellence in Service Provision >> >> www.awareconnections.com >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 10:32, Marghanita da Cruz >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Sridhar/Mike/Patrick, >>> >>> At this stage, I'm happy to help out with the Wiki page about the event >>> and have taken the liberty of setting one up at: >>> <http://wiki.slug.org.au/> >>> >>> Marghanita >>> Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Mike, >>>> >>>> Setting up a stand is more about co-ordination than anything else. >>>> It's not hard, especially if you give yourself a lot of lead time. >>>> >>>> The basic requirements are: >>>> >>>> * signing up for the
[SLUG] Take Me: HP Laserjet4 PCL5e
Hi SLUG, Once again my office has more free equipment up for grabs. This time it's a HP Laserjet4 PCL5e printer. It seems to be in decent condition. It's definitely compatible with Linux machines. Please email directly back to me if you're interested. The office is located in Ultimo and we're open Mon-Fri from around 8:30 till 5:30. There's parking in our loading dock. First in best dressed! Michael. -- 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] Reaching out to other communities
Unfortunately I don't know much about setting a stand up at a convention but I would be willing to help out and I would like to know what getting a stand set up involves doing. I lived in Japan for 2 years so needless to say I'm up to date with the anime that's out there. I can speak laymen English, and geek, also some Japanese. I run Linux desktops at home and servers at work. I think your inkling is right, there would be lots of linux users attending fairs like this it could be a great way to attract fresh blood or at least keep touch with other users out there. On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > >From my experience, I've found that potential Linux users/enthusiasts > can come from all backgrounds. When it comes to advocacy, we've mainly > focused on technical (computer fairs, etc.), business (CeBIT, etc.) > and educational (Education Expo, etc.) users. This kind of outreach > outside our borders into related communities has been invaluable. > > In that vein, I think the Ubuntu Massachusetts Local Community Team > might be onto something by targeting anime fans: > > > http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/09/11/25/0124246/Ubuntu-Reaching-Out-To-16000-Anime-Lovers > > A lot of us are (closet) anime fans. There's a good chance that > there's a lot of others out there like us too. > > I suggest that we get a stand at an anime/sci-fi/pop-culture > convention like Supanova or Animania. We've missed it for this year, > but we have at least half a year to plan for the next one. > > Is anybody interested in taking this on? > > -- > Bring choice back to your computer. > http://www.linux.org.au/linux > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- 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: Free DNS Services
This one is a pretty famous free address you could try: 4.2.2.2 it's a university or something. > > Original Message > > Hi Slug, > > whom can you recommend pls as reputable, reliable (as it gets for free) > free full-control dns services along the lines of what dnsmadeeasy does > please? > > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] CRT Monitors up for grabs
Anyone in need of some CRTs I've got about 6 up for grabs. Could be useful for a net cafe/building a house/fort etc... They're around Broadway. email me direct if you're interested. -- 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] MythTV hardware advice sought
Sorry to John and everyone else before, I did my old mistake again by not replying to all on the list from the beginning. Part of my conversation with John has been attached below By the way what did you decide for with your IR Receiver John? Cool if you can get the latest PCI-E card working than go with that. The Nova T 500 is actually two USB tv decoders basically soldered onto a board, I wasn't very happy when i found that out but it works well enough. It was an old model when i bought it a few months back but I chose that one because it works well with Linux. One more thing on the hardware, i was on my phone when i was sending the last message but now i've been able to dig something up - look into VDPAU http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/VDPAU I don't have it on my systems but I think it helps with decoding video, Though I don't think a system like yours would be put under much stress. The remote I bought is here http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MCE_Remote second from the right. I've heard of people using the IR receiver in that with their harmony One and worked a charm. Getting that one going in MythBuntu was so easy, I had to work a little harder to get it working on Arch Linux. I remember very vaguely finding someone who made their own IR receiver and that was working with LinuxMCE I don't know where the link for it is now but it came somewhere form the wiki http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Main_PageOtherwise check eBay there's tons for remote packs with IR receivers going for ~$15 but weather or not you can get them working is another thing. MythBuntu is just like Ubuntu, but (at least in it's 9.04 release) it's VERY stripped back, The packages you'd normally get in a Xbuntu install simply aren't there and I've read posts of people painfully trying to get things working like printing that Ubuntu would normally just do out of the box. MythBuntu is only on my front end because of that reason. Something like XBMC will just skip over the garbage at the beginning of a DVD and go straight to the meat. Probably the same with MythTV, I love how they thought of that! If you are looking at backing up your entire collection like I have I suggest using Handbrake. On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Meijer, Luke wrote: > Here are some pics of my recent HTPC adventure, unfortunately I forgot to > get a pic of the thing in its final resting place... > > > http://s106.photobucket.com/albums/m261/sidesh0w_2006/?action=view¤t=dscn2191.jpg > > > http://s106.photobucket.com/albums/m261/sidesh0w_2006/?action=view¤t=dscn2196.jpg > > > http://s106.photobucket.com/albums/m261/sidesh0w_2006/?action=view¤t=dscn2199.jpg > > > http://s106.photobucket.com/albums/m261/sidesh0w_2006/?action=view¤t=dscn2202.jpg > > > http://s106.photobucket.com/albums/m261/sidesh0w_2006/?action=view¤t=dscn2208.jpg > > > http://s106.photobucket.com/albums/m261/sidesh0w_2006/?action=view¤t=dscn2210-1.jpg > > Specs - > > Antec Remote Fusion Black HTPC Case > Antec Signature 650w psu > DFI Lan party JR 9400 T2RS > Intel Q9400 CPU > 2x2Gb Patriot 1066Mhz DDR2 ram > 2 x 1TB WD Green HDD > Hauppauge HVR-2200 > Pioneer Sata DVD RW > Scythe mini ninja cooler > Noctua 120 silent case fans > Logitech diNovo mini Bluetooth keyboard > > Overall I am happy with the build, the cpu is passively cooled by the new > case fans as the cooler sits perfectly along side the fans. > > Audio / Video over onboard HDMI. > > The unit is whisper quiet, the PSU uses a 80mm fan and was recommended by > silentpcreview.com. > > Currently running ubuntu 9.10 / mythtv 0.22. > > Theme: > http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Blue_Abstract_Theme > > Overall cost was $1700 but you could definitely do it cheaper. > > Luke > > -Original Message- > From: slug-boun...@slug.org.au [mailto:slug-boun...@slug.org.au] On Behalf > Of Jake Anderson > Sent: Sunday, 15 November 2009 11:35 PM > To: slug@slug.org.au > Subject: Re: [SLUG] MythTV hardware advice sought > > John Clarke wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 02:05:37AM +1100, Jake Anderson wrote: > > > > Jake, > > > > Thanks for your input, much appreciated. > > > No worries, > > > >> you probably want a silverstone case. They have some nice ones. > >> > > > > They have some ugly ones too :-) I was thinking of buying an LC10-E. > > > I think I have the lc17, was one of the first ones they came out with I > think > > I'm pretty sure I can do what I want, but I don't know whether I'll be > > able to do audio over HDMI or whether I'll need to use analogue audio > > for the TV. It doesn't matter; if I want good quality sound I'm not > > going to use the speakers in the TV. > > > Many audio amps that have hdmi ports don't actually decode the audio on > the hdmi channel, just something to be wary of. > > > >> If you want quiet, ditch the mbo, cpu and separate video card. > >> the new myth out uses vdpau to accelerate video on anything that > >> supports it (> nvidia 9300 or so) > >> > > > > The card I'd picked, the GT220, supports VDPAU (VP4 in
Fwd: [SLUG] *buntu won't start X
Thanks guys, sorry I've let people hanging - your ideas have not gone unnoticed. I'll give it a try when i get the time (currently cram studying for CCNA) I guess Ubuntu 9.10 could be using updated nvidia drivers that don't like my old Nvidia card? i'm not sure, i thought that by default everything started in "vesa" mode when booting from a LiveCD. Anyway I'm prepared to try anything to get this one licked. The more suggestions the better, i'll just list them all up and knock them down all in the once session. Cheers! On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Peter Chubb wrote: > >>>>> "Mike" == Mike Andy writes: > > Mike> When I boot the LiveCD I get that flashing command line screen > Mike> and I can't enter in anything so I'm unable to enter or read > Mike> anything. I can't get to log files. Even if i try to go directly > Mike> to an install it'll do the same thing. > > Another alternative is during boot, boot to single-user mode (you'll > get a text console). Then you can try to run X and see what the > output is without all the rest of the system. > > PeterC > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Re: Newbie alert and Community Net cafe
Thanks for the info Patrick, It's the first time i've heard of a distro asking for a donation too, though $10 really isn't that much I had mixed feelings about the approach too. That said, I guess it's a good way to get some contribution from people, I always intend on giving donations to the projects I use but more often than not i just never get around to it. (I hope that the simple merchandise I do buy goes to the project somehow though) John that's a good idea to get it booting on a USB, You could trying reading stuff here http://www.pendrivelinux.com/ or unetbootin to get that happening. I guess the main things you've got to worry about are going to be VGA cards and printers. Maybe webcams too I don't know. These days if you do your research in advance and buy the right product then lots of this stuff can be simply plug and play - I know my Logitech webcam was but my Brother printer sure as hell wasn't! On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 6:26 AM, John Nielsen wrote: > Hi Guyz > Thanks for the feedback...yes I will be setting up printing and I > downloaded a copy of mint from TAFE...I did as well look at E Live as it was > in the same article that I read in APC Mag...I'll be starting my try outs > later in the week. > > No I've yet to do research on the hardware and if it'll work with Linux, my > approach was to put the distro's on flash drives and try it out and see what > happens. > > What do you suggest Mike? > > Yours in Wellness > John Nielsen CEO > BAMedia > Wellness Marketing and Event Management > > ABN 32 710 132 20 > bammeb...@gmail.com > > + 61 (0) 449 065 729 (Vodafone Cell Phone) > > ICQ 70972773 > Skype fuzzy8561 > > Excellence in Service Provision > > www.awareconnections.com > > > > On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 08:34, elliott-brennan > wrote: > >> Hi John, >> >> Linuxmint is dead simple. All the additional bits and pieces are installed >> at, well, install. I think all the major 'nix's are easy to use and install, >> it's really just multimedia and other bits that some people have trouble >> with. Mint makes this a non-issue, as do Mepis and others (names not readily >> available to my mind this early in the morning). >> >> Regards, >> >> Patrick >> >> >> John wrote: >> >> >> >>> Subject: [SLUG] Newbie alert and Community Net cafe >>> Hi all >>> >>> >>> First of all I need recommendations on what would be good and simple to >>> use for the average end user, I've been looking at >>> http://www.linuxmint.com/ and and then https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntuhas >>> been recommended by a friend of mine. >>> >>> >>> >> > -- 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] *buntu won't start X
When I boot the LiveCD I get that flashing command line screen and I can't enter in anything so I'm unable to enter or read anything. I can't get to log files. Even if i try to go directly to an install it'll do the same thing. On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 2:19 PM, wrote: > >>>>> "Mike" == Mike Andy writes: > > Mike> Oh my God I can't believe I didn't think of the video! I've been > Mike> thinking it was the ram because i recently changed it, then > Mike> changed it back when i noticed that it wouldn't work, what put > Mike> me off though it that i can't boot into Memtest86+, it'll just > Mike> reboot the computer! I haven't tried it again with the original > Mike> RAM in yet though. > > What does /var/log/Xorg.0.log say? > > > Peter c > -- 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] The Beast
This is something we're all going to be facing sooner or later. I'm a little
shocked to find that the old menu.lst (grub.cfg) is not to be manually
edited, though i'm also happy to find that the option has been replaced by
adding custom entries (/etc/grub.d/40_custom) if i'm understanding
everything right.
It might be good to have a sluglet or some kinda talk about Grub 2 at an
upcoming SLUG meeting? It's a little dry but none the less very important.
I'm sorry to hijack but this might be something we can all benefit from.
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 12:28 PM, jam wrote:
> On Saturday 14 November 2009 23:05:47 slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote:
> > Has anybody tamed the grub2 beast?
>
> I uncovered a link
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1195275
>
> James
>
> > Whatever the technical merit, the lack of even basic documentation is
> > overwhelming.
> >
> > I'm trying to: (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BootToRAM)
> > title RAM Session
> > kernel /casper/vmlinuz boot=casper toram splash
> > initrd /casper/initrd.gz
> >
> > by editing ...
> > j...@dvr:~$ cat /etc/grub.d/40_custom
> > #!/bin/sh
> > exec tail -n +3 $0
> > # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type
> > the # menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to
> > change # the 'exec tail' line above.
> > cat << EOF
> > menuentry "Root Ram" {
> >set root=(hd0,1)
> >linux /casper/vmlinuz boot=casper toram splash
> >
> >initrd /casper/initrd.gz
> > }
> > EOF
> >
> > and running grub-mkconfig which yields NO CHANGES to /boot/grub/grub.cfg
> > and the grub entry does not work when added by hand saying
> > error: you need to load the kernel first
> >
> > I agree with him
> > http://aronzak.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/stay-away-from-grub2/
> > so 1 post then back to the sane world for me
>
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Re: [SLUG] *buntu won't start X
Oh my God I can't believe I didn't think of the video! I've been thinking it was the ram because i recently changed it, then changed it back when i noticed that it wouldn't work, what put me off though it that i can't boot into Memtest86+, it'll just reboot the computer! I haven't tried it again with the original RAM in yet though. Basically the machine works fine with XP, *buntu 9.04, Slitaz, parted magic, TRK, and a bunch of other distros, but any *buntu 9.10 just won't work. I'm trying to get MythBuntu 9.10 on there but it's been oddly difficult. Yeah my BIOS has a basic GUI like most others, there's no mouse in BIOS but I considered that normal. The Motherboard (K8NS-Ultra 939) doesn't have any on board video that could be interfering but i'll see if I can tweak any video settings in BIOS anyway. There's probably AGP settings there to fiddle with i guess. I could pick up an old AGP Nvidia card off ebay if all else fails - I don't know maybe i could try an alternate install too? On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Grant Parnell wrote: > Mike wrote: > > > > Ok I don't get this, I've got the same mobo on two machines and it'll > > work one but not the other. I've tried diff ram and hdds and still > > same result > > > > I try to boot into the live cd select English, then it will > > Load the glowing icon and dump me at a prompt that flashes, and it's > > got some instructions on how to use sudo I can see inbetween flashes > > > Sounds like a video hardware fault to me. Have you tried other LIVE CD's > and/or other operating systems? Does the BIOS have a GUI setup you can > get to? (ie a SETUP that uses GUI mode and a mouse). > > -- 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] Features of Ubuntu 9.10
+1 for release notes Also one thing that may be overlooked is Grub2, but that's not going to look very cool in a trailer. Also new Gnome update. I'm sure it's all documented somewhere On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > 2009/11/7 Tclarkie : > > does any-one know some great features of Ubuntu 9.10, i plan to make a > > trailer > > I already have: > > Plug+Play usb porinter > > Ubuntu-One > > Easy to use Software Centre > > New splash > > Fast Booting > > > > and help would be great > > thnx in advance > > Have you looked at the release notes? > > > -- > Bring choice back to your computer. > http://www.linux.org.au/linux > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
