[SLUG] FXS format in Linux
A VNTD* has sent me a document in FXS format which is winfax. Getting even this is like pulling teeth. Is there anyone out there who knows how to read it in linux? The gimp fails. file XXX returns: XXX: data Help appreciated. Stu VNTD - very non technical dude. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Two subnets can't ping each other
Got a weird problem setting up a 192.168.0. network next to a 192.168.1. network. From 192.168.1.8 I can ping 192.168.0.1 but cannot ping 192.168.0.10 tcpdump shows the packets hitting 192.168.0.1 but it then does not route it on to the 192.168.0.10 NT machine. From 192.168.0.1 I can ping 192.168.0.10 This is 192.168.0.1's routing table.. Kernel IP routing table Destination GatewayGenmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 eth1 192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 eth0 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 00 lo default 192.168.1.8 0.0.0.0 UG0 00 eth1 This is 192.168.1.8's Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.1.0 *255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth2 192.168.0.0 192.168.1.9 255.255.255.0 UG0 0 0 eth2 127.0.0.0 *255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo default 210.9.14.97 0.0.0.0 UG0 0 0 eth1 Am I missing something obvious? Stu -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] SNAPgear VPN devices
Hola slugesters, Buenos Annos.. Just wondering how well SNAPGEAR gadgets operate with freeswan at the other end of a link (ie for a VPN). They look good on spec. Tis so? Any comments mucho appreciado por favor. Muchas Grassyass. Stuarto Guthrieo (A Mexican heading North - to QLD) Pardone tres mal espanole -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] SNAPgear VPN devices
On Thu, 2003-01-16 at 21:42, Rev Simon Rumble wrote: Erm, don't they use Freeswan? I thought that was the point... They bought the gadget against my advice. I would have preferred a simple straight forward linux server loaded with freeswan and whatever. Stu -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Evolution enhancer
Hi there, I mentioned this at the last SLUG. For any interested, JiCal can now be shell scripted to do lots of things including rendering any Evolution calendar as HTML/PDF/XML/Text via stylesheet translations (XSLT). It also rolls out repeating events, something missing from the current XCAL spec. This release lets you CRON tasks so that for example, a calendar of events for an organisation kept up to date in evolution might be rendered daily up to your organisations website via a CRON job. You might have another calendar with your weblog, this can be rendered periodically to a webserver as well. More importantly, JiCal enables users to book meetings together by translating their iCalendar files to free/busy time and posting it automatically to the web server. This is key requirement for larger sites who are seriously looking at Linux on the desktop. Please note: PDF creation requires http://xml.apache.org/fop, JiCal requires Java 1.4. http://sourceforge.net/projects/jical Also note: examples of HTML/FOP/XML translations are included but I need help to make them sexy. If you fancy your self as a XSL expert, please feel free to improve the examples to make the project that much swisher... License LGPL. HTHS (Hope this helps someone) MXMASHNY Stu -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Great Game
I loaded a game from http://lgames.sourceforge.net Its called lgeneral. If you're into Command Control style games, this one is great. It's based on a game called 'Panzer General' from SSI I used to play on windows. Worth a look if that sort of thing appeals. If you've got the games, you can load in the scenario data from them. Mandrake: One trick I had to do when compiling the download was to install the SDL-devel package. Just use the control centre and search for 'sdl' to locate/install it. Enjoy Stu -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] syslog fails to start
Hi there, I've got a problemo on a server where the syslog is failing to start. My Q. is what debug tools are there to find out what's going wrong? I've done the obvious, check space for the log, check config of /etc/syslogd.conf, run it with -d (which reveals SFA) Any ideas on how to debug this error? TIA Stu -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Document Storage
Hi Steven I've been thinking about this and Open Office/J2EE backend. It sounds like a pretty good fit for your requirements. For starters, it sounds like Open Office will give your users many more opportunities re: formatting than notes currently does. The reason it's of interest as a Document storage option is that Open Office stores all of its documents as compressed(zipped) XML. This means that all of the attributes are saved in a parseable form.. This means as documents are saved on a central repository, it would be a case of a server process unzipping them, parsing the XML with JDOM, indexing them and storing the result in Progress (or Postgres even). As for retrieval and opening, I'd suggest (being a java bod) a Swing GUI front end that can execute on Linux and Windows. It searches the backend DB (J2EE/Progress) on any/all indexes and fires the relevant open commands at OpenOffice. Not a big deal I wouldn't have thought. I've written a similar Java/J2EE document process for a mob of architects that does a troll through documents for a different reason (QA) and it wasn't so difficult. You could even write the SWING bit in Progress if you wanted - but that stops you from an eventual move to Linux on the desktop. Java Swing doesn't as it runs on both. Alternately you could go HTML front-end. The JDBC driver for Progress has been improving somewhat (but could do better). There is no reason why you can't store the indexed data in MySQL or Postgres. Thinking about it, you might even be able to intercept the save/open event in OO thus removing some of the effort for finding changed/new/deleted documents. HTH Stuart Guthrie Eureka IT Pty Ltd http://www.eurekait.com On Tue, 2002-08-27 at 14:43, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Over the years I have been gradually reducing our reliance on Windows. Our main ERP application runs on the Progress RDBMS under Linux. Really the only thing left now is Lotus notes. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like there will be a linux client in the short term. They have now discontinued the Solaris client. (In fact in the long term this could be a good thing because it will push me away from using a proprieyary solution.) We use Notes for email which can easily be replaced. However, we also use it for document storage. Instead of word processing in something like word or Openoffice we use Notes. It is a little primitive but has all the features you need for 99% of letters. This creates a central store of letters and also gives a way for easy seaching for documents and lists document summaries. The email need can be solved with an IMAP server and any number of clients. The individual word processing / spreadsheet need is solved by Openoffice. Does anyone have any suggestions about how I might provide the central document storage, searching and summaries provided by Notes? Then I might be on the way to being Microsoft free. Regards Steven -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Telstra Considers 45,000-Seat Linux Deployment
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[SLUG] German Government signs massive Linux deal
It's got to be good news: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_2023000/2023127.stm Stu -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] TCO Followup
Just to indicate why the sysadmin/user ratio is important: Consider over 6 years. TCO for Linux vs MS. Assumptions: Sysadmins cost you an average of $75K/year counting on-costs (ie super, govt taxes, deskspace, leasing equip etc, etc). If the ratio users they can support is 1:100 for Linux (which I suspect is true) and 1:30 for Microsoft (again this is my experience). The cost benefit is: Linux $2,025,000.00 Microsoft $8,608,000.00 Go MS - pay extra - $6,583,000.00 Calc: $75000*6years*5 Sysadmins for Linux vs $75000*6years*15 MCSEs for MS. ie every year costs an extra $1M _excluding license fees. If you have any figures for comparison even from your own experiences please help. TIA Stuart Guthrie -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
