Re: [Eug-lug] Cheap Linux Modem

2006-05-25 Thread Martin Kelly
I will try that, thanks. Allen Brown wrote: Martin Kelly wrote: Does anybody know of a good, cheap modem that is well-supported on Linux? I am getting someone who has a winmodem to switch to Linux, so I will be replacing the modem. Thanks, Martin You could try Goodwill. The Corvallis stor

Re: [Eug-lug] Digital Camera support

2006-05-25 Thread T. Joseph Carter
You mean Debian stable no longer uses 2.2 as a default kernel? ;) On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 10:37:35AM -0700, Ben Barrett wrote: > You can also upgrade using debian, that is, you can indeed get a 2.6 kernel > through debian. Debian likes it, and it works better :)

Re: [Eug-lug] Meeting this week

2006-05-25 Thread Martin Kelly
Confirmation: no meeting tonight? I was thinking of coming tonight :). A friend of mine wants Linux installed on his laptop and I figured you all could work out the hardware better than I could. Next week may work though. Martin Neil Parker wrote: Jay Purcell wrote, I am a mid-newbie that ha

Re: [Eug-lug] proxy server / kiosk

2006-05-25 Thread Ben Barrett
Is there any need for UDP to be used to/from the client machine at all?DNS, NTP, streaming content, etc?You can affect UDP via iptables, which is why I mention it -- possibly redirecting all UDP traffic to a known host would help lock this down.  Also, if you don't need Java support in the browser,

Re: [Eug-lug] Cheap Linux Modem

2006-05-25 Thread Michael Miller
If you buy a USR you can't really go wrong. They just work.. I don't think I've ever used a usb external USR modem before. I've never had a problem with getting a internal or external USR modem to work. On 5/24/06, Mr O <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Lucent/Agere modems are supposedly supported w

Re: [Eug-lug] Digital Camera support

2006-05-25 Thread Ben Barrett
You can also upgrade using debian, that is, you can indeed get a 2.6 kernel through debian.  Debian likes it, and it works better :)   BenOn 5/24/06, Ron LeVine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This kernel is the one included with the latest stable version of Debian.Mr O wrote:> I would seriously consid

Re: [Eug-lug] Meeting this week

2006-05-25 Thread Mike Cherba
Just a follow up to Neil's posting. We will in fact NOT have an official meeting this week. We're deferring in favor of SAO, as many of us like to attend that meeting. In addition, I am planning on being at the presentation at UofO this afternoon. -Mike The Golem: Open

Re: [Eug-lug] proxy server / kiosk

2006-05-25 Thread Quentin Hartman
On 5/25/06, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Would > ifconfig be used > to restrict the client to not look for DNS? /etc/nsswitch.conf can control this for you. Set: hosts: files Another way to do this that might be a little less obtuse to some (A lot of people aren't aware of nsswitch, whic

Re: [Eug-lug] Cheap Linux Modem

2006-05-25 Thread Allen Brown
Martin Kelly wrote: Does anybody know of a good, cheap modem that is well-supported on Linux? I am getting someone who has a winmodem to switch to Linux, so I will be replacing the modem. Thanks, Martin You could try Goodwill. The Corvallis store has two modems for $6 each. I don't know th

Re: [Eug-lug] proxy server / kiosk

2006-05-25 Thread Jason
>Would > ifconfig be used > to restrict the client to not look for DNS? /etc/nsswitch.conf can control this for you. Set: hosts: files (will probably have dns in there by default) __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam pro