[Hampshire] [ADMIN] March Meeting update

2009-03-05 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, The March meeting has been rescheduled to take place as a joint Surrey/Hants bring a box meeting on Saturday 14 of March at the University of Surrey, Guildford from 11am. More details and instructions will follow and the wiki will be updated. -- Adam Trickett Chairman, Hampshire Linux U

Re: [Hampshire] Switch on after power loss

2009-03-05 Thread Leo
Mills wrote: > On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 09:20:57PM +, Leo wrote: >> Does anyone know if it's possible to enable the ability for a computer >> to switch on after it's lost power (and obviously got it back again) >> from within Linux. (I know how to do it in the BIOS.) If so how? > >The b

Re: [Hampshire] Switch on after power loss

2009-03-05 Thread Hugo Mills
On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 09:20:57PM +, Leo wrote: > Does anyone know if it's possible to enable the ability for a computer > to switch on after it's lost power (and obviously got it back again) > from within Linux. (I know how to do it in the BIOS.) If so how? The behaviour on recovery aft

[Hampshire] Switch on after power loss

2009-03-05 Thread Leo
Does anyone know if it's possible to enable the ability for a computer to switch on after it's lost power (and obviously got it back again) from within Linux. (I know how to do it in the BIOS.) If so how? Thanks, Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailma

Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-05 Thread Vic
> We used to have 'S Levels' in my day, for those who were pushing > beyond A Levels. Yes, I did a couple of those. Marvelous, they were - same syllabus as the 'A' level, but harder questions. So you get extra qualis for no extra work :-) Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk W

Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-05 Thread Peter Salisbury
2009/3/5 Jacqui Caren : > Victor Churchill wrote: >> Oh. I had thought "GCE" was now out of use. I did recently do a GCSE > >  From BBC news site. >  - some private schools are dropping GCSE and using iGCSE. > The GCSE is mostly (class,home)work based - the iGCSE being mostly exam based. > > The th

Re: [Hampshire] Server needed urgently

2009-03-05 Thread Wayne Lee
> -Original Message- > From: hampshire-boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk [mailto:hampshire- > boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Stephen Nelson-Smith > Sent: 05 March 2009 15:35 > To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List > Subject: [Hampshire] Server needed urgently > > I need to get hold of a s

Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-05 Thread Jacqui Caren
Victor Churchill wrote: > Oh. I had thought "GCE" was now out of use. I did recently do a GCSE From BBC news site. - some private schools are dropping GCSE and using iGCSE. The GCSE is mostly (class,home)work based - the iGCSE being mostly exam based. The thinking is that dilligent students ca

Re: [Hampshire] Server needed urgently

2009-03-05 Thread Tim
Stephen Nelson-Smith wrote: > I need to get hold of a server - 1U or 2U - 1 or 2 cpus, 4G RAM, ASAP. > I was having one sent to a client site tomorrow, in time for my > arrival on monday. That server is defective, so I need another one > ASAP. I don't mind driving an hour or so from Portsmouth a

[Hampshire] Server needed urgently

2009-03-05 Thread Stephen Nelson-Smith
I need to get hold of a server - 1U or 2U - 1 or 2 cpus, 4G RAM, ASAP. I was having one sent to a client site tomorrow, in time for my arrival on monday. That server is defective, so I need another one ASAP. I don't mind driving an hour or so from Portsmouth area... Doesn't matter if it's new or

Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-05 Thread Andy Random
On Thu, 5 Mar 2009, Vic wrote: >> GCSEs are equivalent to your O Levels > > Oh no they're not. ROFL! -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk ---

Re: [Hampshire] SECURE NFS ROOT ?

2009-03-05 Thread Dr A. J. Trickett
On Thu, 05 Mar 2009 at 10:49:59AM +, Stuart Sears wrote: > Dr A. J. Trickett wrote: > > On Wednesday 04 Mar 2009, Isaac Close wrote: > >> --- On Wed, 4/3/09, Dr A. J. Trickett wrote: > >>> On Wed, 04 Mar 2009 at 09:52:57AM > > I've had no problem setting up NFSv4 on Debian Etch/Lenny/Squeeze,

Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-05 Thread Vic
> GCSEs are equivalent to your O Levels Oh no they're not. Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-05 Thread Hugo Mills
On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 12:06:38PM +, Victor Churchill wrote: > 2009/3/5 James Ashburner : > > Victor Churchill wrote: > >> > >> Back in them days there was no poncey GCSEs - we 'ad to make do with > >> GCEs. No extra 'S'es for us. These young whipper-snappers... > >> > >> > > GCSEs are equival

Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-05 Thread Victor Churchill
2009/3/5 James Ashburner : > Victor Churchill wrote: >> >> Back in them days there was no poncey GCSEs - we 'ad to make do with >> GCEs. No extra 'S'es for us. These young whipper-snappers... >> >> > GCSEs are equivalent to your O Levels, GCEs still exist and are also > known as A Levels :) > > Jam

Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-05 Thread Lisi
On Thursday 05 March 2009 11:45:06 James Ashburner wrote: > GCSEs are equivalent to your O Levels Not so. They were, therefore are, an amalgamation of CSE and GCE O levels because CSE was perceived by the politicians, possibly erroneously, as labelling children as inferior. All children were t

Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-05 Thread James Ashburner
Victor Churchill wrote: > 2009/3/4 Keith Edmunds : > >> On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 22:45:11 +, hants...@googlemail.com said: >> >> >>> and any literate GCSE level student >>> >> Halcyon days. Warm summers, honest politicians, policemen who would let >> you take photos of them, Routemaste

Re: [Hampshire] [Fwd: [Peterboro] Free .PDF of Linux Format magazine] (fwd)

2009-03-05 Thread Victor Churchill
2009/3/4 Keith Edmunds : > On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 22:45:11 +, hants...@googlemail.com said: > >> and any literate GCSE level student > > Halcyon days. Warm summers, honest politicians, policemen who would let > you take photos of them, Routemaster buses, literate GCSE students. Was > it all a dream

Re: [Hampshire] SECURE NFS ROOT ?

2009-03-05 Thread Stuart Sears
Dr A. J. Trickett wrote: > On Wednesday 04 Mar 2009, Isaac Close wrote: >> --- On Wed, 4/3/09, Dr A. J. Trickett wrote: >>> On Wed, 04 Mar 2009 at 09:52:57AM i'm trying to find information about some sort of 'secure' NFS-ROOT Filesystem setup. So far, i'm not having much luck. I hav

Re: [Hampshire] Latency of Terminal Sessions [was]: Free .PDF of Linux Format, magazine]

2009-03-05 Thread Victor Churchill
2009/3/5 Andy Random : > > On Wed, 4 Mar 2009, Stephen Davies wrote: > >> Yeah, just like trying to do the same over an X.29 session to a computer >> 3000+ miles away. >> (AlemBank, Almaty if you are interested) > > Are people still using X.29? I worked on a Triple-X PAD implementation > back in th