Re: kernel source for Knoppix

2003-06-19 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 22:28, you wrote: > Hi all! > > I'm using Debian (installed via Knoppix 3.2) for a while now and I > really like it. Now I've reached the point where I'd like to compile a > custom kernel for my Nvidia graphics card, but I can't find the source > for my kernel 2.4.20-xfs. I foun

Re: Some questions on Gentoo

2003-06-19 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 16:40, you wrote: > Hi there, > > Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 23:57, you wrote: > > > > Nice new Gimp version. > > I have 1.2.3 stable. Is there much more to the newer version > that make it worth downloading? Goodness only knows. gimp-1.2.4.tar.bz2 80134

Re: WAP / WML / PHP / Apache...

2003-06-19 Thread Chris Hellyar
Hi-ho, Basically the problem I have is getting a simple form to work, I want to ask the user for a number, and then show some data based on that number.. I've started from the start, and just made a form.. Using an emulator (deckit) the 'form' works and allows me to enter stuff into the text fiel

Re: Some questions on Gentoo

2003-06-19 Thread Chris Wilkinson
Hi there, Christopher Sawtell wrote: On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 23:57, you wrote: Nice new Gimp version. I have 1.2.3 stable. Is there much more to the newer version that make it worth downloading? Kind regards, Chris Wilkinson, Christchurch.

Re: Some questions on Gentoo

2003-06-19 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 23:57, you wrote: > 3. How long is the compile time for a medium sized package, say eg. gimp > again? Gimp download starting at: Fri Jun 20 14:58:24 NZST 2003 Gimp build starting at: Fri Jun 20 15:16:31 NZST 2003 Gimp build finished at: Fri Jun 20 16:14:13 NZST 2003 Ca

Re: WAP / WML / PHP / Apache...

2003-06-19 Thread Paul
Hi, I did some wml/wap a while ago, so I probaby wouldn't be much help with the coding, but post the wml/php code on the list an I will have a look at it. I was coding a wml app so I would remotely monitor my server and its services, but as I said it was quite a while ago. I used a emulator t

Re: Some questions on Gentoo

2003-06-19 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 23:57, you wrote: > Hi! > > With the Gentoo install fest coming up, I'd like to ask a couple of > silly questions. I've done some research on www.gentoo.org myself, but > some points are still not clear to me, yet. > > 1. As I understood the documentation, the portage tree consi

RE: Some questions on Gentoo

2003-06-19 Thread Brad Beveridge
Answers inline > Hi! > > With the Gentoo install fest coming up, I'd like to ask a couple of > silly questions. I've done some research on www.gentoo.org > myself, but > some points are still not clear to me, yet. > > 1. As I understood the documentation, the portage tree > consists of the

Some questions on Gentoo

2003-06-19 Thread Conrad Wolf
Hi! With the Gentoo install fest coming up, I'd like to ask a couple of silly questions. I've done some research on www.gentoo.org myself, but some points are still not clear to me, yet. 1. As I understood the documentation, the portage tree consists of the ebuild files of all packages current

RE: vmd.ms-tnef (Was: Linux mousepads...)

2003-06-19 Thread Adam Martin
Microsoft Exchange Text Formatting is what that be -Original Message- From: Michael JasonSmith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 20 June 2003 12:06 p.m. To: linux users Subject: vmd.ms-tnef (Was: Linux mousepads...) What is a "application/vnd.ms-tnef attachment" (winmail.d

kernel source for Knoppix

2003-06-19 Thread Conrad Wolf
Hi all! I'm using Debian (installed via Knoppix 3.2) for a while now and I really like it. Now I've reached the point where I'd like to compile a custom kernel for my Nvidia graphics card, but I can't find the source for my kernel 2.4.20-xfs. I found some posts on the knoppix.net page telling

RE: ISO question?

2003-06-19 Thread Steve Bell
> If dey donna match den you gotta problemo!! What a PITA. I give up. As someone said yesterday, sneakernet to ecaf. Cheers all

Re: ISO question?

2003-06-19 Thread Jason
If you have Linux running on a box with an ISO file, then from a cli, run md5sum /path/to/file/filename. Once the md5sum comes up, compare it to the one mandrake gives you. If dey donna match den you gotta problemo!! Cheers J Steve Bell wrote: Check that the md5sum on the file which you downl

RE: ISO question?

2003-06-19 Thread Brad Beveridge
Md5sum is just a way of creating a "hash" for a file. It's like adding up all the columns in your check book, the total would be your hash, or "check sum". If the sum does match the rest of your accounts, then you've made a mistake somewhere. In this case, something isn't adding up. Either th

vmd.ms-tnef (Was: Linux mousepads...)

2003-06-19 Thread Michael JasonSmith
What is a "application/vnd.ms-tnef attachment" (winmail.dat) Is it some exotic VCard or something? (I don't care that it was attached, I'm just curious :) ) -- Michael JasonSmith http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~mpj17/

RE: ISO question?

2003-06-19 Thread Steve Bell
> Check that the md5sum on the file which you downloaded is correct > making sure > that you get the said md5sum from the Mandrake site. Thanks for your advice... I dloaded the md5sum from ftp.debian.co.nz that was with the MDK9.1 files. I googled for what the heck to do with it, and ran "md5sum

Re: ISO question?

2003-06-19 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 11:33, you wrote: > Hi All > > I've downloaded MDK9.1 twice now, the first one from ftp.tranzpeer.net and > just now from > > > > http://debian.co.nz/?page=download > > and the ISO seems to not like me. I am dling on a PC using CuteFTP, and > was hoping to use Nero to burn, but

ISO question?

2003-06-19 Thread Steve Bell
Hi All I've downloaded MDK9.1 twice now, the first one from ftp.tranzpeer.net and just now from > > http://debian.co.nz/?page=download and the ISO seems to not like me. I am dling on a PC using CuteFTP, and was hoping to use Nero to burn, but nero doesn't recognize it as a proper iso. I tried t

Re: Printer to swap/sell/give

2003-06-19 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 09:06, you wrote: > Hi all, > > I've got an HP 540 printer to get rid of, now that I've > got a new one. It hasn't seen much use, maybe 4-5 ink > carts. There are two ink carts with it, both black. One > is empty, one is half full. I haven't used it for a while, > so don't know

Re: Knoppix

2003-06-19 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 09:12, you wrote: > Try this. > > http://debian.co.nz/?page=download It's not up to date. The KNOPPIX_V3.2-2003-06-06-EN.iso version isn't there. > However a DNS lookup of your IP number will have to resolve to within > the ".nz" domain to hook up to this site. > (I got bitten

RE: Knoppix

2003-06-19 Thread Zane Gilmore
Try this. http://debian.co.nz/?page=download However a DNS lookup of your IP number will have to resolve to within the ".nz" domain to hook up to this site. (I got bitten by that) > > Are there any local (NZ) servers (http or ftp) where I can optain > > knoppinx? > > > > Regards > > Adam

Re: student web hosting

2003-06-19 Thread C Falconer
On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 18:28, Terry Cole wrote: > Sorry folks, I might not of made my self clear. > > I have web hosting and I can run scripts etc from there. Okay - I'm guessing those sites are the ones in your .sig > I don't want to use FTP. Right - you want students to have some strange kind

Printer to swap/sell/give

2003-06-19 Thread Carl Cerecke
Hi all, I've got an HP 540 printer to get rid of, now that I've got a new one. It hasn't seen much use, maybe 4-5 ink carts. There are two ink carts with it, both black. One is empty, one is half full. I haven't used it for a while, so don't know if either is OK. They can be refilled at Cartridge

Re: view a man page?

2003-06-19 Thread Matthew Gregan
On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 06:16:10PM +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 16:42, you wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 03:29:13PM +1200, Rex wrote: > > > cat .1 | nroff -man > > > > And of course, if you've been following along for a week or two, you > > know that this (BING!)

Re: view a man page?

2003-06-19 Thread C Falconer
On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 18:16, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > What you say is all very true and all, BUT if you mis-type the '<' character > and put a '>' by mistake, all hell breaks loose because you have just erased > your precious input file. mis-typing < with > is actually horribly easy, they >

WAP / WML / PHP / Apache...

2003-06-19 Thread Chris Hellyar
Hi-ho all... I'm mucking about with a wap phone at work, with an eye to do some very simple database access from the field, and I'll be buggered if I can make all of the bits hang together. There seems to be something missing from the picture. :-). Anyone on the list done any work with simple 'f

Re: MSIE & other browsers

2003-06-19 Thread stacy wilmshurst
just come right out and tell them their site sucks... why are you trying to be nice to people who are a part of microsofts' strategy to "windowise" the web? what they tried to do with java was sooo bad!! and netscape and that stupid MSN messenger, like MSN messenger's features are needed in other

Re: Home Networking Question/s

2003-06-19 Thread stacy stacy
uh... what's going on? your network is an experiment, with a goal being a some sort of proxy with acces to the internet? are you using broadband? you can save some pingas if you use LEAF or something on an old machine, it fits on a floppy so you don't need a HDD, just connect it to the web and y

Re: student web hosting

2003-06-19 Thread stacy stacy
i agree... FTP is by far the easiest way to do it, that's why everyone uses it. i learned FTP in about 5 minutes, drag from local computer into server window. --- Zane Gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 18:28, Terry Cole wrote: >> Sorry folks, I might not of made my self clea

Re: student web hosting

2003-06-19 Thread Zane Gilmore
On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 18:28, Terry Cole wrote: > Sorry folks, I might not of made my self clear. > > I have web hosting and I can run scripts etc from there. > I don't want to use FTP. I ask again why not? > I am teaching HTML to students. > I want them to be able to upload, edit etc. Upload us

Home Networking Question/s

2003-06-19 Thread Adam Martin
Title: Home Networking Question/s Hello All, I was wondering whether you could give me some advice on setting up a home network with the following considerations…. 1. It is just an experiment 2. Mix of Windows and Linux What I have quickly mapped out is the following…. Dedicated box

Linux mousepads...

2003-06-19 Thread Steve Brorens
Just got myself a very nice Linux mousepad, pretty much like the one at: http://www.cafeshops.com/linuxlogo A Young Enterprise Scheme group from Catherdral College is doing a range of different mouspads including a 'Tux"/Linux - see them at South City Mall on Saturday at 10am - 2pm. - s

Re: student web hosting

2003-06-19 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 18:28, you wrote: > Sorry folks, I might not of made my self clear. > > I have web hosting and I can run scripts etc from there. > I don't want to use FTP. > I am teaching HTML to students. > I want them to be able to upload, edit etc. > I am wanting some kind of web form where

student web hosting

2003-06-19 Thread Terry Cole
Sorry folks, I might not of made my self clear. I have web hosting and I can run scripts etc from there. I don't want to use FTP. I am teaching HTML to students. I want them to be able to upload, edit etc. I am wanting some kind of web form where the student selects their files and presses 'upload

Re: Ktimer/auto shut down etc

2003-06-19 Thread Dave Garlick
Rob thanks for the info cheers...dave On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 12:51, you wrote: > On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 08:54, C Falconer wrote: > > On Sun, 2003-06-15 at 22:59, Dave Garlick wrote: > > > I was wanting to use Ktimer to auto shut down (such as after a long > > > download etc.) can any