On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 11:45, you wrote:
> I would be keen on a "OK so I've just installed linux,
> so how do I use this damn thing course".
For what purpose do you want to use "this damn thing".
> I know at
> least a couple of other people who I've introduced to
> linux that might also be keen on s
Hi Vick...
Re the networking
there is a script to run called . netcardconfig
It is also in the menu K->KNOPPIX->Network/Internet->Network Card Configuration
Re the altering of packages etc.
Ive just been playing with re-mastering knoppix.
It is suprisingly easy to do just fol
Plain paranoia I expect. Kernel compiles can take a long time, if you walk away from
the console, a simple Ctl-C & you've just given root access to anyone.
Brad
> -Original Message-
> From: C Falconer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, 10 July 2003 12:30 p.m.
> To: Linux Users
On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Michael JasonSmith wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 14:56, Nick Rout wrote:
> > the fonts now look crap on screen, but it prints fine.
> A little trick for the fonts: use only the "standard" fonts, such as
> Helvetica, Courier, and Palatino. In LaTeX:
> \usepackage{palatino
On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 02:01:19PM +1200, Chris Bayley wrote:
> Is there a useful CLI (bash) or web based tool for converting unix
> time to local time date and v.versa ?
If, by "UNIX time", you mean the date and time in seconds since the
Epoch, date(1) will do this:
$ date -r 10
Sun Sep
On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 14:56, Nick Rout wrote:
> the fonts now look crap on screen, but it prints fine.
A little trick for the fonts: use only the "standard" fonts, such as
Helvetica, Courier, and Palatino. In LaTeX:
\usepackage{palatino}
in the preamble will make everything look better :)
--
pcmcia is one of those third party efforts that has been wrapped into
the kernel. The kernel code and the third party (pcmcia-cs) code are now
developed in parallel, although they are not identical.
I discovered this when putting gentoo on my laptop. The strategy for
that was to disable pcmcia su
yes i could, but i want to email them to a client for perusal and all
those blank pages would confuse him :-)
On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 14:50:40 +1200
Andrew Packer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If I understand correctly that you're creating the .pdf file with the
> offending Windows program, then Adob
thank you, I had an inkling it would be something like that, but i
didn't know about psselect :-)
the fonts now look crap on screen, but it prints fine.
On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 14:43:11 +1200
Michael JasonSmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 14:30, Nick Rout wrote:
> > Is there
On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 14:36, Chad wrote:
>
> Kernel Compiling and installations easy enough though there are some traps
> and pitfalls if your not carefull.
you're
Another can of worms in a word... "PCMCIA" and kernels. I've not
managed to compile a 2.4.21 and have my PCMCIA ethernet cards work
If I understand correctly that you're creating the .pdf file with the
offending Windows program, then Adobe Acrobat Reader can print odd (or
even) pages only from that file. (I'm using Acrobat Reader for Linux
but I'm sure the Win version is equally capable.) I know that's not a
script, but could
On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 14:30, Nick Rout wrote:
> Is there a quick script anyone could think of to convert the outputted
> pdf to have just the odd pages, ie
>
> script wronglyprinted.pdf oddpagesonly.pdf ??
A quick hack:
pdf2ps foo.pdf - | psselect -o | ps2pdf - bar.pdf
Unfortunately they hav
On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 14:01, Chris Bayley wrote:
> Is there a useful CLI (bash) or web based tool for converting unix time
> to local time date and v.versa ?
>
> /chris
The perl version is below. I like the ability to
cat /var/log/squid/access.log | script
to get date/time. BTW - my pe
Kernel Compiling and installations easy enough though there are some traps
and pitfalls if your not carefull.
for 2.4.xx
make xconfig
make dep bzImage modules modules_install install
In Mandrake and I'd guess most other Major dists the make install calls
the dists kernel installation script which
I am having a problem with a windows programme that pints to pdf, it is
printing blank sheets every second page.
Is there a quick script anyone could think of to convert the outputted
pdf to have just the odd pages, ie
script wronglyprinted.pdf oddpagesonly.pdf ??
--
Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED
With python
$ python -c "import time;print time.strftime('%a, %d %b %Y
%H:%M:%S',time.localtime(1))"
Replace 1 with unix time.
Is there a useful CLI (bash) or web based tool for converting unix time
to local time date and v.versa ?
/chris
damit.. i new there was a easier way.
>
> Under RedHat (and possibly others) and with Grub do
> a "make install"
> as the last step and it will take care of Grub
> configuration
> (incl. the initrd build and required CLI params.).
>
=
For Linux CD's check out http://www.xsolutions.co.nz
On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 13:04:56 +1200
Matthew Gregan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Do not run anything as root that does not need root privileges.
thats what i meant by "the usual paranoia"
>
> It's a simple rule to follow most of the time, so there is no reason not
> to adhere to it.
>
> Off the
On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 13:04, you wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 12:30:18PM +1200, C Falconer wrote:
> > On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 12:00, Matthew Gregan wrote:
> > > 3. The above line assumes the kernel and modules are built as root.
> > > This is needless. You should build the kernel and modules
On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 12:30:18PM +1200, C Falconer wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 12:00, Matthew Gregan wrote:
> > 3. The above line assumes the kernel and modules are built as root.
> > This is needless. You should build the kernel and modules under a
> > non-privileged user and use ro
On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Nick Rout wrote:
> > 4. The above line does not account for installing the kernel into
> > /boot, nor updating GRUB/LILO.
>
> for a grub system all you need to do in most situations is back up the
> existing kernel and copy your new one on top. If you want to choose
> k
at a school, i'm not surprised - presumably this isn't needed at home
(although young kids are pretty attracted to the reset button LOL)
On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 12:57:33 +1200
C Falconer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 12:43, Brad Beveridge wrote:
> > Plain paranoia I expect. Ke
> at the risk of being facetious, what is the problem with
>
> make dep && make clean bzImage modules modules_install
- and
> I use root because its what I know and what the gentoo install
> instructions told me to do (you do install gentoo as root for obvious
> reasons). Is there any problem o
yeah and anyone with physiacal access to the machine can boot from
another medium (cd, floppy) and totally fsck you over.
there is little point in placing your computer around people you don't
trust.
Having said that, some unintentioned but stoopid person could be tempted
to try their new rm sc
On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 12:43, Brad Beveridge wrote:
> Plain paranoia I expect. Kernel compiles can take a long time, if you walk away
> from the console, a simple Ctl-C & you've just given root access to anyone.
I trust noone in my office or server room - I lock the door whenever I'm
not there.
On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 12:00, Matthew Gregan wrote:
> 3. The above line assumes the kernel and modules are built as root.
> This is needless. You should build the kernel and modules under a
> non-privileged user and use root _only_ to install the kernel and
> modules.
Whats wrong with
On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 12:00:56 +1200
Matthew Gregan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 11:38:23AM +1200, Nick Rout wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 11:20:36 +1200
> > Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Greets Folks.
> > >
> > > Just a quick reminder that t
On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 11:38:23AM +1200, Nick Rout wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 11:20:36 +1200
> Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Greets Folks.
> >
> > Just a quick reminder that the OSTC is offering a single Lesson in
> > 'Compiling your Linux Kernel'. We had several peopl
I would be keen on a "OK so I've just installed linux,
so how do I use this damn thing course". I know at
least a couple of other people who I've introduced to
linux that might also be keen on something like this
Kerry
--- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd probably
be keen on python le
On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 11:38, you wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 11:20:36 +1200
>
> Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Greets Folks.
> >
> > Just a quick reminder that the OSTC is offering a single Lesson in
> > 'Compiling your Linux Kernel'. We had several people at the Gentoo mini
>
On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 11:20:36 +1200
Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Greets Folks.
>
> Just a quick reminder that the OSTC is offering a single Lesson in
> 'Compiling your Linux Kernel'. We had several people at the Gentoo mini 'fest
> who said that they were interested. Pleas
I'd probably be keen on python lessons, if someone wanted to do that.??
Carl?
On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 11:20:36 +1200
Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Greets Folks.
>
> Just a quick reminder that the OSTC is offering a single Lesson in
> 'Compiling your Linux Kernel'. We had sever
Greets Folks.
Just a quick reminder that the OSTC is offering a single Lesson in
'Compiling your Linux Kernel'. We had several people at the Gentoo mini 'fest
who said that they were interested. Please make yourselves known by either
registering on the http://ostc.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28
yup thats right nick, the same copper thats used for
the phones which just plugs into a dslam, which
telecome installs at the exchange when they setup the
line.
Thats why people who have fibre cannot have ADSL, they
need Fibre multiplextor which not cheap.
My digital answer phone can record "mod
On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 07:50:47 +1200 (NZST)
Mahesh De Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We are converting from ADSL to DSL over Frame shortly
> and it has a 4Mbps connection, with Unmilited Nat and
> 20 gig international.
>
> On our current ADSL we max out around 400k down.
>
> I think the speed
We are converting from ADSL to DSL over Frame shortly
and it has a 4Mbps connection, with Unmilited Nat and
20 gig international.
On our current ADSL we max out around 400k down.
I think the speed issues is due to the distance from
the exchnage. I didn't think ADSL suffered the same
problems as c
> Does anyone here know how they achieve that technically? 2 Mbps is
> quite possible, as long as only one subscriber on a bundle cable wants
> it, but once the neighbour wants it too, it may get a bit difficult,
> not even speaking of a higher market penetration. Or does Telecom
> really measure a
Usually this problem is a lack of apm/acpi in the kernel.
If you're compiling your own, its often easy to overlook it. If you're
using a precompiled version then its most likely you've forgotten to
load the modules.
By the weird name of the kernel you gave, I'm guessing precompiled, and
its like
On Sun, 29 Jun 2003, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
> > > Assuming a conservative bit rate of 3Mbit / sec.
> >
> > Does anyone on jetsream get 3mbit/sec ?
>
> Telecom doesn't give it to you unless it's at least 2Mbit/s. Even with
[...]
Does anyone here know how they achieve that technically? 2 Mbps is
q
I upgraded one of my computers today (old) and I think one of the
others (giles) that had a NFS export from the upgraded computer
mounted on it got rather confused.
giles:~$ df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda2 2405967 2320579 60511 98
Hi-ho folks..
Trivia question..
I've just upgraded my workstation at work and the damn thing doesn't
shut down.. It get's to 'Power Down' and sit's there like a stuck
pud...
It's got RH 9 on it, kernel 2.4.20-18.9 i686, smp. If I boot up under
2.4.20-9 non smp from the install it does shut do
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